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R. Caspary 
Feb. 10. 1866 
Of Nymphaea Lotus there are also such' morphologically different geo- 
graphica! varieties; however, I do not want to expose further about- 
this,in Order not to be too wide- ranging«. 
gro™ 
Fruits I saw very few on N-,odorata , only a few/in Borsig's Gar- 
den in Berlin^ and some in wine spirit&, which- Mr. Eaton sent to rae,^ 
though without closer Statement of the place, where f ound,. All were 
ball- shaped'. - One examines only ripe fruit^,of who*se seed the arillus 
is fully developed',and who'se seeds are black-grey and not carmirr^be- 
cause the latter color in not ripe«- 
The Nymphaea alba of Nuttall (Gener. N.A.plants l8l8 ir p.73 
« around Detroit*» -,.Michenl (Fl.b.Am. I NO) - «Canada ad Caroline^»' - 
(in h.Michaux in h,Mus.Par. I saw N.odorata from "Canada" desiprnated 
by Michener as N. alba ) - is mentioned as present in North America, 
thouerh this seems to be an error based on a mix-up with N«. tuberosa 
Paine, but it may not be impossible, that Nymphaea alba exists in 
North America, therefor I give the differences of the plant s N.alba 
and odorata as far as they are knom to me«< 
NYI4PHAEA ALBA L.. 
1) G'rana pollinis aculenta vel ' 
grosse tuberculata, operculo laevi 
vel sublaevio. 
2) * Processus carpellorum-- carnosi 
triangulär! - ovati' vel oblongo- 
trianpculari-ovati , interne ple - 
rumque subconcavi', 1-5 sulcati 
3) Stipulas oblonge ovatas, elon- 
gatOÄ trianguläres, anpruste emar- 
ginatas, obtuse bicarinatae, 
ad 3 3/4'» longae punctum vegeta- 
tionis.rhizoraatis supernati^ cujh 
NYMPHAEA ODORATA Ait. 
1) Grana pollinis ubique aculeata,. 
2) Procissus carpellorumr carnosi' 
oblonge«^ triangularis vel lanceo- 
lati, sublinearis, interne canalicu- 
lati^. 
3) Stipulae subrenif ormes,late e- 
marginatae veli ovato-renif ormes,: 
obtusi oblique utrin- 
que decurrentes^, obsolate bicarian- 
tae usque ad 9 m longae, inferiores 
longa sub puncto vegetationis -rhi- 
zomatis[:'elicter' petiolo superstites 
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