NORFOLK ISLAND PINE 591 



NUPHAR 



NORFOLK ISLAND PINE. Arauca'ria exce'lsa. 

 NORMANDY CRESS. See AMERICAN CRESS. 

 NORWAY MAPLE. A'cer platanoi'des. 

 NORWAY SPRUCE. Pi' cea exce'lsa. 



NOTEL2E A. (From notos, south, and elaia, the olive ; 

 literally, the Australian Olive. Nat. ord. Oliveworts 

 [Oleaceae]. Linn. 2-Diandria, i-Monogynia.) 



AU the species in this order will graft on each other, 

 as the Lilac on the Ash, the Olive on the Privet and 

 Phillyrea, and so forth. Greenhouse, white-flowered, 

 evergreen shrubs, from Australia. Cuttings of firm, side, 

 stubby shoots in April, in sand, under a bell-glass, 

 without bottom-heat ; peat and loam, with a little sand 

 and charcoal. Winter temp., 40 to 50. 

 N. exce'lsa (tall). 15. May. Canary Islands. 1784. 



longifo'lia (long-leaved). 3. April. 1790. 



ova'ta (egg-leaved). 2. June. 1824. 



puncta'ta (doited-leaved). 3. June. 1826. 



NOTHOCHL2E'NA. (From nothos, spurious, and 

 chlaina, a cloak ; some of the species appearing to have 

 an involucre. Nat. ord. Ferns [Filices]. Linn. 24- 

 Cryptogamia, i-Filices.) 



Stove Ferns, all but one with brown spores. See 

 FERNS. 



N. affi'nis (allied). -. Mexico and Guatemala. 

 argyrosti'gma (silver-dotted). July. E. Ind. 

 ,, canarie'nsis (Canary). Teneriffe. 

 ca'ndida (white). See N. SULPHUREA. 

 cane'scens (grey). Mexico. 

 chrysophy'lla (golden-leaved). See N. FLAVENS. 

 de'nsa (dense). July. Isle of Luzon. 1840. 

 ,, di'stans (distant), f. July. Australia. 1823. 

 ecklonia'na (Ecklon's). . August. S. Africa. 1838. 

 ferrugi'nea (rusty). \-i\. Sori black. W. Ind. and 



Mexico to Chili. 

 fla'vens (yeUow). J-iJ. Powder bright yellow. 



Central Amer. 



Hoo'keri (Hooker's). See N. NIVEA HOOKERI. 

 hypoleu'ca (white-beneath). J-i. Felted, with white 



hairs beneath. Chili. 

 lee,' vis (smooth). See N. SINUATA. 

 ,, lanugino'sa (woolly). f. August. Madeira. 1778. 

 lenti'gera (pea-spored). May. S. Amer. 1822. 

 Mara'nta (Maranta's). \. July. N. Africa, Hima- 

 layas, &c. 1820. 

 mo'llis (soft). J-iJ. Powder silvery. Chili and 



Guatemala. 1892. 



Muelle'ri (Mueller's), i. Frond olive-green. 1888. 

 Newbe'rryi (Newberry*s). $-1. Frond covered with 



white felt on both sides. California. 

 ni'vea (snowy). . White. July. Mexico to Peru. 

 Hoo'keri (Hooker's). Pinnules sessile. 

 piloselloi'des (Pilosella-like). J. July. E. Ind. 1822. 

 pulvera'cea (dusty). See N. SULPHUREA. 

 pu'mila (dwarf). . August. N. Holland. 

 ru'fa (reddish). See N. FERRUGINEA. 

 sinua'ta (wavy-edged). Peru. 1831. 

 sinua'ta (sinuated). 1-2 J. Rhizome bearing bulbs. 



New Mexico to Chili. 1831. 

 squamo'sa (scaly). J-J. Mexico to Argentina. 

 sulphu'rea (sulphur). |-J. Fronds with white or 



yellow powder beneath. California, &c. 

 te'nera (tender-textured). J. Chili. 

 tomento'sa (downy). May. Mexico. 1841. 

 trichomanoi'des (Trichomanes-like). June. Jamaica. 



1844. 

 vesti'ta (clothed). July. N. Amer. 1812. 



NOTHOCLE'NA and NOTHOLZE'NA. See NOTHO- 



CHL^NA. 



NOTHOS CO'RDUM. (From nothos, spurious, and 

 skordon, a contraction of skorodon, garlic. Nat. ord. 

 Liliaceae. Allied to Allium.) 



Hardy and half-hardy bulbs. Offsets and seeds. 

 Rich, light soil. 



N. au'reum (golden). See BLOOMERIA AUREA. 

 fra' grans (fragrant), ij. White. Mexico. 1822. 



Hardy. 



inodo'rum (scentless), ij. White. June, July. 

 Carolina. 1770. 



N. macroste'mon (long-stamened). See MILLA MACRO 



STEMON. 

 ,, nerinifio'rum (Nerine-flowered). i. Rose, purple. 



China. 1843. 

 ,, striate'llum (finely-lined). See N. STRIATUM STRIA- 



TELLUM. 



stria'tum (lined), i. White, lined greenish-purple. 



June. N. Amer. Hardy. 

 striate'llum (finely- lined). i. Greenish-yellow. 



June. Chili. Half-hardy. 



NOTHOSPA'RTITJM and NOTHOSPE'RMUM. See 



NOTOSPARTIUM. 



NOTO'BASIS SYRI'ACA, or "Syrian Thistle." See 

 CNICUS SYRIACUS. 



NOTO'NIA. (A commemorative name. Nat. ord. 

 Composite.) 



Stove succulents with spathulate, fleshy leaves. 

 Cuttings, allowed to dry for some days and then inserted 

 in sand. Fibrous loam, leaf-mould, some finely broken 

 bricks, and sand. 

 N. amanie'nsis (Amanian). 4. Yellow ; scapes reddish. 



E. Trop. Africa. 1905. 

 grandiflo'ra (large-flowered). India. 

 Gra'ntii (Grant's). Trop. Africa. 

 sempervi'va (Sempervivum-like). See N. GRANTII. 

 trachyca'rpa (rough-fruited). Trop. Africa. 



NOTOSPA'RTIUM. (From notos, southern, and 

 spartium, broom ; the plant has the habit of broom. 

 Nat. ord. Leguminosae.) 



Half-hardy shrub, requiring a wall, except in the 

 warmer parts of the country. Seeds. Loam and peat 

 or leaf-mould. 



N. Carmichce'licB (like Carmichaelia). 2-15. Pink. New 

 Zealand. 1883. " Makaka." 



NOTY'IIA. (From notos, the back, and tulos, a hump ; 

 referring to a singular lump on the column. Nat. ord. 

 Orchids [Orchidaceae]. Linn. 2o-Gynandria, i-Monan- 

 dria. Allied to Cirrhasa.) 



Stove orchids. For culture, see CIRRH^'A. 

 N. a'lbida (whitish). White. March. Central Amer. 



1851. 



Barke'ri (Barker's). Straw. Mexico. 1837. 

 bi'color (two-coloured). Lilac, whitish. Guatemala. 



1866. 



biparti'ta (two-parted). Straw. Mexico. 1880. 

 bre'vis (short). White and yellow. S. Amer. 1895 

 ,, Bungero'thii (Bungeroth's). Yellowish-green. Trop. 



Amer. 1887. 



,, incu'rva (curled-in). Pale straw. Trinidad. 

 la'xa (loose). Greenish, spotted with orange. Brazil. 



1882. 

 ,, laxiflo'ra (loose-flowered). . Pale yellow. Para. 



1839. 



micra'ntha (small-flowered). Pale green. Demerara. 

 puncta'ta (dotted). J. YeUow, green. Trinidad. 



1822. 



te'nuis (slender). Pale straw. Demerara. 1836. 

 trise'pala (three-sepaled). J. Pale green. Mexico. 

 1850. 



NOUEIIA. (Commemorative of M. A. A. Novel, of 

 the Orleans Museum. Nat. ord. Composite.) 



Half-hardy or greenhouse shrub or small tree. Seeds. 

 Fibrous loam, leaf-mould, and sand. 

 N. insi'gnis (remarkable). White. Yunnan, China. 

 1889. 



NUNNEZHA'RIA TENEXLA. See CHAM.CDOREA 



TENELLA. 



NU'PHAR. (From neufar, the Arabic for water-lily. 

 Nat. ord. Water-lilies [Nymphasacea?]. Linn. r$-Poly- 

 andria, i-Monogynia.) 



A beautiful family of hardy, yellow-flowered water- 

 plants. Seeds merely thrown in the pond where it is 

 desired to grow them, and divisions of the roots. 

 N. a'dvena (stranger). July. N. Amer. 1772. 

 halmia'num (Kalmian). See N. MINIMUM. 

 lu'teum (cowmen-yellow). June. Britain. " Brandy 



Bottle." 



lu'teum kalmia'num (Kalmian-yellow). See N. 

 MINIMUM. 



