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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 



NEMOFHIIaA (from nemos, a grove, and phileo, to 

 love; alluding to the place of growth of the species). 

 ORD. Hydrophyllacece. A genus comprising seven or eight 

 species of hardy, diffuse, annual herbs, indigenous to 

 North America. Flowers blue, white or spotted, showy 



FIG. 669. NEMOPHILA TNSIGMS. 



or small, terminal or opposite the leaves, on elongated, 

 one-flowered peduncles, rarely shortly pedicellate, dis- 

 posed in terminal few-flowered cymes; corolla broadly 

 campanulate or sub-rotate; lobes five, broad, imbricated. 



Nem.oph.ila continued. 



N. atomarla (speckled). A synonym of N. Menziesii. 



N. aurita (ear-leaved), fl. purple-violet, nearly lin. in diameter. 

 June. I. pinnate, hairy, produced at the base in two lateral ear- 

 like lobes, which embrace the stem. h. lift. 1831. (B. R. 1601 ; 

 S. B. F. G. ser. ii. 338.) 



N. insignia (remarkable).* fl. sky-blue, with a white eye, more 

 than 1m. in diameter ; peduncles longer than the leaves. Spring 

 and summer. I. with three or four lobes on each side, quite entire, 

 or cut. h. IJft. 1822. See Fig. 669. (B. M. 3485 ; B. K. 1713 ; 

 S. B. F. G. ser. ii. 329.) The prettiest and best species, of which 

 there are several varieties, including alba, white ; marffinata, 

 blue, with a white edge ; and purpurea rosea, purplish-rose. 



N. macula ta (spotted).* fl. white, with a violet-purple blotch on 

 each lobe of the large corolla. Summer. L very hairy, pmnatind, 

 with rounded, acute, or obtuse lobes, h. 6in. 1848. See Fig. 670. 

 (F. d. S. 431.) 



N. Menziesii (Menzies').* fl. white to light blue, commonly with 

 dark dots or spots ; peduncles axillary, elongated ; corolla rotate, 



FIG. 670. FLOWERING BRANCH AND DETACHED BRANCHLET OF 

 NEMOPHILA MACULATA. 



Leaves alternate or opposite, pinnately lobed or dissected. 

 The several species and varieties are of the easiest cul- 

 ture in any moderately good garden soil, and are admir- 

 ably adapted for rockeries, borders, and beds. For a 

 spring show, seeds should be sown early in August, 

 where the plants are intended to flower; and, for 

 summer display, any time during April. 



with a very pilose bottom. Summer. I. opposite, pinnatifid ; 

 lobes five to nine, almost entire, h. 4in. 1836. (B. M. 3774 ; 

 B. B. 1940; S. B. F. G. ser. ii. 376, under name of N. atomaria.) 



A synonym of Nemastylis (which 



There are a few pretty varieties of this species, such as alba, 

 white and black centre ; coelestis, with sky-blue margin ; and 

 oeulata, pale blue and black centre. Jff. discoulalis is a garden 

 variety of this species, having rather smaller purple-brown 

 flowers, edged with white. 



N. phacelioides (Phacelia-like). fl. blue, with a white eye. 

 Summer. I. more or less pinnatifid, broadest in the middle, and 

 narrowed into a short petiole at the base. h. 1ft. 1822. (B. M. 

 2373 ; B. R. 740 ; S. B. F. G. 32.) 



NEMOROSUS. Growing in groves. 



NEMOSTYLIS. 



see). 



NENGA (said to be the Malay name of the plant). 

 ORD. Palmce. A monotypic genus, the species being an 

 elegant, unarmed, stove Palm. It thrives best in a fibrous 

 peat, to which a little leaf mould and sharp sand may 

 be added with advantage. If well-drained, and not 

 over-potted, it can scarcely be supplied with too much 

 water. Propagated by imported seeds. 

 N. pumila (dwarf), fl- whitish ; spadix shortly pedunculate ; 



spathes two, lower one complete, lanceolate, complicate bicristate ; 



upper one incomplete, persistent, or none. Jr. reddish-yellow, 



small. 1. terminal, equally pinnatisect ; segments linear-acumi- 



nate or obliquely two or three-fid ; margins reduplicate at base ; 



primary nerves sparsely scaly underneath ; rachis trigonous ; 



petioles short. Stem slender, tall, annulate ; branches slender, 



pendulous. Malay. 



NENGELLA (a diminutive of Nenga). ORD. Palmcc. 

 A small genus (two or three species) of low, unarmed^ 

 stove Palms, with reedlike, annulate stems, natives of the 

 Malayan Archipelago and New Guinea. Flowers small, 

 the females shorter than the males ; complete spathes 

 two, elongated, membranous, complanate, deciduous ; 

 spadix slender, pendulous, slightly flexuous; bracts and 

 bracteoles scale-formed. Fruit small, elongated. Leaves 

 terminal, equally pinnatisect or flabelliform and furcate ; 

 upper segments truncate, many-nerved, erose or cut ; 

 lower ones linear-lanceolate, long- acuminate ; margins re- 

 curved at base ; rachis and petiole trigonal. N. paradoxa, 

 the only species in cultivation, requires a compost of 

 loam and leaf soil, to which some sharp sand or charcoal 

 should be added. As the plants become established, 

 more loam should be added than when they were in a 

 young state. Propagated by imported seeds. 

 N. paradoxa (paradoxical). 1. 12in. to 18in. long, about Sin. 

 broad ; petiole with a long, striate, rusty-coloured sheath ; 

 blade pinnate ; pinnules, 6in. to Sin. long, very unequal. Stem 

 slender, 5ft. to 7ft. high ; crown consisting of six or eight leaves. 



NEOGYNE. Included under Ccelogyne. 



NEOLEXIS. A synonym of Smilaciiia (which 



see). 



NEOTTIA (from neottia, a bird's nest; referring to 

 the interlacing of the numerous roots). Lady's Tresses. 

 SYN. Neottidium. OKD. Orchideas. A small genus of 

 hardy terrestrial Orchids, closely allied to Listera, but 

 having a longer column, and generally a cucullate anther- 

 bed. The three species known are leafless, brown-stemmed 



