140 ENUMERATION OF PHILIPPINE PLANTS 1923 



NYMPHAEACEAE 



1. NELUMBIUM Jussieu 



NELUMBIUM NELUMBO (Linn.) Druce Bot. Exch. Club (1914) 421; 

 Merr. Interpret. Herb. Amb. (1917) 218, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 143. 

 Nymphaea nelumbo Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 511. 



Nelumbium speciosum Willd. Sp. PI. 2 (1799) 1258; Blanco Fl. Filip. 

 ed. 2 (1845) 318, ed. 3, 2 (1878) 223, t. 158; DC. Prodr. 1 (1824) 

 113; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1 2 (1858) 91; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 

 9; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 93, Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. 

 (1886) 46. 

 Nelumbium turbinatum Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 458. 

 Nelumbium transversum Presl Rel. Haenk. 2 (1835) 83. 

 Northern Luzon to Mindanao, in shallow lakes, locally very abundant, 

 as in parts of Lake Bay; probably an introduced plant in the Philippines, 

 but if so of prehistoric introduction; a native of Asia, now widely dis- 

 tributed in cultivation. The lotus. 



Local names: Baino (Tag-.); lingaling (Ibn.) ; saua (Mag.); sukau 

 (Ilk.). 



2. NYMPHAEA Tournefort 



NYMPHAEA NOUCHALI Burm. f. Fl. Ind. (1768) 120; Merr. in Philip. 

 Journ. Sci. 19 (1921) 350. 

 Nymphaea pubescens Willd. Sp. PL 2 (1799) 1154; DC. Prodr. 1 

 (1824) 15; Conard in Carnegie Inst. Publ. 4 (1905) 198, t. 17; 

 Merr. Interpret. Herb. Amb. (1917) 219, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 143. 

 Nymphaea lotus Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 456, ed. 2 (1845) 317, ed. 

 3, 2 (1878) 222; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1 2 (1858) 89; F.-Vill. Novis. 

 App. (1880) 9; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 93, Rev. PI. 

 Vase. Filip. (1886) 46; Merr. in Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 27 

 (1905) 17, Philip. Journ. Sci. 2 (1907) Bot. 430, non Linn. 

 Castalia pubescens Blume Bijdr. (1825) 48; Merr. Fl. Manila (1912) 

 202. 

 Northern Luzon to Mindanao, in shallow lakes, locally very abundant. 

 Tropical Asia to Malaya. 



Local names: Labas (Tag.) ; lauas (Tag.) ; pulau (Tag\) ; talailo (Bis.) ; 

 tunas (Bis.). 



NYMPHAEA STELLATA Willd. Sp. PI. 2 (1799) 1153; DC. Pjodr. 1 

 (1824) 115; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1 2 (1858) 90; F.-Vill. Novis. App. 

 (1880) 9; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 93, Rev. PI. Vase. 

 Filip. (1886) 46; Conard in Carnegie Inst. Publ. 4 (1905) 140. 

 Castalia stellata Blume Bijdr. (1825) 49; Merr. Fl. Manila (1912) 

 201. 

 Luzon (Lake Bay), Merrill 5013, Baker 650, Quisumbing. In shallow 

 water along the margins of the lake; much less common than the preceding 

 species. Tropical Asia, Africa, and Malaya. 



