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WILD FLOWERS OF THE BRITISH ISLES 
Not uncommon in wet bogs and shallow pools ; distributed all over England, more rare in the 
south, common in the north, and in Scotland and Ireland. May — July. Perennial. 
VII. NYMPHOIDES. Hill. — Flowers generally yellow, in clusters on stalks all starting from 
the same point (umbels). Calyx of 5 sepals, united at the base and separating into 5 lobes, 
free from and inserted below the seedcase (inferior ) ; corolla of 5 petals, united into a short 
tube and separating into 5 spreading lobes which are bearded or fringed in different ways ; 
stamens 5, inserted in the corolla-tube (epi-petalous) ; carpels 2, the style so short as to 
appear absent, stigmas 2 ; capsule i-celled, with 2 or many seeds, decaying to free the seeds 
(indehiscent), or splitting irregularly without separating into valves. Water plants, with roundish 
floating leaves. (Limnanthemum. S. P. Gmel.) 
Water Nymphoides. (Nymphoides peltdtum. Rendle and Britten.)— The only 
British species. As just described. A water plant with bright yellow flowers 1-1^ inches across, on 
long stalks (as long as the leaf stalks) all rising from the same point among the leaves (sessile 
umbel ) ; the corolla is strongly fringed at the throat. The stems creep and root at the base, 
and produce at intervals, tufts of roots and alternate leaves, and send up flowering stems which 
reach the surface of the water, on which the flowers and leaves float ; the leaves are roundish, 
deeply heart-shaped (cordate), shining green, spotted with purple, and alternate except on the 
flowering stems when they are opposite. ( Limnanthemum nymphceoides. Link. ; Villarsia reniformis , 
Linn. ; Limnanthemum peltatum. S. P. Gmel.) 
Rare. In ponds and still water and ditches connected with the Thames, in some of the 
central and south-eastern counties of England, not native in Scotland or Ireland. July — August. 
Perennial. 
