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Spaniards, Gatera; the Portuguese, Naveda dos Gaios; and 

 the Russians, Koschitza mehta. 



2. Nepeta Angustifolia; Narrow-leaved Catmint. Corymbs 

 pedicelled, spiked; leaves lanceolate, wrinkled, tomentose, 

 >luntly serrate. Stem erect, a foot high, branched : the whole 

 i)lant tomentose hoary. It is by no means a variety of the 

 >receding, nor does it change its appearance when cultivated 

 u a garden. Native of Arragon in Spain. 



3. Nepeta Pannonica; Hungarian Catmint. Cymes pe- 

 luncled, many-flowered; leaves lanceolate, oblong, cordate, 

 laked; lateral lobes of the corolla reflex. Root perennial, 

 >ranched, woody, the size of a quill or more, brown on the 

 lutside, knobbed at the end; stems several, from three to 

 burfeet in height, grooved, smoothish, with opposite branches 

 brining a panicle. It flowers from August to October.' 

 Vative of Hungary. 



4. Nepeta Coerulea; Blue-flowered Catmint. Cymes 

 >eduncled, many-flowered, rough-haired; leaves oblong, cor- 

 late, villose, subsessile; lateral lobes of the corolla reflex. 

 It flowers in June. Native country unknown. 



5. Nepeta Violacea; Violet-coloured Catmint. Cymes pe- 

 dtincled , many-flowered, hairy; leaves subcordate, subpetioled , 

 almost naked; lateral lobes of the corolla spreading; sta'lks 

 about two feet high, with a few slender branches coming out 

 from the sides ; flowers in roundish whorls, peduncled, blue ; ap- 

 pearing from July to September. There is a variety with white 

 flowers. Native of Spain, Piedmont, Carniola, and Siberia. 



6. Nepeta Ucranica. Flowers panicled; leaves lanceolate, 

 serrate, sessile, naked. Native of the Ukraine. 



7. Nepeta Incana; Hoary Catmint. Panicles axillary; 

 leaves petioled, ovate, serrate, tomentose. Stem herbaceous, 

 roundish at bottom, decumbent, naked, bluntly four-cornered 

 abov, erect, tomentose, undivided, a span or a little more in 

 height. Native of Japan. 



8. Nepeta Nepetella ; Small Catmint. Cymes peduncled ; 

 leaves cordate, oblong lanceolate, deeply serrate, tomentose. 

 This is only one-third the size of the common sort. Native 

 of the south of Europe. 



9. Nepeta Nuda; Naked or Spanish Catmint. Racemes 

 whorled, naked ; leaves cordate, oblong, sessile, serrate. Stems 

 two feet high, smooth, strict, four-grooved, the older ones dark 

 purple. It flowers from June to August, has a pale blue 

 corolla. Native of the south of Europe. 



10. Nepeta Hirsuta; Hairy Catmint. Flowers sessile, 

 whorl-spiked ; whorls involved in nap. Stalks about two feet 

 high, branching from the bottom ; leaves heart-shaped, obtuse, 

 a little indented, on pretty long petioles; corolla white, 

 Appearing in July. Native of Sicily. 



11. Nepota Italica; Italian Catmint. Flowers sessile, 

 whorl-spiked; bractes lanceolate, the length of the calix; 

 leaves petioled. Stalks seldom more than a foot high ; strong- 

 scented. Native of Italy. 



12. Nepeta' Tuberosa ; Tuberous-rooted Catmint. Spikes 

 terminating; bractes oblong acuminate; nerve lined, coloured; 

 leaves cordate, pubescent; lateral lobes of the corolla reflex. 

 This has a thick knobbed root, from which come out one or 

 two stalks that often decline to the ground; they are about 

 two feet and a half long, and send out side-branches oppo- 

 site. It flowers from June to August. Native of Spain and 

 Portugal. 



13. Nepeta Scordotis; Cretan Catmint. Spikes termina- 

 ting, sessile; bractes subcordate, villose; leaves cordate, blunt. 

 Root large, from which proceed many tomentose leaves, like 

 those of AVhite Horehound, spreading on the ground in a 

 circle; from the middle of these rise several stems, which are 

 also tomentose like White Horehound, and on the top of them 



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are white flowers' in a large thick spike; seed black. The 

 whole plant is larger and* thicker than the Common Scordium, 

 for which it is used in Crete or Candia, where it grows abun 

 duntly on rocks by way-sides and on the borders of fields. 



14. Nepeta Lan ata ; Woolly Catmint. Spikes terminating; 

 bractes ovate ; nerve wrinkled, subscariose ; leaves oblong cor- 

 date, villose; lateral lobes of the corolla spreading. The 

 root consists of various fleshy, roundish, or filiform tubers; 

 the first year forming the root-leaves, and the second many- 

 flowering stems. Its native place is unknown. 



15. Nepeta Virginica; American Catmint. Heads termi- 

 nating; stamina longer than the flower-leaves, lanceolate. 

 Stems two feet high; flowers in whorls; the lower lip of the 

 corolla is serrate, but not concave. It flowers in August. 

 Native of Virginia. 



16. Nepeta Malabarica; Malabar Catmint. Spike whorled ; 

 taractes filiform ; leaves lanceolate, quite entire below. Stems 

 erect, obtuse-angled, tomentose ; corolla pale violet. Native 

 of Malabar. 



17. Nepeta Indica; Indian Catmint. Upper lip of the 

 corolla quite entire, very short; flowers in whorls. 



18. Nepeta Multifida. Flowers in spikes; leaves pinnatifid, 

 quite entire. Stems erect, without branches. It flowers in 

 June and July. Native of Siberia. 



19. Nepeta Botryoides. Flowers in spikes; lateral lobes 

 ^>f the corolla somewhat spreading; leaves pinnatifid; segments 

 linear, almost equal. Stems several, erect, scarcely afoothigh, 

 decussately branched; branches opposite, erect. It flowers 

 in June and July. Native of Siberia. 



20. Nepeta Lavandulacea. Spike compact; leaves ovate, 

 gash-serrate, marked with lines. Stem erect, brachiate, round, 

 purple, with white hairs; a span or a foot in height. Native 

 of Siberia. 



Nephelium; a genus of the class Monoecia, order Pentan- 

 dria. GENERIC CHARACTER. Male Flowers, in a spiked 

 raceme. Calix: perianth one-leafed, bell-shaped, five-toothed. 

 Corolla: none. Stamina: filamenta five, awl-shaped, longer 

 than the calix; antheree blunt, two-parted at the base. 

 Female Flowers: in the same raceme. Calix: perianth one- 

 leafed, bell-shaped, four-toothed, with two opposite teeth more 

 remote, shrivelling. Corolla: none. Pistil: germina two, 

 superior, roundish, muricated, larger than the calix; styles 

 two, filiform, recurved, springing up between the germina; 

 stigmas thickish, blunt. Pericarp: drupe ovate, hairy, 

 with a cartilaginous rind, and a watery pulp. (According to 

 Gsertner, capsules two, muricated, one-celled, one-seeded.) 

 Seed: nut, solitary. ESSENTIAL CHARACTER. Male. 

 Calix: five-toothed. Corolla: none. Female. Calix: four- 

 cleft. Corolla: none. Germina: two, with two styles to 

 each drupe; (or, as Gscrtner says, capsules two, muricated, 

 one-seeded.) The only known species is, 



1. Nephelium Lappaceum. Leaves alternate, pinnate, two- 

 paired, abrupt; leaflets obovate, the outer ones larger; ra 

 ceme consisting of a few spikelets, erect, shorter than the 

 leaves. A shrub or tree. Native of the East Indies. 



Nerium : a genus of the class Pentandria, order Monogynia. 

 GENERIC CHARACTER. Calix: perianth five-parted, 

 acute, very small, permanent. Corolla: one-petalled, funnel- 

 form; tube cylindric, shorter than the border; border very 

 large, five-parted; segments wide, blunt, oblique; nectary 

 a crown terminating the tube, short, lacerated into capillary 

 segments. Stamina.: filamenta five, awl-shaped, very short, 

 in the tube of the corolla; antherae sagittate, converging, ter- 

 minated by a long thread. Pistil: germen roundish, bifid ; 

 style cylindric, the length of the tube ; stigma truncate, sitting 

 on an orblet, fastened to the antherae, Pericarp: follicles 

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