Nymphma.] NYMPH^EACEiE. — papaveracE/E. 19 



tl. B. vulgaris, L. Common Barberry. Spines 3 - parted, 

 leaves oblong obovate ciliato-serrate, racemes many-flowered pen- 

 dulous, petals entire. Br. Fl. p. 14. E. B. t. 49. 



In woods, thickets and hedges ; a very doubtful native, i^/. May,- June. Tj. 



W. Med. — In a field-hedge between Thorley and Shalcomb, abundantly for a 

 few yards, but confined to one spot, and perhaps not really indigenous there, Rev. 

 James Penfold and Mr. Barnabas Beere /.'.' Mr. Peufold finds on inquiry of the 

 labouring population, testimony to the existence of the Barberry in the station 

 just given sixty years ago. 



Order III. NYMPH^ACE^, DC. 



" Those virgin lilies all the niijht 



Bathing their beauties in the lake, 

 That they may rise more fresh and bright. 

 When their beloved Sun's awake." 



Paradise and the Peri. 



" Sepals about 5, often gradually passing into the numerous 

 petals, and these again into stamens which arise from a fleshy disk 

 surrounding more or less entirely the many-celled and many- 

 seeded ovary. Stigma peltate, rayed. Seeds in a gelatinous aril. 

 Albvmen farinaceous. Embryo enclosed in a membranous bag. 

 Cotyledons foUaceous. — Aquatic herbs, with peltate or cordate 

 leaves and magnificent flowers." — Br. Fl. 



I. Nymphjea, Linn. 



" Calyx of 4 — 5 sepals. Petals., inserted as well as the stamens 

 upon a fleshy disk or covering to the ovary (so as apparently to 

 arise from it). Berry many-celled, many-seeded." — Br. Fl. 



*1. N. albaj L. White Water-lily. Leaves cordate entire, 

 stigma of 16 ascending rays. Br. Fl. p. 15. E. B. t. 160. 



Naturalized in ponds, clear still rivers and ditches. Fl. July. 



W. Med. — Ponds at Swainston, most probably planted. 



E. Med. — Pond at Fernhill, but introduced, Mrs. Saunders ! 



My friend [the late] Edward Vernon, Esq., jun., was told it grows in a pond 

 near Blackwater. 



I have observed Nymphaea truly wild in the ditches at Gomev pond, near Gos- 

 port, and immediately opposite Ryde. 



Order IV. PAP AVERAGES, Juss. 



" Calyx of 2 rarely 3 deciduous sepals. Corolla of 4 rarely 5 

 or 6 petals. Stamens indefinite. Ovary 1-celled. Stigma lobed 

 or rayed. Fruit dry, with 3 or more parietal usually projecting 

 placentas, forming complete or incomplete dissepiments, hence 

 1- or several-celled, many-seeded. Embryo in the base of a fleshy 

 albumen. — Herbaceous plants. Leaves alternate." — Br. Fl. 



