NYMPH^A 



AAA. FIs. pure pink 

 Garden Hybrids of N. Lirir> am 



21. Kewinsis, Hook. f. 

 brown patches, sliglitly In 

 rather broadly peltate: 11: 



to hav,. . 



still foui 



22. Stu 



r> .V.SIi .\. KUBRA. 



i:ii , .Ln k :,'reeu with a few 



:irn.ss, light pink; petals 

 green. N. Lotus, var.den- 

 lised at Kew in ISSS. B.M. 6988. Said 

 of that name and^description is 





XY.MPH.EA 



e about :"iO, light golden-yellow; rhi- 

 ike, discoid, plane beneath, .1-5 in. in 

 itc, 14 in. thick, white, rooting at the 

 |i Ivs. ; the young plant flowers in a 

 in sends out runners. Mexico. 



peltate, miu-li cruiupled at m;irgiu: lis. y-l"2 in. ac 

 ble, pure pink to bright red. closing alxiut 11 :;!() .\. M. : petals v 

 broad, concave, incurved ; stamens incurved, tips light brown- 

 ish orange. G.F. 7:35.'). A huge massive flower ; varies greatly 

 in color of leaf and bloom, according to culture. Chance seed- 

 ling from N. Devoniensis, raised in 1884 by E. D. Sturtevant 

 at Bordentown, N. J.— 23. rubicixnda, Ames (N. Sturtevantii X 

 N.Lotus). Deep rich pink: Ivs. dark green. Originated with 

 O. Ames, N. Easton, Mass., WOO. 



SfBGENUS II. HtDBOCALLIS. 



24. Kudgeina, G. F. W. Meyer (^V. bldnda, Planch., 

 not of gardens). Lvs. elliptic to .suborbicular. 18 in. 

 long, margin coarsely and irregularly sinuate-dentate : 

 fls. 3-6 in. across, imperfectly open 2 or 3 nights from 

 twilight until dawn. Usually only the sepals and 4, 8 or 

 12 outer petals open, the remaining parts forming a 

 closed ovoid bud; occasionally a slight aperture is 

 formed by drawing apart of the tip of the bud, which 

 occurs before midnight. Petals usually 16-20; stamens 

 43-83. Trop. Amer. Flora Brasiliensis 77, pi. 32, 34, 35, 

 38. Not in cultivation here. 



25. Amazdnum, Mart. & Zucc. (JV". dmpla, of Ameri- 

 can gardens). Lvs. ovate, entire; lobes rounded; upper 

 and lower surfaces spotted brownish or blackish, under 

 surface reddish brown; petiole with a ring of long hairs 

 at the point of joining the leaf: fls. 3-G in. across, im- 

 perfectly open 1 or 2 nights; the bud opens about half 

 and closes again between 3 and 6 a.m. the first night; 

 the second night the sepals and outer row of petals open 

 about 7 P. M., the other parts remaining as a tight, 

 white bud until 3.30 a. m., when the fl. opens fully from 

 4.30 to 5 A. M., then closes by G.30 A. M. and draws down 

 into the water; petals usually 20; stamens 93-297. 

 Tropical America. Fl. Brasil. 77, pi. 35. B.M. 4823. 



26. bltlnda, G. F. W. Meyer (notof American gardens). 

 Lvs. small, membranous, entire, suborbicular ; lobes 

 slightly produced, subacuminate and snbhastate : fls. 

 4 in. across ; habits of opening unknown ; petals 16; 



2S. flava, Lcituer. Like 27, but more slender, weaker 

 grower, less free bloomer, fls. paler yellow. Probably 

 only a variety. Florida, in St. John's and Miami rivers. 

 B.M. 6917.— Hardy as far north as New York, "in 2 ft. 

 of water, covered with boards and a few leaves;" Ge- 

 rard, in G.F. 



AA. Without runners [hybrids). 



29. odorata, var. sulphiirea. Lvs. all floating, 4-6 in. across, 

 like N. odorata, but blotched with brown; fls. light yellow, 4-5 

 in. across, borne 2-4 in. above the water ; open during the 

 morning. One of Marliac's hybrids, doubtless N. odorata X N. 

 flava. Hardy. Shovni in Paris in 1880. 



30. tetragona,\^r.l'l'' ! I ^: i.- .Mr,-. ; . n ; ■ ;> ..;,i, 1I:,i-Ii:irl. 



Lvs. floating, oval, ^t-t '' ''■ ■: ' ' . : ■ . !■ of 



N. tetrugona. lilotclifJ , i- ■ , i , ■. li ii, ,; •: in:, II, 



yellow, 2 in. across,"].. . M ■ . iM,,l,. 



ably N. tetr;.i;..H;, ■ ' '■ ,:,,, II.u.I.n \~,:r...\~,.-.:i )„to 



America a! i< n I i !:-''".■ 



^\. Maili'i' ' ' M//,//a IN. tuberosa, var. tiavescens 



ofKew.=X \i I iitiiig lvs. orbicular, much blotched 



with brown, ,■, lim crowded the lvs. rise asmuch 



as 8 in.abo\. ili. \>,ii. i :iti dnrk green above, lighter beneath; 

 petioles sometimes with longitudinal brown stripes: fls. briglit 

 yellow, 3-6 in. across: petals numerous, broad. 



bloomer; a general favorite. Flowered in this country in lb89. 



L'S IV. Castalij 



Bhi 



fls. pure ti-hite. 



32. tetrigona, Georg. (iV. pj/srnifea. Ait.). Lvs. horse- 

 shoe shape, entire, the lobes diverging, slightly pro- 

 duced and subacute, dark green above, inclined to 

 brown blotching, reddish beneath, 3 to 4 in. across: fls. 

 VA-2% in. across, open on 3 or 4 days from noon until 

 5 P.M.; base of fl. square; petals 13-17; stamens about 

 40, yellow. E. Siberia, China and Japan ; also in N. 

 Idaho, U. S., and Ontario, Canada. B.M. 1525.-The 

 smallest of the genus ; free bloomer; makes no side 

 shoots from the single crown, but grows readily from 

 seed. Seed next to the largest of the genus. 



33. nitida, Sims. Lvs. entire, suborbicular; lobes olj- 

 tuse: fls. white, cup-shaped : tender. Described in B.M. 



1359 without habitat, and never positively 

 identified since. 



AA. Rhizome horizontul or, if not. 







I. Nymphaea Devoniensis (X 1-20). No. 



Subgenus III. Xanthantha (and hybrids). 

 A. Spreading by runners {type species). 

 27. Mexicina, Zucc. Floating lvs. ovate, margin ob- 

 scurely and finely sinuate, dark green above, beauti- 

 f\illy blotched with brown; under surface dark crimson- 

 brown, with small blackish dots, when crowded the lvs. 

 rise 3-5 in. above the water, are orbicular, cup-shaped 

 by overlapping of the straight sinus-margins, entire, 

 3-5 in. across, dark green and shining above, under 

 surface bright green, with fine purplish brown mot- 

 tlings: fls. 4 in. across, raised 4-5 in. above the water, 

 bright canary yellow, open from 11 a. m. to 4 p. M. ; pet- 

 als 23, grading in size and shape insensibly into the 



B. Lvs. scattered loosely on the rhizome. 

 34. odorata.Ait. Sweet-scented Water- 

 lily. Lvs. nearly orbicular, entire, some- 

 what coriaceous, dark green above, pur- 

 plish red when young ; under surface 

 deep red to reddish green or almost pure 

 j^ green; diam. 5-10 in.; lobes u.sually di- 



Ji^ vergins;. liut often touching or slightly 



over]:i]'i'iit„: : prii..!. . :.T.-. II i-li or brown- 

 ish: II- I , ■ - I I . . : ,'i in. across, 

 open 1 III. . .1.1 I . .11 •: -i i ill 12 M.; se- 



petals 'Si-X, ov;ite t.j knico-ovate ; sta. 

 mens 5.5-113, yellow; outer filaments broad, white, peta- 

 loid; seed medium sized. Eastern U. S., common. B. 

 M. 819 (small). — Varies greatly in size and color, ap- 

 proaching N. tuberosa. 



35. Var.mlnor,Sims(iV. i/)sJon). Lvs. deep red beneath 

 (or green when aSrial) : lobes diverging; diam. 2-5 in. ; 

 fls. white, 2M-3M in. across; sepals stronglv purple- 

 colored ; petals 17-24 ; stamens 37-78. Sometimes 

 growing where water recedes entirely in summer; usu- 

 ally in shallow water. Same range as type; often a shy 

 bloomer. B.M. 1652. 



36. Var. rdsea, Pursh (var. rubra). Cape Cod Water- 

 lily or Pond-lily. Lvs. dark reddish on both sides when 

 young, becoming green above: fls. pink, fading on the 

 successive days of opening. 4 in. across. Southeastern 

 Massachusetts. B.M. 6708 (too pale). 



