NELUMBIACE^. 



5. stellata, Willd. (DC. I. c.,—W. and A.pr. 1, p. 17 i—Rosb./i. ind. 2, 

 p. 579; — J. Grah. Cat. B.pl. p. 5 ; — Wight, icon. 1, t. 178. — Rheede, 

 11, t. 27.) C^W^t^^f^ Chhoto-neelpudmo. %. Peninsula of India, 

 Bengal, (Serampore), &c. Fl. smallish, blue, — H. and R. S. ; fr. 

 R. S. 



/3. major (N. cyanea, Roxb. fl. ind. 2, p. 577 ,—B. M. 46, t. 2058.) 

 ^«r1"31^Wj Buroneel-pudmo. 2/. Bengal, (Serampore). Fl. largish, 

 blue,— H. and R. S ; fr. R. S. 



* Bardaya oblonga, Wall. '^■. Rangoon. Victoria regia, Lindl., B. 

 Reg. 1838, app. p. 9 — 14. %. Guiana. — Cabomba aquatica, Aubl. 

 2/.. Guiana. 



ORDER IV.— NELUMBIACE./E, Lindl. Nat. Syst. p. 13. 



THE SACRED-BEAN TRIBE. 



Herbaceous plants, with very large leaves and flowers, inhabiting stag- 

 nant and quiet waters in N. America, Jamaica, the Caspian region, India, 

 and formerly in Egypt. The order comprehends but one genus with five 

 species ; three of which are insufficiently known. The remaining two 

 belong to India and N. America. 

 Nelumbium, Juss. (DC. pr. I, p. 113; — W. Ohd A.pr. 1, p. 16.) 



1. speciosum, Willd. (DC. I. c, — W. and A. I. c, — Roxb. fl. ind. 1, p. 

 647 ; — y. Grah. Cat. B.pl. p. 5.) 2/.. All India, Persia, China, Co- 

 chin China, Japan. Fl. very large, nearly inodorous, H. and R. 

 S. ; fr. R. S. The underground stems are eaten by the Natives, boiled, 

 or in their curries, — and the seeds raw, roasted, or boiled. The leaves 

 are used as a substitute for plates. (Roxb.) — In China the roots are 

 not only served up in summer with ice, but they are also laid up in 

 salt and vinegar for the winter. (Loud. enc. of pi. p. 479.) Kent of 

 Clapton, says, that the seeds will keep forty years, vegetate freely, and 

 flower the first year. (Hort. trans. Z, p. 36.) 

 a. rubrum, (B. M. 23, t. 90S.— Rheede, 11, t. SO.—Rumph. 6, t. 



73.) ?^^W> Rukto-pudmo. Fl. rose-coloured. 

 /3. album. (Wight, ill. 1, t. d.—Rheede, 11, t. 31.) (T^TS^, Shwet- 

 pudmo. Fl. white. 



* N. luteum, Willd. ^. N. America. 



