NEMOPHILA 



NEOTTIA 



2121 



(V. 2:26S); var. oculata, Hnrl., whito, with piirplo ren- 

 ter, ami var. argentea, Hurt., while Hs., hhic slriiii-s. 



Subsp. insignis, Hiaiul. Hahy Bi-rK-E^-Es. Fig. 2459. 

 Lvs. ))innati'ly parted into T-9 oblonj; sefjins., which 

 arc soiiu'tiinos2-;i-lobp(l or toothod: fls. '2~1 '"• wide; 

 corolla bright clear blue, the scales within its biusc 

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

 Calif. B.Il". 1713. B.iM. 34S.-). P.M. 3:1.51. V. 2:268; 

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

 flen varieties, .\mong 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. 



^'ar. crambeoides, Hori. Corolla 15-18 in. diam., 

 light blue, veined not s))otted. 



BB. Fh. white; corolla-segins. each spotted deeppurple. 



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

 lobes obtuse, entire; upper lvs. 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, 

 showj-; sometimes the purple blotch is poorly defined. 

 Common in \V. and Cent. Calif. Blooms April and May. 

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

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

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

 gated lvs. S. 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 Arcca puntila. 



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

 while Xenga belongs to a large group in which the ovule 

 is attached on the si<le anil more or less jjendulous. 

 Xenga is distinguished from the 5 cult, genera of this 

 group (which are listed im<ler Hedyscepe) by the fol- 

 lowing characteristics: staminate fls. with narrow sepals 

 much surpassing the petals; stamens 6; anthers erect. 

 Tnmks erect, slender, ringed: lvs. 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, Schcff (Arcca pumila, Blume). St. 

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

 to the base; pinna; altem.ate, ensifomi, acuminate, 2,' 2 

 ft. long, J4-l}^ in. wide, bright green, coriaceous, 2- 

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

 long. Java. Jared G. Smith. 



NEOBENTHAMIA (in honor of Geo. Bentham). 

 Orchidaces'. Orchiils with .slender leafy sts. : fls. in 

 racemes; sepals and petals similar, contracted, the 

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

 lip fle-shy, entire, crisped on the margin; column short 

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

 with short stalks. — Species I, in Zanzibar. 



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

 lvs. linear, acuminate, sheathing at b;use: fls. in a short 

 terminal raceme, white, on long [jcdicels. cami)anulate; 

 lip spreading from b;i.se, obovatc-oblong, nearly tran- 

 cate at apex, disk yellow in mid<lle, with 2 rows of red 

 spot.s. B.M. 7221.' G.C. III. 10:273; 24:4:50, 431.— 

 Cult, as for C>-mbidium. George. V. Xash. 



NEOGLAZIOVIA (new Glazioina). Bromelmcex-. Two 

 Brazilian phants allied to Billbergia, but with ovules 

 few rather than many in <>ach locule. Plants terrestrial 

 and on rocks, with sjjiny lvs. that fiimi.sh good fiber 

 for TO\xs. N. variegata, Mez (lirumeUa mrieyata, .\rr. 



Jiillbfygia variegata, R. & S. Dijckin Glazihvii, Baker), 

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

 or very minutely le])idote lvs., marketl with lighter 

 transverse bars in the living specimen: fls. scarlet. A^. 

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

 a very short st.: lvs. unifonnly white-lepidote, the 

 younger parts woolly: calyx scarlet and petals violet. 

 B.M. 8348. 



NEOGYNE (new pUtU). Orehidaeese. Pseudobulbous 

 orchids with many-fld. racemes; fls. withering; sep.als 

 erect-connivent, free, saccat e at ba,se, longer and broader 

 than the flat petals: lip concave, 3-Iobed, saccate at 

 biuse, the lateral lobes large, ro\mded, inclosing the 

 column, the middle lobe .small; column shorter than 

 lateral lobes of lip, whiged upward; anther dependent, 

 convex; jiollinia 4, waxy, dorsally compressed, the 

 inner face deeply sulcate. — Species 1, native of the 

 Himalayas. 



Gardneriana, Reiehb. f. [Coddgyne Gardneriana, 

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

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

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

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

 Cult, of warmhouse C(rlog>-ne; midwinter. 



George V. Nash. 



liEOLAUCHEA (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. Prhnary sts. iiro-rei)ent, secondary sts. 

 thickened into 1-lvd. p.seudobulbs: infl. terminal; 

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

 CMia. 



pulchella, Kranzl. (Meiracyllium Wellstdnii, Porsch). 

 A small ijlant with ovate pseudobulbs %in. tall, 

 terminated by a linear If. 4 in. long, .scarcely l}i 

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

 about Jsin. long; upper sepal and the petals lanceolate; 

 lateral sepals coherent below the middle, free portion 

 triangular; labellum with the lateral lobes minute, 

 rounded, auriculffform ; middle lobe rhombic; disk 

 between the lobes thickened, minutely papillose. 

 July. Oakes Ames. 



NEONICHOLSONIA (name in compliment to the 

 late George Xicholson, curator at Kew, author of 

 Dictionary of Gardening). I'abnneese. Two Central 

 American stemless p.alms with pinnate lvs. 4-6 ft. long, 

 yet little known. Fls. mona'<Mous; 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-s.agittate and with a thin subulate connec- 

 tive that fonns a mucro beyond the apex, pistil a coni- 

 cal rudiment; infl. spicate: allied to Calyptrogynie. 

 The genus is founded and the two species described by 

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



N. Georgei, D.ammer, has lvs. about 4,' 2 ft- lonR, 

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

 lanceolate, acuminate, with 1 central and 2 marginal 

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

 long arid ' 3-2 in. broad, the first i)air opposite and the 

 others alternate, teniiinal pair confluent only at the 

 ba-se and 8 in. long by 1 in. broad. (!osta Rica. A''. 

 Wfil.ionii, Dammer (named for \V. Watson, Xichol- 

 son's successor at Kew), dilTers in its longer lvs., which 

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

 side, elong.-ite-lanceolato, caudate, 1.3-18 in. long and 

 1-2 in. broad, more or less oi)posite, the terminal pair 

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

 Costa Rica. L. 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 



