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The Waterlilies. 



outline of leaves strikingly intermediate. The seedlings are like those of N. caerulea 

 until the first floating leaf; this is spotted with brown above and suffused bluish 

 beneath as in N. zanzibariensis. Sterile. Raised at the Botanic Garden, University 



Fig. IV. Nymphaea capemi* X zanzlbarlen*U. Sepal, four petals, stamlnode, stamens, vertical section of 



ovary. Two-thirds natural size. 



Fia. 80. Nymphaea elegant x zanzibarUruis. Sepal, three petals, stamens, vertical section of 

 ovary. Two-thirds natural size. 



of Pennsylvania, from seed obtained in 1900; flowered 1901. Sepals 4, petals 23, 

 stamens 140, carpels 26. 



6. N. capensis X zanzibariensis (Plate XXVII; Fig. 79). Flowers light blue. 

 Floral parts very numerous. Sepals broad, resembling those of N. zanzibariensis. 



