18 3. NTStPHiEACE^. 4. PAPAVBRACEiB. 



1. Ntmph^a. Cal. of 4 sepals. Pet. many, seated together 

 with the stamen's upon a fleshy disk enveloping the germen 

 and passing gradually into them. Berry many-celled, many- 

 seeded. Stigma sessile, of many rays. 



2. NtrpHAE. Oal. of 5 sepals. Pet. many, seated together 

 with the stamens upon the receptacle. iBerry many-celled, 

 many-seeded. Stigma sessile, of many rays. 



1. NxMPHiB'A Linn. "White "Water-Lily. 



1. N. al'ha (L.) ; 1. roundish deeply cordate entire with ap- 

 proximate lobes, stigma of 12 — 20 rays. — E. B. 160. R. y\\. 67. 

 — Fl. large, white, floating. (There is a small-flowered form.) 

 Stig. yellow. Ovary covered with the stam. almost to its top. 

 Caps, dissolving into pulp. Notch in the leaves with nearly 

 parallel sides. — Slow rivers, lakes and clear ditches. P. VII. 



E. S. I. 



2. Ntj'phak 8m. Tellow "Water-Lily. 



1 . N. lutea (Sm.) ; 1. oblong-cordate, sep. 5, stigma with 10 — 

 20 rays not extending to the entire margin, anthers linear. — E. B. 

 159. It. vii. 63. — Fl. 2 J in. across, yellow, smelling like brandy. 

 Caps, bursting irregularly. SuWersed 1. thin, transparent, 

 wavy, oblong-cordate. — /3. minor; fl. IJ in. across, margin of 

 stigma wavy. Sy. E. B. 55. N. spenn^riana Gaud. ? — Lakes 

 and ditches." P. "VII. Brandy-bottle. E. S. I. 



2. N.pumila (DC.) ; 1. oblong deeply cordate with distant 

 lobes, sep. 5, stigma ivith 8 — 10 7-ays extending to the margin 

 uniforming aeute teeth, anth. subquadrate. — E. B. 2292. B. vii. 

 65. — ^Fl. yellow, small. Caps, furrowed upwards. Anth. not 

 twice as long as broad. Much smaller than N. lutea. Submersed 

 1. thin, transparent, wavy, reniform. — In small Highland lakes, 

 and at EUesmere, Salop. P. VU. VIII. E. S. 



Orderly. PAPAVEEACE^. 



Sep. 2, deciduous. Cor. regular, of 4 petals. Stam. generally 

 many, free. Ovary free ; placentas parietal, usually projecting ; 

 seeds many. Stigma as many as the placentas, simple or lobed ; 

 the lobes of adjoining stigmas combining, thus appearing 

 (falsely) to be opposite to the placentas. Seeds albuminous. 

 — Stip. 0. 



