NELUM’BIUM LUTEUM. 
“YELLOW NELUMBIUM. 
DYCOTYLEDONEZ. 
Natural division 
to which 
this Plant belongs } Y - 
NATURAL ORDER, NELUMBIACEZ, 
THALAMIFLORE, ee divisions i 
OF which 
DECANDOLLE. e | this Plant belongs 
No. 14. 
GENUS. NELUMBIUM, (Jusstev.) Caryx 4-5-sepalus. Prrata 16- 28 cum 
POLYANDRIA, 
POLYGYNIA, 
OF LINNEUS. 
et post anthesin excrescens, superne truncatus, et in alveolos, tot quot carpella 
exsculptus. Ovar1a 8-30 monostyla. wig moee seers in tori eae pri- 
mum occulta, dein libera monosperma. ALBUME nistinma. MBRYO Crassus, 
intra carpellum ecg ing Beaaaie Naturale Regui Vegeta- 
bilis. Vol. IT, p. 44 
SPECIES. Netvumsium Luteum. (Wiztpenow.) Corotta polypetala, 
antheris ultra Sy ae in appendicem, linearem productis. DzcanpoLLE Sys- 
tema, Vol. II, p 
CHARACTER OF THE GENUS, NELUMBIUM. CaLyx of 4-5 sepals. 
Perats oblong, 16-28 in several rows, inserted along with the sepals 
into the base of the torus or receptacle. ee numerous, in seve- 
ral rows, filaments prolonged bey o as to fi 
dix. Torus obconical, enlarging during and after the period of fer- 
tilizing the ovules, truncated above, and hollowed into as many pits or 
cavities as there are carpels. Ovaries 8-30; each with one style. 
Carpets nut-shaped, at first concealed in the cavities of the torus, 
ultimately becoming free, each containing one seed. ALBUMEN ab- 
sent. Emsryo thickened, germinating within the carpel. 
_ Descrrerion or THE Species, NELUMBIUM LUTEUM. PLANT 
floating. Rutzoma horizontal, thick, creeping. PETioLes and pe- 
duncles rising above the surface of the water, roundish. Leaves 
perfectly round and centrally peltate, from 1 foot to 18 inches in dia- 
meter, of a rich velvety green above, very pale beneath; the upper 
surface marked by about 25 radiating nerves; petioles from 2 to 33 
feet,long, Fiowers pale yellow, globose, resembling a double yellow 
REFERENCE TO THE Parte. 
1, An unexpanded flower bud. 2,an 1 oe The drawing of the open flower is half the 
of nature. 
