NEMEXIA 445 



Needhamia R. Br. Epacridaceae (3). i W. Austr. 



Needle, Adam's, Yucca ; double -. Coniferae, Sciadopilys ; - gorse, 

 Genista ; - leaf, Coniferae, Xerophytes. 



Neem, nim, Melia Azadirachta L'. (Azadirackla indica A. Juss.). 



Neeragrostis Hush (Poa p.p.)- Gramineae (10). 2 Am. 



Neesia Blume. Bombacaceae. 5 Malaya. 



Negretia Ruiz et Pav. = Mucuna Adans. (Legum.). 



Negria Chiov.=Joannegria Chiov, (Gram.). 



Negria F. Muell. Gesneriaceae (i). i Lord Howe I. 



Negundo Moench (Acer p.p. EP., q.v.}. Aceraceae. 4 N. temp. 



Neillia D. Don. Rosaceae (i. i). 3 Himal., S. China. 



Neja D. Don = Hysterionica Willd. (Comp.). 



Nelitris Spreng. = Decaspermum Forst. (Myrt.). 



Nelsia Schinz (Sericocoma p.p.)- Amarantaceae (2). i S. trop. Afr. 



Nelsonia R. Br. Acanthaceae (i). i palaeotrop. 



Nelumbium Juss. Nymphaeaceae (i). 2, N. luteum Willd , Penn- 

 sylvania to Colombia, and N.spcciosum Willd. {N.nuciferum Gaertn.), 

 Japan to Caspian and N.E. Austr. The latter is the sacred Lotus, no 

 longer found in the Nile. Sculptures of it are common in Egyptian 

 temples, and it is sacred in India, Tibet, China, &c. Both are 

 marsh plants ; the fls., which are very large and handsome, and the 

 big peltate slightly hairy 1., stand above the water and do not float 

 upon it. The rhiz. bears 'triads' of leaves; after a long internode 

 comes a scaly-1. on the lower side, then one on the upper side, im- 

 mediately followed by a foliage-1. with ochreate stipule, then a long 

 internode again, and so on. This peculiar leaf-arrangement is quite 

 unique. From the axil of the second scale-1. springs the fl., from 

 that of the foliage-1. a branch. The fl. has no bracteoles. The first 

 P-leaf is ant., the second post., then follow 2 lat. ; these 4 are some- 

 times regarded as a K. They are followed by numerous petals and 

 sta. , acyclically arranged. In the centre of the fl. stands the ob- 

 conical G, a large number of cpls. embedded separately in the top of 

 the swollen recept. Each contains i pend. ovule. The recept. 

 becomes dry and very light, and the achenes separate from it, as the 

 fruit ripens. It breaks oft" bodily from the stalk and floats about 

 until decay sets free the fruits, which sink to the bottom of the pond. 

 There is no endosp. or perisperm. The seeds of N. speciosutu are 

 used as food in Cashmere, &c. 



Nelumbo (Tourn.) Adans. = Nelumbium Juss. (Nymph.). 

 Nernacaulis Nutt. Polygonaceae (i. i). i California. 



Nemacladus Nutt. Campamilaceae (n). 3 Calif., Mexico. 



Nemastylis Nutt. Iridaceae (n). 10 Am. Cult. orn. fl. 



Nematanthera Miq. (Piper \i.y. BH.}. Piperaceae. 2 Guiana. 



Nematanthus Schrad. Gesneriaceae (i). 6 Brazil. 



Nematolepis Turcz. Rutaceae (i). 2 W. Austr. 



Nematopogon Bureau et K. Schum. (Digomphia p.p.). Bignoniaceae 



(2). 2 Brazil, Guiana. 



Nematosciadium H. Wolff. Umbelliferae (in. 4). i Mexico. 

 Nematostylis Hook. f. Rubiaceae (II. i). i Madag. 

 Nemesia Vent. Scrophulariaceae (n. 3). 50 S. Afr. Cult. orn. fl. 

 Nemexia Rafin. (Smilax p.p.). Liliaceae (xi). 10 U.S. 



