12 4, PAPAVERACES. 
celled : seeds numerous, in a gelatinous aril. Embryo in a bag 
on the outside of the base of the albumen. 
1. Nympu#a. Cal. of 4 sepals. Pet. numerous, inserted to- 
gether with the stamens upon a fleshy disk enveloping the 
germen. Berry many-celled, many-seeded. Stigma sessile, 
of numerous rays. 
2. NupHar. Cal. of 5 sepals. Pet. numerous, mserted to- 
gether'with the stamens upon the receptacle. Berry many- 
celled, many-seeded. Stigma sessile, of numerous rays. 
1. Nympoaa Linn. 
1. N. alba (L.); 1. roundish deeply cordate entire with ap- 
proximate lobes even beneath, stigma of 12—20 rays—E. B. 
160. R. vii. 67.—Fl. large, white, floating. Stigmas yellow. 
Ovary covered with the stamens almost to its summit. Caps. 
dissolving away into a mass of pulp. Seed red. Notch in the 
leaves with parallel sides.—Slow rivers, lakes and clear ditches. 
P. VIL. White Water Lily. 
2. Nurpwar Sm. 
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. R. vii. 63.—FI. yellow, smelling like brandy. Caps. burst- 
ing irregularly. Submersed |. thin, transparent, wavy, oblong- 
cordate-—Lakes and ditches. P. VII. Yellow Water Lily. 
2. N. pumila (DC.); 1. ovate deeply cordate with distant 
lobes, sep. 5. stigma with 8—10 rays extending to the margin 
and forming acute teeth, anth. subquadrate——E. B. 2292. R. 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. 
P. VII. VIII. ; S. 
Order IV. PAPAVERACE. 
Sep. 2, deciduous. Cor. regular, of 4 petals. Stam. generally 
numerous, free. Ovary free; placentas parietal, usually project- 
ing; seeds numerous. Stigmas as many as the placentas, simple 
or lobed, the lobes of adjoming stigmas combining, thus appear- 
ing (falsely) to be opposite to the placentas. 
* Fruit not linear, stigmas radiant. 
1. Papaver. Pet. 4. Stam. numerous. Style 0. Stigmas 
4—20, sessile. Caps. obovate, opening by pores beneath 
the stigma. Seeds not crested. 
