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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
NEMOPHILA (from nemos, a grove, and phileo, to 
love; alluding to the place of growth of the species). 
ORD. Hydrophyllacew. A genus comprising seven or eight 
species of hardy, diffuse, annual herbs, indigenous to 
North America. Flowers blue, white or spotted, showy 
FIG. 669. NEMOPHILA INSIGNIS. 
or small, terminal or opposite the leaves, on elongated, 
one-flowered peduncles, rarely shortly pedicellate, dis- 
posed in terminal few-flowered cymes; corolla broadly 
campanulate or sub-rotite; lobes five, broad, imbricated. 
Fig. 670. FLOWERING BRANCH AND DETACHED BRANCHLET OF 
NEMOPHILA MACULATA, 
Leaves alternate or opposite, pinnately lobed or dissected. 
The several species and varieties are of the easiest cul- 
ture in any moderately good garden soil, and are admir- 
ably adapted for rockeries, borders, and beds. For a 
spring show, seeds should be sown early in August, 
here the plants are intended to flower; and, for 
summer display, any time during April. 
Nemophila—continued. 
N. atomaria (speckled). A synonym of N. Menziesii. 
N. aurita (ear-leaved). /. purple-violet, nearly lin. in diameter. 
June. l. pinnate, hairy, produced at the base in two lateral ear- 
like lobes, which embrace the stem. h. IAft. 1851. (B. R. 1601; 
S. B. F. G. ser. ii. 558.) 
N. insignis (remarkable). “ fl. sky-blue, with a white eye, more 
than lin. in diameter ; peduncles longer than the leaves. Spring 
and summer. I. with three or four lobes on each side, quite entire, 
or cut. h. 1}ft. 1822. See Fig. 669. (B. M. 3485; B. R. 1718; 
S. B. F. G. ser. ii. 329.) The prettiest and best species, of which 
there are several varieties, including alba, white; marginata, 
blue, with a white edge; and purpurea rosea, purplish-rose, 
N. maculata (spotted).* I. white, with a violet-purple blotch on 
each lobe of the large corolla. Summer. J, very hairy, pinnatifid, 
with rounded, acute, or obtuse lobes. h. bin. 1848. See Fig. 670. 
(F. d. S. 431.) 
N. Menziesii (Menzies’).* fl. white to light blue, commonly with 
dark dots or spots ; peduncles axillary, elongated ; corolla rotate, 
with a very pilose bottom. Summer. l. opposite, pinnatifid ; 
lobes five to nine, almost entire. A. din. 1836. (B. M. 3774; 
B. R. 1940; S. B. F. G. ser. ii. 376, under name of N. atomaria.) 
There are a few pretty varieties of this species, such as alba, 
white and black centre; cœlestis, with sky-blue margin; and 
oculata, pale blue and black centre. V. discoidalis is a garden 
variety of this species, having rather smaller purple-brown 
flowers, edged with white. 
N. phacelioides (Phacelia-like). fl. blue, with a white eye. 
Summer. J. more or less pinnatifid, broadest in the middle, and 
narrowed into a short petiole at the base. A. ift. 1822. (B. M. 
2575; B. R. 740; S. B. F. G. 32.) 
NEMOROSUS. Growing in groves. 
NEMOSTYLIS. A synonym of Nemastylis (which 
see). 
NENGA (said to be the Malay name of the plant). 
ORD. Palme. A monotypic genus, the species being an 
elegant, unarmed, stove palm. It thrives best in a fibrous 
peat, to which a little leaf mould and sharp sand may 
be added with advantage. If well-drained, and not 
over-potted, it can scarcely be supplied with too much 
water. Propagated by imported seeds. y 
N. (dwarf). f. whitish; spadix shortly pedunculate ; 
spathes two, lower one complete, lanceolate, complicate bicristate ; 
— one incomplete, persistent, or none. fr. reddish- yellow, 
small. i 
l. terminal, equally pinnatisect ; segments linear-acumi- 
nate or obliquely two or three-fid; margins reduplicate at base; 
primary nerves sparsely scaly underneath ; rachis trigonous ; 
petioles short. Stem slender, tall, annulate ; branches slender, 
pendulous. Malay. 
NENGELLA (a diminutive of Nenga). ORD. Palmee. 
A small genus (two or three species) of low, unarmed, 
stove palms, with reedlike, annulate stems, natives of the 
Malayan Archipelago and New Guinea. Flowers small, 
the females shorter than the males; complete spathes 
two, elongated, membranous, complanate, deciduous ; 
spadix slender, pendulous, slightly flexuous; bracts and 
bracteoles scale-formed. Fruit small, elongated. Leaves 
terminal, equally pinnatisect or flabelliform and furcate; 
upper segments truncate, many-nerved, erose or cut; 
lower ones linear-lanceolate, long-acuminate ; margins re- 
curved at base; rachis and petiole trigonal. N. paradoxa, 
the only species in cultivation, requires a compost of 
loam and leaf soil, to which some sharp sand or charcoal 
should be added. As the plants become established, 
more loam should be added than when they were in a 
young state. Propagated by imported seeds. 
N. paradoxa (paradoxical). “. 12in. to 18in. long, about gin. 
broad; petiole with a long, striate, rusty-coloured sheath; 
blade pinnate ; 8 Ein. to Sin. long, very unequal. Stem 
slender, 5ft. to 7ft. high; crown consisting of six or eight leaves. 
NEOGYNE. Included under Cœlogyne. 
NEOLEXIS. A synonym of Smilacina (which 
see). 
(from neottia, a bird’s nest; referring to 
the interlacing of the numerous roots). Lady’s Tresses. 
Syn. Neottidium. Orp. Orchidee. A small genus of 
hardy terrestrial orchids, closely allied to Listera, but 
having a longer column, and generally a cucullate anther- 
| bed. The three species known are leafless; brown-stemmed 
