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lon,^ and solitary ax'.Uan'; flowers lar.^e, emerg-ing, yellow: 

 petals scarcely distlnp:insliable from the filaments; anthers 

 internally ad'nate to the filaments. Capsule carnose, 

 cells varyinjj: but correspondinj^ with the number of rays 

 in the stfgma, at length spontaneously dividing, and so 

 deviating- from the character of a true berry. 



Species. l.N.hitea. 2. advena. Calix unequal, pe- 

 ricarp grooved. 3. Kalmiana. Calix 5-leaved equal, mar- 

 gin of the sti.^ma crenate. 4. sagittosfoUa. I^eaves upon 

 long subspirai peduncles; flowers as large as tliose of JV". 

 Iiitea. V. V. II AB. Near Savannah, in Georgia. 



An American genus with the exception of jV, liiteOy in- 

 digenous also to Europe. 



69. NYMPH.EA. Smith, (Water-Lily.) 



Calix 4 or .o -leaved. Petals many, inserted 

 upon tlie germ beneath the stamina. Stigma 

 orbicular, radiated, sessile, nectariferous in the 

 centre. Capsule carnose, many -celled, many- 

 seeded, su])erior. 



Aquatic plants with the vegetation of the preceding ge- 

 nus; petals conspicuous, often antheriferous, never yellow, 

 frequently white, rosaceous or red, in one species blue. 



Species- l.'N.atba. Around Detroit, Michigan Ter- 

 ritory. V. T. 2. oihrata. 



A splendid genus principally indigenous to India and 

 Kurope, there Is also one species in Siberia, another in 

 <Jliina, the elegant and odorous JST. ccerulea is tlie pro- 

 duction of the Cape of Good Hope. JK". rubra of India, 

 wliich miglit be natur.ilized in the southern states, ex- 

 ceeds almost every other aquatic in magnificence. 



;ro. LEWISIA. FursL 



Calix 7 to 9-leaved. Petals 14 to 18. Sta- 

 mina definite, 14 to 18. Style trifid? Stigmas 

 bilid. Capsule 3-ceIled, many-seeded. Seeds 

 liining. 



A stemless succulent plant, with entire radical leaves; 

 scapes few-flowered; flowers white. Considerably allied 

 to the genus Stinper-vivnm and appertaining apparently to 

 the same natural order; are there not 6 or more styles in 

 place of one? is die capsule o-celled, and not 3 or moie 



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