P L A T E CCXCVII.
N Y M P H E A O D O R A T A .
Sweet-fcented ïVater-Lily.
C L A S S XIIL ORDE R L
POLIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Many Chives. One Pointal.
E S S E N T I A L GENERIC CHARACTER.
C a l y x 4, 5, feu 6-pliyUus. Corolla polypetala.
Bacca multi-locnlaris, truncata.
Cup 4, 5, or 6-leaved. Bloffijm many petals.
Berry many-celled, appearing cut oiF at top.
SeeNvMPHTEA c^kul e a , Pl.CXCVII. Vol. III.
S P E C I F I C CHARACTER.
Nymph®a foliis fubrotundis, integris emargiriatis,
lobis divaricatis, obtufiffimis, margine
parum incurvatisi calyce tetrapbyllo;
flore albo.
Water Lily with almoft round leaves, entire,
and notched at the end; lobes ftraddling,
very obtufe, and turned up flightly at tlie
edge; cup four-leaved ; flower white.
R E F E R E N C E TO THE PLATE.
1. A Chive.
2. The Seed-bud and Summits.
3. The Seed-bud cut tranfverfely.
Th i s fpecies of Water-Lily we fl^ould confider rather as a variety, than as a d.ftuift fpeces ; ,t has
e v e r y c h a r a d e r o f o u r common whUeWater.Lily, except the fize and hardmefs; it has the fame
p o w e r f u l fragrance, but will not ftand the feverity of
Virginia, North America; was introduced to us in the year 1786, by Wdham Hamilton Efq^ of
Phifadelphia, and flowers during the fummer months, if kept m the hot-houfe Requires the fame
treatment as the blue fpecies from the Cape of Good Hope. May be increafed from the leed, or from
the root. Our drawing was taken from a plant in the Clapham colleaion.
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