Lotus Small 268×320 Medium 536×640 Large 857×1024 Download Tiff Original 2009×2400 | (1.7 MB) Description "Nelumbium speciosum. 1. a section of its young carpel; 2. a section of the same when ripened into a bean, and showing the structure of the seed." -Lindley, 1853 Keywords bean, Botany, Carpel, flower, flowers, leaves, lily, Nelumbium speciosum, Nelumbo, plant, plants, sacred lotus, seed, water lilies Galleries Flowers and Shrubs: L Source: Lindley, John The Vegetable Kingdom (London, England: Bradbury & Evans, 1853)
