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NORANTEA (altered from Gonora-antegri, the Carib- 

 bean name of N. guianensis). STNS. Ascium, Schwartzia. 

 ORD. Ternstromiacea}. A genus consisting of about eight 

 species of handsome stove epiphytal or climbing shrubs, 

 rarely arborescent, confined to tropical America. Flowers 

 disposed in terminal, elongated, many-flowered racemes ; 

 petals and sepals five, imbricated ; pedicels jointed at 

 the base, furnished with petiolate, cucullate, or saccate 

 bracts. Leaves coriaceous, entire. The species (of which 

 the two here described are probably the only ones yet 

 introduced) thrive in a compost of loam and peat. Propa- 

 gated by ripened cuttings, which root freely in sand, 

 under a glass, in heat. 



N. braziliensis (Brazilian), fl. green in the middle, but white 

 on the margins, racemose, on Ion-? peduncles ; bracts scarlet. 

 I. obovate, stalked, h. 6ft. Brazil, 1820. Climber. 



N. guianensis (Guiana), fl. violet, nearly sessile, on long spikes ; 

 bracts large, bladdery or cucullate, scarlet. I. oblong, mucro- 

 nate, coriaceous. Branches red, throwing out roots, by which 

 it supports itself on trees near which ib grows. Guiana, 1818. 

 A beautiful species. (A. G. 220.) 



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Araucaria 



Nothochleeua continued. 



3in broad hi- tripinnatifld ; upper pinnae close, the lower ones 

 ub-distant, deltoid; 

 innate, with short, o 



NORFOLK ISLAND FINE. 



ezcelsa. 



NOBiNA. A synonym of Calypso. 

 NORWAY MAPLE. See Acer platanoides. 

 NORWAY SPRUCE. See Picea excelsa. 



NOTEL2EA (from notos, south, and Elaia, the Olive ; 

 in allusion to the form and native place of the species), 

 STN. Rhysospermum. ORD. Oleacece. A genus com- 

 prising eight species of Australian, greenhouse evergreen 

 shrubs or trees, with the habit of Olive, only three of 

 which, probably, have yet been introduced. Flowers in 

 short, fasciculate, axillary racemes; petals four, broad, ! 

 obtuse, free, or connected by pairs to the filaments at j 

 the base. Drupe globose, ovoid or oblong. Leaves oppo- 

 site, entire. The species thrive in a compost of peat 

 and loam, with a little sand and charcoal added. Pro- 

 pagated, in April, by cuttings of firm side shoots, inserted 

 in sand, under a bell glass, without heat. 



N. longlfolia (long-leaved), fl. white, small ; racemes rarely lin. 

 long. March to June. Jr. ovoid or globular, dark- bluish. 

 I. lanceolate, reticulately veined on both surfaces, more or less 

 downy beneath, dotless, 2in. to 6in. long. 1790. Tall shrub. 

 SYN. Olea apetala (A. B. E. 316). 



N. ovate (ovate), fl. similar to those of H. longifolia ; racemes 

 few-flowered. June. fr. like that of N. longifolia. I. very 

 shortly petiolate, ovate or broadly ovate-lanceolate, obtuse or 

 acute, rounded or contracted at base, IJin. to 2in. long. 1824. 

 Shrub. 



N. punctate (dotted), fl. as in N. longifolia. June. fr. ovoid, 

 smaller than that of N. lonfjifolia. I. oblong-lanceolate, 2in. to 

 Sin. long, tapering into a rather long petiole, reticulate above, 

 densely dotted beneath. 1826. Shrub. 



NOTHOCHL2BNA (from nothos, spurious, and 

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

 involucres). Frequently, but incorrectly, spelt Notho- 

 clana, or Notholcena. Including Cincinalis. ORD. 

 Fttices. A genus comprising about thirty-four species 

 of wide-spread, ornamental stove or greenhouse Ferns, 

 differing from Cheilanthes only by the absence of a 

 distinct involucre, and connected with it by gradual 

 intermediate changes. The species should be grown 

 slightly elevated above the rim of the pot, and in a 

 compost of fibrous peat, silver sand, and small pieces of 

 sandstone. Thorough drainage is most essential ; and the 

 fronds should not be wetted. For general culture, see 

 Ferns. Except where otherwise stated, all the species 

 here described require greenhouse treatment. 

 N. Candida (white). A synonym of N. sulphured. 

 N. chrysophylla (golden-fronded). A garden synonym of 



N.flavens. 



N. distans (distant), sti. densely tufted, lin. to Sin. long, wiry. 

 fronds 6in. to 9in. long, fin. to lin. broad, bipinnate ; pinnae often 

 much curled together, the lower ones distant, deltoid, cut down 

 to the rachis into cblong, obtuse, entire or slightly lobed 

 pinnules ; lower surface and rachis scaly. Australia, &c. 

 N. Ecklonlana (Ecklon's).* rhiz. woody, densely scaly, sti. 3in. 

 to 6in. long, strong, erect, scaly, fronds 6in. to 12in. long, 2in. to 



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sub-distant, deltoid; pinnules close, lanceolate, pinnatifld or 

 pinnate, with short, oblong segments ; lower surface and rachis 

 densely scaly. Cape Colony, &c., 1838. A handsome but very 



rare species. 



N. ferruglnea (rusty) rhiz. thick, bearing bulb-like scaly buds. 

 sti. sub-tufted, 2in. to 4m. long, wiry, erect, slightly matted. 

 fronds 6m. to 12m. long, 4m. to lin. broad, simply pinnate ; 

 pinnae sessile, Jin. to *in. long, ovate, deeply pinnatind, with 

 blunt lobes ; upper surface pale green, villous ; lower densely 

 tomentose ; edge inflexed. sori black. West Indies, Mexico. 



N. flavens (yellow).* sti. densely tufted, 4in. to Sin. long naked 

 fronds 4in. to 9in. long, 2in. to 4in. broad, oblong-deltoid, tri'- 

 pinnate ; pmnce distant, the lower ones deltoid ; the pinnules 

 stalked, with oblong segments, lin. to liin. broad ; lower surface 

 densely coated with bright yellow powder, sori brown, extending 

 from the edge nearly to the midrib. Central America. An elegant 

 greenhouse species, known in gardens sometimes as N. chryso- 

 ptiytla. SYNS. Cincinalis flavens and Gymnoyramme. flavcns. 



FIG. 697. FROND OF NOTHOCHL.GNA NIVEA HOOKERI. 



N. hypolenoa (white beneath).* rhiz. bulbiferous, with dark 

 brown scales, sti. tufted, slender, 2in. to 4in. long, fronds 4in. 

 to 6in. long, about lin. broad, bipinnatifld ; pinna; in. to Jin. 

 long, Jin. to fin. broad, ovate, cut down nearly or quite to the 

 rachis below into blunt lobes, naked and pale green above, 

 densely tomentose beneath ; edge slightly inflexed. Chili. 



N. lanuglnosa (woolly).* sti. densely tufted, woolly, wiry, very 

 short, fronds 6in. to 9in. long, lin. to Hin. broad, oblon"- 

 lanceolate, bipinnate; pinnae close, lanceolate, the central ones 

 the largest, with close, roundish or oblong, entire or three-lobed 

 pinnules ; rachis more or less woolly. South Europe, Australia, 

 1778. A very handsome species, distinguished from the rest by 

 its dense white woolly tomentum. 



