1105 



scapes 4-12 or U in. iibove the water. (Li/fopleura, 

 Casp.) 



Subgenus V. BKACHrcERA.S. Outermost stamens with 

 an appendage above the anther: carpellary styles short, 

 triangular: fls. white, blue or pink.— About 12 species 

 in the tropics all round the world. 



Subgenus VI. Anecphya. Stamens all slender, half 

 as long as the petals, almost without any appendage: 



bill 



rosy or white. One 



SECTION I. SYNCARPOr.? X\TIPILEAS. 



Subgenus I Lotos 



\ FU uhite o) light pink 



1 Lotus Linn ( Y ^(hihi,DC X thermahi D( 

 the hot springs of Hungar-^ 1 White Lotus Fig U'I'i 

 L\ s oriiuular dtrk^rttii ilio\e under surface browti 

 ish smooth or sluhth pul)i -cent diam 12 to 20 in 

 Hs whitf the bic.id outtr pi tils suffused pink 5 to 10 

 m leross open 7 id p M toll a m sepals pure green, 

 petals concave I'l or 20 stamens 9(>-103 vellow anthers 

 -horter than the filaments Egvpt B M 797 F s 

 7 706-7 



2 Var dentata, Schumacher & Thonnm., I A Oit 

 qtetiana Planch ) Lvs glabrous or - im hIi it | ul 

 lentbeneath fls purewbite StolOm i i i n 

 1 p M petal narrower than in the t\ j i \ it | 

 out horizontal anthers longer than tlit til iiiiMit 

 fril \fri(a ^lena Leone BM 42)7 (as .\ dentiitii] 



•! Var pub6scena, Willd Lvs densely pubescent 

 bent ath fls -nhite outer petals tinged pink India 



GaKDEN \AEIKTIEb OF \\MPH.E1. LOTIS 



open sinus. Originated with O. Ames, N. Easton, Mass., 

 -9. Eiii*titni_'iisi!t (X. t^'Marana X X^. SniitiiianaJ . Lvs. 

 green, lironzy when yoimg ; sinus wide : fls. white, 

 nated with O. .\mes, N. Easton, Mass., 1900. 



Fit 



red. 



10. rubra, Roxbg. Lvs. orbiculate, reddish brown, 

 bronzy, becoming greenish, pubescent beneath, 12 to 18 

 in. across : fls. deep purplish red, 6 to 10 in. across, 

 open 3 or 4 nights from 8 p. M. to 11 a.m.; sepals dull 

 purplish red, 7-nerved, never opening more than 10° 

 above horizontal; petals 12-20, narrowly oval, rounded 

 at apex , stamens about 55 cinnabar' red becoming 

 brownish India B M 1280 F S 6 629 -Only distin 

 guishable from J' Lotus, var pubescens 1)\ tohirot fl-. 

 The two run into each other and lu L\ n tl ] iti. ilh 

 distinct 



11. Var rdsea, Sims L^s bronze _i i, I I t 1, i «ith 

 brown fls large magenta to d ii k n I iiuli msi m 

 to 10 30 A M , petals narrow pi inted st imen tips 

 orange brown India B M 1 J(>4 



Gardev Varieties of Ntvpu^\ RiBhA 



FIR-T I I I 



12. Columbiana with il ' 'type 

 of medium size (6 m acn i i ii ^nce 

 seedling from N rubra s , i ( |,fton 

 N.J.,ml894-13 George II I ross 

 closing about 11 A M hs I hiii/\ „i Henrv 

 A. Dreer from Riverton X J m 1 h \ sturt 

 evantiiX Amazonum) Intense m t., ni nrnson 

 lvs. deep olive brown sinus open \< I irnndt 

 /iora IS larger and deeper in color ">tuit i t ii Vnjes 

 X. Easton Mass 1900 



15. Deinniensis Hook Fig IdOO Lvs dark bronzy green mod 

 erately peltate lying flat on the water 18 m across under sur 

 face greenish brown puberuleut fls pure red 10-12 m across 

 open from 8 p M to 1 p M of next day petals o\ate 4 or 5 in 

 long hyl!4m wide BM 466^ The first hybrid of note {if 

 hybrid at all) said to be N Lotus X X rubra raised at Chats 

 worth Eng m 18ol A universal favorite —16 Lovcheana 

 Very near 1-) bvbrid( ' ) of same parentage color of fls a 

 little hgbter F S 10 1033-4 -17 Ortgiesiano rubra Mm h 

 like 1 fls ilaik red F S K 77-.-b 



1499 Nymphsea Lotus 



Uy 

 ior2 



lana H\lrid ame is (j Pure light i ii 

 septis deep rose pmk pet ils bro idlv o\ iti 

 dark green scarcely bronzy much cnimpli 

 out by W Tneker from f lifton N J in 

 Columbian i X X Smithiana) White or ne 

 green Var colorans smaller than type fls 



shaded pmk lvs 



.ton. D. 



^ green above sinus o 

 Mass 1900 



