NYMPH.EA 



scapes 4-12 or U in. ubove the water. {LijIopUiira, 

 Casp.) 



Subgenus V. Brachycekas. Outermost stamens with 

 an appendage above the anther: carpellary styles short, 

 triangular: fls. white, blue or pink. —About 12 species 

 in the tropics all round the world. 



Subgenus VI. Anecphya. Stamens all slender, half 

 as long as the petals, almost without any appendage: 

 carpellary styles wanting: fls. blue, rosy or white. One 

 species in Australia. 



INDEX. 



NTMPH^A 



1105 



odceno.seeNuphar. navescms,i\. 



Froebelii, 50. 

 fulva, 63. 

 Geo. Huster, 13. 

 gigantea, 37, 93. 

 Gladstoniana, 53. 

 gloriosa, 68. 

 gracilis, 83. 

 grandiflora, 14. 

 Greyae, 87. 

 helvola, 30. 



James Gumey, GO, 

 Jubilee, 4. 

 Kalmiana, see N' 



phar. 

 Kewensis, 21. 



Layde'keri, 57-00. 



Luciana. 30. 

 lucida, 01. 

 Marliacea, 31, 52-7 

 Mauvii, 86. 



plena, 45. 

 puboscens, 3. 

 pulcherrima, 78. 

 pygmtva, 32. 



biradiata, 47. 

 blanda, 24, 26, 43. 

 Boucheana, 16. 

 oiBrulea, 76,81,84. 



Carolinensis, 38. 

 Caroliniana, 38. 

 chromatella, 31. 

 colorans, 8. 



Deaniana. 7. 

 delicatissima, 6. 

 dentata, 2. 

 Devonionsis, 15. 

 Diana, 14. 

 Eastonensis, 9, 8! 

 eduUs, 1. 

 elegans, 75. 

 Ellisiana, 67. 

 exquisita, 40. 

 Hammea, 71. 



rubra, 10, 17, 30. 



mbra-puuctata, 7 

 u- Rudgeana, 24 



sanguinea, 74. 



saitifolia, 76, 81. 



Seignoreti. 64. 



semiaperta, 47. 



Smithi.ina, 5. 



sphcerocanui, 49. 



steltata, 76. 79. 

 4. Sturtevantii, 22. 



sulphurea, 29. 



superba, 38. 

 Mexicana, 27. tetragona, 32. 



micrautha, 77. thermalis,}. 



minor, 35. tuberosa. 43. 



Mrs. C.W. Ward. 85. Union, 35. 

 Niobe. 20. versicolor, 79. 



nitida, 33. Wm. Doogue, 55. 



odorata. 34. Wm. Falconer, 7( 



O'Marana. 18. Wm. Stone. 84. 



Ortpiesiana, 2, 17. Zanzibariensis. 8fi 

 Parkeriana, 42. 



. SYNCARPOUS NYJIPH^AS. 



SOBGENUS I. Lotos. 

 A. Fls. tvJiite or light pink. 



1. L6tus, Linn. (iT. ^(it(!is,DC. ^'.fhermAli.^,T)>■.,>^l 

 the hot springs of Hungary). White Lotus. Fig. HUi). 

 Lvs. orbicular, dark greeu above, under surface brown- 

 ish, smooth or slightly pubescent; diam. 12 to 20 in.: 

 fls. white, the broad outer petals suffused pink, 5 to 10 

 in. across, open 7::{0 p. m. to 11 A. M. ; sepals pure green; 

 petals concave. H) or 20; stamens 90-103, yellow; anthers 

 shorter than the lilaments. Egvpt. B.M. 797. F.S. 

 7:706-7. 



2. Var. dentata, Schumacher & Thonning (iV. Ort- 

 ffi'esidna. Planch.). Lvs. i,'l:ilin)ii-- ..r somewhat puberu- 

 lent beneath: fls. pure wliitr. .s lo in in. .n-ross, open until 

 1 P.M.; petal narrower than in tin- i\|.i-. ovate, opening 

 out horizontal; anthers lonj,'ir than tin- lilaments. Cen- 

 tral Africa, Sierra Leone. B JI. 42.^.7 (as iV. dentata). 

 F.S. 0:627-8. 



:!. Var. puboscens, Willd. Lvs. densely pubescent 

 beneath: fls. white; outer petals tinged pink. India. 



Garden Vabikties of Nymph^a Lotus. 

 N. Lotus and varieties seed freely, and are valuable secd- 

 p^irents for hybrids, of which the following may best be classed 

 here: 4. ./wbiitfe?. with fls. delicate piiiki-^li nliii.-- t\v l.lotched 

 with brown, crumpled at margin. Disi r il ;.i' -I i. 1 1, im ■. \ Dreer, 

 Riverton, N. J., in 1809.-5. Umithnm i \. Lotus 



var. dentata). A shade more pink tli:i! : , : \ ovate: 



lvs. pl.iin dark iireon. lying flat at iii.ii;r : i ■ n. ,l l,y W. 



Tricker frn,„ ciifi.,.,, v .1, i„ is:r:. i, ( . ,<,..,„;.... m,,,,, (N. 

 Lottis\M[ i'Vii I \ iui-i;i' l,i;:tit pink: ;i slnnlo darker 

 than.'' , ' • 1 1-- crumpled at margin. Dis- 



tribnt.l ' Ion. N. J., in 1894.-7. Dfon- 



iAnn. 11. ,i. o iur. lii,'ht pink; darker than 6: 



sepals 'l..;j !'.' p:i!!.. ijttal.^ luo:uliy ovate: stamens red: lvs. 

 dark green. sc;in'oIy bronzy, mur-b crumpled at margin. Sent 

 out by W. Tricker, from Clifton. N. J., in 1894.-8. Ltrlia (N. 

 Columbiana X N. Smithiana). White or nearly so: lvs. bright 

 green, Var. coHrans, smaller than type: fls. shaded pink: lvs. 



with open sinus. Originated with O. Ames, N. Easton, Mass., 

 1000.— 9. Eastonensis (N. O'Marana X N. Smithiana). Lvs. 

 dark green, bronzy when young ; sinus wide : fls. white. 

 Originated with O. Ames, N. Easton, Mass., 1900. 



AA. Flowers red. 



10. nkbra, Koxbg. Lvs. orbiculate, reddish brown, 

 bronzy, becoming greenish, pubescent beneath, 12 to 18 

 in. across : fls. deep purplish red, U to 10 in. across, 

 open 3 or 4 nights from 8 p. m. to 11 a. m. ; sepals dull 

 purplish red, 7-nerved, never opening more than 10° 

 above horizontal; petals 12-20, narrowly oval, rounded 

 at apex ; stamens about 55, cinnabar-red, becoming 

 brownish. India. B.M. 1280. F.S. 6:629. — Only distin- 

 guishable from iV. Lotus, var. pubesoens, by color of fls. 

 The two run into each other and may not be specifically 

 distinct. 



11. Var. rdsea, Sims. Lvs. bronzy green, blotched with 

 brown: fl.s. large, matrenta to dark red, open from 8 P. M. 

 to 10:.30 A.M.; ]«taN naiiow. pointed; stamen tips 

 orange-brown. India, l'.,M. i::':i- 



12. Columbiana, 

 of medium size (6 i 

 seedling from N. n 



larker than the type, 

 k bronzy red. Chance 

 Tricker from Clifton, 



face green I - 

 open from s 

 long by 1 ' 2 i 



worth, EiiK, 

 Very near 1 

 little lighte 

 like 15: fls. dark 



1499. Nympheea Lotus. 



Redrawn from the old figure in Botjinical Magazine (1801). shoi 

 iug an historical picture of the true white Egyptian Lotus. 



THIKD GROUP. 



margin occasionally 



var. dentata XX. rubra, by Ci, W. Oliver. Washingt' 



20. Niobe {N. mbraX ). Bright carmine 



unduLite and dentate margined, dark £ 

 Originated with O. Ames, N. Easton, Mass., 1900. 



. Bisset. 



N. Lotus 

 . D. C- 



