73 



hispid hairs. Stem up to 1£ ft. high. 

 Leaves narrowly oblong, lanceolate, 

 1-2 in. long, acute, cordate at the base, 

 crenate • dentate, rugose, the lower 

 stalked, the upper sessile. Flowers in 

 distant whorls. Corolla light blue, 

 about 1J in. long, with a long narrow 

 deflexed tube. Western China. (J. 

 Veitch k Sons.) 



*Nepeta Wilsoni. qg. a 1906, xi. 



334.) H. A new species allied to 

 X. macrantha. It is a herbaceous 

 perennial, 2-2J ft. high. Leaves 

 shortly stalked, the upper subsessile, 

 ovate-oblong, 2£-3|- in. long, obtuse, 

 crenate. Flowers in distant whorls, 

 shortly stalked. Corolla violet, about 

 1 in. long, with a slender tube white 

 at the base, curved and enlarged 

 above. Western China. (J. Veitch 

 & Sons.) 



Nephrolepis cordata tessellata. 



(£. C. 1906, xl. 298 ; G. M. 1906,724.) 

 Filices. S. A variety in which some 

 of the pinnae are pinnate, giving the 

 fronds a tessellated appearance. (G. 

 Prickett & Sons.) 



Nephrolepis 

 lata- 



exaltata canalicu 



O'. C\ 1906, xl. 198, f. 82.) 

 S. A distinct variety with the fronds 

 bearing a large terminal crest, and all 

 the pinnae with somewhat congested 

 and curly multifid tassels. The 

 pinnae are incurved, giving the frond 

 a half-tube-like appearance. (H. B. 

 May.) 



Nephrolepis exaltata elegantis- 



Sima. (£. a 1906, xxxix. 354; 

 J. of IT. 1906, liii. 15, f. ; G. M. 1906, 

 365, 366, f .) S. The fronds are loose 

 and finely divided, broad at the base, 

 tapering to a point ; pinnae broad, 

 overlapping. (W. J. Godfrey.) 



Nephrolepis exaltata superba. 



{G. a 1906, xxxix. 3r>4 ; G. Jf. 1906, 

 366, .f.) S. A very fine variety with 

 arching fronds 1J-2 ft. long; pinnae 

 irregularly waved and cut along each 

 margin, crested at the tips. (H. B. 

 May.) 



Nephrolepis todeaoides. (G. C 



1906, xi. 265 ; G. M. 1906, 697, 710, f .) 

 S. The much divided plumose fronds 

 resemble those of 2 odea superba. 

 (T. Rochford & Sons.^ [JV1 exaltata 

 var, todeaoides, G. V. 1906, xl. 444. t. 

 (Suppl.)] 



*Nicandra violacea. (i?. //. 1906, 



208, t.) Solanaceae. H.H. Avigorou 

 branched annual herb, glabrous, or 

 sometimes with long hairs on the 

 upper side of the leaves. Leaves 

 subtriangular, the cauline up to 10 in. 

 long and 5 in. broad, coarsely and 

 irregularly toothed or lobed. Flowers 

 solitary, axillary, shortly stalked. 

 Calyx large, with cordate lobes, dark 

 violet on the lower half. Corolla 

 campanulate, Vf\\ in. broad, white 

 in the lower half, violet -blue above. 

 South America 1 (Tours B. G.) 



Ny mphaea a m p 1 a Gerardiana. 



(Gartenwelt, x. 275.) Nymphaeaceae. 

 S. Leaves about 2 ft. across, red- 

 brown above, blue-red and strongly 

 net- veined beneath. Flowers raised 

 above the water, very large, white or 

 cream -white, with yellow anthers. 

 Mexico. (Darmstadt B. G.) 



Nymphaea den tat a magnifica. 



(R. H. 1906, 534.) S. The flower 

 are larger than those of the type, 

 being as much as 10-12 in. across. 

 (H. Dreer.) L V- Lotas var.] 



Nymphaea Zenkeri. (Gjt. 1906, Biff.) 



S. Rhizome small, conical. Leaves 

 long-stalked, deeply cordate, sinuate- 

 dentate, glabrous above, densely and 

 shortly hairy beneath. Flowers 2-3 in. 

 across. Sepals 4, oval - lanceolate, 

 acute, dark green, reddish at the base 

 and on the nerves. Petals 7 or 8, 

 narrower than the sepals, white, witn 

 a reddish taut, greenish at the tips. 

 Cameroons. (Breslau B. G.) 



Odontioda Bohnhoffiae. (ft aim, 



xl 234: G. M. 1906, 661.) Orchi- 

 daceae. G. A garden hybrid between 



mlcanica and Odonto- 

 glossum cirrhomm, (Charlesworth 

 & Co.) 



*Odontioda heatonensis. (G. a 



1906. xxxix. 158; O.JL 1906 < ^ 

 a A warden hybrid between Od '<>- 

 qhwun cirrhtmn and Cochlloda san- 

 guined. (Charlesworth k Co.) 



Odontoglossum caliginosum. (O .A 



1906. 317; £ « »M J* **> 

 Orchidaceae. G. Supposed to be a 

 hybrid between O. luteopurpnreum 

 or O. sceptrum. and O. enspum, 

 (Duchesne, Lanthorne & Co., Water- 

 mael, Brussels.) 



Odontoglossum crispum B e r t i . 



(i? /l906, 243 ; /. A F. 1906 249.) 

 G Similar to the variety Jlariae. 

 (Et. Bert, Bois-Colombes, France.) 



Cochlloda 



