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rentiated by morphological ' marks, exi st f or Nymphaea odorata. T 
also would like to recommend to you to prove the admissibility of 
r fflabra and II villosa , whioh are based on dif f erencea, which may^ 
change often,.I take the liberty to provide some viewpoints irr es- 
tablishing the varieties and, also, the analogy of the other Spe- 
eles, better known to me,,of the dlvlslorr Cartana DI, the Nymphaegp 
alba L, and tetragona Georg!.. Of both exlst two geographlcally sepa- 
rated maln forms; of alba 1" polystlgma , westerly and southerly/ In 
dlstrlbutlon- areas wlth long,narrow calyx-leaves, f lowers and- stamens,, 
vlable pollen'i small seeds, yellow, slngle-tlpped paplllose rays,and nu- 
merous cancettes (the German word Is Kanzetten ? E,D. )»and IT ollgo^ 
Stigma (the word Is blotted out by a stamp.E. D, ) t northern and eastern 
dlstribution terrltorles ,and in the mountains in the southern part% 
wlth broad, Short calyx leaves, f lowers - and stamens, warty pollen-^jlarge 
seed'S,(one word covered by a stamp,E.D. ) three-pointed, papilllstlc 
rays and few Ca^cettes> The two prlncipal forms of Nymphaea alba have 
numerous sub- varieties, differentiated principally through the fruit,, 
s phaeriorna (carrying hills) depressa (wlth smooth fruit) ) und lata 
( wlth a very deep stygmatic dl sk') etc. . Nymphaea tetragona Georg!" shows 
also two prlncipal forms. I^ lata , wlth very broad,dried cylindrical- 
Cross-stem-section^ thls is a guess,I cannot declpher a word.E.D..) 
broad, short calyx leaves^, in the north and East of the territory^,, 
i.e. in East-Sibirla, Kamtchatka, and Manchuria, entirely correspon - 
ding the Nymphaea alba oligostigma. . Ip) angusta , wlth small dried^ qua- 
dratic Gross- stem-sectlons ( sam.e word as note above.E.D. ) ,and long: 
slender calyx and floral leaves, in the South (Khasia Mountains in 
?'•....) (NOTE: the Khasi Hills are in Assam, E.D.),and southeast of 
the territory( China and Japan) ^ It is now to be seen, if there are not 
in North America such geographlcally limited^ varieties^ of these most'^ 
natural and totally constant^,remaining so in culture,,, correspondlng 
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