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Conspecttts of genera. 



Suhord. I. NYMFJI^JE. Sepals 4 — 6. Petals and stamens numerous. Carpels 

 confluent with one another or with the disk into one ovary ; ovules many. Seeds albuminous. 



1. Nymphjsa. Sepals, petals and stamens half superior, inserted on the disk, the 

 latter confluent with the carpels. Not armed. 



2. Baeclaya. Sepals inferior ; petals superior ; carpels immersed in the torus. 

 Not armed. 



3. EiJEYALE. Sepals, petals and stamens superior. Carpels immersed in the torus. 

 Armed with sharp thorns. 



Suhord. II. NELU3IB0NE^. Sepals 4 or 5. Petals and stamens numerous, 

 hypogynous. Carpels sunk in pits without order in the flat turbinate torus. 



4. Nelumbo. Only genus. 



E'ympliaea, L. 



Conspectus of species. 



Anthers without appendage, ... ... ... ... ...N.Lotus. 



Anthers terminated with a long appendage, ... ... ...N. stellata. 



1. N. Lotus, L. sp. pi. 729 ; Hf. and Th. Fl. Iiid. I. 241 and Ind. 

 Fl. I. 114. 



Var. a. Lotus, Hf. and Th. L c. ; {N. rubra, Eoxb. Fl. Ind. II. 576 ; 

 Wight 111. t. 10 ; Bot. Eep. t. 503 ; Bot. Mag. t. 1280, 1364 and 46G5 j 

 JV. esculenta, Roxb. 1. c. 578). 



Var. j8. coEDiroLiA, Hf. and Th. 1. c. 



Var. y. pubescens, Hf. and Th. 1. c. {N. puhescens, Willd. sp. pi. II. 

 1154 ? ; iV. Lotus, Eoxb. Fl. Ind. II. 577). 



Hab. In tanks, lakes and swamps, etc. ; var. a. not unfrequent in 

 Pegu ; also Tenasserim ; var. fi. in Chittagong ; var. y. not unfrequent in 

 lakes and stagnant waters of the lower parts of Pegu. Fl. E. S. 



2. N. STELLATA, Willd. sp. pi. II. 1153; Hf. and Th. Ind. I. 243 

 and Ind. Fl. I. 114. 



Var. a. CTANEA, Hf. and Th. 1. c. (iV cijanea, Eoxb. Fl. Ind. II. 577 ; 

 N. stellata, Bot. Mag. t. 2058). 



Var. /3. PAEViFLORA, Hf. and Th. 1. c. {N. stellata^ Willd, 1. c. ; Bot. 

 Eep. t. 330 ; Eoxb. Fl. Ind. II. 577.) 



Var. y. versicolor, Hf. and Th. 1. c. 



Hab. In stagnant waters and swamps ; var. a. and /3. frequent in 

 Chittagong, Pegu and Arracan ; var. y. Chittagong. Fl. E. S. 



Bar clay a, WaU. 



1. B. longifolia. Wall, in Linn. Trans. XV. 442, t. 18 ; Hook. Icon. 

 PL t. 809-10 ; Griff. Not. Dicot. 218, t. 57 ; Hf. Ind. I. 115. 



Hab. In running streams ; Pegu, Eangoon ; Tenasserim, Moulmein 

 and southwards to Mergui, apparently frequent. Fl. E. S. 



