CYAMUS LUTEUS. 



SACRED BEAN OF INDIA. EGYPTIAN-BEAN. WATER CHIN- 

 QUAPIN. 



Polyandria Polyginia, Linn. Hydrocharides, Juss. Nymphynoa, Salisbury . 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Calix petaloid, 4 or 5-leaved. Petals many. Fruit turbinate, with a truncated disk 

 excavated with numerous cells, each containing a single seed. Seed an ovate 

 nut, crowned with the persistent style. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Leaves peltate, orbiculate, very entire ; corolla polypetalous ; anthers linear above. 

 Salisbury. Peduncles and petioles muricate. Barton. Prod. Fl. Ph. p. 59. 



SYNONYMS. 



Cyamus flavicomus, Salisbury. 



C. nelumbo, Smith, Exot. Bot. 



Nelumbium speciosum, Willd. and Ait. 



N. luteum, Willd. Sp. PI. 2. p. 1259. 



N. luteum, Mich. 



Nympma nelumbo, /3. L. Sp. pi. 



Nelumbo Indica, Persoon. 



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