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; 2nd ed. . sac at the base of thefleshy endosperm. Five genera and about 45 species, widely distributed in fresli waterPetals small or minute ; stamens large, numerous ; stamens epigynous. I. NYMPHAEA [Tourn.] L. Sp. PI. 510. 1753. [NuPHAR Sibtli. & Smith, ¥\. Grace. Prodr. i : 391 lyoO.]Aqttatic herbs, with cylindric thick horizontal roolst
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; 2nd ed. . sac at the base of thefleshy endosperm. Five genera and about 45 species, widely distributed in fresli waterPetals small or minute ; stamens large, numerous ; stamens epigynous. I. NYMPHAEA [Tourn.] L. Sp. PI. 510. 1753. [NuPHAR Sibtli. & Smith, ¥\. Grace. Prodr. i : 391 lyoO.]Aqttatic herbs, with cylindric thick horizontal roolstocks, and large cordate leaves witha deep sinus. Flowers showy, yellow, or sometimes purplish. Sepals 5-6, concave, 03, small, stamen-like, Iiypogynotis. Stamens 00, hypogynous. Carpels 00^ many-ovuled. united into a compound pistil. Stigmas disciform, 8-24-radiate. Fruit ovoid, with endosperm. [Greek, water-nymph.] A genus of about 8 species, natives of the north temperate zone. Type species: Nyinphaealulea broadly ovate or oval. Leaves s-ia long; stigma 12-24-rayed; petals truncate, fleshy. i. Leaves ^-4 long; stigma 7-10-rayed; petals spatulate, thin. 2. ovate-lanceolate. 3. I. Nymphaea advena Soland. LargeYellow Pond Lily. Kelp. Fig. 1839. Nyinphaea advena Soland. in Ait. Hort. Kew. 2 : 226. ss*^ Leaves narrowly ovate Nuphar advena R, Br. in Ait. Hort. Kew. Ed. 2, 3: 295. ^. advena minor Morong, Bot. Gaz. 11: 167. and emersed leaves 5-i2 long, $-gbroad, ovate or orbicular-oval, thick, the sinus2-$ deep, generally open; submerged leaves,when present, thin-membranous, nearly orbicu-lar, otherwise similar; petioles, peduncles andlower surfaces of the leaves often pubescent;flowers ll-zh in diameter, depressed-globose,yellow or tinged with purple; sepals 6, oblong,about l^ long; petals fleshy, oblong, truncate,4-S long; stamens in 5-7 rows; anthers aboutthe length of the filaments
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