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POPULAR FLORA. 
Flowers white, rather large : petals larger than the fugacious calyx. 
Stamens and narrow petals 8. The one-flowered scape and the 2-parted leaves 
rising separately from the ground. Fruit a many- 
seeded pod opening by a lid, ( Jeffersonia ) Twinleaf. 
Stamens 12 to 18: petals rounded, 6 to 9. Flowering stems 2-leaved at the top: 
leaves shield-shaped and several-cleft, large, with a 
nodding flower in the fork, ( Podophyllum ) May-Afplk- 
6. WATER-LILY FAMILY. Order NYMPHiEACEiE. 
Water-plants with flowers and leaves on 
ing on its surface ; the leaves 
either shield-shaped or deeply 
heart-shaped. Petals and sta- 
mens generally very many. — 
To the proper Water-Lily fam- 
ily may here well enough be 
added the Water-shield and 
the Nelumbo, each of a sin- 
gle species. This gives us 
four genera, which are distin- 
guished as follows: — 
long footstalks, rising out of the water or rest- 
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271 
272 
Fruit of Nelumbo. 
270. Flower, bud, and leaf of White Water-Lily. 271. Flower with the parts cut 
away, all but two petal-like stamens, one ordinary stamen, and the compound 
pistil. 272 Slice across the ll-celled pistil. 
1. Leaves and flowers from very thick and long creeping rootstocks. Sepals and the 
many petals and stamens gradually blending into each other, and growing to the 
surface of the many-celled and many-seeded compound pistil. Flower white, sweet- 
scented, (Nympheea) White Water-Lily. 
