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nearly ripe cutting's, inserted in sand, with a hand glass 

 over them ; or by seeds. 



N. amurensis (Amur), ft. white ; filaments of stamens reddish. 

 Summer. I. subcordate-orbiculate, three to five-lobed ; lobes 

 acute, sharply doubly serrated, with a thin white stellate 

 pubescence beneath, h. 4ft. to 7ft. Amurland. A compact- 

 growing, handsome shrub. (R. G. 489, under name of Spiraea 

 amurensis.) 



N. opulifolia (Guelder Rose-leaved).* fl. white, disposed in 

 umbel-like corymbs, and succeeded by purplish, membranous 

 pods. June. I. roundish, palmately somewhat three-lobed and 

 heart-shaped, h. 5ft North America, 1690. SYN. Spiraea opuli- 

 folia. 



N. O. aurea (golden).* This only differs from the type in the fine 

 golden-yellow tint retained almost throughout the season by 

 the leaves. 



N. rubiflora (Bramble-flowered), fl. twice the size of those of 

 N. thyrsiflora ; racemes terminal, solitary ; calyx furnished with 

 pedicellate glands. I. cordate, three-lobed, acuminated, doubly 

 serrated ; stipules entire, h. 6ft. Nepaul. 



N. thyrsiflora (thyrse-flowered). ft., racemes spicate, disposed 

 in a terminal thyrse ; calyx silky. I. cordate-ovate, three-lobed, 

 doubly serrated, h. 6ft. Nepaul. 



NEIPPERGIA. A synonym of Acineta. 



NEJA (a meaningless name, invented for this genus 

 by Don). OBD. Composites. A small genus (now re- 

 garded, by Bentham and Hooker, as synonymous with 

 Hysterionica) of half - hardy herbaceous perennials or 

 under-shrubs, generally hispid with long spreading hairs, 

 and bearing scattered, narrow, linear, finely - pointed 

 leaves. The undermentioned is a compact little plant, 

 and produces an abundance of flower-heads. It has 

 a very neat appearance in the borders, and thrives in 

 any common garden soil. Propagated by seeds, or by 

 divisions. 



N. graollls (slender).* fl.-heads yellow, solitary, on long stalks. 

 May to October, h. 1ft. Uruguay (wrongly ascribed to Mexico, 

 in books), 1828. 



NELITRIS (from ne, privative, and elytron, a seed- 

 case ; in reference to the berry being without any par- 

 titions). SYN. Decaspermum. ORD. Myrtacece. A genus 

 of stove shrubs or small trees, natives of tropical (mostly 

 Eastern) Asia, and tropical Australia. About a score 

 plants have been described by various authors; but 

 probably not more than four or five are worthy of spe- 

 cific rank. Flowers small, pedicellate, in axillary ra- 

 cemes, or often forming terminal, leafy panicles. Leaves 

 opposite, penniveined. The undermentioned species 

 thrive in a well-drained mixture, composed of turfy 

 loam, to which may be added about a third of dry 

 cow-manure and a small quantity of sand. Through- 

 out the growing season, they require an abundant 

 supply of water, but must be kept drier during the 

 season of rest. Cuttings of half-ripened shoots root in 

 sandy soil, when placed under a bell glass, in bottom 

 heat. 



N. Jambosella (Jambosella). fl. white ; peduncles axillary, one- 

 flowered, nearly the length of the leaves. I. ovate, acute, h. 6ft. 

 to 8ft. New Caledonia, 1810. Shrub. 



N. paniculata (paniculate), fl. white, terminal, axillary, panicu- 

 late. May. I. oblong, acuminate, h. 10ft. Moluccas, 1826. 

 Shrub. 



NELUMEIUM (Nelumlo is the Cingalese name of 

 N. speciosum). Sacred, or Water Bean. SYN. Cyamus. 

 ORD. NymphceacecB. This genus comprises only a couple 

 of species of beautiful greenhouse or nearly hardy aquatic 

 plants, of which one is American and the other Asiatic 

 or Australian. Flowers on long stalks, traversed by a 

 number of air-canals, regularly disposed ; corolla of 

 numerous deciduous petals, arranged in several rows; 

 "the stamens are numerous in several rows, attached 

 with the petals to the base of the receptacle; the 

 stigma is sessile ; the receptacle or torus is in form 

 like a funnel ; and the ovaries, which are numerous, 



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are placed in sockets on the upper surface" (Masters). 

 Leaves peltate, on the summit of long cylindrical leaf- 

 stalks, springing from an elegant horizontal rootstock. 

 The species thrive in a compost of rich loam and well- 

 decomposed manure. Under glass the rhizomes may be 

 placed a few inches, or a foot or more, beneath the sur- 

 face of the water ; in warm tanks or ponds outside there 

 should be, at least, a foot of water above them. They 

 are admirably suited for large aquaria, under glass, and 

 would, probably, thrive in tanks in the open air in the 

 South of England. In the Jardin des Plantes, at Paris, 

 a large circular tank, sunk below the level of the ground, 

 is planted with N. speciosum, and forms a very attractive 

 feature of the gardens during summer. In autumn, after 

 the leaves have died off, a glass cover is placed over 

 the tank, and throughout winter a covering of straw, 

 or some other protecting material, as well. In spring 

 the latter is removed, and afterwards the glass cover, 

 when growth has sufficiently advanced, and all danger 

 of frost has passed. 



FIG. 668. NELUMBUFM LUTKUM. 



N. luteum (yellow).* fl. yellow, fragrant, resembling a double 

 Tulip, very large, sometimes spreading out more than 1ft. in 

 diameter; anthers drawn out beyond the cells into a linear 

 appendage. July. I. of a peculiar bluish-green, 12m. to Ibin. in 

 diameter. West Indies and Southern United States, 1810. See 

 Fig. 668. (B. M. 3753.) 



N. speclosnm (showy).* Egyptian Bean of Pythagoras, fl. white, 

 rosy-tipped, very fragrant, about 1ft. in diameter ; anthers drawn 

 out beyond the cells into a club-shaped appendage; peduncles 

 longer than the petioles, erect, scabrous. Summer. 1. large, 1ft. 

 to 2ft. in diameter, exactly peltate in the centre, orbicular- 

 entire, glabrous, under surface palest ; margins somewhat waved ; 

 petioles long, rising beyond the surface of the water, scabrous 

 with acute tubercles. Trunk of the root horizontal, fleshy, 

 white, sending out many fibres from the under surface. Asia, 

 1787. A beautiful aquatic, which should be grown in tubs, and 



