with a mass of clay, before they are thrown into the water, that they may 
be kept at the bottom. Some cultivators of Nelumbiums always care- 
fully open the points of their seeds, and then keep them in water, in the 
stove, till they begin to vegetate. They are then planted in large pots, 
half filled with strong loam, and filled up with water—the water being 
frequently changed with care, and the plants repoted as their size may 
emand, 
DERIVATION of THE NaMEs. 
Netvumaivm,a latinized form of Nelumbo the Cingalese name of Nelumbium 
speciosum. Decandolle prefers this name to that of Cyamus, which Sir James 
wed by 
Latreille upon a genus of Crustaceous animals. Luteum, from luteus, yellow, 
alluding to the colour of the flower. 
YNONYMES. 
NyMPH2A NELUMBO, Linneus, var. 8. Species, 730. 
NELUMBIUM LUTEUM, Willdenow, Species Plant » 2, p- 1259. 
CYAMUS FLAVICOMUs, Salisbury Annals of Botany, Vol. II. p. 75, also Pursh, 
Flora Boreali-Americana, 2, p. 389. 
Cyamus tvutevs, Nuttal, Genera of American Plants, 2, p. 25, also Barton 
Compendium Florez Philadelphiz, 2, p. 27, 
