NYMPH.EA 



•!7. Var. gigant^a, Hort. Ri< e 

 Lvs. large, 12-16 iu. across, green W 

 purplish toward margin; edgeol'tui 

 green: fls. 4-7 in. across, pure w 

 petals 24-31; stamens 69-120. D 

 Approaches JY. tuberosa. 



Gakdes Vakietii- I nil '■ 



1107 



WaTEIv-LILY. 



.•i=N. 





I habit, 



t and foliage of 34: fls, 

 ■lluw stamens and 16-20- 

 : and shorter than 34, 



38. CaroUmana, Hort i \ i ^ 

 tuberosa, var. superbaj 1. 

 closed, green above, re l I i. i 

 petals narrow, abundaut t4_ i, 

 stout. A robust plant, raided bj 

 about 1890. Probably N odorata, 

 Imcidna. Hook. Like 38 

 Hta, Marliac. L v, ki i-i ii 



duced about Is' id i 

 delicate in tint 1 1 



42. Parkerian i 

 large, pure winii n 1 

 rayed stigma; pct.il 

 Guiana. 



43. tuberdsa, Paine(^y.rfniM(»iis,Walt. 

 (Gray) JV. blanda of gardens?). Fig. 1501. 

 Distinguished from No. 34 chiefly by the 

 numerous slenderly attached and spontaiu- 

 ously separating tubers, 1-3 in. long on 

 the rhizome. Lvs. when floating less 

 coriaceous than in 34, and more veiny 

 above; petioles marked with longitudmal 

 brown stripes ; no purple or red coloi 

 about lvs. or sepals: fls. 4-9 in. across, 

 pure white, open three or four da> s from 

 8 A. M. to 1 p. M. ; petals broad, concave 

 seeds the largest of the genus. North cen 

 tral U.S. G.F. 1:366, 367; 6:416 (goodi 

 B.M. 6536 (poor). A luxuriant grower; 

 when crowded or in shallow water the lvs. 

 and fls. rise 4-6 in. above the water; 

 spreads rapidly by tubers. Moderate bloomer. 



44. Var. mixima (iV.o(Zo»-n/a,var. mrfj-ima of gardens) 

 A form with round lvs. and closed smus, the lobes 

 curved out at apex to a short point; petioles pubescent, 

 with long hairs, with a few faint longitudmal brown 

 stripes: fls. medium to large, pure white, somewhat 

 cup-shaped. Lake Hopatkong, N. J. Kather smaller 

 than the type! Possibly a natural hybrid of iV. tuberoia 

 and odorata. 



Gakdes Varieties and Hybrids of N. 



N. ALBA, VAR. rosea. 



first group. 

 52. Marlidcea, var. dlbida. Fl. l.-irce, ilaz/.l 

 narrow, namerous ; stamens with ;i ti ml. ii 

 pink. Int. about 1889. Gn. ."c'l 1 17, ii 1 1 1 



ig white; petals 

 y to be flushed 

 I (Ufulstoiiidna. 

 " Ti Kiowth, Int. 



.ARD 



petals 



droiipii ■ I i ,1. . I. tMwn, Ohio, about 



1894-1 >■■'. Il-ii I.- |.:i.i-. -i ML' ubove the water, 



Prob^il.li ^. tub.i...,i,-, N.i.,:ur.i:.i, ^.ll■, i-u»u;i. 



BB. Lvs. crowded on the rhizome. 



47. cindida, Presl. (N. biradiAta, Sommerauer. IV. 

 semiapMa, Klinseracf). Similar to 48. Angles of at- 

 tachment of sepals projecting; all the filaments broader 

 than the anthers: fr. ovoid; seed large. Forms sterile 

 hybrids with 48. Central and northern Europe. 



48. 41ba, Linn. Lvs. roundish, entire, floating, 4-12 in. 

 across, red when very vcun;;; rhi/nni.- black: fls. white 

 (in the type), 4-5 in. am, -~, ..ii,i, tr..iii 7 a.m. to 4 p.m.; 

 petals broad, ovate, som. wliat miMivr; angles of at- 

 tachment of sepals r.iuii.ii-.l; lilam.-nts of inmost sta- 

 mens not wider than the anthers: fr. more or less 

 spherical; .seed small. Eu., Siberia.— A robust species. 



49. Var. rdsea, Mast. (iV. aZ6a,var.rii6ra=iV. alba,vB,T. 

 sphtin-nt;irpti = N. alba, var. Cdsparii). Outer petals 

 rosy, intermediate ones intensely rosy, inmost petals 

 with the filaments and processes of carpels deep red- 

 brown: variable in purity of color. FagertSm, Sweden; 

 rare. B.M. 6736 (stamens poor). R.H. 1879:230.-Diffi- 

 cult to manage in this country. 



.-)n. Var, Froebelii, Hort. A dark-fld. form of 49; also 

 h:ir(l to succeed with in this country. 



,'il. Var. candidissima, Hort. (.V.cnndidissi'ma, Hort.). 

 Lvs. orbicular; lobes strongly curved, overlapping; yel- 

 lowish when very young: rhizome brownish, sometimes 

 3 in. through : fls. large, pure white, sterile. The first to 



M. Marliacea, var. cdmea, like 52 except in color, which is a 

 soft flesh pink, deepening toward the base of the petals; fra- 

 grance of vanilla. Int. about 1889. 55. Wm. Doogue, like 54, 

 but of more open growth: petals evenly colored, broader and 

 more concave. Int. by Henry A. Dreer in 1899. 



56. Marliacea.irar. rosea. Fls. large, deep rose color; young 

 lvs. purplish red, changing to deep green. Int. about 1889. 



SECOND GROUP. 



rr:sra (N, Laydekeri), with a thick erect 



ofFsets: fls. small, rosy pink, changing to 



-.1 II A. M. Int. by Marliac about 1893; 



\ ;dba. var. rosea.— 58. Laydekeri 



I. ilia), color soft rosy lilac, with yel- 



i !■ ,1 rose: lvs. with occasional dark 



57. Lniidcke 

 rootstock, fori 



probab],v ^ 



p«rpwro(a(N. L. purpurea). Fl. rosy crimson; stamens orange 

 red. Int. in 1895. 



61. Ifiada. Pis. l.'ir-.' iM V .rrun 



reddish brown. Int ' M is 



blotched with 



62. R6bii 



N, large, floating; a 

 ilish red; lvs. blotcl 

 ;nia. Marliac hybrid 



yel- 



low ground color, o . . : 

 May be N. alba. v:ir r. -. ,i 

 troduced into U. S. in l.s'.t.'i, 



63. ftilva closely resembles 62; lvs. spotted brown above, red 

 beneath. Int. by Marbae in 1895. 



6t. Seignoreli. Fls. delicate yellow shaded with rose and 

 carmine; borne about 6 in, above the water; lvs. mottled. 

 Probably N. alba, var. rosea X N, Mcxicanii, Int, l)y Marliiic 

 about 1897. 



