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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
Noctua— continued. 
the larve; or to examine the plants with a lantern at 
night, and to pick off such as are visible. Those that 
live in the hearts of the plants cannot be removed with- 
out the destruction of the parts in which they lie. In 
the protection of Turnips, and other field crops, rooks 
and partridges afford the best aid, though starlings and 
other birds also eat not a few larvæ. 
NODE. That part of a stem from which a leaf, com- 
plete or incomplete, arises. 
NODOSE, NODULOSE. Having many nodes, or 
knots. 
NODULES. Small hard nodi, or knots. 
NOISETTIA (named after Louis Claude Noisette, 
1772-1849, an eminent French cultivator of fruit trees, 
author of “Le Jardin Fruitier”). ORD. Violariew. A 
small genus (two species) of erect, almost simple, stove 
sub-shrubs, inhabiting tropical and Northern sub-tropical 
America. Flowers in the axils, shortly racemose or fasci- 
culate; pedicels articulated above the middle. Leaves 
alternate, simple. The species thrive in a thoroughly 
well-drained compost of sandy loam and leaf mould, and 
require a light place near the glass. Propagated by 
cuttings, inserted in sand, under a hand glass, in heat. 
N. longifolia Gong lavit: fl. cream-coloured or white, in 
bundles; spur awl-shaped. L. lanceolate, serrated, acute, tapering 
into short footstalks. h. lft. to 1}ft. Cayenne, 1824. 
NOLANA (from nola, a little bell; alluding to the 
shape of the corolla). Syns. Neudorfia, Sorema, 
Teganium. ORD. Convolvulacem. This genus consists 
of about eight species of hardy, glabrous or pubescent, 
often diffuse or prostrate herbs, natives of Chili and 
Peru. Flowers whitish, bluish (or pink?), in the axils, 
shortly pedunculate; calyx campanulate; corolla broad, 
almost funnel-shaped. Leaves solitary or twin, sessile or 
petiolate, entire, flat, sometimes slightly fleshy. The 
species are of easy culture in any moderately good garden 
soil, and in a sunny situation. Seeds should be sown 
in the open border during April or May. The species 
best known to cultivation are the following: 
. iplex - leaved . large; throat white, 
le u 5 fg e: . ones large. 
tems procumbent, rather villous. Peru, 1834. Syn. N. grandi- 
flora. (S. B. F. G. ser. ii. 305.) 
N. grandiflora (large-flowered). A synonym of N. atriplicifolia. 
N. lanceolata (lanceolate).* fl. blue, white, green, solitary in 
theaxils. July. J. twin, lanceolate, semi-amplexicaul, obliquely 
adnate at base. h. 6in. Chili, 1860. (B. M. * 
es 
* 
Fi. 696. FLOWERING BRANCHLET OF NOLAN A PARADOXA. 
(paradoxical).* fl., corolla campanulately funnel- 
Summer. l 
Chili, 1825. 
Nolana—continued. * 
N. prostrata (prostrate). H. pale blue. July. T. ovate-oblong, 
twin, rhomboid-ovate, entire. Peru, 1761. (B. M. 751.) 
N. tenella (tender).* f. pale blue, with a paler eye, on hairy, 
filiform peduncles. ummer. l. ovate, obtuse at both ends. 
Stems filiform. Plant clothed with viscid down. Chili, 1824. 
(B. M. 2504, under name of N. paradoxa.) 
NOLANACEE. Included under Convolvulacee. 
NOLINA (named after P. C. Nolin, a French botanist 
of the last century). Syn. Roulinia. ORD. Liliacee. 
This genus is included, by Mr. Baker, under Beawcarnea. 
There are about a dozen species, natives of Mexico, 
Texas, &c. N. georgiana is a showy, half-hardy plant, 
with a very large tunicated bulb; it would probably 
prove hardy in favoured localities in Southern counties. 
Under glass, in a cool house, it thrives in a well-drained 
sandy-loam compost, and, during the season of rest, water 
should be sparingly administered. Increased by offsets. 
N. longifolia and N. recurvata are described under Beau- 
carnea (which see). 
. giana rgi pn . itish, , di 
5 2ft. G St hie, “an . —— peg! 8 — 
flowered panicle with spreading branches. May. l. dry, harsh, 
856975 „ narrow, strap-shaped. Georgia, 1812. (G. C. n. s., 
xv. 697. 
NONATELIA. Included under Palicourea (which 
see). ; 
NONEA. See Nonnea. 
NONNEA (named after J. P. Nonne, of Erfurt, 
1729-1772, a German writer on botany). Sometimes 
spelt Nonea. Syns. Echioides, Oscampia. ORD. Bora- 
gineew. A rather large genus (upwards of thirty species 
have been described) of half-hardy or hardy, annual 
or perennial, hispid or villous, erect or often diffuse, 
herbs, natives of Europe, North Africa, and Western 
Asia. Flowers pink, blue, white, or yellow, erect; 
cymes at first dense, at length often separating into 
elongated, leafy-bracted branches; corolla tube cylin- 
drical, lobes imbricated. Leaves alternate. N. rosea is 
probably the prettiest of the two or three species grown 
in this country. For culture, see Anchusa (under 
which several of the species are often classed). 
N. rosea (rose-coloured).* H. rose-coloured, with a yellowish-white 
throat. Summer. J. oblong, obtuse. R. 6in.to1l2in. Asia Minor, 
&c. Diffuse hardy annual. SYN. Anchusa latifolia. A. versicolor 
(B. M. 3477) is a form in which the flowers are red when in bud, 
but turn a fine blue when fully expanded. 
NOONFLOWER. See Tragopogon pratensis. 
NOPALEA (from Nopal, the Mexican name for a 
Cactus). ORD. Cactee. A small genus (three species) of 
fleshy, stove shrubs, inhabiting the West Indies, Mexico, 
and tropical South America, one being largely cultivated 
in the tropical regions of the globe. The species are 
allied to Opuntia, from which they differ in having erect 
and connivent, not expanding, petals, and in the stamens 
being shorter than the style, but longer than the corolla. 
Flowers scarlet; perianth inclosed. Leaves small, squami- 
form, on the younger tubercles. Branches articulated; 
joints compressed, obovate or oblong; tubercles bearing 
a few small prickles. Nopaleas thrive under conditions 
which are found suitable for Opuntias, and most other 
Cacti. A thoroughly well-drained soil, amongst which 
should be incorporated a fair proportion of lime rub- 
bish (which acts as a draining agent, and also supplies 
the lime which, in the form of oxalate, is found in such 
large quantities in the stems of old plants), is all that 
is needed. Unlimited sunlight, a fair supply of water 
when in growth, and a less quantity when at rest, com- 
plete the necessary conditions. ; 
N. coccinellifera (cochineal-bearing). ft. IZin. in diameter. 
August. (. soon falling off, leaving a white scar and a tuft of 
TTT. 
s : 
Tems to lft. 725 934 Bit. to 10ft. West adler 1688. This 
t is widely grown as food for the cochineal insects, of which 
uantities are reared on it. SYN. Opuntia coccinellifera 
B. M. 2741, 2742, under name of Cactus cochinellij er.) 
