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flowers, which are often gathered and sold in market. The 

 rhizome is medicinal. 



Castalia tuberosa (Paine) Greene (bearing tubers). 

 Nymphaea reniformis of authors, not Walt. 

 White Pond or White Water Lily. 



Rare. In deep water at Selden's Cove, Lyme (Graves & 

 Bissell), and at Round Pond, Ridgefield (Eames). June — 

 Aug. 



NELUMBO Adans. Sacred Bean. 

 Nelumbo lutea (Willd.) Pers. (yellow). 



Lotus. American or Yellow Nelumbo or Lotus. Great Water 

 Lily. Duck Acorn. Water Chinquapin. 

 Very rare. In Selden's Cove, Lyme (D. C. Eaton in 1856, 

 Graves, et al.). July — Aug. 



BRASENIA Schreb. Water Shield. 

 Brasenia Schreberi Gmel. 

 Brasenia peltata Pursh. 

 Brasenia purpurea Casp. 

 Water Shield or Target. Little Water Lily. Waterleaf. 



Ponds, slow streams and ditches. Frequent near the coast 

 in New London County, occasional or rare elsewhere. Late 

 June — Aug. 



RANUNCULACEAE. CROWFOOT FAMILY. 



RANUNCULUS L. Crowfoot. Buttercup. 

 Ranunculus circinatus Sibth. (coiled). 



Batrachium divaricatum of authors, not Ranunculus divari- 



catus Schrank. 

 Batrachium longirostre of Britton's Manual. 

 Stiff or White Water Crowfoot. 



Local. Salisbury, plentiful at Lakeville in a pond and in 

 a stream flowing from it (M. L. Fernald, J. R. Churchill & 

 Bissell). May — Aug. 



Ranunculus aquatilis L. (aquatic), var. capillaceus DC. (hair- 

 like). 

 Ranunculus aquatilis L., var. trichophyllus Gray. 

 Batrachium trichophyllum Bosch. 



