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intelligent Dr. Roxburgh. It is cultivated in the ftove, in- 
creafing much by root, and blooming freely in July and 
Auguft. The vivid crimfon of the petals, which however 
appears by the Bot. Mag. to vary in intenlity, at oncedif- 
tinguifhes this from the laft, with which the pubefcence of 
the leaves accord. The feeds and roots are faid to be eat¬ 
able, and the flower to be held in fuperftitious veneration 
in Hindooftan, which may arife from its affinity to the 
preceding. 
13. Nymphsea verflcolor, or changeable water-lily: 
leaves fomewhat peltate, bluntly toothed, bliftered on 
both Aides; their lobes approximated and rounded. 
Found in the F,aft Indies by Dr. Roxburgh, and raifed by 
Mr. W. Anderfon at Mr. Vere’s (Knightfbridge) in 1807, 
where it flowers in the ftove about Auguft. The root 
propagates itl'elf by tubers, like the potatoe, each tuber 
flowering but once. The leaves are nearly orbicular, 
bluntly toothed; their lobes meeting or lying over each 
other, and both their furfaces covered with glandular 
puftules. The petals are pale blufti-coloured, longer and 
narrower than in N. lotus or rubra ; feveral of the outer 
ones green and furrowed at the back, with green ribs 011 
the upper fide. 
14. Nymphsea cserulea, or blue water-lily: leaves fome¬ 
what peltate, very flightly and bluntly toothed, frnooth 
and even on both fides ; rays of the ftigma very nume¬ 
rous, infiexed. Native of Egypt, and of the Cape of 
Good Hope, from which laft country it was lent to Kew 
in 1792. This elegant fpecies is now not uncommon in 
iloves or green-houfes, where it blooms from May to Sep¬ 
tember, being eaftly kept in a tub, without beingplunged 
into the bark-bed. The leaves are very frnooth and even, 
elliptical in their outline, their lobes fomewhat pointed, 
their margin more or lefs wavy, or bluntly crenate, 
fcarcely toothed. The large and beautiful blue flowers 
are delightfully fragrant; their ftamens and piftil yellow. 
15. Nymphsea ftellata, or ftar-flowered water-lily: 
leaves fomewhat peltate, entire, frnooth and even on both 
tides ; rays of the ftigma about ten, fpreading. Native 
of the Eaft Indies. Sonnerat found it in the ifland of 
Mauritius. Mr. W. Anderfon raifed this, in 1803, from 
feeds fent to Mr. Lambert by Dr. Roxburgh ; and the 
plants blofibmed the fame fummer. The whole plant is 
much fmailer than N. cserulea, and requires more heat. 
The leaves are entire, or flightly waved, purple beneath, 
with rather divaricated lobes. Petals blue, fcarcely more 
than ten, all in a Ample row. Poiret in Lamarck fays, 
a decodlion of the flowers with fugar is ufed to allay 
coughs and flop vomiting. 
Propagation and Culture. The beft method to propa¬ 
gate thefe plants is, to procure fome of their feed-vefl'els 
juft as they are ripe and ready to open, and to throw them 
into canals or large ditches of (landing water, where the 
feeds will fink to the bottom, and the following fpring 
the plants will appear floating upon the furface of the 
water. When they are once fixed to the place, they will 
multiply exceedingly, fo as to cover the whole furface of 
the water in a few years. They may all'o be cultivated 
in large troughs or cilterns of water, having earth at the 
bottom, and will flouriffi very well in them, annually 
producing great quantities of flowers. The tender forts 
may be kept in luch cifterns, fet in a corner of the ftove. 
In hot countries they are increafed both by roots an,d 
feeds, as our common forts may be here. 
NYMPHAf'UM, in ancient geography, a town of the 
Tauric Cherfonefus, which had a good port on the 
Euxine Sea, and lay on the route from Thecdofia to Pan- 
ticapasa. 
Nymphteum Promcntorium, the name given by 
Ptolemy to the promontory of Mount Athos. 
NYMPHZE'UM, the name of a facred place, near 
Apollonia in Illyricum, fending forth continually fire in 
detached ftreams from a green valley and verdant mea- 
-dows. Dio Caffius adds, that the fire neither burns-up 
nor parches the earth, but that herbs and trees grow and 
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thrive near it, and therefore the place is called nymphceum; 
near which was an oracle of fuch a nature, that the fire, 
to ffiow that the with was granted, confumed the frankin- 
cenfe thrown into it; but repelled it, in cafe the defire 
was rejefred. 
NYMPHA'UM, in antiquity, a public hall magnifi¬ 
cently decorated, for entertainments, &c. and where thofe 
who wanted convenience at home held their marriage- 
feafts ; whence the name. 
NYMPHAi'US, a port on the weftern coaft of the 
ifland of Sardinia, between the promontory Hermasus and 
the town of Tiiium, according to Ptolemy.—Alfo, a river 
of Alia, in Armenia, which, according to Procopius, 
formed a feparation between the Roman and Perfian 
empires. It ran from north to fouth, entered the town 
of Martyropolis, and difcharged itfelf into the Tigris 
fouth-eaft of Amida. 
NYMPHE'A, a frnall ifland in the Mediterranean, near 
the north coaft of the ifland of Sardinia : thirteen miles 
weft from the ifland of Rofia. 
NYM'PHENBURG, a palace of the king of Bavaria, 
near Munich. 
NYM'PHET, f. A little nymph. Cole. 
NYM'PHIS, a native of Heraclea, who wrote an hif- 
tory of Alexander’s life and afrions, divided into 24 books. 
JElian. 
NYM'PHISH, adj. Relating to nymphs ; ladylike.— 
Tending all to nymphijh war. Drayton's Polyolb. 
NYM'PHLY, or Nymphlike, adj. refemblinga nymph. 
—A thoufand nymphlike and enamour’d graces. Drayton. 
—If chance with nymphlike ftep fair virgin pafs. Milton. 
NYMPHOI'DES, J\ in botany. See Menyanthes. 
NYM'PHOLEPSY, f. See the article Nymph. 
A young Aurora of the air. 
The nympholepfy of fome fond defpair. Byron, 
NYM'PHOUS, adj. Belonging to nymphs; fuitable to 
nymphs. Cole. 
NYNE. See Nen. 
NY'O, a town of New Mexico, in the province of Ci- 
naloa: ten miles louth-weft of Cinaloa. 
NY'ON, a confiderable town of Swiflerland, in the 
canton of Bern, and capital of a bailiwick of the fame 
name, with acallle. It itands delightfully upon the edge 
of the lake of Geneva, in the very point where it begins 
to widen, and in a moft charming country, commonly 
called the Pays de Vaud. It was formerly called Colonia 
Equeftris Noiod.cnum; and, as a proof of its antiquity, 
feveral Roman infcriptions, and other ancient remains, 
have been frequently difcovered in the outfkirts of the 
town. Lat. 46. 24. N. Ion. 5. 10. E. 
NY'ONS, a town of France, and principal place of a 
diltrifit, in the department of the Drome: twenty-one 
miles fouth-eaft of Montelimart; containing 2724 inha¬ 
bitants. Lat. 44. 2. N. Ion. 5.13. E. 
NY'QRDBYE, a frnall ifland of Denmark, near the 
north coaft of Moen, and a little to the eaft of Zealand. 
Lat. 55. 3. N. Ion. 12.13. E. 
NY'QUAM, a town of Sweden, in the province of 
Upland : ten miles eaft of Wefterahs. 
NYS, [a corruption of ?iefr.] None is; not is. OhJ'olete. 
Thou findeft fault, where nys to be found, 
And buiideft ftrong work upon a weak ground. Spcnfer. 
NY'SA, or Nyssa, in ancient geography, a town of 
Ethiopia, in the fouth of Egypt. Some place it in Arabia. 
This city, with another of the fame name in India, was 
facred to the god Bacchus, who was educated there by 
the nymphs of the place, and who received the name of 
Diony/ius, which feems to be compounded of Atoj and 
Nvcra, the name of his father, and that of the place of 
his education. The god made this place the feat of his 
empire, and the capital of the conquered nations of the 
eaft. According to fome geographers, there were no lefs 
than ten places of this name.—One of thefe was famous 
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