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Nymphaea pubescens, Willd. Lvs. ovate, 10-12 g in. long, dark green above, dull purplish green and more or less pubescent beneath: fls. small to medium, size, white; petals ovate, inner ones narrow; stamens inserted some distance above petals. India to Java and the Philippines.—Not cult.
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Nymphaea lotus, Linn. (C. Lotus, Woodv. & Wood. N. edulis, DC. N. thermalis, DC., of the hot springs of Hungary). White Lotus. Fig. 2556. Lvs. orbicular, dark green above, under surface brownish, smooth or slightly pubescent; diam. 12-20 in.: fl. white, the broad outer petals suffused pink, 5-10 in. across, open 7.30 P.M. to 11 A.M.; sepals pure green; petals concave, broad, 19 or 20; stamens 96-103, yellow; anthers shorter than the filaments. Egypt. B.M. 797. F.S. 7:706, 707. G.F. 2:173. J.H. III. 67:497.—To this species may be assigned the garden forms N. thermalis with broad petals and cup-shaped fls. from the hot springs of Gross- wardein, Hungary; and the probable hybrids N. dentato-lotus, N. eastonensis and Jubilee.
Nymphaea lotus, Linn. (C. Lotus, Woodv. & Wood. N. edulis, DC. N. thermalis, DC., of the hot springs of Hungary). White Lotus. Fig. 2556. Lvs. orbicular, dark green above, under surface brownish, smooth or slightly pubescent; diam. 12-20 in.: fl. white, the broad outer petals suffused pink, 5-10 in. across, open 7.30 P.M. to 11 A.M.; sepals pure green; petals concave, broad, 19 or 20; stamens 96-103, yellow; anthers shorter than the filaments. Egypt. B.M. 797. F.S. 7:706, 707. G.F. 2:173. J.H. III. 67:497.—To this species may be assigned the garden forms N. thermalis with broad petals and cup-shaped fls. from the hot springs of Gross- wardein, Hungary; and the probable hybrids N. dentato-lotus, N. eastonensis and Jubilee.
