USEFUL WILD PLANTS 



Gulf, the American Lotus or Water Chinquapin 

 (N dumbo lutea, Pers.). It is easily recognized by 

 its huge, round leaves (sometimes two feet across 

 and a favorite sunning place, by the way, for 

 water snakes) lifted high above the water on foot- 



WATER CHINQUAPIN 

 (Nelumbo lutea ) 



stalks attached to the center of the concave leaf, and 

 its showy, pale yellow, papery flowers of numerous 

 petals curving upward to be succeeded by curious, 

 flat-topped, pitted seed-vessels. It is an American 

 cousin of the famous lotus of India and oriental ro- 

 mance. To the American Indian, however, it seems 



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