- R. Gaspary Feb. 10, I866 
2) Nymphaea maculata Leaves orbiculata, subundulat e, dentat e„ 
base cordate, ,lobeS- obtnse, .a broTvn central spot on the leaves^,pe- 
tals white« In Canada and New Yorlr near Lake Ontario.Flower nearly-^ 
inodorous, smaller,. with many narrow oblong, obtuse petals«. 
3) Nymphaea spirali s- Raf , s. (synonym ? E.D. ) N. alba Mx. & 
M. odorata Ethot.) Leaves orbicular, enarpcinat e, base SDlit , colorate, . 
lobes divaricate, obtuse, petio" es and soapes spinal , calyx f ree-leaved, 
equal to the corolla. In the soi;thern States. Flower white, snell' 
streng.. 
N. spiralis seems to belon^ to odorata on account of the smell,, 
N. maculata and perhaps also rosea due to almost missing smell, and 
maculata due to the localty:Lake Ontario to N .. tuberosa Paine.. 
" species 
^ Short characteristics of all Nuphar and Nymphaeae /not deter- 
mined by us, would be very interesting you i^rrite to me# Are you Wil- 
ling to consider the above as satisfying your x^ish' concerning Jf.. 
odorata ?' Of course, it is not short.. But people, who want to search:, , 
must know,what they are lookinp: for,and I want to ask you.if you con - 
sider it worthwhile,, to translate this letter and to have it printed,, 
possibly in the Transactions of the St. Louis Academy, to have 100^ 
copies made at ray expense, and to nail them to botanists and collec- 
tors all Over Anerica. I shall write a sinilar letter later about^ 
^Nelumbium , Nuphar. I am now much too pressed: through Miquel and v. 
Martins.. But still another request with it, to add to the translationr,, 
namely,, that whoever may have found sonething, which" is a variety of 
N. odorata or any other american N;>Tnphaceae, to send to me throughr the 
Smithonian- dried and specially in alcohol' specimens of rhizomes and 
fruit*. To prove oneself is the principal item. I do not avoid costs.. 
I have sent $ 30.- (adually '*Thaler** E.D.) to Mettenius, who is 
waitins: for your di sposi tion. . I e>iclose my photograph and ask for 
one of you of the same size; I have a larrer one of you.. 
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