mmm^m 



124 



POrULAU FLOKA. 



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Flowers white, ratlicr larye: petalM larger thiiii the fugacious calyx. 



Stamens and narrow petals 8. The one,fli)were«l scape and the a-jmrted leave* 



rising' separately from the ground. Fruit a many-seeded 1 od opening 



hy a lid, {J>fcry<)iiia) TwiNLEAF". 



Stamens 12 to 18 ; petals rounded, ^ to 9. Flowering stems 2-leaved at tlie top ; 



leaves shield-shaped and Beveval-oloft, large, with a. nodding tlower in tin? 



fork, (l'od(i))hj)Hum) Mav-Ap1'LE» 



6. WATER-LILY FAMILY. Order NYMrH.EACE.I-:. 



"Water-plants witli Howers aiul leavcjj on lonj,' footstalks, rising out of the water or rest- 

 ing on its surface ; the leaves 

 either shiel(l-slja])e(i or deeply 

 heart-shapfd. l\'tals ami sta- 

 mens generally very many. 

 To the proper Water-Lily 

 family may here well enough 

 be added the Water-shield 

 and the Nelumbo, each of a 

 single sj)ec;ies. Tins gives 

 us four genera, which are dis- 

 tinguished as follows : — 



Fruit of Neliiinbo. . 



270. Flower, bud, aiii\ li-af of Wliito Walt'r-I.ily. 271. Flower with the parts cut 

 awjiy, all Imt t wo i»'t:illiki' stiiinciis, one (irdlnary stamen, and tlie compouud 

 pistil. 272. Slue acioss llie U-i:i.l.eU p.sUl. 



1. Leaves and flowers from very thick and long creeping rootstocks. Sepals and the 

 many petals and stamens gradually blending into each other, and growing to the 

 surface of the many-celled and many-seeded compound pistil. Flower white, sweet- 



' scented, {Nymplma) White "Wateb-Lilt. 





