ORDER 7. XYMPH^ACE^E. 29 



5 XYMPHEjE. Sep. 46. Pet. and stam. CO. Carp, united. Fls. large, showy, (ft) 



b Pet. (stamen-like) and stam. hypogynous. Fls. yellow N'UPHAR. 4 



t> Pet. petaloid. Stamens epigynous (on the torus raised into a disk) NYMFHKA. 5 



b Pet, (petaloid), sep. and stamous epigynoua. Lvs. peltate VICTORIA. 6 



1. BRASENIA, Schreb. WATEK TARGET. Sep. 3 or 4, colored with- 

 in, persistent. Stain. 1224. Pet. 3 or 4. Carp. 618, oblong, 2 (or by 

 abortion l)-eeded. U The stems and under surface of the leaves are 

 covered with a viscid jelly. Lvs. all floating, entire, elliptical. 



II. peltata Ph. Pools and muddy shores. The slender ped. and petioles long at the 

 depth of the water. Lvs. 2| x 1'. Fls. purple, 6" broad. July. 



2. CABOMBA, Aublet. Sep. 3, petaloid. Pet. 3. Stam. fi. Pistils 3 

 (rarely 2 or 4), nearly the length of stamens, and half as long as the petals 

 and sepals. Carp, few-seeded. 1C Lvs. opposite, mostly submersed and 

 liliformly dissected. Fls. in the axils of the floating Ivs. 



C. Carolinlana Gray. Floating Ivs. few and small (0" x 1"), immersed Ivs. many. 

 Stems branched. Fls. white, 6", strictly trimerotis. July, Aug. 



3. NELUMBIUM, Juss. (Nelumbo is the name of the species in 

 Ceylon.) Pet. and stam. GO, hypogynous, in many rows. Carp. GO, sepa- 

 rate, becoming 1 -seeded nuts, imbedded in as many cavities on the large, 

 obconic, fleshy torus. Seed with large cotyledons, very short radicle and 

 no albumen. Rhizome horizontal. Lvs. peltate, emersed. Scape 1-flow- 

 ered. There are oniy 2 species, N. speciosum of E. India, and 



N. luteum L. Petals yellowish : anth. lengthened beyond the cell? to a clavate appen- 

 dage. A magnificent aquatic, frequent S. and W. In Sodus Bay. N. Y. (Hankenson), 

 Lyme, Ct., near Philadelphia (Parish). Lvs. erect, round, centrally peltate. 1018'. 

 Fls. several times larger than those of Nymphsea odorata, fragrant. Nuts as large as 

 acorns. June Aug. 



4. NUPHAR, Smith. YELLOW POND-LILY. (Nevfar is the Arabic 

 name.) Sep. 5 or 6, concave. Pet. GO, small, linear, inserted with the GO 

 stamens on the torus. Stig. discoid, with prominent rays. Caps. Go-celled, 



00 -seeded. U Lvs. sagittate-cordate at the base, entire at the margin, on 

 stout stalks. 



1 N. advena Ait. Lvs. floating or erect, oval ; lobes rounded, petioles half terete ; 



htig. l-2- k 24-rayed : pep. fi. unequal. Slow streams and muddy pools. Lvs. thick and 

 large. Fls. deep yellow (save the 3 outer sep.). 2' diam., globular. June, July. 



2 N. Ka liiiia nn Ait. Lvs. floating and submersed, the latter membranous, reuiform- 



cordate ; stig. 8-14-rayed, crenate ; sepals. 5, equal. Plant small and delicate. Float 

 ing leaves oval, 1 3' long, the lobes nearly meeting. Flowers about 1' diam. Sum. 



3 N. sagittilolia Ph. Leaves oblong, sagittate-cordate, obtuse ; sep. 6 ; pet. ; anth. 



subsessile. Slow waters, N. Car. to Ga. Lvs. 1015'. Fls. 2', globular. June, July. 



5. NYMPHJEA, L. WATER-LILY. Sepals 4 or 5. Pet. GO, gradually 

 passing into stamens, adherent to the ovary. Stamens GO, the outer with 

 broad filaments. Stigma surrounded with rays. Seeds GO, arillate. If x? 

 Flowers white, roseate, or blue, very lovely. Figs. 202, 407-414. 



1 N. ccEr.ti.EA. Lvp. crenate, lobe? partly united, becoming peltate; pet. sky-blue. Egypt 



