No. 14.] FLOWERING PLANTS AND FERNS. 183 



southwestern part of the state (Eames), reaching eastward 

 to New Haven (D. C. Eaton) and northward to Middlebury 

 and Woodbury (Harger). The fruit, July — Aug., is often 

 present in the variety, not seen otherwise. 



NYMPHAEACEAE. WATER LILY FAMILY. 



NYMPHAEA L. Yellow Pond Lily. Spatter-dock. 

 Nymphaea advena Ait. (a stranger). 



Niiphar advena Ait. f. 



Yellow Pond Lily. Spatter-dock. Frog, Cow, Hog, Bull- 

 head or Horse Lily. Brandy Bottle. 

 Common. Ponds, pools and slow streams. Mid-May — 



Sept. 



The var. variegata (Engelm.) Fernald (variegated) has 



been found in Salisbury (C. C. Godfrey), Goshen (L. M. 



Underwood), Kent (Eames). 

 The rhizome is medicinal. 



X (?) Nymphaea rubrodisca (Morong) Greene (red-disked). 

 Niiphar advena Ait. f., var. minus Morong. 



Rare. In ponds: Norfolk (J. H. Barbour), Trumbull, 

 Eames) . June — Aug. 



Nymphaea microphylla Pers. (small-leaved). 

 Nymphaea Kalmiana Sims. 

 Nuphar Kalmianum Ait. f. 

 Small Yellow Pond Lily. 



Rare or local. Ponds and still water: Lyme (Graves, 

 Bissell), Windham (J. W. Robbins), North Haven (Bissell), 

 Milford (Eames), Derby (H. C. Beardslee). Watertown 

 (Harger), Norfolk (J. H. Barbour). June — Aug. 



CASTALIA Salisb. Water Lily. Water Nymph. 

 Castalia odorata (Ait.) Woodv. & Wood (fragrant). 



Nymphaea odorata Ait. 



Nymphaea odorata Ait., var. minor Sims. 



White or Sweet-scented White Water Lily. Pond Lily. 



Frequent or common. Ponds and still waters. June — 

 Sept. 



Introduced in many ponds for its showy and fragrant 



