+ 4% Lamine foliorum peltate. 
Mystica, C. fohorum laminis suborbicularibus,, argute dentatis, mEIgARSy 5 ee : toro medioli- 
formi: petalis interioribus minimis. 
Nymphza Lotus, Sims in Bot. Mag. p..797. cum Ic. _Nymphza Lotus, Pl.. Rar. Hung. 
v.1.p.13.f. 15. Nymphza Lotus, Willd. Sp. Pl. 0.2. p. 1153. Nymphza Lotus, 
Savign. in Ann. du Mus. 0,1. p. 366, Nympheea Lotus. Hasselq. Res.p. 471. Lotus, 
&ec. Alp. Exot. p. 214. cum figuris, a 
Crescit juxta Peeze in Hungary, aquis calidis, 
Though I have followed other authors in quoting the above synonyms, I am not abso- 
lutely certain that the Hungarian plant here taken up, is the same with the Aigyptiah 
Lotus; for in that, Savigny says, the Petioles are hispid, and Hasselquist describes the 
Peduncles perforated with only 4 large tubes ; in this the whole Herba is smooth, and 
the Peduncles are perforated with 6 large tubes. The Flowers have the -brandy-like 
smell of Nymphez Lutea, Linn. continuing eeent till the evening. 
‘Sacra. C, folioram laminis ovalibus, dentatis, subtus pubescens span ric petalis albis, 
parum inequalibus. 
Nymphea Lotus, Marquis of Blandf. in Bot. Rep. n. 391.cum Ic. Nymphza pubes- 
cens, Willd, Sp. Pl.v.2. p. 1154. oo de gee Lotus, Roxb. MSS, Ampbel, _‘Rheed. 
Hort. Mal.v. 11. p. 51. Ff. 26. 
Sponte nascentem in Hindostan, paludibus, legit G, Roxburgh. 
Tne flowers of this and the following Castalia, which are both sacred plants in Hin- 
dostan, expand in our climate from the very first twilight to about 10 A. M. after 
which they gradually close, being quite shut by noon. In this their odour is pungent 
and vinous, but very different from that of the Hungarian Lotus. 
enka .: foliorum laminis suborbicularibus, dentatis, subtus pubeseentibus immaculatisque : 
Tab. petalis puniceis, parum ingequalibus, 
14. 15. 
' Nymphaea Rubra, Rorb MSS. 
Sponte nascentem in Hindostan, paludibus, legit G, Roxburgh. 
I have only seen asingie specimen of this traly magnificent plant, which flowered 
for the first time in this country ina large tub of water planged in a common hotbed, 
at J. Vere’s, Esq. It appears from Dr. Roxburgh’s valuable manuscripts, preserved in 
Sir Joseph Banks’s library, that the flowers are sometimes 7 or 8 inches diameter and 
inedorous. He regards this and the foregoing as varieties, but I am induced ‘to believe 
they are legitimate species for the following reasons: Ist. The leavesofthis aré rounder 
and often variegated with large deep red blots on their upper surface, but never spotted 
on their under surface; 2dly, The dichotomous branches of the primary nerves are 
more frequently uninterrupted by transverse nerves till they reach the margin; 3dly, 
The economy of the flower in this genus renders any adulterous intercoursé with other 
species very difficult, Both these Hindostan plants are well established in the princely 
aquarium of the Marquis of Blandford, where I hope another year to have the honour 
of describing them minutely, and fully ascertaining whether they should be kept sepa- 
i rate or joined together. 
