WATER LILY FAMILY. 503 



NYMPHAEACEAE. Water Lily Family. 

 NELUMBO Adans. Fam. PI. 2:76. 1763. SACRED BEAN. 



Two species, temperate and tropical America. 

 Nelumbo lutea (Willd.) Pers. Syn. 2:92. 1805. NELUMBO. WATER CHINQUAPIN. 



Nelumbium luteum Willd. Sp. PI. 2 : 1259. 1799. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 67. Gray. Man. ed. 6, 55. Chap. Fl. 18. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 

 2 : 11. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 1 : 75. 



WEST INDIES. 



Alleghanian to Louisianian area. Ontario ; New England west to Minnesota, south 

 to Illinois, Missouri, Tennessee, Arkansas, and Florida, and to the Rio Grande, Texas. 



ALABAMA: Central Prairie belt to Coast plain. In deep still-flowing water. 

 Montgomery County. Geneva County (E. A. Smith). Mobile County, in the delta. 

 Flowers yellow. May, June. Perennial. 



Type locality: "Hab. in Virginiae, Carolinae, Floridae fluviis. " 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Economic uses: The farinaceous tubers and the seeds are edible. Ornamental 

 aquatic. 



NELUMBO NUCIPERUM Gaertn. Fruct. 1 : 72. 1788. SACRED LILY. 



N. speciosum Willd. Sp. PI. 2 : 1258. 1799. 



For a few years past cultivated in a few places, this plant of eastern Asia has 

 made its appearance spontaneously in Kelly's pond, beyond the western suburbs of 

 Mobile, growing vigorously and producing its flowers perfectly. June 18, 1897. 

 Perennial. 



CABOMBA Aubl. PI. Guian. 1:321. 1775. 



Three species, of warmer America. Atlantic North America, 1. 

 Cabomba caroliniana Gray, Ann. Lye. N. Y. 4 : 47. 1837. CAROLINIAN CABOMBA. 



Cabomba aubleti Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : 206. 1803. In part. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 416. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 55. Chap. Fl. 19. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 

 2 : 11. Gray, Syn. Fl. 1, pt. 1 : 74. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Southern Illinois, western Tennessee, from 

 North Carolina to Florida, west to Texas. 



ALABAMA: Lower Pine region. Coast plain. In stagnant and still-flowing water. 

 Flowers white. May, June; not infrequent. Perennial. 



Type locality of C. aubleti Michx. : "Hab. in aquosis Carolinae et Georgiae." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



BRASENIA Schreb. Gen. PI. 372. 1789. WATER SHIELD. 

 (HYDROPELTIS Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : 324. 1803.) 



Brasenia purpurea (Michx.) Casp. in Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pfl. 3, pt. 2 : 6. 1890. 



PURPLE WATER SHIELD. 



Hydropeltls purpurea Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 :324, t. 29. 1803. 



Menyanthes peltata Thunb. Nov. Act. Upsal. 7 : 142. 1815. 



Brasenia peltata Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 2 : 389. 1814. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 66. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 55. Chap. Fl. 19. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 1 : 74. 



ASIA, AFRICA, AUSTRALIA, CUBA. 



Alleghenian to Louisiauian area. Nova Scotia, Quebec, Ontario; New England to 

 Minnesota, south to the Gulf, Texas, and Arkansas, west to California and Wash- 

 ington. 



ALABAMA : Throughout the State. In still water, ponds, ditches. Flowers maroon 

 purple. May to July; frequent. Perennial. 



Type locality : " Hab. in aquis tranquillis Carolinae inferioris et Provinciae Ten- 

 nasse~e." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



