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PODOPHYLLUM, L. 
42. P. peltatlim, L. Podophyllum. May-apple. Mandrake. Devil’s 
Apples. 
Moist woods; common, or abundant. May — June. 
NYMPH-ZEACE-ffi. 
BRASENIA, Schreb. 
43. B. peltata, Ph. Water-shield. 
Aquatic; not common. June — July. ^ 
Rose Hill. South Chicago. Pine Station, Indiana, Bastin. 
NELUMBO, Tourn. 
44. N. lutea, Pers. Yellow Nelumbo. Water Chinquepin. 
Nelumbium luteum , Willd. 
Aquatic. July. 
Foot of Lake Calumet and Calumet river. Wolf Lake, Babcock ! 
CASTALIA, Salisb. 
45. C. odorata, Greene. Sweet or Sweet-scented Water-lily. 
7 Nymphcea odorata , Ait. 
Aquatic ; infrequent, or rare. June — September. (P.) 
North Branch Near Palatine. Berry Lake, Ind. 
Flowers 4 to 7 inches in diameter, and sweet-scented. 
46. C. tubePOSa, Greene. Tuberous Water-lily. 
a -j Nymphcea tuber osa, Paine. 
N. reniformis , DC. 
Aquatic; common or abundant. July — September. 
The flowers are very large in many of the unfrequented and grassy 
sloughs of Northern Indiana. It is more common than the last, 
with which it is often confounded. 
In the examination of over one hundred plants, the flowers of which 
were over seven inches in diameter, and the petals very obtuse 
and broad, the rhizomes bore the easily detached simple or com- 
pound tubers. Flowers large; 5 to 9 inches in diameter, quite or 
nearly odorless and white. 
NYMPHCEA, L. 
47. N. advena, Solander. Common Yellow Pond-Lily. Spatter-dock. 
Nuphar advena , Ait. 
Still water and stagnant pools; very common. July — September. 
48. N. advena, Solander, var. variegatum, Engelm. 
A few specimens near South Chicago. 
Flowers variegated with purple or pink. The number of rays of the 
stigma varies from 10 to 24. (B. P.) 
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