NYMPH^A 



NYMPH/EA 



1105 



scapes 4-12 or 14 in. above the water. {LytopUnra, 



Casp.) 



Subgenus V. Brachyceras. Outermost stamens with 

 an appendage above tbe anther: oarpellary styles short, 

 triangular: fls. white, blue or pinl5.— About 12 .species 

 in the tropics all round the world. 



Subgenus VI. Anecphva. Stamens all slender, half 

 as long as the petals, ahuost without any appendage: 

 carpellary styles wanting: fls. blue, rosy or white. One 

 species in Australia. 



INDEX. 



SECTION I. SYNCARPOUS NYMPH^AS. 



Subgenus I, Lotos. 



A. Fls. white or light pink. 



1. Ldtus, Linn. {X. efhtJis, DC. X. fherm()lis,r>C., "i 

 the hut springs of Huny:ary). White Lotus. Fi;,^ Hit:*. 

 Lvs. orbicular, di'.rk icrecu above, under .surface l»rown- 

 ish, smooth or slightly pubescent; diam. 12 to 20 in.: 

 fls. white, the broad outer petals suffused pink, 5 to 10 

 in. across, open 7:.30 p.m. toll a. m. ; sepals pure green; 

 petals concave, 19 or20; stamens 96-103, vellow; anthers 

 shorter than the filaments. Egypt. B.M. 797. F.S. 

 7 : 706-7. 



2. Var. dentata, Schumacher & Thonning (iV. Ort- 

 ifiesiilna. Planch. ). Lvs. glabrous or somewhat puberu- 

 lent beneath: fls. pure white, 8 to 10 in. across, open until 

 1 P.M.; petal narrower than in the type, ovate, opening 

 out horizontal; anthers longer than the filaments. Cen- 

 tral Africa, Sierra Leone. B.M. 4257 (as iV. dentata). 

 F.S. 6:627-8. 



^. Var. pul)6sGens, Willd. Lvs. densely pubescent 

 beneath: fls. white; outer petals tinged pink. India. 



Garden Varieties of Nymph.s:a Lotus. 



N. Lotus and varieties seed freely, and are valuable seed- 

 parents for hybrids, of which tbe following may best be classed 

 here: 4. Jubilee, with tis. delicate pinkish white: lys. blotched 

 with brown. crumpled at margin. Distributed by Henry A.Dreer. 

 Riverton. N. J., in 1899.-5. Smithiana (N. Lotus X K Lotus 

 var. dentata). A shade more pink than 4: petals broadly ovate: 

 lvs. plain dark green, lying tlat at margin. Distributed by W. 

 Tricker from Clifton, N. J., in 1893.— 6. C. delicatissima (N. 

 Lotus var. dentata X N. rubra). Light pink ; a shade darker 

 than 5 : lvs. slightly bronzy, a little crumpled at margin. Dis- 

 tributed by W. Tricker from Chfton, N. J., in 1894.-7. Dean- 

 iana. Hybrid same as 6. Pure light pink; darker than 6: 

 sepals deep rose pink; petals broadly ovate; stamens red: lvs. 

 dark green, scarcely bronzy, much (^rumpled at margin. Sent 

 out by W. Trifker. from Clifton. N. J., in 1894.-8. Lcelia (N. 

 Cohimbiana X X. Smithiana). White or nearly so: lvs. bright 

 green, Va.T.colbrans, smaller than type: tls. shaded pink: lvs. 



with open sinns. Originated with O. Ames, N. Easton, Mass., 

 1900.— 9. Eastoneusis (N. O'Marana X N. Smithiana). Lvs. 

 dark green, bronzy wlien young ; sinus wide : fls. white. 

 Originated with O. Ames, N. Easton, Mass., 1900. 



AA. Flowers red. 



10. rtlbra, Rosbg. Lvs. orbiculate, reddish brown, 

 bronzy, becoming gi*eenish, pubescent beneath, 12 to 18 

 in. across : fls, deep purplish red, 6 to 10 in. across, 

 open 3 or 4 nights from 8 p. m. to 11 a.m.; sepals dull 

 purplish red, 7-nerved, never opening more than lO*' 

 above horizontal; petals 12-20, narrowly oval, rounded 

 at apex ; stamens about 55, cinnabar-red, becoming 

 brownish. India. B.M. 1280. F.S. 6:629.-Only distin- 

 guishable from iV. Lotus, var. pubescens, by color of fls. 

 The two run into each other and may not be specifically 

 distinct. 



11. Var. rdsea, Sims. Lvs. bronzy green, blotched with 

 brown : fls. luri;<.% maL'-i-nta to dark red, open from 8 p. m. 

 to 10:30 a. m.; I'ftal.s narrow, pointed; stamen tips 

 orange-brown. India. B.M. 1364. 



Garden Varieties of Nympelea rubra. 

 FIRST group. 



12. Columbiana, with deep red fls., darker than the type, 

 of medium size (6 in. across): foliage dark bronzy red. Chance 

 seedling from N. rubra. Sent out by W. Iricker from Clifton, 

 N. J., in 1894.— 13. George Huster. Fls. deep red. 8-10 in. aci-oss, 

 closing about 11 A. M.: lvs. bronzy green. Sent out by Henry 

 A. Dreer from Riverton, N.J. in 1899.-14. I>iana (N. Sturt- 

 evantii X Amazonum ) . Intense magenta shaded with crimson ; 

 lvs. deep olive-brown, sinus open. A.G. 21, p. 517. Var. grandi- 

 fldra is larger and deeper in color. Originated with O. Ames, 

 N. Easton. Mass., 1900. 



SECOND GROUT. 

 15. Devoniensis, ^oo\i. Fig. 1500. Lvs.dark bronzy green, mod- 

 erately peltate, lying flat on the water, 18 in. across; under sur- 

 face greenish brown, puberulent: fls. pure red, 10-12 in. across, 

 open from 8 p. m. to 1 p. m. of nest day; petals ovate, 4 or 5 in. 

 long by 1^ in. wide. B.M. 4665. The first hybrid of note (if 

 hybrid at all) ; said to be N. Lotus X N. rubra, raised at Chats- 

 worth, Eng., in 1851. A universal favorite.— 16. Boucheana. 

 Very near 15; hybrid(?), of same parentage; color of fls. a 

 little lighter. F.S. 10:1033-4.-17. Ortgiesiano-rubra. Much 

 like 15: fls. dark red. F.S. 8:775-6. 



1499. Nympheea Lotus. 



Redrawn from the old figure in Botanical Magazine (1804). show- 

 ing an historical picture of the true while Egyptian Lotus. 



THIRD GROUP. 

 18. O'Marana. Lvs. bronzy green, margin occasionally 

 crumpled: fls. 10-12 in. across, open from 7:30 P. M. to 1 or 2 

 p. M. of next day; sepals reflexed when fully open; petals pink- 

 ish red, with a nearly white streak up the middle; stamens 

 orange. N. Lotus X N. Sturtevantii, sent out bv P. Bisset, 

 Washington, D.C., about 1894.-19. Arnoldiana. Much smaller 

 than 18: lvs. somewhat crumpled: petals crumpled. N. Lotus 

 var. dentata XN. rubra, by O. W. Oliver, Washington. D. C— 



20. Niobe (N. rubra X ). Bright carmine pink: lvs. 



undulate and dentate margined, dark green aliove, sinus open. 

 Originated with O. Ames, N. Easton, Mass., 1900. 



