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the white water-lily, and wherever we see it we fully coincide 
with the following remarks. 
Yellow water-lily .—The generic name is from Naufar or 
Nylonfar , the Arabic name of Nymphsea. It is the vov<j)ap 
of Dioscorides. This bright-coloured lily is almost as attrac¬ 
tive in its golden radiance, as its more modestly attired and 
charming sister. “ In golden armour glorious to behold,” it 
forms a beautiful object on the surface of a lake or river. 
The blossom has a somewhat powerful and not very refined 
or pleasant smell resembling ardent spirits ; hence, the 
common name sometimes given to the plant of brandy-bottle. 
The Greeks prepare a cordial from the flowers. The root¬ 
stocks contain a considerable quantity of starch, as do also 
the seeds. Some persons boil the seeds, when they are said 
to have a pleasant nutty flavour. The leaves have been 
used as a styptic. All parts of the plant contain tannic 
acid, and are useful in tanning, especially the rootstocks. 
The prostrate stems rubbed with milk are a reputed poison 
for crickets and cockroaches. An infusion of the rootstock 
(known as the root) in water, was long considered a specific 
in eruptive diseases of the skin. The tropical species of 
nyinphceacece have wonderfully tinted blossoms of blue and 
crimson. An allusion to the near alliance of these British 
water-lilies with the magnificent water-lily of the west—the 
Victoria Regia —where flowers are often fifteen inches in 
diameter, and whose leaves frequently measure six feet and a 
half across may perhaps be excused. All lovers of floral beauty 
should give themselves the treat of seeing these magnificent 
flowers in the aquatic greenhouses at Kew, or in the Regent’s 
Park Botanical Gardens, where, in the season, they blossom 
in perfection. 
We have, then, in the water-lilies plants exceedingly 
interesting from structure and locality, but which have lost 
position as medicines within recent times ; not so, however, 
the poppies which will occupy our attention in the next 
paper. 
CASE OF ENTERIC DISEASE IN A MARE—AB¬ 
SENCE OF LEFT KIDNEY—HYPERTROPHY 
OF RIGHT, WITH CALCULI IN SAME. 
By F. T. Stanley, M.R.C.V.S., Montague Street, Borough. 
I have great pleasure in placing the particulars of the 
above case in your hands, if you deem them worthy of insertion 
