Nnirati s VMi'ii l \< i..i. 



in the imbricated nature ol the petal 



blance is evident ; with Crowfoots they are connected througfa th 



with which th n the dilated 



high ai the top of the ind in tli 



their hypogynous Btamens ; bul in I •- the phi 



• ■ h ol the c irp l- ol which the fruit i> made up ; bo that in N 

 carpi Is cohere in the centre, the 



the plaa in., occupy the whol lividual i 



the fruit is composed. 

 (in the other hand, if we consider vVati rli) 

 ■hall be at no lose to find Btrong affinitii - for them in that 

 with Hydrocharads, and more particularly with the Alismal Alliance, wh 

 carpeb}, habit, and peculiar placentation, are verj important poinl 



Independently of the rircumsta a to which allusion has just been mad 



is remarkable insomeotl ets. It offers one ofth 



adduced of the gradual passage of petals into Btamens, and ol 

 tentively examined, the transition will be found bo insensible thai mam 

 bodies «ill be Been to be m ithi ■ ly petals nor stamens, but both 'in 



<l. velopment of the torus, which is bo remarkable in Waterbeans, is hi re n i • 

 a similar enlargement of the disk, which in Bome, as in Nuphar, is m< n K . 

 gvnous expansion, out of which grow the Btamens and petals ; in oth< i 



rates itself as high as the top of tl vary, to the surface of which it is 



m the Btamens are carried op along with it, we have th< Be organs appan nth 



in- from the surface of the ovary ; in the genus Barclays, the petals . 



np with the Btamens, on the outside of which they evi n cohere into ;i tube, bo that in 



tins genus we have a singular instance of an inferior calyx and a sup* i , j D t |„. 



le plant. In Victoria the sepals are also adnate t.. this disk, and tin:- . 

 ovarj i- produced. In Nymphsea alba, the Be .1- are incloa .1 in a true arillus ; but M 

 Planchon | M. I . p. 18) has Bhown that no such integument 



Nuphar luteum. 



Floating plants, inhabiting the whole of the northern hemisphere, 

 withal the southern point of Africa, but generally rare in the southern hemisphei 

 en the continent of South America they an repn sented by Victoria. 



Tins Order has the r» potation of being antiaphrodisiac, sedative, and i 

 pertiesnot very clearly made out, but generally credited. Dr. Wight has, 

 well observed that these are quite imaginary qualities, assumed to exist 



"l the habitation of \\ aterlilies - in the midst of < I and placid « 



the chaste whiteness of their Bowers." The Turks pn pare a coolii \ 

 Bowers of Nuphar luteum, which they call Pufer ciceghi. Their st< i 

 and astringent, for which reason they have been prescribed in • !. 

 tain a considerable quantity of starch, and after repeated wash 



for food without danger. The sei ds are i agerlj Bought after in i 

 the wild people in whose countries they grow. They taste like Pop] 

 '■ • ither boiled or raw like Millet \ ictoria, the most gigantic and i 

 I to be on that account called Water Maize in South '. 

 Is are in like manner a favourite food among the Indians and I 

 ■|iiantit_\ of Btarch contained in them accounts for this. The rhi; 

 mphiea are esteemed by them Senegal, who 



like Potatoes. In India the farinaceous 

 erhavingbeen roasted in heated Band. It is said bj 

 Nymphtea alba are better than Oak-galls for dyeing graj ; i ! 

 employed advantageously for tanning leather ; and a tolen 

 prepared from them. The li av« a ol .Nuphar luteum ai 



GENERA. 

 TriK' I. Eorjralide.— I Tribe 9. Pnpharidn 



-' laU dit 



- isb. 

 1 >lr. 

 Victoria. /. 



dittinct. 

 Nympl 



\ 



NtMi.i;.- 



Posn ion, Cabombao b N 



