. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian. Botany. Genus i. SACRED BEAN FAMILY. n 00, distinct, contained in pits in the large convex receptacle. Style short; ovules i or 2, pen- dulous or anatropous; endosperm none; cotyledons thick, fleshy. Nuts globose or oblong. [Ceylon name for A'. Nelumbo.] A genus of i or 3 species, one North American, one Jamaican, the other Asiatic and Australa- sian, known as Sacred Bean or
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian. Botany. Genus i. SACRED BEAN FAMILY. n 00, distinct, contained in pits in the large convex receptacle. Style short; ovules i or 2, pen- dulous or anatropous; endosperm none; cotyledons thick, fleshy. Nuts globose or oblong. [Ceylon name for A'. Nelumbo.] A genus of i or 3 species, one North American, one Jamaican, the other Asiatic and Australa- sian, known as Sacred Bean or Water-bean. Type species: Nymphaea Nelumbo L. Flowers pale yellow : plant native. i. N. lulea. Flowers pink or white ; plant introduced. 2. N. Nelumbo. 1. Nelumbo lutea (Willd.) Pers. Amer- ican Nelumbo or Lotus. Fig. 1837. Nelumbium luteum Willd. Sp. PI. 2: 1259. 1799. Xclumbo lutea Pers. Syn. i; 92. 1805. Rootstock nearly horizontal, tuberiferous. Emersed leaves i''-2'' broad, nearly orbicular but often somewhat constricted in the middle, centrally peltate, raised high out of water or floating, prominently ribbed, glabrous above, more or less pubescent and lepidote beneath, the lower surface marked ^\ith an oblong, transverse area; petioles and peduncles thick, 3°-7° long, with several large air-canals; flowers pale yellow, 4-10' broad; petals con- cave, obovate, obtuse; anthers appendaged; fruit obconic or somewhat hemispheric, 3-4' long; seeds nearly globular, 6" in diameter. In rivers and lakes, locally distributed from Massachusetts to Minnesota, Nebraska and Louis- iana. Cuba. A^ jamaicensis, of Jamaica, closely resembles this species, but may be specifically dis- tinct. Tubers and seeds farinaceous, edible. Great yellow water-lily. Water-chinkapin. Wankapin or yankapin. Duck-acorn, Rattle- or water-nut. July-.\ug. 2. Nelumbo Neliimbo (L.) Karst. Sa- cred Bean. Indian Lotus. Fig. 1838. Nymphaea Nelumbo L. Sp. PI. 511. 1753. Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn. Fruct. & Se
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