NYMPH AA. 
of China; mtroduced in aio Ait. We received it: at 
Kew in May 1811, when it w s flowering plentifully in a 
tub in the ftove. This iptcies i is but about half the tfize of 
ufually diftant lobes ; 
Flowtrs white, with a flight {weetnefs. 
the outer ones much dilated, or obovate, below the anther, 
and gradually becoming broader and paler, till they affimi- 
late entirely with the petals, as is the cafe more or lefs in 
others of this genus. 
g. N. Lotus. Egyptian ae birt Linn. Sp. 
Pl. 729. Willd. n. 6. Ait. n. 5. Sims in Curt. Mag. 
t.797. Waldft. and Kitab. Hing. Vo Ie DQ. te. 18. 
(Lotus egyptia ; one XOt. 213-229. Awlos ouyur- 
ioc, Diofc. book 4. chap. 114.)—Leaves fomewhat peltate, 
fharply toothed, imo oth on both fides, without dots; the 
veins prominent and reticulated and 
Hunga Mr. — 
ound with farinacéous matter. ave always con- 
ceived that this flower became facred t erftitious vene- 
n, in that country, in confequence i its r 
The latter, from the mode of its vegetation, was adopted, 
in ag moft remote ages, to ferve as an emblem of fertility ; 
but our N. Lotus exhibits nothing which could era 
have eee fuch anidea. It feems therefore a fort of fub- 
ftitute or type ; if we miftake not, ftrengthens the 
theory of the ier ok a of Egypt having migrated thither 
from India e Cyamus plant was indeed brought to 
Egypt, but has never perpetuated itfelf there to any great 
e found in that part of the world. 
s is a {pecimen 
ihe ap eden: two feet acrofs. 
e prefame that 
Pek mention of 
ter, or Swartz, 
es under N. Lots 
ay a aes Indian Lotus \alae saree bas n. ih 
_(N. Lotus; Andr. Re I. 
; Pluk. 
Ambel; Rheede Hort. Malab. v. Ir. 151. 
t. 26. )—Leaves fomewhat peltate, fharply toothed ; downy, 
h prominent oe aaa — eneath ; 
ivaricated, acute.—Native of the Eaft Indies, 
from whence fir Jofeph Banks procured it for Kew garden 
2 1803. We had {pecimens from N. E. Kinderfley, efq. 
1793. This differs effentially from the laft,’ in having the 
ee of the /eaves clothed with fine denfe velvet-like down ; 3 
and the veins not prominent on the u 
u 
plant, nor is the very peculiar charaéter of the downinefs pi 
the /eaves indicated, though their divaricated fharp lobes 
well exprefled. Probably the able writer of his See 
faw the ——s only, not the plant 
: . Red Water-Lily. Ait. n. 7. Andr. Repof. 
t. 503. Sinner in Curt, Mag. t.1280.—, with paler flowers ; 
Sims in Curt. Mag. t. 1364. - Leaves ieee peltate, 
fharply toothed 3 downy, with prominent reticulated veins, 
ae aie : and prominent ribs aie: ; their lobes divaricated 
—Native of the Indies, from whence it was 
fent ie re ee and. “intelligent Dr. Roxburgh. It 
is cultivate the 
ry) 
3 
the 
ribs, and, more or lefs e veins, on eel upper fide 
does not prove a fufficient fpecific chara e know not, 
as yet, of any better. The /eeds and ne e faid to be 
eatable, and the flower to be held i in fips veneration 
in Hindooftan, which may arife from its affinity to the Cyamus, 
er facred Tamara of that country. 
_ N. verficolor. ae Water-Lily. Ait. n. 8. 
Sim ms in Curt. Mag. t. 1189.—lLeaves fomewhat peluee 
f bluntly toothed, blittered on both fides ; their lobes approx- 
imated and rounded.—Found in the Eaft Indies by Dr. Rox- 
. this is evident- 
moft diftin@ f{peci The root aha la itfelf by 
fice. like el adnan ea sch tuber flowering but once. 
eaves are nearly o i 
r lying over 
petaae Ds with glandular pile ules The dee stals are pale blu 
coloured, longer and narrower “than otus or rubra, 
feveral of ee outer ones poe and fanowes at ie back, 
with green ribs on the upper fide. 
. N. cerulea. Blue Water-Lily. Dryand in Ait. n. 
Andr. Repof. t. 197. Curt. Mag.t. 552. Venten. Malmaif. 
6. (N. flore ceruleo odoratifiimo ; Breyn. Prodr. fafc. 2 
—Leaves fomewhat peltate, very flightly and Gunly 
toothed, fmooth ae even on both fides oa of the ftigma 
very numerous, inflexed.—Native of Egypt, from whence 
we havea pecmens aaa by Dr. Delile, and of the 
Cape of Good Hope, fr 
sii feen no {pecimen, a by 
- 
oO 
Kew, in 1792. ‘This elegant {pecies is now not uncommon 
in ftoves reenhoufes, where it bloom: o 
agate being eafily ere = a pai without being plunged 
the e 
clita i in thei outline, their lobes fomewhat poi 
r lefs r bluntly crenate, {carcel 
10. N. fe Tse. 
n. 5. Ait. n. To. Air, Repof. t. (N. malabarica 5 ; 
Lamarck Dia. V. 4. 457. Citambel ; Rhee Hort. Malab. 
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