120 



POPULAR FLORA. 



Flowers white, rather large: petals larger than the fugacious calyx. 



Stamens and narrow petals 8. The one-liowered scape and the 2-parted leaves 



rising separately from the ground. Fruit a many- 

 seeded pod opening by a lid, {Jiffersbnia) Twinleaf. 

 Stamens 12 to 18 : petals rounded, 6 to 9. Flowering stems 2-leaved at the top : 



leaves shield-shaped and several-cleft, large, with a 

 nodding flower in the fork, {^Podophyllum) May-Apple. 



6. WATER-LILY FAMILY. Order NYMPH^ACE^. 



Water-plants with flowers and leaves on long footstalks, rising out of tlie water or rest- 

 ing on its surface ; the leaves 

 either shield-shaped or deeply 

 heart-shaped. Petals and sta- 

 mens generally very many. — 

 To the proper Water-Lily fam- 

 ily may here well enough be 

 added the Water-shield and 

 the Nelumbo, each of a sin- 

 gle species. This gives us 

 four genera, which are distin- 

 guished as follows: — 



273 



Fruit of Nelurabo. 



271 272 



270. Flower, bud, and leaf of White Water-Lily. 271. Flower wilh the parts cut 

 away, all but two petal-like stamens, one ordinary stamen, and the compound 

 pistil. 272. Slice across the ll-celled pistil. 



1. Leaves and flowers from very thick and long creeping rootstocks. Sepals and the 

 many petals and stamens gradually blending into each other, and growing to the 

 surface of the many-celled and many-seeded compound pistil. Flower white, sweet- 

 scented, {Nympluza) White Water-Lily. 



