NEMOPHILA 



NEOTTIA 



2121 



(V. 2:268); var. oculata, Hort., white, with purple cen- 

 ter, and var. argentea, Hort., white fls., lilac stripes. 



Subsp. insignis, Brand. BABY BLUE-EYES. Fig. 2459. 

 Lvs. pinnately parted into 7-9 oblong segms., which 

 are sometimes 2-3-lobed or toothed: fls. %-l in. wide; 

 corolla bright clear blue, the scales within its base 

 short, partly free, covered with short hairs. Low ground, 

 Calif. B.R. 1713. B.M. 3485. P.M. 3:151. V. 2:268; 

 5:168; 8:215. Gn. 74, p. 367. There are many gar- 

 den varieties. Among these are var. grandiflora, 

 with large, clear blue fls. (Gt. 34:370); var. alba 

 fls. pure white; var. marginata, or variegata, Hort., fls. 

 blue, edged with white. 



Var. crambeoides, Hort. Corolla 15-18 in. diam., 

 light blue, veined not spotted. 



BB. Fls. white; corolla-segms. each spotted deep purple. 



maculata, Benth. Lvs. lyre-shaped, the 5-9 short 

 lobes obtuse, entire; upper Ivs. wedge-shaped, some- 

 times only 3-lobed: fls. white, with a deep purple blotch 

 at the apex of each of the broad lobes, 1-2 in. wide, 

 showy; sometimes the purple blotch is poorly defined. 

 Common in W. and Cent. Calif. Blooms April and May. 

 P.M. 16:6. F.S. 5:431. R.H. 1849:201. V. 2:267. 

 J.H. III. 51:567. Good garden forms of this are var. 

 albida and var. grandiflora. Var. variegata has varie- 

 gated Ivs. g. W- FLETCHER. 



A. C. HoTTES.f 



NENGA (Malayan name). Palmacese. A few grace- 

 ful spineless feather-leaved Malayan palms, one of 

 which is cultivated as Areca pumila. 



In Areca, the ovule is erect and fastened at the base, 

 while Nenga belongs to a large group in which the ovule 

 is attached on the side and more or less pendulous. 

 Nenga is distinguished from the 5 cult, genera of this 

 group (which are listed under Hedyscepe) by the fol- 

 lowing characteristics: staminate fls. with narrow sepals 

 much surpassing the petals; stamens 6; anthers erect. 

 Trunks erect, slender, ringed: Ivs. terminal, equally 

 pinnatisect; segms. linear, acuminate or obliquely 2-fid 

 or 3-fid; margins folded back at the base; primary 

 nerves sparsely scaly below; rachis 3-sided; petiole 

 short; sheath cylindrical, strongly oblique at the throat: 

 spadix with a short peduncle and slender pendent 

 branches; spathes 2, the lower symmetrical, lanceolate, 

 folded, 2-crested, the upper unsymmetrical, persistent, 

 or lacking: bracts 3-fld.; bractlets scaly: fls. white: fr. 

 ellipsoidal, smooth, reddish orange. Cult, as in Kentia. 



Wendlandiana, Scheff (Areca pumila, Blume). St. 

 10-20 ft, high, 2-3 in. diam. : Ivs. 8-9 ft., pinnate nearly 

 to the base; pinnae alternate, ensiform, acuminate, 2}^ 

 ft. long, y?r-\ Y2 m - wide, bright green, coriaceous, 2- 

 ribbed; petiole slender; sheath sub-ventricose, 2 ft. 

 long. Java. J ARED G . SMITH. 



NEOBENTHAMIA (in honor of Geo. Bentham). 

 Orchiddcese. Orchids with slender leafy sts. : fls. in 

 racemes; sepals and petals similar, contracted, the 

 lateral sepals forming a short chin with the column-foot; 

 lip fleshy, entire, crisped on the margin; column short 

 and thick; anther helm-shaped, upright; pollinia 2, 

 with short stalks. Species 1 , in Zanzibar. 



gracilis, Rolfe. Sts. up to 4 ft. long, sparingly branched : 

 Ivs. linear, acuminate, sheathing at base: fls. in a short 

 terminal raceme, white, on long pedicels, campanulate; 

 lip spreading from base, pbovate-oblong, nearly trun- 

 cate at apex, disk yellow in middle, with 2 rows of red 

 spots. B.M. 7221. G.C. III. 10:273; 24:430, 431 

 Cult, as for Cymbidium. GEORGE. V. NASH. 



NEpGLAZIOVIA (new Glaziovia). Bromeliacese. Two 

 Brazilian plants allied to Billbergia, but with ovules 

 few rather than many in each locule. Plants terrestrial 

 and on rocks, with spiny Ivs. that furnish good fiber 

 for ropes. N. variegata, Mez (Bromelia variegata, Arr. 



Billbergia variegata, R. & S. Dyckia Glaziovii, Baker), 

 the Caroa of Brazil, is 3 ft. or more tall, with glabrous 

 or very minutely lepidpte Ivs., marked with lighter 

 transverse bars in the living specimen: fls. scarlet. N. 

 concolor, C. H. Wright, the Makimbeira of Brazil, has 

 a very short st.: TVS. uniformly white-lepidote, the 

 younger parts woolly: calyx scarlet and petals violet. 

 B.M. 8348. 



NEOGYNE (new pistil). Orchidacese. Pseudobulbous 

 orchids with many-fld. racemes: fls. withering; sepals 

 erect-connivent, free, saccate at base, longer and broader 

 than the flat petals; lip concave, 3-lobed, saccate at 

 base, the lateral lobes large, rounded, inclosing the 

 column, the middle lobe small; column shorter than 

 lateral lobes of lip, winged upward; anther dependent, 

 convex; pollinia 4, waxy, dorsally compressed, the 

 inner face deeply sulcate. Species 1, native of the 

 Himalayas. 



Gardneriana, Reichb. f. (Cceldgyne Gardneriana, 

 Lindl.). Lvs. narrowed into a petiole much shorter 

 than pseudobulb, cuneate-elliptic, acuminate, up to 15 

 in. long and 3 in. wide: fls. white with a lip marked 

 yellow, about 2 in. long. P.M. 6:73. G.W. 15, p. 86. 

 Cult, of warmhouse Ccelogyne; midwinter. 



GEORGE V. NASH. 



NEOLAUCHEA (the type species flowered in the col- 

 lection of Prince Johannes Liechtenstein, in honor of 

 whose gardener, Herr Lauche, the genus was named). 

 Orchidacese. One species, a native of Brazil, has been 

 described. Primary sts. pro-repent, secondary sts. 

 thickened into 1-lvd. pseudobulbs: infl. terminal; 

 peduncle filiform, 1-fld.; pollinia 8. Closely allied to 

 Coelia. 



pulchella, Kranzl. (Meiracyllium Wettsteinii, Porsch). 

 A small plant with ovate pseudobulbs %in. tall, 

 terminated by a linear If. 4 in. long, scarcely l l /& 

 in. wide: peduncle shorter than the If.; fl. purplish, 

 about %in. long; upper sepal and the petals lanceolate; 

 lateral sepals coherent below the middle, free portion 

 triangular; labellum with the lateral lobes minute, 

 rounded, auriculseform; middle lobe rhombic; disk 

 between the lobes thickened, minutely papillose. 



OAKES AMES. 



NEONICHOLSONIA (name in compliment to the 

 late George Nicholson, curator at Kew, author of 

 Dictionary of Gardening). Palmacese. Two Central 

 American stemless palms with pinnate Ivs. 4-6 ft. long, 

 yet little known. Fls. monoecious; male fls. small, 

 trifid, the petals 3 and longer than calyx, stamens con- 

 nate at base in a short ring, the filaments subulate, 

 anthers long-sagittate and with a thin subulate connec- 

 tive that forms a mucrp beyond the apex, pistil a coni- 

 cal rudiment; infl. spicate: allied to Calyptrogyne. 

 The genus is founded and the two species described by 

 Dammer in G. C. III. 30, pp. 178, 179 (1901). 



N. Georgei, Dammer, has Ivs. about 4^ ft. long, 

 petiole and all ; pinnules 10 or 1 1 on each side the rachis, 

 lanceolate, acuminate, with 1 central and 2 marginal 



Erimary nerves and 6-8 secondary nerves, 12-16 in. 

 >ng and }-2 in. broad, the first pair opposite and the 

 others alternate, terminal pair confluent only at the 

 base and 8 in. long by 1 in. broad. Costa Rica. N. 

 Wdtsonii, Dammer (named for W. Watson, Nichol- 

 son's successor at Kew), differs in its longer Ivs., which 

 are about 6 ft. long; and pinnules 9 or 10 on each 

 side, elongate-lanceolate, caudate, 13-18 in. long and 

 1-2 in. broad, more or less opposite, the terminal pair 

 confluent only at base and 10 in. long by 2 in. broad. 

 Costa Rica. ,. H. B. 



NEOTTIA (meaning a bird's nest, and referring to 

 the curiously interlaced roots). Orchidacese. A very 

 few small terrestrial saprophytic orchids of Eu. and 



