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way, as '»re had already in Novenber - 7iPH (Rea^;j^ier, But 
the stallest one culti^^ates and srcws well; I hope to get it throuo-h.. 
The plant is not new to ne. It was fo^ind in Mexico by Andrinesi 
around 1624. Specimens I saw irr Ch. J:. Gay*s hb| written (? £.3.) 
by Gay lay a slip with the following inscription: ••Uro 5^-1 ::-,^phaea 
a Yctla, da^s le lac de Ghalco May 1^, Fl. rouge et ja-ine (c*est 
le janne qui domine)** 1 flo*-7e- and one leaf to each herbari^in H.. 
mtis. Paris, h.Delesert.. Flo-s^ered very poorly. I did draw the plants 
for my NymiDhaeacei s Edendis and named N:^mphaea aknost 
20 years back,. In part it is N:^7Tnphaea tussila^if olia Lehrr-.may-be 
also N,!nexicana Zuccariei (but not Gray, the plant of Gray is -vm'.. 
ele^ans Hook , becau.se blueish). I have not been successful to get a^ 
copy of the terb for Nyraphaea flava fron Audubon« s werk in folio., 
thoio^h Cecilie Braun and A. Braun, and also Prof. Martens tried very 
hard..It is only in the roval library in Berlin. I will have to ap- 
roach the British Museim,where I did see the work actually.. I am 
very, very thanJcful to 7/ou, to let me have the N^/mphaea flava.. 
Now, it will be possible to determine the genus of the TDlant; it is 
probably the i.. Nymphaea of the section Lotus in America; the li- 
near sti^atic elon^ations, the entirely smooth pollen, the runners 
point to this..- I just prepared the r^/nphaea ( alacea, E. D. 
for the Flora Brasiliensis by V. Martinis a>^d sent to Eichler; with- 
it 11 tables with very pT'ecious pieces,.all nine and Originals, in 
illustrations,as far as thev could be obtained.. Received fron Zer- 
piter (? E.B.) again a new,blue Nymphaea, N. sansibariensis, probably 
the prettiest of them all, . throixerh Hildebrandt. I work without 
stopping on the Mymphaeaceae. Good work takes time,.Ihe deternina- 
tion- of Speeles throu^h crossin^, delays ne very, very much,. but pro- 
vides solid ground,.Your Nuphar is a good species^; 
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