74 NYMPHiEACEiE. Cabomba. 



iunennost or sometimes all of them like stamiuodes. Stamens hypogyuous, uuiuerous aud 

 densely iiiibritated over tlie receptacle aud arouud the ovary, at length recurving, rigid aud 

 persistent: filaments very short; anthers linear ; apex covered by the glandular truncate 

 tip of the connective. Stigmas radiate upon tlie truncate summit of the 10-25-celled ovary. 

 Fruit corticate-baccate, naked. Seeds uot arillate. 



1. CABOMBA, Aiiblet. (An aboriginal or unmeaning name.) — Slender, 

 mainly submersed, with capillary-dissected mostly opposite leaves, a few simple 

 peltate floating leaves and emersed flowers from their axils. — Hist. Guian. i. 321, 

 t. 124; Rich. Analyse du Fruit, 46, 60, & Ann. Mus. xvii. 230, t. 5; Torr. & 

 Gray, Fl. i. 54 ; Gray, Gen. 111. i. 93, t. 38; Gasp. Fl. Bras. iv. pt. 2, 138, t. 37. 

 Nectris, Schreb. Gen. no. 610. — The following with three similar S. Ameri- 

 can species. 



C. Caroliniana, Gray. Floating leaves oblong-liuear, obovate linear, or elongated-oblong, 

 oftcu with a basal uotcli : flowers white, a pair of yellow spots on base of each petal: 

 stamens 6; anthers oval: seeds costate aud the ribs muriculate. — Ann. Lye. N. Y. iv. 

 47 ; Torr. & Gray, 1. c. ; Gardner in Hook. Ic. vii. 642 ; Gray, 1. c. 94, t. .38. C. Attbletii, 

 Michx. Fl. i. 206, as to N. Am. PI. C. aqitatica, DC. Syst. ii. 36, in part. Nerti'is peltatn, 

 Pursh, Fl. i. 2.39. JV. aquatica, Nutt. Gen. i. 2.30; Ell. Sk. i. 416. — Stagnant waters, 

 N. Carolina in the low country aud S. Illinois^ to Florida aud Texas. (Cuba '.) 



2. BRASENIA, Schreb. Water-shield. (Unexplained, perhaps named 

 for some obscure botanist.) — Gen. no. 938 ; Nutt. Gen. ii. 23 ; Gray, Gen. 111. 

 i. 95, t. 39. Hydropeltis, Michx. Fl. i. 323, t. 29; Rich. Ann. Mus. xvii. 230; 

 DC. Syst. ii. 37. — Single species, of wonderful distribution. 



B.* Schreberi, Gmel. Leaves alternate, submersed (if any) unknoT\Ti ; floating ones oval, 

 centrally peltate, entire ( 1 to 4 inches long) : flowers dull aud dark purple : stems, peduncles, 

 &c. coated with a transparent jelly. — Syst. Veg. i. 853; Hook. f. & Jackson, Ind. Kew. i. 

 333. B. peltata, Pursh, Fl. ii. 389; Torr. & Gray, Fl. i. .55 ; Gray,l. c. 96, t. 39, and in ms. 

 of present work. The change to Gmelin's earlier name, evidently overlooked by Dr. (jray, 

 is in entire accord -mth his own practice. B. Hi/dropettis, Muhl. Cat. 55 ; Paf. Med. Fl. i. 90, 

 f. 17. B. nymphuides, Paill. Hist. PI. iii. 82.'-' ' Menyanthes pellata, Thunb. Nov. Act. Uj)S. 

 vii. 142, t. 4. M. nijmphoides, Thunb. Fl. Jap. 82. Ilydropeltis purpurea, Michx. 1. c. 324 ; 

 Sims, Bot. Mag. t. 1147 ; DC. 1. c. 38. //. pulla, Salisb. Aun. Bot. ii. 74. Villarsia peltata, 

 Rcem. & Schult. Syst. iv. 178. Limnanthemum peltatum, Gri.seb. Gent. 348, & in DC. Prodr. ix. 

 1 41 . Cabomba peltata, F. Muell. PI. Vict. 15. — In still water, Nova Scotia and Cauada, along 

 the Great Lakes to Minnesota and south to Texas; also Brit. Columbia to California; 

 fl. summer. (Mex. & Cuba, Japan to Khasia, E. Australia, W. Trop. Africa.) 



3. NELtJTMBO, Tourn., Adans. (Ceylonese name of the E. Indian species, 

 tlie Sacred Bean.) — Perennial by slender creeping rootstocks, some internodes 

 of which enlarge into a farinaceous propagating tuber with only a terminal bud, 

 sending up very large orbicular and centrally peltate entire leaves on long and 

 stout petioles, the upper face concave, and a scape bearing a very large flower : 

 seed and tubers edible. — Tourn. Inst. i. 261 ; Adans. F'am. ii. 76; Gajrtn. Fruct. 

 i. 73, t. 19; Casp. in Miq. Ann. Mus. Bet. Lugd.-Bat. ii. 242, «fc Fl. Bras. iv. 

 pt. 2, 134. Nehimhium, .luss. Gen. 68; Turp. Ann. Mus. Par. vii. 210, t. 11 ; 

 Rich. ibid. xvii. 249, t. 5 ; DC., Endl., Beuth. & Hook, (all freely adopting 

 Nef/undo). Ci/mnus, Salisb. Ann. Bot. ii. 75. — Two species, the Asiatic N. nu- 

 cifera, Ga?rtn., with white or rose-colored flowers and 



1 Dunklin Co., Missouri, Bush. 



'^ Add syn. B. purpurea, Casp. in Engl. & Prautl. Nat. Pflanzcnf. iii. Ab. 2, 6. 



