22 IWELFTH ANNUAL REPORT. 



CamphcU; Benton county, Upham; shallow lakes near St. Croix river, Parry; White 

 Bear lake, Ramsey county, Simmons; Minneapolis, Herrich; Excelsior, Mrs. Terry; 

 Fergus Falls, Leonard. Infrequent. 



NELUMBIUM, Juss. Nelumbo. Sacred Bean. 



N". luteiiiii, Willd. Yellow Nelumbo. Water Chinquapin. "Rattle-box." 

 Upper Mississippi river, Houghton; lake Minnetonka (north end of Halsted'^bay), 

 Roberts; Mendota, Mrs. Terry; Mississippi river at Red Wing. Sandbcrg, near Dres- 

 hach, Winona county, Windiell, and at La Crosse, Swezeii. Rare. 



NYMPHiEA, Tourn. Water-Ntmph. Watbr-Lily. 



!N". odorata. Ait. Sweet-scented Water-Lily. 



Plentiful in lakes along the international boundary northwest of lake Superior, 

 Windiell. Abundant throughout Quebec and Ontario and extending westward to the 

 lake of the Woods, Macoun. This species probably occurs also in central and southern 

 Minnesota, in company with the following. Mr. Leiherg reports the examination of a 

 great number of Nympli^a rootstalks, none of them bearing tubers, at Lake Crystal, 

 Blue Earth county. 



X. odorata, Ait., var. minor, Sims. Smaller Sweet-scented Water-Lily. 

 Turtle lake, Otter Tail county (flowers only one and a half inches broad), H. B. 

 Ay res. Rare. 



N. tuberosa, Paine. Tuber-bearing White Water-Lily. 



The white lilies common or frequent in ponds or lakes throughout the state, except- 

 ing near its west side, which have been called Nymphpea odorata, are believed to be- 

 long instead, for the most part, to this species. "Flowers large and delicately beauti- 

 ful, fragrant." {Wheeler and Smith.) " This is really the water-lily of the Great lakes, 

 as the true N. odorata seems to be confined to the northern waters, both lakes and 

 rivers." (3f«cou?!. ) 



NUPHAR, Smith. Yellow Pond-Lily. Spatter-Dock. 



N. advena. Ait. Common Yellow Pond-Lily. 

 Common throughout the state. 



N. liiteum, Smith. Smaller Yellow Pond-Ldy. 

 In small lakes east ofjthe lake' of the Woods, Macoun. 



Ha. piimilum, Smith. (N. luteum, Smith, var. pumilum, Gray.) Small 

 Yellow Pond-Lily. 

 Plentiful in Duluth harbor, Roberts; north shore of lake Superior, Agassiz; east 

 shore of Rainy lake (rather rare), Macoun; Morrison county. Miss Babbitt. 



SARRACENIACEvE. Pitcher-Plant Family. 



SARRACENIA, Tourn. Side-iaddle Flower. 



S. imrpiirea, L. Pitcher-PJant. Huntsman's Cup. 



Common northward, extending south to Minneapolis, Roberts, Winchell; rare 

 farther southeast. 



