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Nelumbo nucifera, Gaertn. (Nelumbium speciosum, Willd. Nelumbo indica. Pers., and N. Nelumbo, Karst.). East Indian Lotus. Fig. 2455. Lvs. usually larger than those of N. lutea, glaucous: fls. fragrant, usually pink except in horticultural varieties, overtopping the lvs. Caspian Sea to Japan, Philippine Isls., India and N. Austral.; naturalized at Bordentown, N. J., where it was intro. by E. D. Sturtevant. A.G. 15:334. C.L.A. 4:275; 5:301. G. 7:16; 28:395. Gn. 28, pp. 426, 429; 43 : 463 ; 44, pp. 229, 435 ; 50, pp. 267, 469 ; 57, p. 397 ; 66 : 171;76, p. 447. Gng. 5:114; 6:295; 15:334. G.C. III. 52:119. G.M. 38:809; 40:34; 41:833-5. G.W.2:377. I.H. 42:27. R.H. 1900, p. 243. V. 15:97.— This plant is known to the trade as Egyptian lotus, but the lotus of the ancient Egyptians is a Nymphaea. This plant is not native to the Nile region. Many named forms are cult., e.g.: Fls. white: Var. alba (N. alba, Hort.), the "magnolia lotus." Gn. 28, p. 427. G.C. III. 14:41. Var. Alba grandifldra, larger-fld. A.F. 14:726. A.G. 20:369. Gng. 7:146. Mn. 9:73. Var. alba striata, edge of petals striped and tipped with red. Var. pygmaea alba, dwarf: lvs. 6 in.: fls. 4 in. across. Var. alba plena (N. Shiroman), large, double Japanese form. A.F. 16:229. F.E. 10: suppl. Feb. 12. Gn. 60, p. 158. Gng. 9:3. Var. pygmaea alba plena, dwarf, double. Fls. pink to red: Var. Kinshiren, white shaded pink. Var. kernesina, light rose. Var. Grossherzog Ernst Ludwig (-N. fiavescens x N. Osiris), salmon-rose. Var. pygmaea rosea, dwarf, bright rose. Var. rosea, Hort., deep rosy pink. Var. Osiris, deep rose. Gn. 72, p. 457. Var. pulchra, dark rosy red. Var. pekin- ensis rubra, rosy carmine. Var. gigantea, very large, rose-purple. Var. rosea plena, double, deep rosy pink. G.W. 5:411. Var. pekinensis rubra plena, very large, double, rosy carmine.
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