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NTMPH^EA 



NYMPHJCA 



65. Andredna. Outer petals dull, whitish at apex, red below; 

 inner petals dull dark red : stamens bright orange: Ivs. 

 blotched; lobes overlapping. Shows blood of N. Mexieana. 

 Int. by Marliac about 1897. 



66. Aurora. Fls. rose-yellow on first day, becoming deep red 

 on the third; general effect orange: sinus of leaf open. Int. by 

 Marliac about 1897. 



67. Ellisiana. Fls. brilliant carmine purple. Int. about 1897. 

 68. gloriosa. Very dark red; much like 67. Int. in 1899. 69. 

 James Gurney. Fls. 5-6 in. across, dark rose color. 70. Win. 

 Falconer. Fls. 6-7 in. across, bright garnet color. (Nos. 69 and 



1502. Nymphsea gracilis (X 1-12). No. 83. 



70 resemble 67). Int. by Henry A. Dreer in 1899. 71. Marlidcea, 

 var. fldmmea (N. flammea). Very similar to 67. Int. in 1895. 

 72. Marlidcea, var. ignea (N. ignea). Similar to 67. Int. in 

 1895. 73. Marliacea, var. rubra-punctata. Fls. deep rosy pur- 

 ple, spotted carmine. Int about 1897. 74. Sanguinea. Similar 

 to 73. Int. by Marliac in 1898. 



SECTION II. APOCARPOUS NYMPILEAS. 

 SUBGENUS V. BBACHYCERAS. 



A. Lvs. entire or slightly wavy at base. 



75. elegans, Hook. Lvs. narrowly peltate, orbicular to 

 ovate, margin entire or with 5 or 6 small scattered 

 teeth; under surface dark purple; diam. 7 in.: fls. pale 

 violet, 3-6 in. across, open three days from 8 A. M. to 1 

 P.M.; buds ovate; sepals marked with black lines and 

 dots; petals ovate, obtuse, 12-20; stamens stout, about 

 75, yellow; appendage a mere tip; filaments broad. 

 Mex. B.M. 4604. 



76. caerulea, Savigny (N. stellata, Caspary. N. scuti- 

 folia of gardens). BLUE LOTUS OP EGYPT. Lvs. nar- 

 rowly peltate, oval, entire or slightly sinuate at base; 

 under surface green with dark purple blotches, purplish 

 at margin, 12-16 in. across: fls. 3-6 in. across, open three 

 days from 7:30 A. M. to 12 M. ; buds conical ; sepals 

 thickly marked with black lines and dots ; petals 14-20, 

 lanceolate, acute, light blue above, lower half dull white ; 

 stamens 50-70; outer filaments broad, yellow : appen- 

 dage long (three-sixteenths in. on outer stamens), pale 

 blue. Egypt, northern and central Africa. Ann. Mus. 

 Paris, vol. 1 (1802), p. 366c.p. F.S. 7:653.-Free grower 

 and bloomer but not showy. 



77. micrantha, Guillemin & Perottet. Lvs. elliptic, 

 entire in apical half, rest of margin sinuate; sinus 

 deep; lobes spreading, much produced and acuminated, 

 bearing bulbs which produce new plants at the top of 

 the petiole! Under side of leaf green, tinged with 

 purplish brown and minutely dotted: fls. small, white, 

 3-5 in. across; calyx pale green, unspotted; petals 

 lanceolate and very acute. West coast of Africa. B.M. 

 4535. Not yet introduced into America. 



AA. Lvs. distinctly or deeply sinuate. 

 B. Sepals spotted with blackish dots and lines. 



78. pulcherrima, Tricker. Lvs. somewhat peltate, or- 

 bicular-ovate, strongly sinuate, angle of lobes acumi- 

 nate; under surface green, densely blotched with pur- 

 plish black; margin purplish red; diam. 16 in. : fls. light 

 blue, 10-12 in. across: buds sharply conical; petals 22, 

 lance-ovate, whitish at base; stamens about 140, appen- 

 daged; filaments yellow, outer ones broad; appendage 



and back of outer anthers blue. Probably N. Capensis 

 x N. ccerulea. Raised by W. Tricker. 



79. stellata, Willd. (including N. versicolor, Roxbg. 

 B.M. 1189). BLUE LOTUS OP INDIA. Lvs. elliptic-orbieu- 

 late, rather broadly peltate; margin irregularly repand- 

 dentate; lobes hardly produced; green above; deep blue- 

 violet beneath: fl. 3-7 in. across, pale blue (rarely pink 

 or white), open three days from 8 A, M. to 2 p. M. ; buds 

 ovate; sepals with niimite blackish dots; petals 11-14, 

 dull white at base; stamens 33-54; appendage blue; 

 anthers and filaments pale yellowish. Southern and 

 eastern Asia. Andrews Bot. Rep. 5:330. B.M. 2058. 



80. ampla, DC. (not of gardens). Lvs. narrowly 

 peltate, sub-orbicular, sinuate or nearly entire, 

 with small black spots above and below, 6-15 in. 

 across: fls. white, diam. 3-8 in,; sepals cori- 

 aceous, ovate-lanceolate, acute; petals 7-21, lance- 

 ovate ; stamens 30-190, outmost ones much longer 

 than inmost. Texas, south to the West Indies 

 and Brazil. Fl. Brasil, 77, p. 129 pi. 28-30. B.M. 

 4469. Very near of kin to iV. gracilis. 



BB. Sepals without blackish markings. 



81. Capensis, Thunb. (N. scuti folia, DC. If. 

 ccerulea B.M. 552 and American gardens). CAPE 

 BLUE WATER-LILY. Lvs. rather narrowly peltate, 

 orbicular-ovate, strongly sinuate-dentate, angle 

 of lobes produced, acuminate; 12-16 in. across: 

 fls. rich sky-blue, 6-8 in. across: open four days 

 from 7 A. M. to 4 p. M. ; buds ovate; sepals pure 



green outside, whitish within; petals 20-30, lower third 

 nearly white, narrowly elliptic; stamens about 150 (97- 

 221, Casp.); filaments yellow, outmost ones broad, in- 

 most filiform; appendage and back of outer anthers 

 blue. S.Africa. Andr. Bot. Rep. pi. 197. P.S. 6:645.- 

 A very desirable species. 82. Var. Eastoniensis, Ames 

 (.ZV. stellata, var. Eastoniensis). Fls. steel-blue; pet- 

 als broader and more rounded than in the type, rather 

 larger: Ivs. longer, oval, more deeply toothed. Seed- 

 ling from the type, raised by C. Blomberg, gardener 

 to O. Ames, N. Easton, Mass., in 1896. G.F. 9:475. 



83. gracilis, Zucc. Fig. 1502. Lvs. narrowly peltate, 

 deeply and irregularly sinuate or nearly entire, subor- 

 bicular; angle of lobes rounded; under surface pure 

 green (or suffused purple in hybrids), 15-17 in. across: 

 fls. white, 6-8 in. across; sepals pure green; petals 

 16-20, acuminate; stamens about 60, deep yellow; out- 

 most filaments short, broad, petaloid; anthers with long 

 yellowish appendage. Mexico. 



1503. Nyssa sylvatica (X %). 



Garden forms of N. gracilis : 84. Wm. Stone (and var. coeru- 

 lea). Habit and form of 83: fls. large, open from early morning 

 till evening; sepals green outside, blue within; petals dark 

 blue, with a purplish cast; stamens very numerous. Doubtless 

 a hybrid of N. gracilis and N. Zanzibariensis. Raised by W. 

 Tricker, Riverton, N. J.. 1899. 85. Mrs. C. W. Ward, like 84, 

 except in color.which is a beautiful pink. A charming variety, 

 exhibited by W. Tricker, in 1900. 86. Mauvii, fls. delicate pale 

 mauve, sweet scented;" seedling raised by S. Henshaw, at W 

 Brighton, N. Y., about 1892. 87. Greyce, a form of 83, raised by 

 Benj. Grey, Maiden, Mass., with bhie fls. shading to white. 



