546 THE DICTIONARY 
NEMATANTHUS. N. chloronema is now considered 
to be merely a form of N. longipes. 
NEMATANTHUS (of Nees). 
denowia (which see). 
NEMATOID. ‘Thread-like. 
NEMATOSTYLIS. ‘See Nemastylis. 
NEMATUS CONSOBRINUS AND N. RIBESII. 
See Gooseberry and Currant Sawflies. 
A synonym of Will- 
NEMEOPHILA PLANTAGINIS. See Tiger 
Moths. 
NEMESIA. To the species described on p. 433, 
N. strwmosa and 
Vol. II., the following should be added. 
The 
N. versicolor compacta are both half-hardy annuals. 
former is much valued on account of its variety of 
colours ; the latter is a good plant for edgings. 
N. linearis (linear). jl. purplish; lips of the corolla nearly 
equal; spur straight, shorter than the lips. 
1. linear-lanceolate, entire or few-toothed. 
Half-hardy perennial. 
April to Sep- 
tember. Branches 
ascending. h. 2ft. 1822. 
Fic. 582. NEMESIA STRUMOSA. 
N. strumosa (strumose),* ji. very variable in colour, being 
white, ochreous, pale yellow, orange, scarlet, carmine, or rosy- 
purple; corolla lin. across; raceme short, sub-corymbose. 
Summer and autumn. J., radical ones oblong-spathulate, 
entire; cauline ones lanceolate or linear, toothed. kh. 1ft. to 
2ft. 1892. (B. M. 7272; G. C. 1892, xii., p. 269, f. 48; Gn. 
1893, i. 900.) See Fig. 582, for which we are indebted to 
Messrs. Sutton, the introducers of the plant. 
N. versicolor compacta (compact).* A compact, blue-and- 
white flowered form. 
NEMOPHILA. The best variety of P. insignis 
is grandiflora, light blue with white centre, very effective 
and largely employed in bedding-ont arrangements and 
for ribbon borders. There is also a dark blue variety of 
N. (atomaria) Menziesii, named atrocerulea. 
NENGA. 
Four species are now referred to this 
genus. They have the characters of Pinanga, but the 
sepals and petals are sub-equal and_ subulate. 
P. Wendlandiana is the correct name of N. pumila. 
N. sphxrocarpa, a native of New Guinea, is grown at 
Kew, but is not in general cultivation. 
NEOBENTHAMIA (named in honour of George 
Bentham, joint author with Sir Joseph Hooker, of the 
“Genera Plantarum”; the prefix neo [new] serving to 
OF GARDENING, 
Neobenthamia—continued. 
distinguish it from two previously founded, but 
abandoned, genera named Benthamia). OrpD. Orchidex: 
A monotypic genus. The species is a stove Orchid, 
allied to Cymbidium (which see for culture), but 
differing conspicuously in the shorter, hardly spreading 
perianth, and in the lip not being erect or embracing 
the column, but spreading from the base and slightly 
recurved beyond the middle. 
N. gracilis (slender). jl. pure white, with two rows of 
reddish spots on the lip, nearly lin, across; raceme short, 
erect, terminal, many-flowered. February. J. long-linear, 
acuminate, sheathing at base, recurved. Stems long, thin, 
tufted, Bamboo-like. Eastern tropical Africa, 1884. (B. M. 
7221; G. C. 1891, x., p. 272, f. 33.) 
NEOTINEA. Included under Habenaria (which 
see). 
NEOTTIA. Several species formerly included here 
are now classed under Spiranthes (which see). 
NEPENTHES. To the species and hybrids described 
on pp. 435-9, Vol. II., the following should be added: 
N. amabilis (lovely). Pitchers mottled with dark crimson, 
freely produced. 1886, A garden hybrid between N. Hookert 
and N. Raflesiana, of good habit; it bears closer resemblance 
to the former parent. 
N. Amesiana apts Ames’). Pitchers green, prettily marked 
with red. 1893. A hybrid been N. Raflesiana and N. Hookeriana. 
N. Balfouriana (Balfour’s).* Pitchers lft. long, deep red, 
with a few green spots and numerous spots and splashes of 
crimson. 1899. A handsome hybrid between N. Mastersiana 
and NV. miata. 
N. Burbidgei (Burbidge’s). A synonym of NV. Phyllamphora. 
N. Burkei (Burke's). Pitchers green, blotched with red, 
cylindrical, wingless, narrowed in the middle, 8in. long; 
mouth dark red, irregularly Jobed, with a number of parallel 
nerves; lid ovate, obtuse. Borneo, 1889. (G. C. 1889, vi. 
p- 493, f. 69.) 
N. B. excellens (excellent).* Pitchers larger and more richly 
coloured than in the type, being of a mottled bronzy-green, 
with a rich, deep bronze-purple margin. 1890. A capital 
plant for basket culture. (J. H. ser. iil., xxi., p. 161, f. 21.) 
N. B. prolifica (prolific): J. narrower than in the_ type. 
Pitchers smaller, but very freely produced, mottled dull 
green, with a margin of orange-russet. 1890. 
N. compacta (compact).* Pitchers produced in abundance, 
about Sin. long and 8in. in circumference, reddish-purple, 
sometimes shaded with violet, splashed and marbled with 
creamy-white, the margins and mouth creamy-white; lid 
spotted. 1881. A distinct plant, of compact habit. 
N. Curtisii (Curtis’). J. sub-coriaceous, glabrous above, sparsely 
glandulose beneath, 8in. long. Pitchers about 8in. long, dull 
green, thickly mottled with purple, ascending, the throat 
shining; lid cordate-ovate, acute, about the size of the mouth 
of the pitcher, prettily marbled with purple on a pale ground. 
Borneo, 1887. (B. M. 7138; G. C. 1887, ii., p. 689.) 
N. C. superba (superb).* Pitchers much darker than in the 
typical plant, and having a broad, purplish rim. 1889. 
N. cylindrica (cylindrical). 7. spreading, broadly oblanceolate- 
oblong, Sin. to 12in. long, narrowed into a winged petiole. 
Pitchers 6in. to 8in. long, lin. to 14in. in diameter, pale green, 
with a few scattered, crimson spots and markings, cylindrical, 
slightly inflated below the middle; mouth frilled; lid oval, 
with a depressed mid-nerve, horizontal or slightly fornicate 
over the aperture. 1887. A hybrid between N. Veitchii and 
N. hirsuta glabrescens, (G. C. 1887, ii., p. 521, f. 133.) 
N. Dicksoniana (Dickson’s).* Pitchers beautifully coloured, 
with a broad, rosy rim. 1888. A fine hybrid between 
N. Veitchii and N. Raflesiana, intermediate in form between 
the two parents, and of robust growth. (G. C. 1888, v., pp. 
541-3, f. 78.) 
N. excelsior (advanced). Pitchers Sin. deep, richly mottled 
with purple-red and chocolate-brown on a light green ground, 
oblong, rounded at base, 1883. A hybrid between N. Rajiesiana 
and N. Hookeriana. 
N. Findlayana (Findlay’s). 
reddish-crimson, medium-sized, produced in profusion. 
Garden hybrid. 
N. formosa (beautiful).* A garden hybrid between N. chelsoni 
and N. distillatoria. 
N. Harryana (Harry Veitch’s). 
and N. Edwardsiana, 
N. Henryana (Henry Williams’), Pitchers about Tin. long, 
reddish-purple, variegated with green; throat light green, with 
violet spots; mouth crimson, shaded with violet; lip round, 
suffused with rosy-lake. A hybrid between WN. Hookeriana and 
N. Sedeni. (I. H. ser. y. 15.) 
Pitchers pale green, mottled with 
1886. 
A hybrid between N. villosa 
