NUPHAR PUMILA. LEAST WATER-LILY.
NUPHAR pumila; fôliis cordatis lobis approximatis, stigmate (viridi) dentato octo- vel novem-radjato
„ ' (rad,ls navis), pericarpio superne sulcato.
NUPHAR pumila. JDeeand. Regn. Feget. Syst. N a t. vol. 2. p. 61.
NUPHAR minima. Smith Engl. Bot. t. 2292.
NUPHAR Kalmiaùa. Hoolc. Fl. Scot. P. I. p. 169.
NYMPHÆA pumila. Hoffm. Germ. ed. 2. vol. 1 . P. I. p . 241. Wahl. Fl. Lapp. p . 151.
NYMPHÆA lutea (3. minima. Willd. Sp. PI. vol. Z . p . l 151.
Class a nd Order. POLYANDRIA MONOGYNIA.
[Natural Order. NYMPHÆACEÆ', Decand. NYMPHÆEÆ, Salisb. HYDROCHARIDES Juss
PAPAVERACEÆ, Decand. Fl. Fr.~\
Gen. Ch a r . ™'Calyx penta-hexa-phyllus. Petala plurima, recepiaculo cum staminibus inserta. Bacca supera
multilocularis, polysperma. Hort. Kero.
Gen. Char. Calyx of five to six leaves. Petals numerous, inserted, as well as the stamens, upon the recept
• tacle. x?e?v:« superior, many-celled, many-seeded.
Radix perennis, repens, crassa, barnosa, alhida, cica-
tnicosa, hie illic fibras simplices, lpngiusculas,
emittens.
Folia radicalia, ovali-cordata, obtusa, integerrima, «la-
bra, obscure nervosa; juniora submersa, mem-
branacea, undulata; seniora natantia, intense vi-
ridia, subnitida, las via vel siccitate solummodo
^ punctata, subcoriacea, subtus plerumque ferru-
# ' gineo tincta; omnia longe petiolMa, petiolis valde
• Gpmpressis, vix carinatis, ad basin dilatatis, mem-
brenaceis, subvaginantibus, pallide roseisv1
SCAP.I longi, teretes, uniflori.
Flos:maghi t adinWCalthee palustris.
Calyx penta-phyllus; foliolis obovatis, concavis, carno- j
sis, viridibus, marginibus latis, flavis, intus ma«is
flavescentibus.
CbROLik; Petala circiter decern,, perbrevia, erecto-pa-
tentia, cuneiformia, aurantiaca, superne striata
dorso subgibbosa, nectarifera.
Stamina numerosa; Filamenta dilatata, ad apicem re-
curva; exteriora. subpetaloidea; Anther« a loculis'
duobus-oblongis, saspe distinctis.
PlSTlLLUfll urceplatum, viride; Germen; rotundatum,
lave; Stylus brevis, crassus, sulcatus (sulcis tot
quot stigmatis dentes) ; Stigma magnum, orbicu-
latum, radiatum, viride, margine octo- ad unde#
cim-dentatum, deritibus deflexis, post^orescen-
tiam sursum curvatis ;^radiis elevatis, flavis.
Pericarpium : Capsula vel bacca spongiosa, viridi-
fusca, stylo sulcato, stigmateque dentato coro-
nata.* Casterum omnino ut in N. luteo, sed omnibus
partibus duplo minoribus.
Root perennial, creeping, thick, fleshy, white, scarred,
throwing out at intervals simple, longish fibres.
L eaves all radical, of an oval heart-shape, obtuse, entire;
glabrous, indistinctly nerved; the younger
ones submersed, membranous, waved; the older
ones floating, of a deep green, somewhat shining,
smooth, dotted when dry, subcoriaceous, tinged
generally with ferrugineous beneath - all upon
long footstalks; the footstalks much'compressed,
almost keeled, dilated at the Base, membranaceous,
slightly sheathing, of a pale rose colour.
F lower-stalks long, round, single-flowered.
Flower of the same size as that o f the Marsh Marigold.
Calyx of five divisions; the leaflets obovate, concave,
fleshy, green, their edges broad, yellow, internal-
ly more yellow.
.Corolla : the Petals about ten, very short, between
■ erect and patent, cuneiform, orange-coloured,
striated above, rather gibbous on the back, and
nectariferous.
Stamens numerous; Filaments swoln, bent back at the
points, the outer ones subpetaloid; Anthers composed
o f two frequently distinct cells. v
P ist il urceolate, green; Germen round, smooth; Style
short, thick, furrowed (the number of furrows
being the same as that of teeth in the stigma);
Stigma large, orbiculate, rayed, green, the margin
with eight to eleven teeth, the teeth deflexed,
but after flowering curved upwards;'' the rays
elevated, yellow.
Pe r ica rp : a spongy capsule or berry, o f a greenish-
brjpwn hue, crowned with the furrowed style and
the toothed stigma. The rest is similar to the
Common Yellow Water-lily, except that all the
. parts are but half so large.
Fig. 4. Pistil, from the base
Vertical view of the stigma.
Fig. 9. Single seed,magn.
Pistil of Nuphar Kalmiana.—
dneP[i' ed of .its calyx. Fig. S, 2 . P e t a l" Fig. 3, 3 . Stamens,
which the floral coverings and the stamens have been removed. Fig. 5^
j g - m t ' @ 1 1- Section of the same. Fig. 3. Seeds, »at. size.
rted section o f a seed. Fig. 1 1 . Section of a petiole. Fig. 13.
M b«‘ fe s - 1 ,6 ,7 , 8, and 1 1 , are magnified. s V
bei"?oonfined Wholly, I believe, to some of the alpine lakes in
H H J | Lo°d,Mada, r f IM l i l l i i s s s
jun. Esq.f * , ^gh ’ and al a Sma 1 ake at the back of tlle Inn of Aviemore, Murrayshire, by W. Borrer
to Size 0f v 5 ,specie*' “ d ils toothed stigma, with the usually small number of its revs will suffice
b“‘ whether it be »" equally distinct plant from N . K a lm i 2 a ( C mistake
fectly was*? formerlv r i B.de“ nPt*0“ M. {lltea) still remains in my mind a point of .doubt. Indeed so per-
O K m e B S m S e r ,?°,nv.,nced of;llte tdent.ty.of the N . pumila with the American species, that in mv Flora
work, I have had o nm in h !e s‘Sf ldOPt“ '' J „ cottlsh individual; and although, since the publicatio/of that
anil Eurooffian J V b E tT ! examining excellent specimens, m a fresh and dried state, of both the American
t o t l e S c o S K l l W ml m“ d ” tbe s.ubj “ '- d-o mean while, I have r e s t S
order that other botanists mav lirm f S iS M pu”tlla’ and ha''e §lven a ^presentation of the pistil of both, in
*ny fixed difference at all. 1 “ judgement from an observation of the only part in which I could find
v 1fi be, t'vo pla"[3; to’3 circumstance is liable to variation in both of them, according to "
Wo Jive, of JT , ’ ' CUlt!vaKd as 11 .us“a"y » « t o us in pots or tubs, is smaller than the fi„“ure
* here' drawn . \ \ pumila>. but.'r>y wild specimens, received from Mr. Boott, are, as nearly as possible of thA™
lucid and membranous Z ' i n » hA h T differre.nce- ™‘>’cr larger. Both species have the Ibmersed leaves pel-
»"'«»« as slightly hairy’beneathb al honvh T °h f ° '“SS 's allke: specimens exhibit the leaves of. JV. Kal-
Hocandolle.h •.subpubescent” ,s given as a character o f those of N . Kalmiana by
fiuetrous bases are the same^^ There ex 1 R m0? “ perbaps ln and their sheathing subtri- j
"lore deeply furrowed i f w ' rr ■ ™s , a d 'ffCto“ce m the calyx, petals, or stamens. The germen is rather.
0"ly constant character In P lZ m S l f“,r' T arec purp|u- Tbe sti8“ a affords. "" it appears tome, the
'css elevated and of a duller T I mP co1™1:of ,he stigma is red brown t , the teeth are long, the rays
eight or nine, or everlwrfW. ^ nu,flber the rays varies in both from seven (five to s 5 in K d -
W here ^vfn toS| t° f C”UlV““on p0"ds' or in tubs of '"'“ter, and in such situations retains all the characters I ''
t towers in June and July, and hears its large berried capsules in the month of October.
W n?mce tuo'abovo was writbm T loom il , ,1 -V, .
"aJIington;—and r earn lna.t ,lle Ai/pAar pumila has been found in Northumberland, by J. Trevelyan iun. Esa near 1.U
in/r» “ ho above was written I have seen ^ specimens having no pistil, or only very imperfect ones.
Efr°m «Wculato-cordate\ In'my nadve s’ * * ^ and theleaves va^