. Carnegie Institution of Washington publication. TAXONOMY—NYMPHAEA ODORATA. 181 The seeds of N. odorata may germinate immediately after escaping from the fruit, or may remain dormant in cold water until the following spring; the first is probably the case with fruits ripened before September I, the second with those. Fio. fft.—Nvmphaea (xlm-ala: Under side of leaf on left; upper surface on right; a,, sepal; li-d, outer, median, and inner petals; c, staminode ; /, outer, median, and inner stamens; y, section of ovary at close of flowering: period ; s, astomatic area. Natural size of leaf
. Carnegie Institution of Washington publication. TAXONOMY—NYMPHAEA ODORATA. 181 The seeds of N. odorata may germinate immediately after escaping from the fruit, or may remain dormant in cold water until the following spring; the first is probably the case with fruits ripened before September I, the second with those. Fio. fft.—Nvmphaea (xlm-ala: Under side of leaf on left; upper surface on right; a,, sepal; li-d, outer, median, and inner petals; c, staminode ; /, outer, median, and inner stamens; y, section of ovary at close of flowering: period ; s, astomatic area. Natural size of leaf era. X cm.; all reduced proportionately. ripened later. In both cases probably the first floating leaves are thrown up in the summer after the seed was formed. I found great numbers of seedlings (var. minor) in a pond south of Marlton, N. J., August 30, 1900, with only submerged leaves. The first leaf is filiform, about cm. long. The second is elliptic-oblong. Intermediate. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Carnegie Institution of Washington. Washington, Carnegie Institution of Washington
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