450 NE WTONIA 



Newtonia Baill. Leguminosae (i. 4). 2 trop. W. Afr. 



Newtonia O. Hoffm. (Antutiesia BH., Gongrothamnus EP.). Com- 

 positae (8). i Angola. 



New Zealand flax, hemp, Phormium tenax Forsk.; -- daisy bush, 

 Oleandra ; - - holly, Osmanthiis ; - - pincushion, Raoulia ; - - spinach, 

 Tetragonia expansa Miirr. 



Neyraudia Hook. f. Gramineae (10). i trop. As., Afr., Madag. 



Ngai camphor, Blmnea balsam if era DC. 



Nicandra Adans. Solanaceae (i). i Peru, JV. physaloides Gaertn. 

 Ov. divided in an irreg. way by plac. Berry nearly juiceless and with 

 co seeds, enclosed in the enlarged K. Cult. orn. fl. 



Nicker bean, Caesalpinia bouducella Flem., Entada. 



Niclouxia Battandier. Compositae (4). i S.W. Sahara. 



Nicobar breadfruit, Pandanns Leram Jones. 



Nicodemia Tenore Loganiaceae. 3 Madagascar, Mascarene Is. 



Nicolasia Sp. Moore. Compositae (4). 3 S.W. trop. Afr. 



Nicolletia A. Gray. Compositae (6). 2 S.W. U.S. 



Nicolsonia DC. = Desmodium Desv. p.p. (Legum.). 



Nicoteba Lindau (Justicia p.p.). Acanthaceae (IV. B). 5 palaeotrop. 



Nicotiana L. Solanaceae (4). 45 Am., Polynes., i Austr. N. Taba- 

 citm L., cult, in warm countries, esp. U.S., Cuba, Sumatra, Egypt, 

 Brazil, etc., is the tobacco, grown as an annual crop; the 1. are 

 gathered, hung up and slowly dried, then packed in heaps and 

 fermented slightly. Different varieties are grown, and usu. in different 

 places, for cigar, cigarette, and pipe tobacco. N. rustica L. and 

 others are also used. 



Nidorella Cass. Compositae (3). 20 Abyssinia to S. Afr. 



Nidularium Lem. (A'arafas BH.}. Bromeliaceae (4). 15 Brazil. 



Niebuhria DC. (Maerua p p. EP.). Capparidaceae (a). 12 trop. As., 

 Afr. 



Niederleinia Hieron. Frankeniaceae. i temp. S. Am. 



Niedzwedzkia B. Fedtschenko = Sesamum L. p.p (Pedal.). 



Niemeyera F. Muell. Sapotaceae (i). i trop. E. Austr. 



Nierembergia Ruiz et Pav. Solanaceae (4). 20 trop. and subtrop. Am. 



Nietneria Klotzsch et R. Schomb. Liliaceae (j). i Brit. Guiana. 



Nigella (Tourn.) L. Ranunculaceae (2). 16 Medit., Eur., often cult, 

 orn. fl. (love-in-a-mist, devil-in-a-bush). Annuals. Alt. with the K 

 is an invol. of 5 1. Within the coloured K are 5 8 nectaries, pocket - 

 like structures with lids which prevent small insects from reaching 

 the honey. The cpls. are more or less completely united but have 

 separate styles; they give a caps. fr. Fl. protandrous. 



Niger (Lat.), black. 



Niger seed, Guizotia abyssinica Cass. 



Night-flowering cactus, Cereus gratutiflonis Mill., &c. 



Nightshade, Solatium ; deadly -, Atropa Belladonna L. ; enchanter's -, 

 Circaea lutetiana L. 



Nigrescens, nigricans (Lat.), blackish. 



Nigribicchia, x E. G. Camus, Beyer, et R. Camus. Orchidaceae. Hybrid 

 Nigritella-Habenaria (Bicchia). 



Nigritella Rich. (Habenaria p.p. BH.}. Orchidaceae (n. i). i Mts. 

 of Eur. 



