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loid. Anthers ad n ate, intror.se. Fruit many-celled^ flesh v, 

 many-seeded. Seeds anatropoas, containing farinaceous albu- 

 men. Embryo minute. Aquatic plants, herbaceous. 



Genus I— NYMPII^E'A. Tourn. 12—1. 

 (From the Greek numphe, a nymph. 



Sepals 4, persistent. Petals and Stamens numerous and 

 passing into each other. 



1. N. odora'ta, (Ait.) Jihizoma very large. Leaves floating, nearly 

 orbicular or cordate, strongly veined beneath. Stigma sessile, with 

 numerous rays, incurved. The leaves of this plant vary considerably 

 in form, giving rise to several varieties — the lobes of some being much 

 more acute than those of others ; and in one variety, called the N. ro- 

 sea, the leaves are smaller and flowers rose-color. — White. If. June. 

 Common in ponds. White Pond-lily. 



We have met with a variety of this plant, having round leaves, 

 smaller flowers, and perfectly inodorous. — Black Lake, near Macon. 



A beautiful plant, distinguished by the delicious odor of its large white flowers. The 

 genus is more properly the indigenous production of the East Indies — several species 

 growing there, and but one on ihe continent of North America. The plant lias' been 

 sometimes employed in medicine, but we believe has pretty much passed from use. 

 The Egyptian Lotus is a species of this genus, — the N. lotus, which is said to resem- 

 ble our species. 



Genus LT.— NTJPHAR'. Smith. 12—1. 

 (The Arabic name for Pond-lily.) 



Sepals 5 — 6. Petals numerous, small, externally nectarife- 

 rous, inserted with the stamens into the base of the torus. Fruit 

 fleshy, many-celled, many-seeded. 



1. N. advk'na, (Ait.) Leaves semi-orbicularly cordate, lobes diverg- 

 ing ; petioles long, solitary. Flowers large, emerging. Petals and fil- 

 aments nearly confounded. Cells of the fruit equal in number to the 

 rays, and when perfectly matured, separate spontaneously. — Yellow. 

 If. July. Canada to Florida, in deep water. Yellow Pond-lily. 



2. N. bagittjifo'lla, (Pursh.) Leaves on long sub-spiral petioles, 

 membranaceous, nearly a foot Long, sagittate, obtuse. Petals none; the 

 inner sepals petaloid, the outer green. — if. Ju. H". C. to Geo. 



Order X.— SARRACENIA'CE^. (Pitcher-plants.) 



Sepals 5, persistent, aestivation imbricate, with a three-leaved 

 involucre. Petals 5, unguiculate, concave. Stamens numer- 

 ous; anthers adnate, introrae. Ovary 5-celled, with a central 

 placenta. Stigma very large, 5-angled, petaloid, peltate, cov- 

 ering ili«' Btamens. Capsules 5-celled, 5-valved, many-seeded, 

 with loculicidal dehiscence. Seeds snatropous. Herbaceous 

 plants, growing in 



