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Lotus ; the leaves are smoother on the upper surface, not so 

 acutely toothed, and the petals of the flower more numerous; 

 its blossoms open about midnight, and close before noon ; it 

 flowers from June to September. Introduced in 1803, and 

 is figured in Andrews's Repository, Plate 391. 



8. Nymphcea rubra : a native of the East Indies : requir- 

 ing eight or twelve inches depth of water, above the mud, to 

 grow it in any perfection : the leaves are of a dark reddish 

 green, indented ; the flowers of a rich crimson, with black 

 anthers, elevated above the surface several inches ; flowering 

 early in the morning, and closing about noon, from June 

 to September. Introduced in 1803, and is figured in the 

 Botanical Magazine, Plate 1280, and in Andrews's Reposi- 

 tory, Plate 503 ; also in the Paradisus Londinensis, Plate 14, 

 under the name of Castalia magnifica. 



9. Nymphcea rubra, var. rosea : a native of the East Indies; 

 needing the same depth of water, as the preceding ; and dif- 

 fering from it only in the colour of the leaves and flowers, 

 the former being of a brighter green, and the latter having 

 rose-coloured petals, with yellow anthers ; flowering also from 

 June to September. Introduced in 1803 ? and is figured in 

 the Botanical Magazine, Plate 1364. 



10. Nymphcea versicolor : a native of the East Indies ; a 

 free growing plant, which flowers constantly from June until 

 October, and requires as great a depth of water, as any of the 

 tender species ; the leaves are dentate, their colour a grass 

 green ; the flowers open nearly white, with a reddish purple 

 tinge, which increases till they fade ; continuing open until 

 two or three o'clock in the afternoon. Introduced in 1807, 

 and is figured in the Botanical Magazine, Plate, 189. 



11. Nymphcea ccerulea : a native of Egypt, and of the Cape 



