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Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 55; Britt., Fl. N. J. 43; Upbam, 

 Fl. Minn. 21; Chap., Fl. S. St. 19; Brew, and Wats., Fl. Calif. I, 16; Mac., 

 Fl. Can. I, 483; Cov., Fl. Ark. 164; Wats., Bibl. Ind. I, 36; Engl. Caspary, 

 Nat. Pflanz. Ill, 2, 6. 



E. India; Japan; one station in tropical W. Africa; 

 Australia; Cuba. 



North America: Local from N. S., N. Br., Q., Ont, 

 Man. to Puget Sound. S. to Tex. and Fla. Absent in lower 

 Miss valley and Rocky mt. region?; S. in Calif.? 



Minn, valley: N. localities; principally N. E. in valley; 

 local in lakes and ponds, sometimes abundant. 



HERB.: Sheldon 704, White Bear; Sheldon 492, Jeffer- 

 son lake, Le Sueur Co. ; Bollard 898, Waconia lake, Carver Co. ; 

 Bollard 854, Page lake. Carver Co.; Herrick 22 1 Minneapolis. 



LEUCONYMPHAEA LUDW. Del PL 69 (1737). 

 Castalia SALISB. Parad. Lond. 14, 68 (1805). 

 'Nymphaea LINN. Gen. 653 (1737) Emend. SM. Prodr. Gr. I, 

 361 (1808). 



Baillon, Hist. PI. Ill, 102; Benth. and Hook., Gen. PL I, 46; Engler 

 and Prantl, Nat. Pflanz. 3, II, 7 (Caspary); Durand. Ind. Gen. Phan. 10; 

 Gray, 111. Gen. I, 101; Schenck, Palaeophyt. 509; O. Kuntze, Eev. Gen. I, 12. 

 Living species: 32; 20 (B. and H.); 25 (Durand); tem- 

 perate regions of Northern hemisphere; Africa, Australia, 

 South America, and a few in tropical waters. 1 sp. almost 

 cosmopolitan; Russia, 5; Europe, 3; Russian Europe, 3; North 

 America, 6; Canada, 3; E. Sts.. 2; S. Sts., 2; Tex., 3; Rocky 

 mts., 1. 



Fossil species: Upper Cretaceous, South of France, 

 Tertiary N. Amer , France and Germany (Heer, Lesquerx., Sa- 

 porta, Ettinghausen) 6-10 sp. 



Leuconymphaea reniformis (DC.). 



Nymphaea reniformis DC. Syst. II, 55 (1821). 

 N. alba NUTT. Gen. II, 13 (1818). 

 N. maculata and spiralis RAF. Med. Bot. II, 45 (1830). 

 N. tuberosa PAINE, Cat. PI. Oneida 184 (1864). 

 Castalia tuberosa GREENE, Torr. Bull. XV, (1888). 

 C. reniformis Cov. Fl. Ark. 164 (1891). 



Britt., Fl. N. J. 44; Webb., Fl. Neb. 117; Upham, Fl. Minn. 22; Mac., 

 Fl. Can. I, 31; Engl. Caspary, Nat. Pflanz. Ill, 2, 9; Wats., Bibl. Ind. j, 

 39; Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 56. 



North America: Region around the Great Lakes. Com- 

 mon throughout Minn., Wise., Mich., Ont. and Man.? 



Minn, valley: Abundant throughout in lakes and 

 ponds, especially in the forest region. 



HERB.: Bollard 456, Prior's lake, Scott Co.; Sheldon 



