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ponds, sometimes also in swamps, Mass. to Florida, mostly 

 along the coast. April. Fig. 953. See No. 26. 



954. Spatter-dock. Nymphaea advena. {N ymphaeaccae .) A 

 coarse yellow water lily with submerged, floating and emersed 

 leaves. Floating and emersed leaves long and stout-stalked, 

 nearly round or round oval, 4-6 in. or even more long, deeply 

 cleft at the base. Flowers yellow, almost always above the 

 surface, sometimes on it, about 1^2 in. wide, the sepals petal- 

 like and incurved. Petals none. In quiet waters, nearly 

 throughout North America. May-August. Fig. 954. There are 

 several closely related species. 



955. American Lotus. Nelumbo lutea. (Nelumbonaceae.) 

 A stout aquatic with large, nearly round leaves that stand 

 well above the water on stout stalks attached to the middle 

 of the leaf blade. Leaves prominently veined, 12-15 ^"- ^^ 



, diameter. Flowers large, 3-5 in. across, pale yellow, the i^etals 

 I insensibly merging into the central organs of the flower. 

 Fruits round, but more or less flat-topped, deeply pitted, the 

 pits containing the nearly round seeds. In ponds and lakes. 

 [ Ontario to Florida, and westward, but local in distribution 

 and while common where found, only known from com- 

 paratively isolated' stations. July. Fig. 955. 



956. Bladderwort. Utricularia intermedia. (Lentibular- 

 iaceac.) A slender aquatic with finely dissected submerged 

 leaves, the segments about ^ in. long and thread-like. Among 

 the leaves, or on the stem are minute but obvious bladders. 

 Stems and leaves usually make an inextricable mass just be- 

 neath the surface, and from this rise above the surface slen- 



