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If , however, it could be proven, that a planta nana or minor remains 
xNThite under the best conditions of nutrition, of that the seed is true,, 
then, such a variety makes more sense, but cannot lead to proof foir 
vari 
N. odorataj minor, Siras,.For foundation of a variety-I find morpholo- 
gical diffe^ences better than color and specially size,the f orm- of 
the tubulär flower, if short or long, the stamina, if they have broad- 
or narrow filaments, the pupillistic (pupillus, Latin = minor or or- 
phan = reduced ? E.D. ) stipatic rays.the appendices of the carpels,. 
their relation of length to width, if and how they are furrowed' or 
hollowed; the shape of the fruit^, if ball^shaped. uniform, smoothly pres- 
sed:; the form of stipules^, their size in relation to the leaf, the Sta- 
tus of pollen>, if warty or spiny..! mentioned here those morphologicali 
points, which apply to N'ymphaea alba , which I have examined from all' 
countries of Europe either living or in alcohol^and in their cause I 
made numerous excursoins and trips-for about 13 years^, which proved im- 
portant for the definition of varietie&, or better said,when varieties 
showed themselves dif f erent,b8cause we do not need to postulate them,, 
but to find them in Nature through Observation, or they are also such' 
points, which are important in the dif f erentiationr of N ymphaea alba^ 
and odqrata, When I stated,that the size of flower and leaves does not,, 
as far as I know, justify a variety, it is thus with thd(two primary 
varieties of Nymphaea alba 
Ii) pol ystigma ( f ormerly melocarpa Carp) and 
II) oligostigma (f ormerly ovicarpa Carp,) 
I had to give up these names', because a subvariety of pvcarpa with 
flattened fruit was found at Seterwihg in Russia and here in Prussia«. 
The size of the seeds was a constant difference. 1) polystigma with 
numerous carpels,has small seeds, and II) oligostigma with f ewer- car- 
pels,very large ones. Of course, there are exceptions in rare cases.. 
And the size of the pollen varies in a rather constant way with 
