1108 NYMPH.EA 



65. Andredna. Outer petals diill, wbitish at apex, red below: 

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

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

 Int. by MarUac about 1897. 



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

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

 Marliac about 1897. 



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68. glorim i Veij dark red m ich 1 ke Int in 18J9 19 

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 Falconer. I K 6- in across br ght g in tt c I r \ 6J i 1 



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 nea b milar 



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 1895. 73. Marl acea \i 

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 to 73. Int bj Marliac i 



SECTION II. APOCARPOUS NrMPH^AS. 



Subgenus V. Brachvceras. 



A. Lvs. entire or slightly u-avy at base. 



7."). filegans, Hook. Lts. 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. 



7G. csenilea, Savigny (]V. stelMta, Caspary. ^^. seiiti- 

 fhlia 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 l)lack 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. Egvpt, 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. micT&ntha, 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.5I. 

 4535. — Not yet introduced into America. 



AA. Lvs. distinctly or deeply sinuate. 

 B. Sepals spotted with blackish dots and lines. 



78. pulch^rrima, 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 



NYMPH^A 



and back of outer anthers blue. Probably jV. Capensis 

 X jy. carulea. Raised by W. Tricker. 



79. Stellitta, Willd. (including iV. versicolor, Roxbg. 

 B.M. 1189). Blue Lotus OF India. Lvs. elliptic-orbicu- 

 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 minute 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. 4mpla, 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 ^V'. gracilis. 



■*■- BB. Sepals without blacki.'ili nmrki »(/.•<. 



- ^ 81. Capensis, Thunb. (iV". sr„i,fnihi. DC .V. 

 .^■^ crcH/ca B.M. 552 and Amerii-:u] -arMri:- 1. Cai'E 

 Blue Water-lily. Lvs. rather ikukiw I> |nli;ite, 

 orbicular-ovate, strongly sinuutc-dtiitiiti.-, ;iiigle 

 of lobes produced, acuminate; 12-10 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. F.S. 6:645.— 

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

 (.V. stelldta^y&T. Eastoniensis). Fls -t.-.l I. luc: pet- 

 als broader and more rounded than in tli. ty|.. . r;itlier 

 larger: lvs. longer, oval, more deeply tuutln-.i. Seed- 

 ling from the tvpe. raised by C. Bluml.er:;. (.Mrdener 

 to O. Ames, N. Easton, Mass., in 1896. G.F. 9:47.'). 



83. ^icilis, Zucc. Fig. 1502. Lvs. narrowly peltate, 

 deeply and irregularly sinuate or nearly entire, subor- 

 hicular; angle of lobes rounded; under surface pure 

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

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

 10-20, acuminate; stamens about 60, deep yellow; out- 

 most filaments short, broad, petaloid; anthers with long 

 yelldwisli appendage. Mexico. 



1503. Nyssa sylvatica (X H). 



Garden forms of .V. gracilis : U. Wm. Stone (and var. ca?ru- 

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

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

 blue, with a purplish cist: st.iniens verj- numerous. Doubtless 

 a livbrid of X. gracilis and N. Zanzib.iriensis. Raised by W. 

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

 except in color. which is a beautiful pink. A ("hfirming vririety. 

 exhibited by W.Tricker.in 1900.-86. J/nwr/i. "tls .l,lir:,t.- i>.il6 

 mauve, sweet scented:" seedling raised )>y s }i.ii-li;,\\ , .il W. 

 Brighton. N. Y.. about 1892.-87. Greyo'. a f..r.ri ..f -::, r:,i.. ,1 by 

 Benj. Grey, Maiden, Mass., with blue fls. sh;i.lin2 to wliiie. 



