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NANODES (from nanodes, a pigmy; in reference to 
the small size of the plants). ORD. Orchidee. A genus 
of cool orchids (now included, by Bentham and Hooker, 
under Epidendrum), distinguished in having the lip ad- 
nate to the column, and cohering with the lateral sepals, 
above which it is placed, and in the four compressed 
pollen-masses being sessile, side by side, on an ovate 
gland. They are natives of mountainous regions in South 
America. The species mentioned below thrive best in 
baskets of peat, fibre, and sphagnum, suspended near 
the glass. 
N. discolor (discoloured). fl. purple, solitary, sessile, terminal, 
obscure, immersed between the leaves ; sepals ascendent ; petals 
declinate; lip fleshy, ovate, minutely crenulate. August. J. 
ovate-oblong, emarginate, amplexicaul, and sheathing at base, 
greenish - purple. Stems aggregate, 2in. to 3in. high, simple, 
densely leafy. Rio Janeiro. (B. R. 1541.) ; 
N. Medusz (Medusa’s).* fl., sepals and petals greenish, shaded 
with brown, large, terminal, produced two or more to; ether; 
lip large and spreading, deeply fringed around the margin, rich 
maroon, with a green base. J. distichous, of a glaucous tint, 
curiously twisted, about Sin. long. Pseudo -bulb thick and 
fleshy, about lft. long. Andes. A rare and very curious plant. 
“ Altogether, the flattened, stout culms, the pale glaucous colour 
of the foliage, and the extraordinary appearance and lurid pone 
of the flower, give it a most sinister a pearance, and, for an 
orchid, a most unusual one” (Hooker). (B. M. 5723.) 
NAPIFORM. Formed liked a turnip; having the 
figure of a depressed sphere. 
NAPOLEONA (named after Napoleon Buonaparte). 
SYN. Belvisia. ORD. Myrtacee. A small genus (only 
two species) of glabrous stove trees, restricted to tropical 
Africa. Flowers various-coloured, solitary, in the axils 
of the leaves. Leaves alternate, entire, or obscurely 
sinuate-toothed, dotted. N. imperialis thrives in a com- 
post of sandy peat and fibry loam. Propagated by cut- 
tings of half-ripened shoots, 2in. to 4in. long, inserted in 
sand, under a hand glass, in mild bottom heat. The 
second species is probably not in cultivation. The species 
described below was discovered, towards the close of the 
eighteenth century, by Baron Palisot de Beauvois, and the 
badly-executed figure given by that author in his “Flore 
d'Oware et de Bénin,” coupled with the singular structure 
and colour, caused some botanists for a considerable time 
to doubt the very existence of the plant. All uncertainty 
was, however, cleared away in 1843, when Whitfield, a 
botanical collector, brought with him to this country, 
from Sierra Leone, dried specimens and living plants of 
Napoleond; one of the latter flowering, some years later, in 
the garden of the then Duke of Northumberland. 
N. imperialis (imperial). f. apricot-colour and crimson, as- 
suming a binish tint when uke decay ; r of corolla largo, 
concave - sub- hemispherical, many -folded and ea - 
mediate corona deeply cleft as far as the base into — sir 
spreading laciniæ ; central portion erect, cyathiform, — 
much: cut, inflexed margin. y. tly stalked, ovate- 
acuminate, dark green. h. 6ft. 1844. (B. M. 4887.) 
NARAVELIA (from Narawael, the Cingalese name 
of the genus). ORD. Baroi E E eme e 
prising only two (or perhaps three) species o 
climbing plants, with woody stems, natives of Southern 
Asia or the Indian Archipelago. Flowers paniculate ; 
sepals four or five, petaloid, valvate > petals . 
linear or clavate. Leaves opposite, bifoliolate; 8 
produced into tendrils. NV. zeylanica, probably the only 
species yet introduced, is an ornamental plant, with the 
habit of Clematis; it thrives in a compost of gei 
peat and fibry loam. Propagated by e pa f- 
33 shoots, inserted in sand, under a hand glass, in 
eat, 
N. zeylanica (Cingales ellow, with four or five sepals and 
six to twelve Reng 8 Miele terminal, with e 
panicle 
icels. Z. opposite, stalked; leaflets two, ovate-acumina: 
e vm a un ae 
side, y neath, 
above, draw Out ar tae eee jnto a trifid, twisted — 
Ceylon, 1796, . 
NARCISSUS (the old Greek name used by Hippo- 
crates, connected with a mythological story). Including 
Vol. IL 
Narcissus—continued. 
Ajax, Corbularia, Ganymedes, and Jonguilla. ORD. 
Amaryllidee. A genus of very popular, usually hardy, 
ornamental bulbous plants, of which probably not more 
than a score are entitled to specific rank. The genus is 
confined to Europe, North Africa, and North and West 
Asia. Flowers white or yellow, solitary or umbellate, 
drooping or inclined; spathe membranous; perianth 
tubular below, segments spreading, mouth surmounted by 
a circular corona or crown; stamens inserted in the 
tube, included within the crown; filaments free or adnate 
to the tube; scape compressed. Leaves linear (rush-like) 
or strap-shaped. 
Mr. Baker’s grouping of the species and varieties, 
and of the known or presumed hybrids, as published 
in the “Gardener’s Chronicle,” 1884, is given below, 
with a few varieties added. In Series I., the names 
printed in the first left-hand column, in small capitals, 
represent the sub-genera, those in the second, in italics, 
indicate the admitted species; the third column contains 
the sub-species, and the fourth the varieties as under- 
stood botanically. In Series II., the first column of 
names represents what are regarded as primary types; 
those in the second are regarded as secondary types. 
Series I. Genuine Species and their Varieties. 
MAGNICORONATI, 
Cro or trumpet, as long as, or rather longer than, the divisions 
a p% of the perianth. 
I, CoRBULARIA— ` 
N. Bulbocodium 
citrinus 
conspicuus 
tenuifolius 
Graellsii 
monophyllus 
nivalis 
II. Asgax— 
N. Pseudo-Narcissus 
moschatus 
cernuus 
tortuosus 
MEDIOCORONATI. 
half as long as the divisions of the perianth, but, in 
poke Nigh A or two cases, three-quarters as long. 
III. GANYMEDES— 
N. calathinus 
N. triandrus 
IV. QUELTIA— i 
N 
aurantius 3 
N. odorus (calathinus, Hort.) 
minor (pseudo-juncifolius) 
rugulosus 
N. juncifolius 
apodanthus 
