504 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 
CASTALIA Salisb. in Koen. & Sims, Ann. Bot. 2:71. 1805. Ponp Liny. 
‘Thirty-two species, temperate regions, Northern Hemisphere. North America, 6. 
Eastern States and Canada, 3. 
Castalia odorata (Dryand.) Woodv. & Wood in Rees, Cycl. 6: no. 1. 1806. 
SWEET-SCENTED WATER LILY. 
Nymphaea alba Michx. F1. Bor. Am. 1: 311. 1803. Not L. 
N. odorata Dryand. in Ait. Hort. Kew. 2: 227. 1789. 
Castalia pudica Salisb. in Koen. & Sims, Ann. Bot. 2:72. 1805, 
Ell.Sk.2:7. Gray, Man. ed.6,55. Chap. F1.19. Gray, Syn. Fl. N.A.1, pt. 1: 76. 
Canadian zone to Louisianian area. Nova Scotia, Quebec, Ontario; Eastern United 
States to the Gulf, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Missouri. 
ALABAMA: Over the State. Still waters, ponds, ditches; common. Flowers white, 
fragrant. April to June. Perennial. 
Type locality (Ait. Hort. Kew, ed. 2): ‘‘ Native of North America and the east of 
Siberia.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Castalia odorata rosea (Pursh) Britton. ROSE-COLORED WATER LILY. 
Nymphaea odorata var. rosea Pursh, Fl, Am. Sept. 2:369. 1816. 
Distribution that of the type. 
ALABAMA: Coast plain. Ponds. Mobile County, Springhill. Flowers rose-tinted. 
April, May; rare. 
Type locality: ‘In ponds and slow-flowing waters: Canada to Carolina.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
NYMPHAEA L. Sp. Pl. 1:510. 1753. 
(NupuHaR Sibth. & Smith, Fl. Graec. Prodr. 1: 391. 1806.) 
Three or 4 species, mostly of the north temperate zone. 
Nymphaea advena Soland. in Ait. Hort. Kew. 2: 226. 1789. 
YELLOW Pond Lity. SpaTTER Dock. 
Nuphar advena R. Br. in Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2, 3:295. 1811. 
Ell. Sk. 2:8. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 56. Chap. Fl. 20. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2:12. 
Gray, Syn. F].N. A. 1, pt. 1: 77. 
Canadian zone to Louisianian area. Nova Scotia, Quebec, Ontario, and Manitoba 
to British Columbia; Eastern United States to the Rocky Mountains. 
ALABAMA: Over the State. Stagnant and still-flowing water. Flowers bright 
yellow. June, July. 
Type locality: ‘‘ Native of North America.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Nymphaea sagittifolia Walt. Fl. Car. 155. 1788. SOUTHERN YELLOW Ponp LILY, 
Nuphar sagittifolia Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 2:370, 1814. 
Ell. Sk. 2:8. Gray, Man. ed.6,56. Chap. Fl.20. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A.1, pt.1:78. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Southern Illinois, southern Indiana and North 
Carolina to Florida, west to southern Mississippi. 
ALABAMA: Central Pine belt to Coast plain. Still-flowing water. Most frequent 
in the Coast region. Tuscaloosa County (EZ. A. Smith). Montgomery, Mobile, and 
Baldwin counties. Flowers lemon-yellow. June, July; not rare. 
Type locality: South Carolina. 
Herb, Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
CERATOPHYLLACEAE. Hornwort Family. 
CERATOPHYLLUM L. Sp. Pl. 2: 992. 1753. 
A few species, perhaps forms of one, temperate regions. 
Ceratophyllum demersum L. Sp. Pl. 2:992. 1753. HoRNWORT. 
Gray, Man. ed. 6,488. Chap. F1.398. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2:420. Wats. Bot. 
Calif. 2:78. 
EvuROPE, SIBERIA TO JAPAN. 
Alleghenian to Louisianian area, Ontario; New England to the Gulf; across the 
continent to Nevada and California. 
ALABAMA: Over the State. In stagnant water. Abundant. Mobile County. 
Type locality: ‘‘ Hab, in Europae fossis majoribus sub aqua.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb, Mohr. 
