NYMPHIACE/E. V. NUPHAR. SARRACENIE^E. 



127 



p. 76. Like N. odorata, but is easily distinguished from it by the 

 nerves of the leaves being channelled. Flowers white. 



Bland Water Lily. Fl. July, Sep. Clt. 1820. PI. fit. 



22 N. ACUTI'LOBA (D. C. prod. 1. p. 116.) leaves ovate, 

 somewhat toothed ; lobes very acute ; petals 1 6, acute ; stigmas 

 16-rayed. ^.S. W. Native of China Braam. icon. chin. t. 18. 



j4cute-lobed-lea.ve& Water Lily. PI. fit. 



Cult. The stove species, or those from warm climates, may 

 be grown in large pots, or pans of water placed in a warm part 

 of the stove, with several inches of rich loamy soil in the bottom. 

 They thrive well in a water-tight frame, placed on a hot-bed in 

 the summer season, where we have seen them flower freely. 

 The hardy species should be planted in ponds, cisterns, or canals, 

 where they will make a fine appearance. They are all either in- 

 creased by seeds, dividing the roots, or separating the tubes. 

 Mr. Kent, formerly of Clapton, who cultivated exotic aquatics 

 to great perfection, found that the bulbous-rooted Nymphtje as, 

 if checked in their growth for want of water, from cold or ex- 

 cessive heat, were apt to form bulbs at their roots, and cease 

 growing for that season. Hence the necessity of a regular and 

 powerful moist heat to make them flower freely. 



V. NU'PHAR (from naufar, or nyloufar, the Arabic name 

 of Nymphtza.) Sibth. and Smith, prod. fl. graec. 1. p. 361. D. 

 C. syst. 2. p. 59. prod. 1. p. 116. 



LIN. SYST. Polydndria, Polygynia. Calyx of 5-6 petal-like 

 sepals (f. 36. a. b.). Petals 10-18, much smaller than the sepals 

 with their backs, melliferous. Stamens indefinite, which are, 

 as well as the sepals and petals, inserted at the base of the torus 

 (f. 36. 6.), and therefore the berry appears as if it were superior. 

 Stigmas 10-1 8, radiated (f. SG.d.). Carpels 10-18, inclosed within 

 the torus. Elegant aquatic herbs. Rhizoma or trunk of root thick, 

 horizontal. Petioles and peduncles smooth, rising a little above 

 the water. Flowers yellow. 



1 N. LI/TEA (Smith, prod. fl. graec. 1. p. 361.) calyx of 5- 

 sepals ; stigmas entire, 16-20-rayed, profoundly umbilicated ; 

 leaves oval-cordate ; lobes approximate ; petioles triquetrous, 

 with acute angles. I/ . H. W. Native throughout the whole of 

 Europe and Siberia, in ditches, lakes, and slow running rivers ; 

 also of North America between lat. 54 and 64. Nymphae'a 

 lutea, Lin. spec. 729. Fl. dan. t. 603. Smith, engl. bot. t. 159. 

 Schrank. fl. mon. 1. t. 20 Schkuhr. handb. 2. t. 142. Nymphos- 

 anthus vulgaris, Rich. arm. mus. 17. p. 230. t. 9. f. 51 and 52. 

 Sepals 5, very blunt. Petals much smaller, truncate, with their 

 backs melliferous. Flowers smelling like brandy. Linnaeus says 

 that swine are fond of both the leaves and roots ; that goats are not 

 fond of them ; and that kine, sheep, and horses refuse them, and 

 also that crickets are driven out of houses by the smoke in burn- 

 ing the roots ; they and cock-roaches are destroyed by the roots 

 rubbed or bruised with milk. 



Common yellow Water Lily. Fl. June, July. Britain. PI. flt. 



2 N. PU'MILA (Smith, engl. bot. t. 2292.) calyx of 5-sepals ; 

 stigmas lobed 10-rayed; leaves oblong-cordate, dotted, some- 

 what pubescent; lobes approximate; petioles semi-cylindrical 

 at the base, but triquetrous at the top. If. . H. W. Native of 

 Germany, Lapland, and Norway, in slow running rivers, and 

 mountain lakes ; also in the mountain lakes of Scotland, espe- 

 cially in a lake at the foot of Ben Cruachan, Loch Lomond, 

 and several other lakes. Nymphae'a pumila, HofFm. fl. germ. 

 1800. p. 241. N. lutea/3 minima, Willd. spec. pi. 2. p. 1151. 

 Nuphar minima, Smith engl. bot. t. 2292. Plant one-half smaller 

 than Nup. lutea. 



Dwarf yellow Water Lily. Fl. June, July. Scotland. PI. flt. 



3 N. KALMIA'NA (Ait. hort. kew. ed. 2. vol. 3. p. 295.) 

 calyx 5-sepalled ; stigmas toothed, 8-10-rayed; leaves cordate, 

 somewhat emersed ; lobes somewhat approximate ; petioles nearly 



cylindrical. I/ . H. W. Native of North America throughout Ca- 

 nada and Carolina, and in Newfoundland, in ponds and ditches, 

 but rare ; about Philadelphia, near the Schuylkill. Nymphae' a 

 Kalmiana, Sims, bot. mag. t. 1243. Nymphae'a lutea, Walt, 

 carol. 154 ? Nymphae'a lutea /3, Kalmiana, Mich. fl. bor. amer. 

 1. p. 311. Nymphae'a microphylla, Pers. ench. 2. p. 63. 



Kalm's yellow Water Lily. Fl. FIG. 36. 



July, Aug. Clt. 1807. PI. flt. 



4 N. SERI'CEA (Langd. ex 

 Spreng. syst. 2. p. 606.) calyx 5- 

 sepalled ? stigmas toothed ; leaves 

 cordate-oblong ; lobes distant at 

 the base; peduncles and petioles 

 have a scaly-silky appearance. % . 

 H. W. Native of the Danube. 



Silky yellow Water Lily. Fl. 

 June, July. PI. flt. 



5 N. JAPO'NICA (D. C. syst. 2. 

 p. 69.) calyx of 5-sepals ; stigma 

 15-16-rayed; leaves oblong-sagit- 

 tate, cordate ; auricles acute, rather 

 distant ; petioles nearly cylindrical 

 If. . G. W. Native of Japan in 



ponds. Nymphae'a lutea, Thunb. fl. jap. 223. exclusive of the 

 synonyms, Deless. icon. sel. 2. t. 6. A plant between N. lutea 

 and N. sagittcefolia. (f. 36.) 



Japan yellow Water Lily. Fl. June, July. PI. flt. 



6 N. SAGITT^FOLIA (Pursh. fl. amer. sept. 2. p. 370.) calyx 

 of 6 sepals ; petals none ; anthers nearly sessile ; leaves sagit- 

 tately-cordate, oblong, obtuse. If. . H. W. Native of Carolina, 

 Georgia, and Savannah, in slow running water. Nymphae'a sagit- 

 taefolia, Walt. fl. car. 154. Nymphae'a longifolia, Mich. fl. bor. 

 amer. 1. p. 312. Nuphar longifolia, Smith, in Rees's cycl. no. 5. 

 Flowers small. 



Arrow-leaved yellow Water Lily. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1820. 

 PI. flt. 



7 N. A'DVENA (Ait. hort. kew. ed. 2. vol. 3. p. 295.) calyx of 

 6 sepals ; petals many, small, shorter, never exceeding the sta- 

 mens ; pericarp furrowed ; leaves erect, cordate ; lobes divari- 

 cate. If. . H. W. Native of North America from Canada to 

 Carolina, in lakes, ponds, and ditches, even in salt-water ; very 

 plentiful about Philadelphia, and throughout Canada. Nym- 

 phae'a advena, Ait. hort. kew. ed. 1. vol. 2. p. 226. Nymphae'a 

 arifolia, Sal. ann. bot. 2. p. 71. Leaves and flowers rising con- 

 siderably above the surface of the water. 



Stranger yellow Water Lily. Fl. Jul. Aug. Clt. 1772. PI. flt. 



Cult. As the species of this genus are all hardy except one, 

 the N. Japonica, which has not as yet been introduced into 

 Europe, they may be planted in ponds, cisterns, canals, or lakes, 

 where they will make a beautiful appearance, a rich loamy soil 

 suits them best, and they are propagated either by dividing the 

 roots or by seeds, which may be thrown into the water, wherever 

 they are intended to remain. 



COHORT II. Fruit solitary or connate. Placentas parietal, 

 intervalvular. Calyx of 2-5 sepals. Petals 4-5, rarely more. 

 Stamens numerous, but usually 5 or 6. 



ORDER XI. SARRACE'NIE^ (containing only the genus 

 Sarracenia). De La Pylaie, in ann. de la soc. Lin. par. C. p. 

 388. Hook, fl. bor. amer. p. 33. 



Calyx of 5 permanent sepals (f. 37. a.) which are concave at 

 the base and furnished with a 3-leaved involucrum just under it. 

 Corolla of 5 petals which are contracted at the base, and unqui- 

 culate (f. 37. 6.). Stamens numerous, hypogynous (f. 37. c.) 

 closely packed together; filaments shortish ; anthers fixed by 



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