AN ENCYCLOPADIA OF HORTICULTURE. 
Neillia—continued. Nelumbium— continued. 
nearly ripe cuttings, inserted in sand, with a hand glass | are placed in sockets on the upper surface” (Masters), 
over them; or by seeds. Leaves peltate, on the summit of long cylindrical leaf- 
stalks, springing from an elegant horizontal rootstock. 
N. amurensis r) jl. white; filaments of 5 5 5 ` A 
Summer. 1. e three to five-lobed lobes | The species thrive in a compost of rich loam and well. 
pubescenee fly doubly serrated, with a thin white stellate | decomposed manure. Under glass the rhizomes may be 
pubescence beneath. k. 4ft. to Tft. Amurland. A compact- placed a few inches, or a foot or more, beneath the sur- 
— | 55 shrub, (R. G. 489, under name of Spiræa face of the water; in warm tanks or ponds outside there 
? i hould be, at least, a foot of water above them. The 
N. opulifolia (Guelder Rose. * e hy nip. * 
aum le corymbs, 2 2 . disposed in ars admirably suited for large aquaria, under glass, and 
pods. June, J. roundish, palmately somewhat three-lobed and | would, probably, thrive in tanks in the open air in the 
la h. 5ft. North America, 1690. SYN. Spiræa opuli- South of England. In the Jardin des Plantes, at Paris, 
. a large circular tank, sunk below the level of the ground, 
N. o. aurea (golden).* This only differs from the t in the fine is planted with N. i d f. 
nore l i p wi + Specwsum, and forms a very attractive 
the ards a ting retained almost. throughout the” season * feature of the gardens during summer, In autumn, after 
N. rubifiora (Bramble-flowered). fl. twice the size of those of the leaves have died off, a glass cover ix placed over 
N. thyrsiflora ; racemes terminal, solitary ; calyx furnished with | the tank, and throughout winter a cove of straw, 
pedicellate glands. prin oa i doubly or some other protecting material, as ve In i 
8 dee h. ft. Nepaul. ihe lather 46 saii odaad 3 — 
: thyrsifiors (thyrse-flowered). I., racemes spicate, disposed | when growth has sufficiently advanced, and all danger 
i inal thyrse ; calyx silky. Z cordate. three-lobed ! 
doubly aaah: h. 6ft. g e en ae lobed, | of frost has passed. 
NEIPPERGIA. A synonym of Acineta. 
NEJA (a meaningless name, invented for this genus 
by Don). Orp. C ite, A small genus (now re- 
garded, by Bentham and Hooker, as synonymous with 
Hysterionica) of half-hardy herbaceous perennials or 
under-shrubs, generally hispid with long spreading hairs, 
and bearing scattered, narrow, linear, finely - pointed 
leaves. The undermentioned is a compact little plant, 
and produces an abundance of flower-heads. It has 
a very neat appearance in the borders, and thrives in 
any common garden soil. Propagated by seeds, or by 
divisions, 
N. gracilis 8 r).* jl.-heads yellow, solitary, on long stalks. 
ay to October. he uE Unnar (wrongly — to" Mexico, 
NELITRIS (from ne, privative, and elytron, a seed- 
case; in reference to the berry being without any par- 
titions). Syn. Decaspermum. ORD. Myrtacew. A genus 
of stove shrubs or small trees, natives of tropical (mostly 
Eastern) Asia, and tropical Australia. About a score 
plants have been described by various authors; but 
probably not more than four or five are worthy of spe- 
cific rank. Flowers small, pedicellate, in axillary ra- 
cemes, or often forming terminal, leafy panicles, Leaves 
opposite, penniveined. The undermentioned species 
thrive in a well-drajned mixture, composed of turfy 
loam, to which may be added about a third of dry 
cow-manure and a small quantity of sand. Through- 
out the growing season, they require an abundant 
supply of water, but must be kept drier during the 
season of rest. Cuttings of half-ripened shoots root in 
sandy soil, when placed under a bell glass, in bottom 
heat. 
N. bosella (Jambosella). f. white; peduncles axillary, one- 
. near] Gre longth of the leaves. l. ovate, acute, A. 6ft. 
t. New Shrub. 
paniculata (panicula „ white, terminal, axillary, panicu- 
* May. 10 . l0ft. Moluccas, 1826. 
i N. luteum (yellow).* f£. yellow, fra resembling a 
NELUMBIUM (Nelumbo is the Cingalese name of | "raip. sory lame. seinetlnes pring out more th 1 1 in 
N. speciosum). Sacred, or Water Bean. Syn. Cyamus. 25 ae EA 2 peculiar Dluish-green, 12in. to bin, in 
ORD. Nympheacee. This genus comprises only a couple |  Gfimeter West Indies and Southern United States, 1810. See 
of species of beautiful greenhouse or —— priod — Fig. 668. (B. M. 3753) a aeons 
Plants, of which one is American and the other Asiatic N. speciosum (showy).* Bean of Pythagoras. fi. w n 
or Australian. Flowers on long stalks, traversed by a rosy-tipped, very fragrant aout 3 ft. in 9 anthers drawn e 
number of air-canals, regularly disposed; corolla of 1 8 Summer, l. large, 1ft. a 
nume deciduous tals, d in several rows; diameter, exactly peltate in the centre, * 1 
merous decidu pe arrange to 2ft. in : he * — 
“the stamens are numerous in several rows, attached entire, glabrous, under surface rt margins s somew i 
with the petals to the base of the receptacle; the F ntal, fleshy, 
stigma is sessile; the receptacle or torus is in form white, sending out fibres from the under surface, Asia, 
like a funnel; and the ovaries, which are numerous, 1787. A beautiful which should be grown in tubs, and 
Fis. 668 NELUMBIUM LUTEUM. 
