Nelumbo (nelumbo)

[NL. (Hermann, 1689), genus of water-lilies, forming the tribe Nelum boneæ in the order Nymphœaceæ, known by the broadly obconical receptacle. There are two speplants with creeping rootstocks in shallow water, the large bluish-green centrally peltate leaves on thick stalks, commonly projecting from the water, the solitary flower IMG:content-1289.png:[blocks in formation] Water-chinkapin ( Nelumbo lutea). a, the fruiting receptacle; b, a stamen; c, a fruit. very large. N. speciosa, the nelumbo of tropical and subtropical Asia and Australia, the Pythagorean or sacred bean of the ancients, has the flowers deep rose-colored with white and blue cultivated varieties. (See lotus, 1, and ar rowroot.) N. lutea, the American nelumbo, water-chinkapin, or wankapin, with leaves of circular outline some 2 feet diameter, flowers 5 to 10 with papery yellowish petals, abounds in the waters of the interior and southern United States. See water - chinkapin. 2. [l. c.] A plant of this genus. Nemachilus (nem-a-ki'lus), n. [NL.,