1. H. purpurea.—Mich. Am. v. 1. p. 323. t. 29. Bot. Mag. t. 1147. Bigel. FI. Bost. ed.
2. p. 222. De Cand. Prodr. v. 1. p. 112.-—Brasenia peltata. Pursh, FI. Am. v. 2. p. 389.
H ab. Lakes and pools of water in Upper Canada. Dr. Richardson. Drummond.—Remarkable for a
■viscid gelatine with which the whole plant is covered. Stems long, terete, branched. Leaves oval, peltate,
coriaceous, deeply tinged with purple, as are the stems and flowers. Peduncles solitary, each springing
from the side of a petiole.—The younger Richard refers this genus and Caboniba to the Monocotyledones.
Ord. V. NYMPHÆACEÆ. DC.
1. NYMPHÆA.
Sepala ad basin tori. Petala staminaque cum toro carpella tegente longe adnata, et
bacca ideo quasi semi-infera cicatrisata.— Flores ampli, albi, rosei, rubri aut ccerulei, nun-
quam lutei. DC.
1. N. odorata; foliis cordatis integerrimis subtùs nervis venisque promiuentibus, stigmate
16-20 radiato, radiis erectis apice inflexis. DC.—Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 1. v. 2. p . 227.
Bot. Mag. t. 819. Pursh, FI. Am. v. 2. p. 369. Bigel. FI. Bost. ed. 2. p. 218. Elliott, Carol,
v. 2. p. 7. De Cand. Prodr. v. 1. p. 116.—N. alba. Mich. Am. v. 1. p. 311.
H ab. Pools and sluggish streams, Canada. Abundant about Quebec. Upper Canada. Dr. Richardson.
Drummond. Newfoundland. Mr. Morrison.—As beautiful and as frequent in N. America as our N. alba is
in Europe. It varies much in the size of its flowers, and I fear the following, though made a species by
De Candolle, is only a variety of it.
2. N. minor ; foliis cordatis integerrimis, subtus nervis venisque prominentibus, pedun-
culis petiolisque pilosiusculis.—De Cand. Prodr. v. 1. p. 116.-—N. odorata, /3. Pursh, FI.
Am. v. 2. p. 369. Bot. Mag. t. 1652.
H ab. Canada. Pursh.
2. NUPHAR.
Sepala, petala staminaque ad basin tori ïnserta et ideo bacca quasi supera lævis.—Herbæ
aquaticoe ; flores lutei. DC.
1. N. lutea ; calyce 5-sepalo, stigmate integro 16-20 radiato profonde umbilicato, foliis
ovali-cordatis, lobis approximatis, petiolis triquetris acutangulis. DC.—Smith, Prodr. Fl.
Groec. v. 1. p. 381. Pursh, Fl. Am. v. 2. p. 369. De Cand. Prodr. v. 1. p . 116. Rich. in
Frankl. ls£ Joum. ed. 2. App. p. 21.
H ab. Found during the first Journey of Capt. Sir J. Franklin, in the wooded country, between lat. 54°
and 64°. Dr. Richardson.
2. FT. Kalmiana; calyce 5-sepalo, stigmate dentato 8—10 radiato, foliis cordatis, lobis
approximatis, petiolis subteretibus.-—Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. v. 3. p. 295. Pursh, FI. Am.
v. 2. p. 369. Bigel. FI. Bost. ed. 2. p. 217.—N. Kalmiana. Sims in Bot. Mag. t. 1243.—
N. lutea, fi. Kalmiana. Mich:. Am. v. 1. p. 311.
H ab. Lakes and ponds throughout Canada. Newfoundland. Mr. Morrison.—Whether or not this species
is really distinct from the iY pumila of Europe, I cannot say. The difference, if any be constant, exists in
the stigma, which, besides being deeper ont in IK Kalmiana at the margins, has fewer rays, and these rays
are green upon a brown ground; I have represented the pistil of both species in the plate of IV. in
Flora Londinensis, New Series. ..... ’
3. N. advena; cUyce 6-sepalo,: petalis plurimis staminibus brevioribus, pericarpio sul-
cato, foliis erectis cordatis— Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. ». 3. p. 295. Pursh, FI. Am. v. 2. p. 369.
De Cand. Prodr. v. 1. p. 116. Bigel. FI. Bost. ed. 2. p. 2 1 6 .Elliott, Carol, v. 2. p. 8.—
Nymphsea advena. Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 1. v. 2. p. 226. Mich. Am. v. 1. p. 311.
Hab. Throughout Canada, and as far north as English Hirer, lat. 5S° to S6°. Dr. Richardson In
lakes and still pools._Dr. Graham and myself hare long observed that the IK adeem, as cultivated in our
gardens, has the leaves sometimes floating, sometimes rising above the water. This circumstance depends
probably on the vigour of the foliage. Professor Bigelow says, that in northern latitudes, where the roots
can only exist in deep water, the leaves float; in southern, where they can live in shallow water, the leaves
are always erect. 1
O rd. VI. SARRACENIEÆ. De la Pylaie.,,
C har. Ord. Cal. 5-sepalus, persistais; sepalis basi concavis, extus involucre triphyllo
etiam.persistence stipatus. Cor. pentapetala; petalis basi contractis, ungaiculatis.
- Stamina numerosa, hypogyna, arete posita, compacta. Püamenta breviuscula : AnOieroe
dorso affixæ, oblongæ, biloculares, facie superiore e basi sursum vix ad apicein
déhiscentes. PistUlum unicum, sessile;; Germen magnum, globosum, longitudinaliter
5-sulcatum: Stylus columnaris: Stigma maximum, convexum, foliaceum, peltatum,
5-angulatum. Capsula globosa, stylo, s.tigmateque persistente coronata, quinqueloba,'
qmnquelocularis, polysperma, quinquevalvis, valvis loculicidis. Beceptacula 5, sin-
gulum in singulo loculo, ex nxi central; progrediens : sembla mimerosissima tecta.
Semina parva, minute tuberculata. Albumen copiosum. Embryo ad basin seminis
versus, cylindraceus. Badicula ad hilum spectaiis.
Herba paludosa. Radix fibrosa. Folia omnia radicalia, tubulosa, ad apicem ap-
pendiculata, appendice subcassidiformi. Scapus unifions. Flos magnus, nutans, mridis
Jlavus, vel atropurpureus.
1. SARRACENIA. Linn.
Character eadem ac Ordinis.
1. S. purpurea; foliis ascendentibus sursum arcuatis, tubo inflato gibbo, ala latissima,
appendice lato-cordata erecta.—Linn. Sp. PI. p. 728. Mich. Am. v. 1. p. 340. Pursh, FI
Am. V. 2. p. 367. Sims in Bot. Mag. t. 849. Bigel. FI. Bost. ed. 2. p. 213. Elliott, Carol
v. 2. p. 10. De la Pylaie in Ann. de la Soc. Linn. v. 6. p. 388. t. 13.
I S tS7 ”P f plac/ s ab"ut <2llebcc- Mrs- Peraodl. Lake Huron. Dr. Todd. Probably common
Canada, and as fer north as Bear Lake. Dr. Richardson. Dmmmmd. . Newfoundland. Mr
Mornson. M. de la Pylaie. Mr. Cormach.—This curious plant is too well known, even in the gardens of
this country, to need any specific description here. Bnt no one, that I am aware of, has ventured
upon referring the genus to its place in the Natural method, except M. de la Pylaie, in the volume of the
Actes de h Soc. Lmnfame, of Pans, above quoted. It had often been suggested that its nearest allies
were the Nymphaacm and the PapaverOceoe, in which opinion I quite accord ; and hence I have placed the