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2. NYMPHJEA. Cal. of 5 sepals. Pet. many, seated together 

 with the stamens upon the receptacle. Berry many-celled, 

 many-seeded. Stigma sessile, of many rays. 



1. CAS'TALIA Salisb. White Water-Lily. 



1. C. speciosa (Salisb.) ; 1. roundish deeply cordate entire 

 with approximate lobes, stigma of 1220 rays. Nymphcra 

 alba (L.) ed. viii. E. B. 160. R. vii. 67. Fl. large, white, 

 floating. Stipr. yellow. Ovary covered with the stam. almost 

 to its top. Caps, dissolving into pulp. Notch in the leaves 

 with nearly parallel sides. There is a small-flowered form 

 (N. alba ft. minor DC.). Slow rivers, lakes and clear ditches. 

 P. VII. E. S. I. 



2. NYMPH^L'A Linn. (Nupliar Sm. ed. viii.) 

 Yellow Water-Lily. 



1. N. lutea (L.) ; 1. oblong-cordate, sep. 5, stigma with 9 20 

 rays not extending to tie entire margin, anthers linear. E. B. 

 159. R. vii. 68. Fl. 2 in. across, yellow, smelling like brandy. 

 Caps, bursting irregularly. Submersed L thin, transparent, 

 wavy, oblong-cordate, ft. intermedia ; fl. \\ in. across, marjrin 

 of stigma wavy. Si/. E. B. 55. Nuphar intermedium Ledeb. 

 Lakes and ditches. P. VII. Brandy-bottle. E. S. I. 



2. N. pumila (Hoffin.) ; 1. oblong deeply cordate with distant 

 lobes, sep. 5, itigma icith 8 10 rays extending to the margin 

 and forming acute teeth, antli. subquadrate. JE. B. 2292. R. vii. 

 65. Fl. yellow, small. Caps, furrowed upwards. Anth. not 

 twice as long as broad. Much smaller than N. lutea. Submersed 

 1. thin, transparent, wavv, reniform. In small Highland lakes, 

 and at Ellesmere, Salop." P. VII. VIII. E. S. 



Order IY. PAPAVEEACEJE. 



Sep. 2, deciduous. Cor. regular, of 4 petals. Stam. generally 

 many, free. Ovary free ; placentas parietal, usually projecting ; 

 seeds many. Stip-mas as many as the placentas, simple or lobed ; 

 the lobes of adjoining stimas combining, thus appearing 

 (falsely) to be opposite to the placentas. Seeds albuminous. 

 Stip. 0. 



* Fruit globular, oblong or clavate, opening by pores ; stigmas 



radiant. 



1. PAPAVEB. Pet. 4. Stam. many. Style 0. Stigmas 4 20, 

 radiant on aflattish disk. Caps, opening by pores beneath 

 the stigma. Placentas like dissepiments. 



