Nepenthe. 



CHAPTEE Y. 



THE NELUMBIUM. NEPENTHES. 



A FTEB- the nympheacse we will speak of the ne- 

 -* lumbium, a class of magnificent herbaceous 

 plants of a general conformation closely resembling 

 the preceding, which grow in the fresh waters of 

 the warm regions of Asia and North America. The 

 flowers are very large and white, red or yellow in 

 color. Besides the interest that is felt in the Nelum- 

 ~bium speciosum, the famous lotus of the ancients, 

 two species call for attention, the brilliant nelumbo 

 and the yellow nelumbo. 



The flowers of the former are among the most 

 beautiful and the largest in the vegetable kingdom. 



