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1. twice temate.— ^. B. 438. -ffi. iii. f. 4485.— Lts. ovate-heart- 

 shaped, serrate. Fan. shorter than the 1. and appearing to grow 

 from the petiole. Fl. red with yellow nectaries. — Subalpine 

 woods. Not a native. P. V.] E. S. 



Order III. NYMPH^ACE^. 



Sep. 4 — 6. Petals many, seated with the many stamens upon 

 a fleshy disk more or less completely surrounding the ovary. 

 Stigma peltate. Fruit many-celled ; seeds many, in a gelati- 

 nous aril. Emhrj'o in a bag on the outside of the base of the 

 albumen. — St. prostrate, submersed. L. floating, falsely peltate. 



1. NympilS)a. Cal. of 4 sepals. Pet. many, seated together 

 with the stamens upon a fleshy disk enveloping the germen 

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

 seeded. Stigma sessile, of many rays. 



2. NupHAH. Cal. of 5 sepals. Pet. many, seated together 

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

 many-seeded. Stigma sessile, of many rays. 



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



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

 proximate lobes, stigma of 12 — 20 rays. — K S. 160. R. vii. 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. VU. 



E.S.I. 



2. Ntj'phae Sm. Yellow Water-Lily. 



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

 20 rays not extendiny to the entire margin, anthers linear. — JS. B. 

 159. R. vii. 63. — Fl. SJ in. across, yellow, smelling like brandy. 

 Caps, bm'sting irregularly. Submersed 1. thin, transparent, 

 wavy, oblong-cordate. — /3. minor; fl. 1| in. across, margin of 

 stigma wavy. Sy. E. B. 55. — Lakes and ditches. P. VII. 

 Brandy-bottle. E. S. I. 



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

 lolies, Sep. 5, stigma with 8 — 10 rays extending to the margin 

 &ndfo7-ming acute teeth, anth. suhquadrate.—E. B. 2292. It. 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 Ellesmere, Salop. P. VII. VIII. E. S. 



