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NYMPH^A 



65. Andredna. Outer petals dull, whitish at apex, red below; 

 inner petals dull dark red: stamens bright orange: Ivs. 

 blotched; lobes overlapping. Shows blood of N. Mesicana. 

 Int. by Marliac about 1S91. 



66. Aurora. Fls. rose-yellow on first day, becoming deep red 

 on the third; general effect orange: sinus of leaf open. Int. by 

 Marliac about 1897. 



67. Ellisidna. Fls. brilliant carmine purple. Int. about 1897. 

 68. gloribsa. Very dark red; much like 67. Int. in 1899. 69. 

 James Gumey. Fls. 5-6 in. across, dark rose color. 70. Wm. 

 Falconer. Fls. 6-7 in. across, bright garnet color. (Nos. 69 and 



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1502. Nymphaea gracilis (X Mli). No. 83. 



SECTION II. APOCARPOUS NYMPH^AS. 



Subgenus V. Braohyceras. 



A. £ifs. entire or slightly wavy at base. 



75. 61egan3, Hook. Lts. narrowly peltate, orbicular to 

 ovate, margin entire or with 5 or (> .small scattered 

 teeth; under surface dark purple ; diam.Tin.: fls. pale 

 violet, 3-6 in. across, open three days from 8 A. M. to 1 

 p. M. ; buds ovate; sepals marked with black lines and 

 dots; petals ovate, obtuse, 12-20; stamens stout, about 

 75, yellow; appendage a mere tip; filaments broad. 

 Mex. B.M. 4604. 



7G. cserdlea, Savigny (iV. s^eHAte, Caspary. JY. scuti- 

 fdlia of gardens). Blue Lotus op Egypt. Lvs. nar- 

 rowly peltate, oval, entire or slightly sinuate at base; 

 under surface green with dark purple blotches, purplish 

 atmargin, 12-16 in. across: fls. 3-6 in. across, open three 

 days from 7:30 a. m. to 12 M.; buds conical ; sepals 

 thickly marked with black lines and dots; petals 14-20, 

 lanceolate, acute, light blue above, lower half dull white; 

 stamens 50-70; outer filaments broad, yellow : appen- 

 dage long (three-sixteenths in. on outer stamens}, pale 

 blue. Egypt, northern and central Africa. Ann. Mus. 

 Paris, vol. 1 (1802), p. 3G6c.p. F.S. 7:653. -Free grower 

 and bloomer but not showy. 



77. micrdntha, Guillemin & Perottet. Lvs. elliptic, 

 entire in apical half, rest of margin sinuate; sinus 

 deep; lobes spreading, much produced and acuminated, 

 bearing bulbs which produce new plants at the top of 

 the petiole! Under side of leaf green, tinged with 

 purplish brown and minutely dotted: fls. small, white, 

 3-5 in. across; calyx pale green, unspotted; petals 

 lanceolate and very acute. West coast of Africa. B.M. 

 4535. — Not yet introduced into America. 



AA. Jjvs. distinctly or deeply sinuate. 

 B. Sepals spotted with blackisli dots and lines. 



78. pulch6rrima, Tricker. Lvs. somewhat peltate, or- 

 bicular-ovate, strongly sinuate, angle of lobes acumi- 

 nate; under surface green, densely blotched with pur- 

 plish black; margin purplish red; diam.lB in.: fls. light 

 blue, 10-12 in. across : buds sharply conical ; petals 22, 

 lance-ovate, whitish at base; stamens about 140, appen- 

 daged; filaments yellow, outer ones broad; appendage 



and back of outer antliers blue. Probably If. Gapensis 

 X iV. canihii. Raised by \V. Tricker. 



79. stellita, Willd. (including If. versicolor, Roxbg. 

 B.M. IISU). Blue Lotus or India. Lvs. elliptic-orliicu- 

 late, rather broadly peltate; margin irregularly rejiand- 

 dentate; lobes hardly produced; green above; deei)lilue- 

 violet beneath: fl. 3-7 in. across, pale blue (rarely jjiuk 

 or white), open three days from 8 A, M. to 2 p. m. ; buds 

 ovate; sepals with minute blackish dots; petals 11-14, 

 dull white at base; stamens 33-54; appendage blue; 

 anthers and filaments pale vellowish. Southern and 

 eastern Asia. Andrews Bot. Rep. 5:330. B.M. 2058. 



80. dmpla, DC. (not of gardens). Lvs. narrowly 

 peltate, sub-orbicular, sinuate or nearly entire, 

 with small black spots above and below, 6-15 in. 

 across: fls. white, diam. 3-8 in.: sepals cori- 

 aceous, ovate-lanceolate, acute; petals 7-21, lance- 

 ovate; stamens 30-190, outmost ones much longer 

 than inmost. Texas, south to the West Indies 

 and Brazil. Fl. Brasil, 77, p. 129 pi. 28-30. B.M. 

 4469. — Very near of kin to iV". gracilis. 



■'v.^ BB. Si'pnls without blackish markings. 



81. Capfinsis, Thunb. (iV. scutifdtia, DC. jV. 

 cwrulea B.M. 552 and American gardens). Cape 

 Blue Water-lily. Lvs. rather narrowly peltate, 

 orbicular-ovate, strongly sinuate-dentate, angle 

 of lobes produced, acuminate; 12-16 in. across: 

 fls. rich sky-blue, 6-8 in. across: open four days 

 from 7 a. .m. to 4 p. M. ; buds ovate; sepals pure 



green outside, whitish within; petals 20-30, lower third 

 nearly white, narrowly elliptic; stamens about 15(1 (97- 

 221, Casp.); filaments yellow, outmost ones broad, in- 

 most filiform; appendage and back of outer anthers 

 blue. S.Africa. Andr. Bot. Rep. pi. 197. F.S. 6:645.- 

 A very desirable .species. 82. Var. Eastonieneis, Ames 

 (iV. stellAtn,\ar. Eastonieiisi.s). Fls. steel-blue; pet- 

 als broader and more rounded than in the type, rather 

 larger: lvs. longer, oval, more deeply toothed. Seed- 

 ling from the type, raised by C. Blomberg, gardener 

 to O. Ames, N. Easton, Mass., 'in 1896. G.P.' 9:475. 



83. gracilis, Zucc. Fig. 1502. Lvs. narrowly peltate, 

 deeply and irregularly sinuate or nearly entire, subor- 

 bicular; angle of lobes rounded; under surface pure 

 green (or suffused purple in hybrids), 15-17 in. across: 

 fls. white, 6-8 in. across; sepals pure green; petals 

 16-20, acuminate; stamens about 60, deep yellow; out- 

 most filaments short, broad, petaloid; anthers with long 

 yellowish appendage. Mexico. 



1503. Nyssa sylvatica (X 'a)- 



Garden forms of N. gracilis : 84. Wm. Stone (and var. coeru- 

 lea). Habit and form of 83: fls. large, open from early morning 

 till evening; sepals green outside, blue within; petals dark 

 blue, with a purplish cast; stamens vei"y numerous. Doubtless 

 a hybrid of N. gracilis and N. Zanzibariensis. Raised by W. 

 Tricker, Riverton. N.J,. 1899.-85. jlfrs. C. W. Ward, like 84, 

 except in color.which is a be,iutifiil pink. A charming variety . 

 exhibited by W. Tricker, in 1900.-86. Mauvii, " fls. delicate pale 

 mauve, sweet scented ; " seedling raised by S. Henshaw. at W. 

 Brighton, N. Y., about 1892.-87. Orei/ce, a form of 83, raised by 

 Benj. Grey, Maiden, Mass.. with blue fls. shading to white. 



