122 WATER-LILIES 



Colour of flowers pink or red. 



Lvs. with little wart-like pustules beneath, 



N. stellata, var. versicolor 

 Lvs. not pustulate 



Petals broad and rounded, 



N. Zanzihariensts, var. rosea 

 Petals narrow; flower stellate 



Flowers pinkish N. Mrs. C. W. Ward 



Flowers pink N. Stella Gurney 



Flowers red N. flavo-virens, var. rubra 



Colour of flowers blue. 



Sepals densely marked with black spots 



Fl. small; stamens 50 to 70; fertile N. carulea 



Fl. large; bud sharply conical; sterile, 



N. pulcherrima 



Fl. large; bud rounded ovoid N. Pennsylvania 



Sepals pure green or with very few spots 



The stamens all round-stalked N. gigantea 



The outer stamens with broad flat stalks 

 (filaments) 



Lvs. entire; petals delicate violet N. elegans 



Lvs. sinuate, large 



Fl. deep royal blue, cup-shaped, 



N. Zanzihariensts 

 Fl. azure blue 



Shape stellate; flower stalk tall, 



N. Wm. Stone 

 Shape cup-like; fl. stalk shorter 

 Lvs. bluish beneath, 



N. Zanztbariensis, var. azurea 

 Lvs. pure green beneath . . .N. Capensis 



