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54 . N. Lotus, Linn. H. f.b.i. i. 114 . 
Syn. : — N. rubra, Roxb. N. edulis, DC. 
Habitat : — Common throughout the warmer parts of India, 
abundant in Bombay, Thana district, Ceylon streams, tanks, 
ponds, up to 1,000 ft. 
Samk. : — Raktotpala (Red lotus), Kokonada (Lotus), Hallaka 
(Red lotus), Raktasandhika (Red joints!, Nilotpala (Blue lotus), 
Kunalaya (Lotus), Bliadra (Auspicious', Indivara (Good lotus). 
Vera : — Kanval ; Chota Kanval (H.) ; Sh&luk ; Saluk ; nal ; 
Koi (parched seeds); rakta kamal (red variety ; Chota sundi 
(B.); Dhaala-Lain ; rangkain (Orissa); Kuni ; puni ; lorhi 
(root); napo (seeds) (Sind) - ; Alli-phul (Dec.) ; Kanval; Kanval; 
nilopbal (Guz.) ; Lala Kamal. Rakta Kamal (Marathi) ; Alli- 
t&marai, Ambal (Tam.); Alli-temara ; tella-kaluva ; koteka ; 
Erra-kaluva (red var.) ; Kalha-ramu (Tel.) ; Nyadale-huvu (Kan.) ; 
Ampala (Malay) ; Otu-Et-Olu (Sinhalese) — . 
Parts used : — The flowers, root and seeds. 
N.B .: — Trimen observes thus : — The colour of the flowers 
varies from pale pink or nearly white to a deep rich rose-colour. 
Their size is also very variable ; but these differences are not 
united with any structural ones of sufficient importance to 
distinguish separate species. 
An aquatic creeping herb. Rootstock short, erect, roundish, 
tuberous. Leaves, on very long, erect, cylindrical, submerged 
petioles. Blade horizontal, floating, peltate 6-8 in. diam., sagit- 
tate-rotundate, very obtuse, with a narrow or wide sinus 3 in. 
deep a't base, coarsely and sharply sinuate-deutate, smooth above, 
more or less densely and finely velvet-tomentose beneath, 
with veins very prominent. Flowers solitary, very large, 5-7 in. 
diam., on very long, usually pubescent, peduncles. Sepals 
oblong, obtuse, ribbed, glabrous or pilose externally. Petals 
about 12, oblong or oval-oblong, obtuse, spreading. Stamens 
about 40, anthers without appendages, filaments dilated at base. 
Rays of stigma terminating in fleshy, club-shaped, incurved 
appendages. Fruit in. diam., globular, fleshy, green, 
crowned with erect connivent, stiff, persistent sepals. Cells 
