3. NYMPH.EACKvE. 
I I 
R. 4486. — FI. yellow. lleiTics red, oblong, slightly curved. 
Filaments curiously elastic. — Hedges and thickets. S. V. VI. 
2. Epimedium Lhm. 
[1. E. alpinum (L.) ; root leaves 0, stem 1. twice temate. — 
E. B. 438. R. 4485. — Leaflets heartshaj)ed, serrate. Panicle 
shorter than the leaf and appearing to grow from the petiole. 
FI. red with yellow nectaries. — Suhalpine woods. It has veiy 
slender claims to be considered as a native. P. V.] E. S. 
Order III. NYMPHvEACE^. 
Sep. 4 — 6, j)assing gradually into the petals, and these into 
the numerous stamens, all inserted on a fleshy disk more or less 
completely surrounding the ovary. Stig. simple. Fruit many- 
celled : seeds numerous, attached to the spongy dissepiments. 
Embryo in a bag on the outside of the base of the albumen. 
1. NYMPHiEA. Cal. of 4 sepals. Pet. numerous, inserted to- 
gether with the stamens upon a fleshy (hsk enveloping the 
germen. Berry many-celled, many-seeded. Stigma sessile, 
of numerous rays. 
2. Nuphar. Cal. of 5 sepals. Pet. numerous, inserted to- 
gether with the stamens upon the reeeptacle. Berry many- 
celled, many-seeded. Stigma sessile, of numerous rays. 
1. NyMPH/EA i/ww. 
1. N. alha (L.); 1. roundish deeply cordate entne with ap- 
proximate lobes even beneath, stigma of 12 — 20 rays. — E. B. 
160. R. vii. f. 117 . — FI. large, w'hite, floating. Stigmas yellow. 
Ovary covered with the stamens almost to its summit. Caps, 
dissolving away into a mass of pulp. Tubes in the ped. hany 
within, in the petioles naked. Notch in the leaves with parallel 
sides. — Slow rivers, lakes and elear ditches. P. VII. White 
Water Lily. 
2. Nuphar Sm. 
1. N. Z^efea (Sm.) ; I. oblong cordate, sep. 5, A 10 — 
20 rays not extending to the entire margin, anthers linear. — E. B. 
159. Fl.Lond.n.s. 141. Ji. vii. f. 113. — FI. yellow, with a smell 
like brandy. Caps, bursting irregularly. — Lakes and ditches. P. 
VII. Yellow Water Lily. 
2. N. pumila (DC.); 1. ovate deeply cordate with chstant 
lobes, sep. 5, stigma with 8 — 10 rays extending to the margin 
and forming acute teeth, anth. subquadraie. — E. B. 2292. R. vii. 
f. 115. FI. Land. n.s. 170. — FI. yellow', small. Caps. fuiTOW’ed 
upwards. Anth. not twice as long as broad. Whole plant much 
