Nuphar. 
ID. NYMI'ILEACEzE. 
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1. E. alpinum L. ( alpine B .) ; root-leaves none, stem-leaf 
twice ternate. E. B. t. 438. 
Subalpine woods, but only where planted. Bingley woods. York- 
shire. On Carrock Fell and Skiddaw, Cumberland. Near Glasgow 
and Edinburgh. Tf. . 5. — Stems several from the same root, erect, 
simple, bearing each a leaf ; leaflets heart-shaped, extremely delicate, 
ciliated at the margin, hairy beneath, serrate ; lateral ones inequi- 
lateral. Panicle shorter than the leaf, springing from the swollen 
base of the petiole. Flowers reddish ; nectary yellowish, resembling 
an inflated membrane. Anthers very curious, of 2 cells, opening 
by two valves which spring back upwards, and suffer the pollen to 
escape. 
Ord. III. NYMPHzEACE/E Be Cand. 
Sepals about five, often gradually passing into the numerous 
petals, and these again into stamens, which arise from a fleshy disk 
surrounding more or less entirely the many-celled and many- 
seeded ovary. Stigma peltate, rayed. Seeds in a gelatinous 
aril. Albumen farinaceous. Embryo enclosed in a membra- 
nous bag. Cotyledons foliaceous. — Aquatic herbs, with peltate 
or cordate leaves and magnificent flowers. — The roots of 
Nymphcea Lotus are used as food. One plant of this family, 
found by Sir R. Sehpmburgk in the Berbice ( Victoria regia), 
has the blossoms 15 inches and the leaves 6 feet in diameter! 
1. Nymphcea. Petals and stamens inserted upon the base of the ovary. 
2. Nuphar. Petals and stamens inserted upon the receptacle. 
1. Nympha'a Linn. White Water-Lily. 
Cal. of 4 — 5 sepals. Pet. inserted, as well as the stamens, 
upon a fleshy disk or coveriag to the ovary (so as apparently 
to arise from it). Berry many-celled, many-seeded. — Name : 
the N vpfaia of the Greeks, so called from its inhabiting the 
waters, as the Nymphs or Naiads were supposed to do. 
1. N. alba L. ( great IF.); leaves cordate entire, stigma of 
16 ascending rays. E B. t. 160. 
Lakes and still waters frequent. 2/.. 7. — Of this there is oc- 
casionally a variety with small flowers. 
2. Nuphar Sm. Yellow Water-Lily. 
Cal. of 5 — 6 sepals. Pet. inserted, as well as the stamens, 
upon the receptacle. Berry superior, many-celled, many- 
seeded. — Name, the vovnap of Dioscorides, applied to this plant. 
The Arabic name is naufar , according to Forskaol. 
1. N. lutea Sm. ( common Y.) ; leaves cordate their lobes ap- 
proximate, cal. of 5 sepals, anthers linear, stigma expanded 
entire with from 10 — 20 rays. Nymphtea L : V, 23. t. 159. 
