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N ANODES (from nanodes, a pigmy; in reference to 

 the small size of the plants). OBD. Orchideoe. A genus 

 of cool Orchids (now included, by Bentham and Hooker, 

 under Epidendrum), distinguished in having the lip ad- 

 nate to the column, and cohering with the lateral sepal?, 

 above which it is placed, and in the four compressed 

 pollen-masses being sessile, side by side, on an ovate 

 gland. They are natives of mountainous regions in South 

 America. The species mentioned below thrive best in 

 baskets of peat, fibre, and sphagnum, suspended near 

 the glass. 

 N. discolor (discoloured). /. purple, solitary, sessile, terminal, 



obscure, immersed between the leaves ; sepals ascendent ; petals 



declinate ; lip fleshy, ovate, minutely crenulate. August. I. 



ovate-oblong, emarginate, amplexicaul, and s_heathing at base, 



greenish - purple. Stems aggveg 



densely leafy. Rio Janeiro. (B. 



2in. to Sin. high, simple, 



N. 



(Medusa's).* /..sepals and petals greenish, shaded 



with brown, large, terminal, produced two or more together; 



argin, 



lip large and spreading, deeply fringed around the margin, rich 

 maroon, with a green base. I. distichous, of a glaucous tint, 

 curiously twisted, about Sin. long. Pseudo-bulb thick and 

 fleshy, about 1ft. long. Andes. A rare arid very curious plant. 

 "Altogether, the flattened, stout culms, the pale glaucous colour 

 of the foliage, and the extraordinary appearance and lurid purple 

 of the flower, give it a most sinister appearance, and, for an 

 Orchid, a most unusual one " (Hooker). (B. M. 5723.) 



NAFIFORM. Formed liked a turnip ; having the 

 figure of a depressed sphere. 



NAPOLEON A (named after Napoleon Buonaparte). 

 SYN. Belvisia. OBD. Myrtacece. A small genus (only 

 two species) of glabrous stove trees, restricted to tropical 

 Africa. Flowers various-coloured, solitary, in the axils 

 of the leaves. Leaves alternate, entire, or obscurely 

 sinuate-toothed, dotted. N. imperialis thrives in a com- 

 post of sandy peat and fibry loam. Propagated by cut- 

 tings of half-ripened shoots, 2in. to 4in. long, inserted in 

 sand, under a hand glass, in mild bottom heat. The 

 second species is probably not in cultivation. The species 

 described below was discovered, towards the close of the 

 eighteenth century, by Baron Palisot de Beauvois, and the 

 badly-executed figure given by that author in his " Flore 

 d'Oware et de Be'nin," coupled with the singular structure 

 and colour, caused some botanists for a considerable time 

 to doubt the very existence of the plant. AH uncertainty 

 was, however, cleared away in 1843, when Whitfield, a 

 botanical collector, brought with him to this country, 

 from Sierra Leone, dried specimens and living plants of 

 Napoleona ; one of the latter flowering, some years later, in 

 the garden of the then Duke of Northumberland. 

 N. imperialis (imperial). /. apricot-colour and crimson, as- 

 suming a bluish tint when they decay ; exterior of corolla large, 

 concave - sub - hemispherical, many - folded and toothed ; inter- 

 mediate corona deeply cleft as far as the base into filiform, 



spreading lacinine ; central portic 

 much-cut, inflexed margin. May. 

 acuminate, dark green, h. 6ft. If 



erect, cyathiform, with 

 I. shortly stalked, ovate- 

 4. (B. M. 4S87.) 



NARAVELIA (from Narawael, the Cingalese name 

 of the genus). OBD. Ranunculacece. A genus com- 

 prising only two (or perhaps three) species of stove 

 climbing plants, with woody stems, natives of Southern 

 Asia or the Indian Archipelago. Flowers paniculate ; 

 sepals four or five, petaloid, valvate ; petals numerous, 

 linear or clavate. Leaves opposite, bifoliolate ; petioles 

 produced into tendrils. N. zeylanica, probably the only 

 species yet introduced, is an ornamental plant, with the 

 habit of Clematis ; it thrives in a compost of sandy 

 peat and fibry loam. Propagated by cuttings of half- 

 ripened shoots, inserted in sand, under a hand glass, in 

 heat. 



N. zeylanica (Cingalese). /. yellow, with four or five sepals and 

 six to twelve linear petals ; panicle terminal, with trichotomous 

 pedicels. I. opposite, stalked ; leaflets two, ovate-acuminated, 

 on very short stalks, five to seven-nerved, quite entire, or notched 

 with one or two teeth on each side, velvety underneath, smooth 

 above, drawn out at the apex into a trifid, twisted tendril. 

 Ceylon, 1796. 



NARCISSUS (the old Greek name used by Hippo- 

 crates, connected with a mythological story). Including 



Narcissus continued. 



Ajax, Corbularia, Ganymedes, and Jonquilla. OBD. 

 Amaryllidece. A genus of very popular, usually hardy, 

 ornamental bulbous plants, of which probably not more 

 than a score are entitled to specific rank. The genus is 

 confined to Europe, North Africa, and North and West 

 Asia. Flowers white or yellow, solitary or umbellate, 

 drooping or inclined ; spathe membranous ; perianth 

 tubular below, segments spreading, mouth surmounted by 

 a circular corona or crown ; stamens inserted in the 

 tube, included within the crown ; filaments free or adnate 

 to the tube; scape compressed. Leaves linear (Rush -like) 

 or strap-shaped. 



Mr. Baker's grouping of the species and varieties, 

 and of the known or presumed hybrids, as published 

 in the " Gardener's Chronicle," 1884, is given below, 

 with a few varieties added. In Series I., the names 

 printed in the first left-hand column, in small capitals, 

 represent the sub-genera, those in the second, in italics, 

 indicate the admitted species; the third column contains 

 the sub-species, and the fourth the varieties as under- 

 stood botanically. In Series II., the first column of 

 names represents what are regarded as primary types; 

 those in the second are regarded as secondary .typos. 



Series I. Genuine Species and their Varieties. 



MAGNICORONATI. 

 Crown, or trumpet, as long as, or rather longer than, the divisions 



of the perianth. 

 I. CORBULARIA 

 N. Bulbocodium 



citrinus 

 conspicuus 

 tenuifolius 

 Graellsii 

 monophyllus 

 nivalis 

 H. AJAX- 



N. Pseudo-Nareigsus 



Pseudo-Narcissus proper { the 

 abscissus (muticus) 

 cambricus / 

 lobularis connecting links 



princeps / between Pseudo-Narcissus 

 Telamonius j and major 



variiformis ^ 

 iolor 



( connecting links between 



major 



minor 



moschatus 



maximus 

 obvallaris 

 pallifius pracox 

 propinquus 

 spurius 



minimus 



nanus 



pumilua 



albicans 

 cernuus 

 tortuosus 



MEDIOCORONATI. 

 Crown, or cup, half as long as the divisions of the perianth, but, in 



one or two cases, three-quarters as long. 

 IIL GANYMEDES 

 N. calathinus 

 N. triandrus 



cernuus 

 concolor 

 nutans 

 pulchellus 



IV. QUELTIA 



N. ineomparabilis 

 albidus 

 anrantius 



N. odorus (calathinus, Hort.) 

 total 



minor (pseudo-juncifolius) 

 rugulosus 

 N. juncifolius 



apodanthus 

 rupicolus 



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