- 7 - T. Caspary Peb. 10, 1866 
ding to proceedings of Decondell'in Deless, Icon II t.5 is mentio- 
ned as synonym with Nym,unif ormi s Decondelle> Also cited is Melumblum 
renlforme W, sp II 126o as synonym, Willdmann based Nelimbo renifor - 
mls on Walter* s authority according to bis Nymphaea renif ormis , and 
Willd. is entirely correct to consider Walter* s Nymphaea renif o rmis 
^ Nelumbium-, - be cause Walter explicitly adds:: *»loculisr monospermisj, 
which fits only Nelumbium> . Decandolle and his folloTArers are therefor 
wrong^ to identify Nymphaea r enif ormis DG bc with Nymphaea reni f ormis 
Walter.. As to Decandoll* s . Nymphaea unif ormis in Delesg.Lion concerns,, 
and this plant my Tbrrey and arayv the original does not exist any/ 
more in the herbariim Delessert in Paris. . Neither Planchon- (Ann. ? 
? Ser. XIX 1853 p. 59) nor I have seen it3^n I856;, thoiigh Mr.Lasique 
brought together all the Nymphaeaceae, which were there, with great^ 
kindness and labour... The ori^rinal has probötbly been eaten by worms,, 
which worked much in the h.Deless. and destoyed it.. As to the illus - 
tration of Nymphaea reniformi s, I will not believe that it is correct 
concerning the gr ooved, rounded lobes until I have seen a leaf of the 
Speeles.. Of the hundreds of leaves, which I examined:,is none that has 
» grooved, rounded lobes.. The phantasy of a botanically^ unkno- 
wing artist may may have created from a poorly dried) and deformed and 
improperly positioned leaf with acurainated lobes the one shom in De- 
condolle's drawing.. The phantasy of an artist is often-^^Ct <r(\^Q^.O^ 
ecfCfS , Supposed, that such a leaf really^'exi sted once,it is to be con- 
sidered as a monstrosity, on which no variety can be founded,and cer- 
tainly, the same stem, which produced such a leaf , would also produce 
normal ones.. In raany leaves, in which I saw a strongly rounded sinus^,, 
this ms never the work of Nature,but caused by di sf iguration in pres- 
sing; But, there exist broad, rounded sinuses,but if constant with cer- 
tain plants ?''That may be decided by american observers in situ. 
The american botanists may decide in place, what varieties, dif f e- 
