name from an Arabic word applied to I 

 Xwnphcea Lotu^. The species are few in 

 number— some say onlytwo : one European 

 and Asiatic, the other American. They 

 have a thick horizontal rootstock, whence 

 proceed the leaf and flower-stalks, which 

 are smooth cylindrical or somewhat trian- 

 gular. The leaves are heart-shaped round- 

 ish or sagittate. The calyx consists of five 

 or six concave yellow persistent sepals ; 

 there are ten to eighteen petals, much i 

 smaller than the sepals, secreting a honey- I 

 like fluid at their base; and numerous sta- 

 mens in several rows, ultimately bent 

 backwards. The ovary is many-celled on 

 the top of the receptacle, not surrounded 

 by it as in Xymphcea, and becomes a glo- 

 bular fruit, bursting irregularly to allow 

 of the escape of the seeds, which are 1m- j 

 bedded in pulp. 



N. lutea is the well-known Yellow "Water- 

 lily, common in most parts of Britain, and 

 frequently associated with the common 

 whitewater-lily. The flowers have a per- 

 fume of brandy— hence the name Brandy- 

 bottles, which is applied in some counties 

 to this plant. The rootstocks bruised and 

 infused in milk are stated to be destruc- 

 tive to cockroaches, and when burnt to be 

 particularly obnoxious to crickets. The 

 leaves and leafstalks have a somewhat 

 bitter and astringent taste. The flowers 

 are used by the Turks in the preparation of 

 cooling drinks, like sherbet. The seeds 

 too, as they contain a quantity of starch, 

 are said to be used in some countries as 

 food. The leaf-stalks and flower-stalks are 

 traversed by agreatiiumber of minute air- 

 canals, whose arrangement is the same in 

 both organs. A small variety occurs in the 

 North of Britain, also in Siberia, Canada, 

 &c. : it is sometimes considered as a dis- 

 tinct species underthe name of N.minima. 

 X. Kalmiana does not differ materially 

 from this. 



The American species, X. advena, has 

 larger flowers than X. lutea, with six se- 

 pals, and arrow-shaped leaves of thinner 

 texture than those of the European spe- 

 cies. The arrangement of the air-canals 

 is the same. These several kinds are fre- 

 quently grown in ornamental waters in 

 this country. [M. T. MJ 



NUT. A hard indehiscent pericarp usu- 

 ally containing only one seed : the same 

 as Glans and Achene. — , SPURIOUS. A 

 nut which owes its hardness to some other 

 cause than the induration of the pericarp ; 

 as in Mirabilis. 



NUT. The fruit or kernel of the seed of 

 various plants ; more rarely applied to 

 certain tubers. —.ACAJOU. The Cashew 

 nut, Anacardium occidentale. — , AR. 

 Bunium flexuosum. — , BAMBARRA 

 GROUND. The seed of Voandzeia sub- 

 terranea. — , BARBADOS. The seed of 

 Curcas purgans. — , BEAZOR. The 

 seed of Guilandina Bonducella. — , 

 BEDDA. The fruit of Terminalia Bele- 

 rica, called also Bastard Myrobalans. 

 ! — , BEN. The winged seed of Moringa 

 | pterygosperma. — , BETEL. The seed of 



Areca Catechu. — , BITTER. Cory a ama- 

 ra. — , BLADDER. Staphvlea. — , — , 

 AFRICAN. Roy en a. — , BOMA. The 

 fruit of some West African oil-palm. 

 — , BONDUC. The seed of Guilandina 

 Bonduc. — . BRAZIL. The seed of Ber- 

 tholletia excelsa. — , BREAD. The fruit of 

 Brosimum Alicastrum. — , — , MONKEY. 

 The fruit of Adansonia digitaia. — , BUF- 

 FALO. The fruit of Pyrularia oleifera. 

 — , BUTTER. The seed of Caryocar nuci- 

 ferum ; also Juglans cinerea. —, CANDLE. 

 The seed of Aleurites triloba. — , CA- 

 SHEW. The seed of Anacardium occi- 

 dentale; sometimes called Acajou Nut. 

 — , CASTANHA. The seed of Bertholletia 

 excelsa. — , CHEST. Castanea vesca. — , 

 COB. Corylus Avellana barcelonensis. —, 

 — , of Jamaica. Omphalea. — , COCOA. 

 The fruit of Cocos nucifera. — , COLA. 

 The seed of Cola acuminata. — , COQUIL- 

 LA. The fruit of Attalea funifera. — , 

 COROZO. The Vegetable Ivory, Phytele- 

 phas macrocarpa. —, DRINKER'S. Strych- 

 nos potatorum. — , EARTH. Arachis hy- 

 pogcea; also Bunium flexuosum, and Ca- 

 runi Bulbocastanum ; also Geocaryum. 

 — , EBOE. The seed of Dipteryx oleifera. 

 — , ELK. The fruit of Pyrularia oleifera. 

 — , ECBGEAN. Castanea vesca. — , 

 FRENCH. Juglans regia. — , GOORA. 

 The seed of Cola acuminata. — , GROUND. 

 Arachis hypogcea; also an American name 

 for Panax trifolium. —, HARA. The 

 drupe of Terminalia citrina. — , HAZEL. 

 Corylus Avellana. — , HICKORY. Carya 

 amara. — , HOG, or PIG. Carya porcina. 

 —, — , of Jamaica. Omphalea. — , HOG 

 PEA. An American name for Amphicar- 

 poea. — , ILLINOIS. Carya olivceformis. 

 — , IVORY. Phutelephas macrocarpa. —, 

 JESUITS. Trapanatans. -.JUPITER'S. 

 The Walnut, Juglans regia. — , KEENA. 

 The fruit of Calophyllum Calaba. —, 

 KISKY THOMAS. Carya alba. — , KOLA, 

 or KOLLA. The seed of Cola acuminata. 

 — , KUNDOO. The fruit of Carapa Toulou- 

 couna. — , LEVANT. The fruit of Ana- 

 mirta Cocculus. — .LUMBANG. The seed 

 of Aleurites triloba. — , MALABAR. Ad- 

 Jiatoda Vasica. — , MANILLA. Arachis 

 hypogcea. — , MARANY. A name under 

 which the Marking Nut has been occa- 

 sionally imported into Liverpool. — , 

 MARKING. The nuts of Semecnrpus 

 Anacardium. — , MOCKER, or MO KER. 

 The nut of Carya tomentosa. — , MOTE. 

 The fruit of Carapa, To'doncouna. —, OIL. 

 The fruit of Pyrularia (Hamiltonid) olei- 

 fera ; also a West Indian name for the seed 

 of Ricinus communis. — , OLIVE. The fruit 

 of Mceomrpus. —, PACANE or PECCAN. 

 Carya olivceformis. —, PARA. The same 

 as Brazil Nut. — , PEA. An American 

 name for Arachis hypocicea. —, PHYSIC. 

 Curcas purgans. — , PIG. Carya porcina, 

 and C. glabra; also Carum Bulbocastanum 

 and Bunium flexuosum. — , PISTACIA, or 

 PISTACHIO. The edible seed of Pistacia 

 vera. , — , POISON. The poisonous seed 

 of Strychnos nux vomica. — , PURGING. 

 The seed of Curcas purgans. — , QUAN- 

 DANG. The fruit of Fusanus acuminatus. 



