34s6 Mr. CurLER'S Account of indigenous Vegetables, 
with a broad patent, foliaceous appendage, extending two-thirds 
iof the way round it. ^A fimilar appendage runs‘down the cont 
‘cave fide to the root! "The cavities of the leaves are large, and 
-generally contain a quantity of «water. They ikem to be: dé- 
 figned by nature for refervoirs, from which the plants/may be 
conftantly fupplied. with moifture.. The ftems are ere& and 
‘naked. Bloffoms fingle, terminating and: reclining 5. -petals 
zred.; the ftigma, which covers the dik,. redi(h. green. In 
TUM land, efpecially in fens and quagtnires. riam i: 
: CNYMPHZLA.C Linn. “Gen. Plant. 579- 
Nymphaea calys ce magno, apis, Syt: Nat. Seek, | 
WATER TELLOW LILY. Toad d  Bloffoms ley Hed? 
, ponds and rivers.’ June. ; 1a 
<3 qux foliis cordatis id critt, calje quiis: T4 
Nat. 
POND LILY. Water Liy. Mis Goth hte, Tn ponds and 
vers. July., 
"The flowers open EDAN feven in the: morning, and clofe about 
four in the afternoon. - ^ A conferve is made of the leaves of the 
 bloffoms. "The roots of both fpecies are much ufed, in form 
.of poultices, for producing fuppuration in boils and painful tu- 
_mors, and are very efficacious. The root of the water yellow 
s lily i is generally preferred. Dr. Withering fays, the roots of 
the pond lily are ufed in Ireland, and in the ifland of Yura, to 
Eus adarkbrown. ^ 
| iim (oou s BIXA. Linn, Gen. Plant. 58r. 
^ BASS woon, White Wood. Suggumug. The ftigma is quadri- 
slofioms white. In woods. Not common, July. 
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