144 MISSISSIPPI STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY [Bull. 
NYMPHAECEAE, Water Lily Family. 
NELUMBO Adans. Sacred Bean. 
Nelumbo lutea ( Willd.) Pers. (Nelumbium luteum Willd.) 
In deep still water throughout the state. May-June. 
BRASENIA Schreb. Water Shield. 
Prasenia purpurea (Michx.) Casp. (Hydropeltis purpurea 
Michx). 
Throughout the state in still water. May-June. 
Geol. Surv. Herb. 
CASTALIA Silisb. Pond Lily. 
Castalia odorata Salisb. (Nymphaea odorata Dryand.). Sweet 
stented Water Lily. 
Throughout the state in deep still water. April-June. 
Geol. Surv. Herb. 
Castalia tuberosa. 
Deep still water. Coastal Islands (Tracy). 
NYMPHAEA UL. Yellow Pond Lily. 
Nymphaea sagittifolia Walt. (Nuphar sagittifolia Pursh.). 
Southern counties to the coast (Mohr). June-July. 
MAGNOLIACEAE. Magnolia Family. 
MAGNOLIA L. 
Magnolia foetida (L.)-Sarg. Magnolia. (M. grandiflora L.). 
Common forest tree in lowlands. Rare in northern coun- 
ties. Hinds Co.; Amite Co.; Port Gibson; Hattiesburg; 
Woodville; Vicksburg; Picayune. 
Geol. Surv. Herb. Allison Herb. 
Magnolia Virginica L. (Magnolia glauca L.). Swamp Bay, 
or Sweet Bay. 
Common on low marshy ground; not common in the loess 
region. Bay St. Louis; Landon; Hattiesburg; Tishomingo 
City; Lost Gap; Woodville; Fulton. May June. 
Geol. Surv. Herb. Allison Herb. 
