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year. They are now 12 feet hish and 6 to 8 inches in 

 Iliameter at base. Oleanders need no attention here, 

 and are as readily propagated from hardwood cuttings 

 as willow. The>' are very floriferous, and the inflores- 

 cence coine.s out in large heavy heads, necessitating 

 a close pruning to nialce them self-supporting. 



A. Fls. not scented. 

 Oleander, Linn. (N. laurifdrmc, Lam.). Olbandeh. 

 Hose Bay. (Another plant called "Rose Bay" is 

 Epilobium anguslifntiuni.) Fig. 2476. Lvs. in 2's or 

 3's, lanceolate: appendages of the anthers scarcely pro- 

 truding; segms. of the crowTi 3-4-toothed. Medit. 

 region, Orient. Gn. .51, p. 81 (fine trees in vases). A.F. 

 10:265 (Bermuda shrub with a spread of 25 ft.). L.B.C. 



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2476. Spray of oleander — Nerium Oleander. ( X H) 



7:666 (var. Loddigesii, with a variegated fl. and the 

 appendages entire, ovate and obtuse). N. album, N. 

 atropurpureum, N. cdrneum and .V. roseum, Hort., are 

 doubtless varieties. The plant is common in subtropi- 

 cal and tropical countries, sometimes planted in hedges, 

 and sometimes runs wild. 



AA. Fkr scented. 



oddrum, Soland. Sweet-scented Oleandek. 

 Stout erect .shrub: lvs. in 3's, linear-lanceolate: fls. 

 rosy pink, 2 in. across, in clusters of as many as 80, 

 fragrant; appendages of the anthers protruding; .segms. 

 of the crown 4-7, long and narrow. Persia, India, 

 Japan. B.R. 74 (fls. double). B.M. 1799 and 2032. 

 G.C. in. .50: suppl. July 8, 1911.— A less robust plant 

 vnth lvs. commonly narrower and more distant, and 

 angled branches. In wild plants the calyx-lobes of A^. 

 Oleander are spreading; of N. odorum erect. It has the 

 same range of color as the above, and single and double 

 forms. Prop, by layers or cuttings. 



WlLHELM MiLLEK. 



NERTERA (Greek, lowly; referring to the habit). 

 Rubiacea'. Creeping herbs, of which one is grown for 

 its handsome profuse berries. 



Nerteras are slender perennials, with .small opposite 

 lvs. which are stalked or not, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, 

 glabrous or somewhat pilose; stipules present: fls. axil- 

 lary or terminal, hermaphrodite, inconspicuous, ses- 

 sile; corolla 4- or 5-lobed; stamens 4 or 5, inserted in 

 base of tube of the tubular or funnel-shajied corolla, 

 the anthers exserted; ovary 2-celled: drupe 2-seeded 

 (two 1-seeded pyrenes), fleshy. — Species about 8, 

 widespread in the southern hemisphere. 



depressa, Banks & Soland. Bead-Plant. Glabrous: 

 variable in size, sometimes forming patches: sts. 6-10 

 in. long, 4-cornered: lvs. 2 Unes long, broadly ovate, 

 acute or obtuse, leathery or almost fleshy; petioles 

 about as long as the blades; stipules very small: fls. 

 solitary, greenish. B.M. .5799. F. 8.21:2167 (charm- 

 ing). F.W. 1875:257.— The bead- or coral-bead-plant 

 is a hardy perennial alpine or rock-plant which forms a 

 dense mat of foliage covered with orange-colored trans- 

 lucent berries the size of a pea. It ranges throughout the 

 Andes, from the tropics to Cape Horn. It also inliabits 

 Tristan d'Acunlia, and the mountains of New Zeal, and 

 Tasmania. It is prop, by seed or division. The plant 

 needs a sandy soil, with some leaf -mold, and prefers shade 

 in summer and may need some winter covering in the 

 N. It makes a good house plant and well-fruited speci- 

 mens are occasionally used abroad in fancy bedding 

 as a novelty. The fr. may last from midsummer well 

 into the winter. In S. Calif., A', depre.fsa grows well in 

 the open if it is kept moist and does not receive the 

 direct rays of the sun. Wilhelm Miller. 



L. H. B.t 



NERVILIA (name refers to the nerved lvs.). Orchi- 

 daceie. By some authors made a section of Pogonia 

 with fl. -scape bearing only scales and not lvs., the foliage 

 coming later and separately, stigma broad and lip 

 elongated: the small grayish or reddish fls. are some- 

 times solitary or twin but usually in a short raceme, 

 nodding: lvs. radical, usually broad, sometimes colored 

 or marked. The species are about 20, from Trop. Afr. 

 to China. They are very little known in cult. 



NESJEA: Decodon. 



NETTLE: Urtica. Dead N,: Lamium. False N. : Boehmeria. 

 Tree N.; Ct!/«. 



NEUWIEDIA (named for Prince Maximihan von 

 Newied). Urchidacese. A half-dozen Malayan terres- 

 trial orchids with short caudex and leafy sts.: lvs. 

 lengthened, stalked, strong-nerved: fls. small, mostly 

 white or yellow, sessile or nearly so, in a bracteate 

 terminal raceme or spike; sepals and petals free and 

 mostly similar, connivent or spreading; lip somewhat 

 spatulate, similar to petals; column short. Little cult.; 

 require conditions of warmhouse paphiopedilum. A''. 

 Lindleyi, Rolfe, has primrose-yellow decurved fls. 1 in. 

 long: 3-4 ft.: lvs. many, 1-2 ft. long, oblanceolate, 

 membranaceous. B.M. 7368. A'. Griffithii, Reichb. f., 

 has white deflexed pubescent fls. in a short spike; 16 

 in.: lvs. 4-10 in. long, elliptic-lanceolate, acuminate. 

 B.M. 7425. 



NEVltrSIA (after Rev. R. D. Nevius, who discov- 

 ered it). Roaaccse. Snow Wreath. Ornamental shrub 

 sometimes planted for its white flowers. 



Deciduous: lvs. alternate, petioled, doubly serrate, 

 stipulate: fls. perfect, in clusters or solitary ; calyx-tube 

 flattish; sepals 5, petal-like, spreading, incisely serrate; 

 petals 0; stamens numerous, longer than the sepals, 

 persistent; carpels 2^, styles slender, curved at the 

 apex, slightly .shorter than the stamens: fr. consisting 

 of drupe-hke achenes inclosed by the persistent calyx. 

 — One species, found only in Ala. near Tuscaloosa and 



