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miracles. When Shing-moo is represented standing, she 
generally holds a flower of the Nelumbium in her hand ; and 
when sitting, she is usually placed upon one of its large orbi- 
cular leaves. 
The conclusion to which these observations are directed is, 
that at least four kinds of Lotos are mentioned by the ancients. 
That one of these is arborescent, and bore the fruit on which 
the Lotophagi subsisted, which was some one or more species 
of Zizyphus , chiefly Zizyphus Lotus. That a second of these 
was the Sacred Lotos of the Nile, a water-lily or Nymphcea. 
That the third was an herbaceous or leguminous pasture plant. 
Finally, that, although the Egyptian bean, or Kyamos, was 
known to the ancients, is represented on the monuments of 
Egypt, and was probably held in veneration, it was not alluded 
to by ancient authors as a Lotos, and undoubtedly was the Ne- 
lumbium speciosum of botanists. 
EXPLANATION OF PLATE LXXIY. 
Fig. 1. Flower of blue water lily of the Delta of Egypt ( Nymplicea 
ccerulea ), from Savigny. 
,, 2. Flower of white water lily of the East ( Nymphcea Lotus). 
„ 3. Flower of Kyamos, or u Egyptian bean ” ( Nelumbium speciosum). 
„ 4. Section of flower-stem of same plant. 
„ 5. One of the nuts, or seeds, of Nelumbium speciosum, natural size. 
„ 6. Starch from the root-stock of Nelumbium speciosum , x. 320. 
