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inwards ; connective sometimes produced beyond the anther as an 

 appendage, sometimes scarcely produced. 



Carpels numerous, sunk in the fleshy receptacle, forming with it a 

 several-celled half-inferior ovary, concave at the top with a gland 

 projecting from the centre; stigma sessile and radiating, the num- 

 ber of rays corresponding to the number of carpels ; ovules 

 numeroas, situated on the surface of the partition walls. 



Fruit a spongy berry, ripening under water and then bursting irregu- 

 larly ; seeds numerous, immersed in pulp, furnished with a saccate 

 aril and provided with a large perisperm in addition to the endos- 

 perm. 



Nelumbium. 



N. luteum, Willd. Flowers yellow. Leaves glaucous-green. 



Nymphaka. 



N. ampla, DC. Flowers opening during the day. Petals 1 to 3 inches 

 long. Exterior anthers with an appendage £ to £ inch long. 

 Appendages of the stigmas conical pointed. 



TV. Rudgeana, Mey. Flowers opening during the night. Petals 1 inch 

 long. Exterior anthers with appendage scarcely produced beyond 

 the cells. Appendages of the stigma club-shaped, and at length 

 coiled inwards.* 



There is a small white flowered aquatic, which some have mis- 

 taken for a true ''water lily." This is noticed under the heading Lim~ 

 nanthemum Humboldtianum in Bulletin for 1897, page 232. 



Explanation of Plate of Nelumbium luteum. 



Fig. 1— Leaf and flower. 



2— Section of flower. 



3 — Stamen 



4 — Carpel, entire and in s action. 



5— Fruit. 



6— Seed in section. 



(Nos. 1 and 2 much reduced : 3. 4 and 6* natural size ; 5 half natural sia«. ) 



CASHEW. 

 Anacardium occidentals, Linn. 



The cashew nut is kidney-shaped, about an inch long, situated at 

 the top and outside a large pear-shaped fruit. 



The kernel is a most delicious nut, and the export on a large scale 

 ought to be profitable. It contains alight-yellow bland oil, very nutri- 



* Specimens of this Water Lily are wanted at Hope Gardens. Root- 

 stocks could be packed in a tin in mud, and sent by Railway to Kingston, and 

 advice and parcel receipt sent to Superintendent, Parade Garden, Kingston. 

 Flowers and leaves can be sent between sheets of papers and cardboard to 

 Director of Public Gardens, Kingston. 



