NYM 
fimply nympha. 
2 are otherwife diftinguithed i into jemiore 
and oviformes. e ENToMoLoGyY. 
NYMPH, in "Anatomy. See GENERA 
NYMPH A&A, in Botany, wya of Theo, ae aftus and 
Diofcorides, was fo called, with much tafte, in allufion to 
the nymphs, fuppofed to inkabit the pure and limpid pad 
in which it grows; nor was it an unworthy emblem of th 
elegance and delicacy aed to thofe i ieee ines. 
Linn. Gen. 264. Schreb. 352. Willd. Sp. Pl. v. 2. 115 
Mart. Mill. Did. v. 3 m. Prodr. Fl. Grec. v. 1. 360 
Fl. Brit. 569.  Dryan Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2 
v. 3. 292. Juff. 68 Teas Illuftr. t. 453. Ff. 
Gertn. t.19, alba. (Caltalia; Salif. in Ann. of Bot 
v. 2. 71.)——Clafs and order, clare Monogynia. Nat. 
Ord. Hydrocharides, Jufl. Nymphaea, Sa ye ; an order 
between the Ranunculacee and Papaverace e 
true plant of the ancients, and replaced by Cafalia, a wor 
incorre& in etymology as well as meaning, and altogether 
aa See Nup 
Gen 
pon the lowe 
cary globofe, fefile’ i in the middle 
Fier ts very numerous, inferted 
e 
by two linear “iffures above, 
men {uperior, pee globofe ; ityle none; ftigma or ean 
many-cleft, radiated above, permanent, bearing the neétar 
Peric, Berry globofe, with a hard coriaceous coat, inter- 
nally {pongy, with numerous cells, Seeds very numerous, 
round, polifhe 
Petals nume- 
Stigma 
oy 
alyx of four cr five eae 
rous, i inferted into- the germen below the ftamen. 
radiated, many-cleft, aa with a ventral neCtary. 
ee ior, of many ce 
f. Man 
y sn 
Ob of he diftinétions between this genus and 
Nuph ere perceived by and al m are 
detailed in the ora Britannica, eee what regards the 
neGtaries, ich we are indebted to Mr. S y 
' No genera ean be better defined. As the flowers of Nuphar 
are always yellow, thofe of Nymphza are white with more 
or lefs inclination to red or blue; in fome inftances of a 
very fine crimfon. i. the Prodr. Fl, Grac. we have faid 
that Nymphaea is gynandrous, but it is beft perhaps to re- 
ftri@ that term to flowers whofe ftamens or anthers grow 
pie oo of the ftyle or ftigma, altogether above the 
‘s - alba. yanage White yaa Linn, Sp. 
Pl. 729. Willd. n Ait. n. 1. Engl. Bot. t. 160. Fi. 
Dan. t. 602. Marth: Valgr. V. 2, 245+ Ca Epit. 634. 
‘of fixteen afcending rays. Root 
NYM 
Ger 81g. (N. candida; bear Hitt. 535. Nenu- 
har fecandas Brunf. Her 4-)——Leaves heart- 
fhaped, entire ; even beneath. Petals elliptic-oblong, Sti igma 
orizental, creepin 
Native of clear pools, the margins of lakes a 
rivers, throughout Europe, flowerin 
aad Hk its white 
its fruit toa round aoe or poppy-he The modern 
inhabitants of Za I] it vepoxoronvdi, or Water Gourd, 
Sibthorp found it frequently in Gr and the neigh- 
uring countri In Engl often occurs in ftill 
pools on heaths, or under the fhad trees, completely 
mantling over the water with its broad floating, or partl 
immerfed /eaves, which are of an elliptical outline, with a 
fe, 
he bafe, to receive the 
The Fadel -falks are all radical and fimple, as in the genus 
Nuphar, each being one large, concave, moft e elegant white 
flower, four or five inches wide, of numerous elliptical petals 
lying eek iy other. The upper fice of the caly« is often 
tinge mie a blufh-colour. e fla 
yellow hele owers have little or no fcent. e 
abba for clofing in the afternoon, and lyin wn 
upon the water, or finking fomewhat below its (aries 
during the night. In the middle of the forenoon | rife 
fome inches above the {urface, and expand. ‘This pheno- 
menon is chiefly obfervable in hot bright weather, and is 
doubtlefs abe to the action of light upon the flower, 
are 
direction of the long and flender ftem. Since fact has, 
or fome reafon or other, been controverted, we have care- 
fully verified it. 
2. N. odorata. Sweet White areas Willd. n. 4. 
Ait. n. 2. Si urt. Mag. t. 819. Andr. Repof. 
nC 
. 297.— Leaves heated: eotive 3 the nerve and veins 
prominent beneath. Petals linear-oblong. Stigma of fix- 
teen to twenty upright rays, inflexed at their points. ri 
horizontal, creeping. .— Native of Nort merica; not u 
frequent here in the more curious ee but fearcaly 
rated enough to bear a fucce r winters. It 
ers in June and July. This is ne ‘fmaller 3 in all its 
s than the foregoing, yee is sept ifhe 
ale eae like {cent of the fowers, which hav 
ferved to fink under water at ni abe in this ute. The 
prominent veins of the /eaves diftinguifh them, even when 
dried, from the N. alba, and their outline is rather more 
orbicular than elliptical. 
N. nitida. eee or Cup-flowered, Water-Lily. 
Sims in Curt. — t. ~ 1359: Ait. ng. (N. nora; 
Gmel. Sib. v. 4. ney : cise the fynonyms.} 
seery w 
e the see was found — require 
eep it alive. In t ort. Kew. it is ma 
arked 
rather fk or furrowed, and the tuberous part 
root, as Mr. Anderfon obferves, not horizontal nor creep- 
ing, but perpendicular, and afcen no ; 
. » pygmea. Pi oF . Ait.n. 4, (Caf- 
talia pygmza; Salif. . t. 68.)—Leaves heart-fhaped, 
entire. Stigma of er or eight inflexed rays,—Nativ ie 
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