114 VII. NYMPH^ACE^. (Hook. f. & Ihoms.)] [Nymphaa. 



• 2. NVMFKSA, L. 



Large herbs : rootstock creeping. Flowers expanded, large, floating on 

 long radical scapes. Sepals 4, adnate to the base of the disk Fetals m 

 many series, inner successively transformed into stamens, all adnate to tne 

 disk. Filaments ve^tsMA; anthers small, linear, slits introrse. Ovanes 

 many, in 1 series, sunk in the fleshy disk and with it forming a many- 

 ceUed ovary crowned by the connate radiating furrowed stigmas ; ovules 

 many, anatropous. Fruit a spongy berry ripening under water. ;>eed« 

 minute, buried in pulp, enclosed in a sac-like fleshy aril.— Disteib. bpecies 

 20 ; most temperate and tropical regions. 



1 N. alba, Linn. ; leaves cordate quite entire, flowers white, anthers 

 without appendages, stigmatic rays about 16 with cylindric appendages. 

 H.f. &T.Fl.Ind. 241. 



KisBMiE LAKE, alt. 5300 ft.— DiSTRiB. Europe, Siberia. 



heaves 5-10 in. diam., suborbiculate, lobes contiguous. Sepals linear or ovate-oWong, 

 nerves reticulate. FetdU about 10, outer linear-oblong, ec[ualling the sepals. ' PoUm 

 echinulate. ■ Seeds minute, striate and punctate. 



Vae. Kashmiriana, R. f. & T. I.e. ; ovaries pubescent or villous. N. Cachemenana, 

 Camhess. in Jacq. Voy. Hot. ii. 1. 10 ; N. alba, var. Kosteletzkji, Planch, in Ann. Sc. 

 Nat. Ser. 3, xix. 33. — Kashmir, Jacquemont. 



2. N. Xiotus, Linn. ; leaves sharply sinuate-toothed, flowers white rose 

 or red, sepals obtuse ribbed, anthers without appendages, stigmatic rays with 

 clubbed appendages. H.f.& T. Fl. Ind.Ml. 'S. xxxhia,, Roxb. Fl. Ind.n. 

 576 ; W. & A. Prodr. 17 ; Wight HI. i. 1. 10 ; Wall. Cat. 7256. JST. Devoniensis, 

 Hook. Bot. Mag. t."4665. N. edulis, DC. ; Roscb. Fl. Ind. ii. 578 ; Wall. Cat. 

 72o4. 



Common throughout the warmer parts of India. — Disteib. Africa, Hungary,^ Java, 

 Philippine Islands. 



Leaves 6-12 in. broad; young sagittate. Flowers 2-10 in. broad, very variable ia 

 colour. Sepals oblong, 5--10-ribbed. Petals linear or ovate-oblong. PUaments broadly 

 dilated at the base ; pollen smooth. Seeds broadly ellipsoid, rough. 



Na-b.. puhescens, H.f. &T. Fl. Ind. 241; leaves puberulous or pubescent beneath, 

 flowers smaller. N. pubescens, Willd.; W. & A. Prodr. 17 and 447 ; Wall. Cat. 7256; 

 N. sagittata, Edgw. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xx. 29. 



3. IT. stellata, WUld. ; leaves quite entire or obtusely sinuate-toothed, 

 flowers variously coloured, petals acute or taper-pointed, anthers with long 

 appendages, stigmatic rays terminating in short horns without appendages. 

 H.f. & T. Fl. Ind. L 243. 



Common throughout the warmer parts of India. — Distkie. Africa. 



Leaves orbicular or elliptic, often blotched with purple beneath, lobes acute or obtuse. 

 Flowers 1-10 in. diam,, blue, white, rose, or purple, slightly odorous. Sepals many- 

 veined, not ribbed, often streaked with fine short purple lines. Pttals 10-30, linear- 

 oblong or lanceolate. Stamens 10-50 ; pollen smooth. Stigmatic rays 10-30. Seeds 

 Bubstriate. 



Vae. 1 . cyanea, H. f. & T. I.e. ; flowers medium-sized blue scarcely odorous. — N. 

 cyanea, Roxh. Fl. Ind. iii. 577 ; W. & A. Prodr. i. 17 ; WdU. Cat. 7253, A, D. N. 

 stellata j3, Bot. Mag. t. 2058. 



Vae. 2. parviflora, B.f.ds T. I.e.; flowers usually smaller blue. — N. stellata, WiUd; 

 W. & A. Prodr. i. 17 ; WaU. Cat. 7253, C & E. 



Vae. 3. versicolor, H.f. & T. l.c. ; flowers lavger white blue purple or flesh-coloured, 

 stamens very many.— N. versicolor, Boxh. Sort. Beng. 41 ; Fl. Ind. ii. 577 ; Bot. Mag. 

 t. 1189 ; Wall. Cat.1257. N. punctata, Edgew. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xx. 29. N. 

 Edgeworthii and N. Hookeriana, Lehm. der Gatt. Nymph. 7 and 21. 



