Description
Water plants: 1) Cape-pondweed (Aponogeton distachyos, or Aponogeton distachyon); 2) Indian lotus (Nelumbo nucifera, or Nelumbium speciosum) with fruit (a); 3) White Egyptian lotus (Nymphaea lotus); 4) Madagascar laceleaf (Aponogeton madagascariensis, or Ouvirandra fenestralis); 5) Cyperus papyrus (or Papyrus antiquorum); 6) Water cabbage (Pistia stratiotes); 7) Powdery alligator-flag (Thalia dealbata); 8) Queen Victoria's water lily (Victoria amazonica, or Victoria regia). Chromolithograph, published in 1897.