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Nelumbium lutevm. Leaf, flower, and carpels stmk in an alveolate receptacle. 



Nelumbium. 

 Fruit, entire and cut. 



Nelumbium. 



Vertical section of receptacle 

 and carpels. 



Nelumbium. 

 Pistil, entire and cut (ma 



Nelumbium. 



Plumule with coiled leaves 

 (mag.). 



ffielumbium. 

 Anther (mag.). 



nutritive ; in the adult rootstock these principles are replaced 

 by gallic acid. The flowers, which have a peculiar scent, are 

 narcotic. The seeds, filled with a floury albumen, are edible ; 

 the negros of Nubia use them- as millet, and the Egyptians 

 still eat the seeds and rootstock of Nymphcca Lotus and 

 ccerulea. N. alba is the greatest ornament of still waters in 

 the northern hemisphere ; its mucilaginous and somewhat acrid 

 rootstock is administered in some countries for dysentery, 

 and its flowers are reputed to be anti-aphrodisiac. Nuphar 

 lutcum is indigenous, like the preceding; its flower exhales an alcoholic odour, and is said to have 

 the same soothing properties as Nymphteo ; its leaves are astringent, and are given in Germany in cases 



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Nelumbium. 



Embryo with spreading 

 lobes (mag.). 



Nelumbium. 

 Embryo, one lobe re- 

 moved to show the 

 plumule (mag.). 



