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U'ATER PLAXTS 



NympKdeaceat 



Botanical and Common Name, i Natural Order. 



Nipa fruticans. "Nipa," or 

 Water Palm. Ceylon 



& Malaya] 



Nymphaea Lotus. 



Water Lily. "Olu" S. 

 N. stellata. "Manel" S. 



Ouvirandra fenestralis. 

 Lattice-leaf plant. 



Madagascar. 

 Oxystelma esculentum. 



" Kulap-palai" T. 

 Pistia Stratiotes. Wafer 



Lettuce 



Pontederia crassipes. 

 "Water Hyacinth." 



See EicliJioniia 

 (Rhapis flabelliformis). 

 Sagittaria sagittifolia. 



"Arrow-head."! 



(Schizocasia [= Alocasia] 



Portei). 

 Susum anthelminticum. 



" Induru," S. 



Typha angustifolia. 



Bull-rush 

 Victoria regia. 



Giant Water-lily 



See illustration 



Aselepiadeac 



A roidcac 

 Pontederiaceac 



Palmac 

 Alismaccae 



Aroideae 

 Flagellariaceae 



Typhaceae 

 Nymphceaceae 



How 

 Propagated. 



Til. or S 



Tubers 



S or C 

 Div. 



S or div. 



Div. 

 S 



Descriptive notes. 



Feathery-leaved palm. 

 8 10" ft. high, found in 

 lagoons near the sea. 

 Large floating leaves. 

 Fl's pale pink to bright 

 rose. 



Fl's whitish-violet to light- 

 blue. 



Curious lace-like floating 

 leaves. 



Beautiful twiner w i 



cream and pink fl's. 

 Floating stemless plant. 



tb 



Floating plants, 1 ft. high; 

 beautiful blue or lilac fl's. 



Cane-palm. 5 6 ft. high. 

 Large sagittate leaves. 



{Very large, hastate, red- 

 dish eaves, with prick- 

 ly leaf stalks. 



Long floating shoots, with 

 large erect, handsome 

 panicles. 

 Erect ribbon-like leaves. 



46 ft. high. 



L. floating, circular, 6 & 

 ft. in. diam. with a raised 

 margin; fl's 'arge, cream 

 or pink, strongly scented. 

 A remarkable plant. 



SELECTED SUCCULENT OR CACTUS PLANTS 



This class of plants is not generally suited to a humid climate, the great majority 

 of them being indigenous to dry regions, as Mexico and South Africa. 

 Those marked t flourish in a wet climate and up to 5,000 ft. elevation. 

 [Su.=suckers; C.=cuttings; S.=seeds; Tu=tubersl 



S.=Sinhalese : 7\=Tamil 



