WATER LILY FAMILY. 5038 
NYMPHAEACEAE, Water Lily Family. 
NELUMBO Adans. Fam. Pl, 2:76. 1763. SacrED Bran. 
‘Two species, temperate and tropical America. 
Nelumbo lutea (Willd.) Pers. Syn. 2:92. 1805. NeLumpo. Water CHINQUAPIN. 
Nelumbium luteum Willd. Sp. Pl. 2:1259. 1799. 
Ell. Sk. 2:67. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 55. Chap. Fl. 18. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 
2:11. Gray, Syn. Fl. N, A. 1, pt. 1:75. 
West INDIES. 
Alleghanian to Louisianian area. Ontario; New England west to Minnesota, south 
to Illinois, Missouri, Tennessee, Arkansas, and Florida, and to the Rio Grande, Texas. 
ALABAMA: Central Prairie belt to Coast plain. In deep still-flowing water. 
Montgomery County. Geneva County (£. A. Smith). Mobile County, in the delta. 
Flowers yellow. May, June. Perennial. 
Type locality: “Hab. in Virginiae, Carolinae, Floridae fluviis.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Economic uses: The farinaceous tubers and the seeds are edible. Ornamental 
aquatic. 
NELUMBO NUCIFERUM Gaertn. Fruct.1:72. 1788. SACRED LILY. 
N. speciosum Willd. Sp. Pl. 2:1258. 1799. 
For a few years past cultivated in a few places, this plant of eastern Asia has 
made its appearance spontaneously in Kelly’s pond, beyond the western suburbs of 
Mobile, : aes vigorously and producing its flowers perfectly. June 18, 1897. 
Perennial. 
CABOMBA Aubl. Pl. Guian. 1:321. 1775. 
Three species, of warmer America. Atlantic North America, 1. 
Cabomba caroliniana Gray, Ann. Lyc. N. Y. 4:47. 1837. CAROLINIAN CABOMBA. 
Cabomba aubleti Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1:206. 1803. In part. 
Ell. Sk. 1:416. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 55. Chap. Fl. 19. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 
2:11. Gray, Syn. FL 1, pt. 1: 74. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Southern Illinois, western Tennessee, from 
North Carolina to Florida, west to Texas. 
ALABAMA: Lower Pineregion. Coast plain. In stagnant and still-flowing water. 
Flowers white. May, June; not infrequent. Perennial. 
Type locality of C. aubleti Michx.: ‘‘Hab. in aquosis Carolinae et Georgiae.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
BRASENIA Schreb. Gen. Pl. 372. 1789. WaTrR SHIELD. 
(HYDROPELTIS Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1: 324. 1803.) 
Brasenia purpurea (Michx.) Casp.in Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pfl.3, pt. 2:6. 1890. 
; PURPLE WATER SHIELD. 
Hydropeltis purpurea Michx. FI. Bor. Am. 1:324, t. 29. 1803. 
Menyanthes peltata Thunb, Nov. Act. Upsal. 7: 142. 1815. 
Brasenia peltata Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 2:389. 1814. 
EIL Sk. 2:66. Gray, Man. ed.6,55, Chap. Fl.19. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A.1, pt. 1:74. 
Asta, AFRICA, AUSTRALIA, CUBA. ; 
Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Nova Scotia, Quebec, Ontario; New England to 
Minnesota, south to the Gulf, Texas, and Arkansas, west to California and Wash- 
ington. 
AvaBAMA: Throughout the State. In still water, ponds, ditches. Flowers maroon 
purple. May to July; frequent. Perennial. i 
Type locality: ‘Hab. in aqnis tranquillis Carolinae inferioris et Provinciae Ten- 
nassée.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
