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AN ENCYCLOPADIA 
Nepenthes—continued. 
cylindrical or slightly saccate, somewhat dilated at the base, 
ribbed ; ribs slightly fringed ; mouth very broad, oval, purplish, 
closely ribbed, ribs ending in sharp comb-like points ; id wah. 
orbicular, spurred at the back, Borneo, 1881. A noble species. 
(G. C. n. s., xvi. 493.) r : 
N. Ratcliffiana (Ratclifi’s).* Z light green, linear-lanceolate, 
acute at both ends, 12in. to lin, long, lin. wide. Pitchers 
green, spotted with red, 5in. to 6in, by An., flask-shaped; wings 
ciliate, broad or shallow, narrow at the base; mouth oblique, 
surrounded by a ribbed 88 rim; lid about the size of 
the mouth, ovate, glandular on the inner surface, and with 
a simple spur at the base. An attractive hybrid, said to 
have been raised between N. Hookeriana and N. Phyllamphora. 
(G. C. n. s., xvii. 178.) 
N. robusta (robust). A very free-growing hybrid, the result of a 
cross between N. Hookeriana and N. Phyllamphora, with pitchers 
intermediate in character between the two, but having the colour 
and markings of N. Hookeriana. The pitcher in this variety has 
a somewhat pear-shaped appearance. 1880. 
N. rubra (red). Pitchers bright red, very large. Ceylon, 1868. 
A distinct and beautiful species, of slender habit, and very rare 
in cultivation. Sete set i 
N. rubro-maculata (red-spotted).* J. very dark green, partly 
amplexicaul, 12in. long, 2in. wide, 88 at the apex, coria- 
ceous, Pitcher yellowish-green, spotted with claret-red, 5in. to 
6in. long, ljin. wide, 4 ightly distended at the base, 
deeply winged; wings fringed; mouth oblique, surrounded by 
a broad, flat rim, the ridges of which are gg Fe lid much 
smaller than the mouth, ovate, red-spotted, g ular on the 
inner surface. A hybrid, raised by 
(G. C. n. s., xvii. 143.) 
N. sanguinea (blood- red)“ Z. dark green. 
blood-red, Sin. to 10in. long. East Indies. 
tremely rare species. (G. C. n. s., xi. 18.) 
Messrs. Veitch in 1882. 
Pitchers of a deep 
A beautiful but ex- 
N. sanguinea (blood-red), of gardens. A synonym of N. Veitehii. 
N. Sedeni (Seden’s).* Pitchers Aight rere profusely blotched and 
medium- 
freckled with brownish-crimson, sized. A very desirable 
garden hybrid, obtained from seed, N. distillatoria being one of 
the parents, and whose habit it seems to bear. It produces 
pitchers very freely. 
N. superba (superb). A hybrid, resembling V. Hookeriana in 
habis 1 but 100 ethers are intermediate between those of that 
species and of N. Sedeni, 1881. (F. M. 434.) 
N. Veitchii (Veitch’s).* l. coriaceous, obovate-lanceolate, taperin 
at the base. Pitchers about 12in. long, somewhat cylindri 
narrowed at the base, with two deep, sharply-laciniate wings, the 
lacinie themselves somewhat acutely lobed ; mouth surrounded 
by a very broad everted border, strongly ribbed, the ribs ending 
in sharp teeth, which point downward ; lid very small relatively 
to the mouth, oblong, keeled at the base. Borneo. A very hand- 
some species. (B. M. 5080, under name of N. villosa; G. C. n. S., 
xvi. 781, and xviii. 809, under name of N. sanguinea.) 
* (hairy). Z dark ferruginous-green, broad, somewhat 
"S l Pitchers dull green, faintly blotched with reddish- 
brown, 10in. to 12in. long, winged in front, the wings deeply 
N. villosa (hairy), of Botanical Magazine.“ A synonym of 
N. Veitchii. : i — 
Williams’).* This handsome form is a hybri 
gl e> N. rA and. N. Darena. having the pitchers inter- 
mediate in shape between those of the two parents, these being 
Ain. to 5in. long, densely spotted with blood-red, the red in many 
cases predominating, while the interior is marked with the same 
colour; the under side of the lid is reddish-brown. 1880. 
(G. C. n. s., xiv. 40.) 
. yana (Wrigley’s). J. light green, 10 in, to 12in. long, 
a to Zin. egy Ag at both ends, glandular beneath. 
Pitchers pale green, with crimson spots, flask-shaped, with a 
thick cylindrical neck ; wings narrow, ciliate; mouth oblique, 
ribbed ; ribs all green; lid broadly oval, smaller than the mouth, 
landular on the inner surface, and with a simple spur. A 
ybrid. 1882. (G. C. n. s., xvii. 143.) 
NEPETA (an old Latin name used by Pliny, and 
probably derived from the town of Nepi, in Italy). Cat- 
mint. Including Glechoma. Syns. Cataria, Saussuria. 
ORD. Labiate. A large genus (about 120 species) of 
hardy herbaceous plants, sometimes tall and erect, some- 
times diffuse, perennial or annual, low or dwarf, broadly 
dispersed over the extra-tropical regions of the Northern 
hemisphere ; a few extend between the tropics, and one 
species has been introduced to North America or South 
Africa. Corolla often blue or white, rarely yellow; tube 
slender at base, included or exserted; whorls often many- 
flowered, but varying. Leaves toothed or incised. The 
few species which are worth growing are of the easiest 
OF HORTICULTURE. 
Nepeta—continued. 
culture, in any ordinary 
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light sandy soil. Propagated 
| by division of the plants, or by sowing seeds, in spring, 
All the species here described are perennials, 
N. Glechoma (Glechoma). Ground Iv . blue, in axillar 
whorls of about six. April. i. reniform. e Peas Pe — 
procumbent, frequently several feet long, creeping. Euro 
(Britain). handsome pa but too common to be of horti- 
cultural value. SYN. Glechoma hederacea. (Sy. En. B. 1055.) 
There is a form with variegated leaves. 
N. Kokamirica (Kokamyran), ji. blue, in dense terminal spikes; 
lower lip of corolla reniform, emarginate. J. small, o. posite, 
< ovate-elliptic, crenately toothed. Kokamyr, 1879. (R. G. 1030.) 
N. Mussini (Mussin 8). fl. pale blue, verticillate; corolla tube 
longer than calyx, filiform, curved; throat com ressed, funnel- 
shaped ; he as lip divided almost to the base ; lower lip large, 
crenate, hollow, spotted with white towards the throat ; anthers 
parpie, bilobed. May. l. cordate, oblong-oval, crenate, rugose, 
gary beneath; lower ones on rather ep | petioles, upper ones 
sub-sessile. Stem divided at the base; branches long, weak, 
oS. divided, square, with obtuse angles, ucasus. 
N. spicata (spike-flowered). 
spikes, 2in. to 4in. Jong ; coro, 
white. September. lin, to 
fr 75 serrate or toothed, h. 
1878. (B. M. 6405.) 
. in terminal, sessile, or peduncled 
urple, with the lower lip nearly 
in. long, broadly ovate-cordate, 
6in. to 12in. Western Himalayas, 
NEPHELAPHYLLUM (from nephele, a cloud, and 
phyllon, a leaf; referring to the marks upon the leaves). 
ORD. Orchidew. A small genus (four species) of creeping, 
stove, terrestrial orchids, natives of the East Indies, 
Southern China, and the Malayan Archipelago. Flowers 
loose or densely racemose, on leafless scapes. Leaves 
stalked, ovate-lanceolate or cordate, usually purplish 
beneath, spotted or clouded above. The species thrive 
in a mixture of peat, fibre, and sphagnum, amongst which 
a few pieces of porous sandstone and charcoal may with 
advantage be placed. Generally speaking, they require 
somewhat similar treatment to Anectochilus. The two 
species here given are probably the only ones yét intro- 
ducéd. : 
. uti å > small, ith whi i 
1, Beauly 9 3 h. Sin. “aa 1805 
is pigerum i i v r ; lip whi the 
gd cy hed . E 88 ADA VA er the 
a = 5860 h. din. to bin. Borneo, 1863. A very desirable plant. 
NEPHELIUM (an ancient name for Burdokk, and 
applied to this genus on account of the rough fruits, which 
somewhat resemble those of Burdock)... SYNS: Dimocarpus 
(in part), Euphoria (in part). ORD. Sapindacee. This 
genus comprises about a score species of handsome stove, 
evergreen trees, natives of the West Indies, the Indian 
Archipelago, and Australia. Flowers small, in axillary 
and terminal many-flowered panicles. Fruit globose or 
ovoid, smooth, or tubercled or warted, often edible. Leaves 
alternate, exstipulate, abruptly pinnate; leaflets entire 
or rarely serrate, in one species stipule-like. The species 
(of which the two here described are, in all probability, 
the only ones introduced) thrive in a good, well-drained, 
turfy loam, and, during the season of growth, like an 
occasional watering with liquit manure. Propagated by 
seeds, or by cuttings made of half-ripened wood. 
t-chi . white, racemose, loose, forming a 
* sae be cordate, scaly, disposed in —— 
racemes, red on one side and green on the other, containing a 
delicious white, sweet, sub- acid pulp, and a large seed. J., leaflets 
three or four pairs, tapering to both ends, lanceolate, glaucous 
beneath. South China, 1786, widely cultivated in the tropics. 
Longana . White, in loose nicles. May. 
er berries a tanger — with a yawn: smooth 
skin; pulp white, tart, and juicy. l, leaflets three p 
h. 20ft. India, &c., 1786, cultivated in the tropics. (B. M. b 
This species is A by Bentham and Hooker as the type of 
the genus Fuphoria. 
N. verticillatum (whorled). A synonym of Sapindus Danura. 
NEPHRANDRA. A synonym of Vitex (which 
see). 
NEPHRANTHERA. A synonym of Renanthera 
(which see). 
