NYMPHÆA STELLATA.
Starr’d Water-Lily.
CLASS XIII. ORDER I.
POLYANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Many Chives. One Pointal.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
Calyx 4, 5, seu 6-phyllus. Cor. polypetala. Bacca multilocularis, truncata.
Cup 4, 5 or 6-leaved. Bloss. many petals. Berry many-celled, appearing cut off at top.
See Nymphæa cœrulea, Pl. CXCVII. Vol. III.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Nymphæa foliis subrotundis, sinuatis, subtus purpurascentibus; lobis divaricatis, acutis; calyce tetraphyllo, petalis acutis cœruleis longiore.