Nuphar.\ 



III. NYMPH^ACE.^. 



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Subalpme woods, but only where planted. Bingley woods, York- 

 shire. On Carrock Fell and Skiddaw, Cumberland, 



and Edinburgh. 



Near Glasgow 



!(.. 5, — Stems several from the same root, erect, 

 simple, bearing each a leaf; leaflets heart-shaped, extremely delicate, 

 ciliated at the margin, hairy beneath, serrated ; lateral ones inequi- 

 lateral. Panicle shorter than the leaf, springing from the swollen 

 base of the petiole. jPfow^ers reddish ; nectary yellowish, resembling 

 an inflated membrane. Anthers very curious, of 2 ceUs, opening 

 by two valves which spring back upwards, and suffer the pollen to 

 escape. 



Obd. III. NYMPH^ACEiE De Cand. 



Sepals about five, often gradually passing into the numerous 

 petals^ and these again into stamens^ which arise from a fleshy disk 

 surrounding more or less entirely the many-celled and many- 

 seeded ovary. Stigma peltate, rayed. Seeds in a gelatinous 

 aril. Albumen farinaceous. Embryo enclosed in a membra- 

 nous bag. Cotyledons foliaceous. — Aquatic herbs, with peltate 

 or cordate leaves and magnificent flowers. — The roots of 

 Nymphcea Lotus are used as food. One plant of this family, 

 found by Sir R. Schomburgk in the Berbice (Victoria regia)^ 

 has the blossoms 15 inches and the leaves 6 feet in diameter ! 



1. Nymph^a, Petals and stamens inserted upon the base of the ovary. 



2. NuPHAR. Petals and stamens inserted upon the receptacle. 



1. Nymph^^a Zmw. Wliite Water -Lily. 



CaL of 4 — 5 sepals. Pet inserted, as well as the stamens^ 

 upon a fleshy disk or covering to the ovary (so as apparently 

 to arise from it). Berry many-celled, many-seeded. — Name, 

 the 'Nvix(j)aia of the Greeks, so called from its inhabiting the 

 waters, as the Nymphs or Naiads were wont to do. 



1. N". alba L. (great W.) ; leaves cordate entire, stigma of 



16 ascending rays 



E. B. t. 160. 



Lakes and still waters, frequent. 11. 

 casionally a variety with small flowers. 



Of this there is oc- 



2. NuPHAK Sm. Yellow Water-Lily. 



CaL of 5 — 6 sepals. Pet. inserted, as well as the stamens, 

 upon the receptacle. Berry superior, many-celled, many- 

 seeded, — Name, the 'Nov(pap of Dioscorides, applied to this 

 plant. The Arabic name is Naufar^ according to Forskal. 



1. N. lutea Sm. (common Y,) ; leaves cordate their lobes apr 

 proximate, cal. of 5 sepals, anthers linear, stigma expanded 

 entire with from 10—20 rays. Nymph^a Z. ; E. B. t. 159. 



Lakes and ditches, frequent. If.. 7. — Flowers large, smelling 



