Nthpbaub.] NELUMBIA( i. i 



I in China. Dr Roxburgh relates that the I 

 a the joints, are eaten b) the native* of Ind 

 or in their curries. I b L, or l"'i ! - 



tin- tubers of Nelumbium luteum resemble 1 1 1 < > —< - of the Sweet Pol 

 uii'l agreeable when boiled, and are u 



that tin- milky viscid juio ad flowei 



a remedy against sickness and diarrhoea, and that tl 

 Bowers, are slightly astringent and used 1 l; Dr. Wighl 



me leaf and Bowei kbound in >\>\v.A vessels, which 



[ndia and formed into those wicks ■• «lii'-li on great and solemn 

 the lamps of the Hindoos placed before the shrines of then 

 prepared from Mymphaaaa, but are not consider red. 



GENU8 

 N iimbtum, Jmi. 



- tilth. 

 Sp. •'•, :it ll 



Position.— Nymphseao ae. Nblumblicbje.- Cabomba 



