CABOMBACEJE — NELUMB1ACE£. 16 



Order VII. CABOMBACE.C {Syn. Hy drop f hid ea.) 



Sepah 3, f>elaloiii. Petals 3, alternate witli the Sepals. 

 5/am^»w 6-18-36 ljypog\'nous ; anthers innate. Ovaries 3- 

 18. Carpel 1-:;^ seodeil, terminated by the permanent style. 

 .Sftfcis oitijolropous, <ilobul>ir, |)cndulous. Embryo minute; al- 

 bumen fleshy, Nvidi the embryo at its base. Plants growing 

 in the water, witi) lloaling, peltate leaves, tlie sub.merscd leaves, 

 with filiform lobes. 



Gexts I. CABOMBA. {Nectris.) 



Sepah 3, peuloid. Petals 3. Stamens G, as long as the 

 calyx. Carpels numerous, 1-3 seeded somewhat fleshy. 

 Leaves opposite. 



1. C. CAKOT.rNiA.N'A. .SlTtf/n branching. />ai;«.« floating and submersed, the 

 fl ii-al or ol)'ong, about an inch Img, submersed ones filiformly 



d.— - ova!, ol)mse, wiih two yellow spots at the base- iSome- 



lime-* only - -I I'. lis and 2 petals. 



Wliiio 4- May. From N. C. to Lou. 



Gexts II. BRASENIA. (Syn. Hydropeltis ) 



Srpals 3-4, persistent, petaloid. Petals 3-4, longer than 

 the sepals. Stumrns numcro-js. Carpels numerous, some- 

 what oblong, 1-2 seeded. Alt tlx; submersed [)artsot'lhe plant 

 covered w.th a transparent, gelatinous substance. 



I. B. Peltati. Stem long, slender, of a purplish color, no part of the 



plant beini: cret n but the upper surface of il>e leaves. Leaves a'ternafe, the 



floating ones peltate, entire, eLplicaL Feduucles l-Howcred, solitary. — 



Grows in snll water. U^'ater shield. 



Brownish purple. %. July, Canada to Geo. 1-10 feet. 



Ordkr VIII. NELUMFUACE.E . 



Sepals A- 6^ pelnloid. Peliils numerous, fromtlie outside of 

 (he dij»k. i^tameus numerous, in several rows ; filaments |)eta- 

 loid ; anthers introrse. Disk remarkably developed, witli the 

 ovaries lodged in separate cavi ies of its substance. Fruit a 

 nut, aburidani, crowned with the persjitent style. Seed or* 

 thotropous withtiut albumen. Embryo very large, with two 

 fleshy cotyledons. Herbaceous plants growing in deep water. 



Gents I. NELUMBIUM. {NymphiBa, Cyamus.) 



L N. LvTEtM. Pf- ' ■ -' = arismg fromarhizoma. Z,«ave« large, 1-2 feel 

 in diametf r. pfi'atr, -. i-7«i«Tir large. Hacnd Bean. 



Pale yelkjvv. 4- rs.i.toLou. Jur.e. 



Rfork* — This tsnne < f ihe mnm. splendid nquatic plant« of North Americ*. It 

 jMd« ■ milky juice wheo wounded. The roui t>e«n \M\xn which are Tery farinac«(Nif 



