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6. NU'PHAR. YELLOW WATER-LILY. 



Calyx inferior, of five or six large, oblong, tough, permanent 

 leaves ; petals numerous, oblong, much smaller than the calyx, 

 placed upon the receptacle, furrowed and nectariferous at the 

 back. Filaments very numerous, linear, recurved; anthers 

 linear, two -celled. Germen nearly sessile, egg-shaped. Style 

 none ; stigma circular, convex, entire or notched, with many 

 central, radiating clefts. Berry hard, egg-shaped, pointed, 

 many-celled. Seeds numerous, egg-shaped. Name used by 

 Dioscorides. 2G3. 



1. N. lutea. Yellow Water-lily. Calyx five-leaved ; edge of the 

 stigma entire ; leaf-stalks two-edged ; lobes of the leaves meeting. 



Leaves broadly heart-shaped, roundish at the end, basal lobes 



meeting and often overlapping each other : flower-stalks nearly 

 cylindrical : flowers about two inches in diameter, of a golden- 

 yellow colour. This is one of the most beautiful of our native 

 plants. Its flowers have a strong smell resembling that of brandy, 

 or rather some kinds of wine. Perennial : flowers in July : grows 

 in rivers and pools : common in England ; rare in the north of 

 Scotland, where the Nympheea alba is peculiarly abundant. Eng. 

 Eat. vol. ii. pi. 159. Eng. Fl. vol. iii. p. 15. 804. 



2. N.piimila. Least Yellow Water-lily. Calyx five-leaved ; edge 

 of the stigma toothed ; leaf-stalks two-edged ; lobes of the leaves 



rather distant. Leaves heart-shaped, somewhat angular, the 



basal lobes not meeting : flowers hardly more than an inch in 

 diameter, pale-yellow, tinged with green. It does not differ more 

 from N. lutea, than very small specimens of Nymphcea alba differ 

 from those of a large size. Perennial : flowers in July : grows in 

 lakes: Foot of Cruachan in Argyllshire; Loch Baladren at Avie- 

 more ; Loch of Monteith ; Loch Lubnaig ; near Callander, &c. 

 Eng. Bot. vol. xxxii. pi. 2292 : N. minima. Eng. Fl. vol. iii. p. 16. 



805. 



7. TI'LIA. LIME-TREE. 



Calyx inferior, deeply divided into five equal, coloured, de- 

 ciduous segments. Petals five, inversely egg-shaped, obtuse, 

 somewhat notched, in some species having a small scale on the 

 inner surface at the base. Filaments numerous, thread-like, as 

 long as the petals ; anthers of two round lobes. Germen roundish. 

 Style thread-shaped, erect, nearly as long as the stamens ; stig- 

 ma with five obtuse corners. Capsule roundish, more or less 

 angular, leathery, five-celled. Seeds one or two in each cell, 

 often abortive, excepting one. Name doubtful. 264. 



1. T.Europce'a. Common Lime-tree. Linden-tree. Flowers with- 

 out nectaries ; leaves heart-shaped at the base, serrated, pointed, 

 smooth, except a woolly tuft at the origin of each vein beneath ; 



cymes many-flowered ; capsule leathery, hairy. A large and 



handsome tree, with smooth, spreading branches : leaves unequal 

 and entire at the base : stipules oval, smooth, in pairs at the base of 

 each foot-stalk : flower-stalks axillar, cymose, each bearing an ob- 

 long, pale, smooth bractea, united for half its length with the stalk : 

 flowers greenish, scented : germen hairy. Linnseus is said to have 



