(*281 & 282 .) 
NU'PHAR*. 
Linnean Class and Order. Polya'ndria f, MoNOCY'NiAi 
Natural Order. Nymph.ea'cea:, De Cand. — Lindl. Syn. p. 
15.; Introd. to Nat.Syst.ofBot. p. 10. — Rich. by Macgilliv. p. 415. — 
Loud. Hort. Brit. p. 497. — Nymphia'cea:, Don’s Gen. Syst. of 
Gard. and Bot. v. i. p. 122. — Nymphae.-Ej Salisbury , in Anhals 
of Bot. v. ii. p. 69. — HydrocharidEs, Juss. Gen. PI. p. 67. — Sm. 
Gram, of Bot. p. 84. — Rosales; suborder, Rhceados.e; sect. 
Ranunculin.e ; subsect. Nelumbiana? ; type, Nymph.eacea:; 
Burn. Outl. of Bot. v. ii. pp. 614, 784, 828, 844, & 845. 
Gen. Char Calyx (see t. 281, and t. 282, f. 1. a.) inferior, of 
5 or 6 large, coriaceous, concave, coloured, petal-like, permanent 
sepals. Corolla (see t. 282, f. 1. b. and f. 2.) of from 10 to 18 
oblong petals, much smaller than the sepals, furrowed and honey- 
bearing at the back, and inserted along with the numerous stamens 
into a disk which surrounds the base of the germen. Filaments 
(see t. 282, figs. 1 and 3.) very numerous, unconnected with the 
germen, strap-shaped, of 2 parallel cells, closely attached to the 
inner surface of the upper part of each filament. Germen superior, 
nearly sessile, egg-shaped, with an elongation at the summit. Style 
none. Stigma (see t. 282, f. 1.) sessile, orbicular, convex, entire 
or notched, with many central radiating clefts. Berry (see t. 282, 
figs. 5 — 7.) superior, coriaceous, smooth, egg-shaped, pointed ; of 
as many cells as there are rays to the stigma, finally pulpy within. 
Seeds (t. 282, f. 8.) numerous, smooth, egg-shaped, in several rows 
in each cell. 
The calyx of 5 or 6 sepals ; the corolla of numerous petals, in- 
serted, along with the stamens, upon the receptacle; and the 
superior, many-celled, many-seeded berry ; will distinguish this 
from other genera in the same class and order. 
It differs from the genus Nymphcea (t. 181 & 182.) in the petals 
and the stamens being inserted into a disk at the base of the germen, 
not into one which surrounds and adheres to the side of it, (see 
t. 182). 
Two species British. 
NU'PHAR LU'TEA. Common Yellow Water-Lily. Yellow 
Water-Can. Brandy-Bottles. 
Spec. Char. Calyx of 5 sepals. Border of the Stigma entire. 
Footstalks 2-edged. Leaves heart-shaped, their lobes meeting 
each other. 
Hook. FI. Lond. t. 141. — Smith’s Prod. FI. Gra>e. v. i. p. 361. ; Engl. FI. v. iii. 
p. 15. — With. (7th ed.) v. iii. p. 653. — Gray’s Nat. Arr. v. ii. p. 706. — Lindl. Syn. 
p. 15. — Hook. Brit. FI. p. 260. — FI. Scot. p. 169. — Grev. FI. Edin. p. 120. — FI. 
Devon, pp. 91 and 192. — Johust. FI. of Berw. v. i. p. 120. — Winch’s FI. of 
Tab. 282. — Fig. 1. A Flower, with 4 of the sepals removed; a. a sepal ; b. petals. — 
Fig. 2. A Petal. — Fig. 3. A Stamen. — Fig. 4. A Berry, with the permanent calyx. — 
Fig. 5. The same with the calyx removed. — Fig. 6. A transverse section of a 
Berry. — Fig. 7. A vertical section of the same, — Fig. 8. Seeds. 
From navfar, or nylovfar, the Arabic name of Kymphce'Ct. Don, 
+ See folio 43, note t. 
