Euryale
(mythological: Euryale, one of the Gorgons, represented with fierce thorny locks; in allusion to the thorny nature of the plant). ORD. Nymphaceae. An annual stove aquatic. Before the introduction of the Victoria Water-lily, the Euryale was the noblest aquatic plant in cultivation. Its leaves are circular in form, about 2ft. in diameter, with prominent spiny veins on the rich purple under side, the upper side being olive-green, puckered and spiny. For cultivation, see stove species of Nymphaea.
E. ferox (fierce).* fl. deep violet; petioles and calyces covered with stiff prickles. September. l. large, peltate. East Indies, 1809. Reproduces itself freely by means of seeds, which ripen on the plant and germinate at once, if not kept dry. (B. M. 1447.)