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NIOELLA 



flo«-cr oju-lier the next siuuiner. By i.lantij.): at .hlTor- 

 onn[-.w.o.is the plants ...ay V'o c..ntnu.o.l ... Ih.u y 

 u-ur V tl.r>H.^l,o..t tl.o s...>....or. Tho s.cds of A . «. < , 



Ui,...", or l.huk ........H.., arc so...ot....e.s iised :.s se:us>m- 



.nc in the OKI World. 



damascena, Linn. Fip. 2182. He.ght 1-2 ft : vs 

 bricLt prxH-,., very finely oi.t: lis. wh.tc or blue arps 

 in^^>h.erx- ver^• de..se a..>l tine; style.s erect m the fr., 

 ne-ulv ^s Ions :u. the eu,.s.: fr. not aiverRent at op. 

 ? .n..uer. S. Ku. li.M. 22. Un. :i7, p. 130; bi p. 10.5. 

 J 11 111. .51:01. C.n.M..5:2«H;. \ ar. nana, Uort. .\ 

 dwarf fon.i with verj- large lis. 



hispfinica, Linn. Lvs. n.vi<-h divided, bnt less so than 



in ,hrpree;.d.ng: fls. deeper l'l^'«V'"^ ''^KMef rdl e 

 detn> red st;u..ens; .nvoluere absent st>les i.tlur 

 spreading: fr. divergent at top. July. l;pain and N. 

 Afr BM 12C5. Gn. :37:i;50. Var. Fontanes.ana, 

 Hort (.V. Fonlamsiaua. llort.). Much hke the type, 

 "ut s:u\l to flower 2 weeks earUer. Var. alba, or . 

 Plant IS in. tall: fls. white. Var. atropurpilrea, llort. 

 Fls. purj.le. . . 



integrifoUa, Kegel. Lvs. less divi.le.i than either of 

 the above spceies: fls. .l.tTenngm being bell-shaped. 

 Cent. Asia. B.M. 8245. G.C. IIL 44:22-. 



K. C. Davis. 



NlGGER-TOE: Nuts of Ilrrihuttttia. 



NIGHT-BLOOMING CEREUS: r«-,-.«, and other Ktnera 

 mentioned on p. 721. 



NIGHTSHADE: S.,lam,m niarwnu Deadly N.:t/r„,.aBcHa- 

 dormi. Enchanter's N.: f.rc^a. Three-leaved N.: TrUhum. 



NINE-BARK: Physocarpm. 



NINTOOA tEiust Indian name). A name proposed 

 in 1.S30 bv Robert Sweet for certain species of Lonicera 

 (sec p;ige "1910;. iWjaponka, Sy;eet=Lonicerajaponica. 



NiPA (native name in Molucca). Palrmcex One 

 species of palm widesprea.l along tidal rivers and es u- 

 anes, Cevlon to the Philippmes and .Uistxaha, t '? f^reat 

 leav^ much used in thatchmg, and the fruit edible. 



Trunks or rootstocks prostrate, gregarious: lvs i)in- 

 natisect, 10-30 ft. long, from the ends of the rootstocks, 

 Ifts. numero,.s, rigid, plicate, lanceolate, lon|-=^™'"'- 

 nate, 2-3 ft. long: fls. m.jmecious, m an erect mH. .sprmg- 

 hfg fron. the rootstock; .nale fls. small, m catkin-hke 

 laferal branches of the spadix, stamens 3; female Is 

 larger, in terminal globose hea,ls, the carpels 3 tr. 

 large and spherical (;« large a-s a man s head), m- 

 priled of many carpels or drupes 4-(i m. long. Toddy is 

 Kl^.d from the spa^iix, and from, tins I>rodu«t o her 

 materials (a-s .=irup, sugar and vinegar) are "laclu 

 Kemelhanl and w^ite, edible. N jridmin,, Wum.b 

 teTmost useful plant in the thatch-niaking m he 

 Phrhp%8 (Figs. 1993, 1994, Vol. HI ), but .t.s proba- 

 bly not cult, to any extent. It has been .ntro. m h. 

 Fla. L. H. B. 



2483. Ifolana paradoza. 



NOLANA 



NIPHAA (Greek, niphns, snow; alluding to the white 

 color of the (Is., which is ..ot usual in this faimly). Oo- 

 ,„T,irc.r. Tropical American stem ess or dwarf solt- 

 viUoiis herbs, with coi-date, co:i.-sely serrate lvs. ami 

 clusters of about a dozen lis. an inch or so across, borne 

 singlv on .cldish stalks. For general cult, they are 

 inferior to gloxinia :ind ;u-lnmen.>s, but they arc desira- 

 ble for bot:inical .-oUcclioMs. Th.'V have a creeping root, 

 and no tubers; lvs. wrinkled, petiolate, opposite; corolla 

 „e:vrlv wheel-shaped; .lisk absent; stamens 4 or 5, 

 ihunents short, str:uglil; antlics erect, free, the cells 

 f:icing inward, parallel, confluent at the apex.— bpecies 

 2, Guatemala and Cuba. 



oblonga, Lindl. H.ight 1 ft.: lvs. heart-shaped or 

 perhaps somewhat oblong, more or less «' horled 

 petioled and cordate at base, strongly serrate hiT; 

 suteand rugose; fls. drooping, winter; corolla about \H 

 n :uToss, pure white, on slender reddish peduncles, 

 lobes roundish, conc:ive at first, then revolute. Guate- 

 mala. B.R.2S:5. U.U. u, p. 301. L. H. B. 



NIPHOBOLUS. A name once in rather general use 

 but now replaced by Cyclophorus, which see. 



NITRARIA (Latin niirum, natron; in reference to its 

 habitat in nitrous soil). Z.gophyMce^. N.TERnusH^ 

 Four low rigid shrubs distributetl from S. Russia to 

 Mo.W ia, W. China and Persia and through Asia 

 ^Ihor to Arabia and N. Afr with alternate sma 

 fleshv entire or dent:xte, stipulate vs and with small 

 S'or yellowish gree.i fls. .n t-m-nal cymes followM 

 by berrv-hke drupes; calyx 5-parted, fleshy, peta so, 

 concave- stamens 15; ovary sujienor, comc-oblong 

 a^tenu^ted into a ver'y short style with 3 connivent 

 stigmas, 2-6-celled: fr. an ovoid i rupe with a sc ilp- 

 tured 1-seeded stone dehiscent at the apex; cotyledons 

 often 3 The following species is sometimes cult, in 

 European botanic gardens and h:is been mtro recently 

 bv the Dept. of Agric. into this country and recom- 

 mended as\i sand-binder for cooler se.ni-ar.d regions 

 ks fleshy fr. is edible. Prop, by seeds and by layers It 

 s of difficult cult, under ordinary conditions, as it .s 

 ike most desert plants, impatieiit of too much moisture 

 andleedlings particularly are liable to damp off. It 

 grows well m saline and alkaline soils; m ordinary sod 

 InTpphcation of salt is recommended to grow it sue- 

 cessfuUy. 



«;rViftberi Gmel Spiny rigid shrub, to 6 ft., witti 

 whiff branKlvs.yovatoblong to 1^^^^^^^^^^^ 

 Inte obtuse or sometimes acutish, entire, tmcKisn, 

 ^IW whUe young, finally usually glabrous li-^ivn 

 S: fls whL, about } ^in. across in staked terminal 

 cvmes about 1 in. across; petals spatulate-oblong 

 Sens about as long as petals: fr. purple or blackish 

 violet rarely yellow, about -jm. long. June; fr in feept 

 Tnd Oct From S. llussia to Mongolia, W China and 

 lersi^? L.BC. 14:i;J95.-By the Dept. of Agr.c the 

 S was intro. from Turkestan as W.rdusa but^^ 

 rc(u.sa Aschers., is a native of Syrui, Arabia and N . Afr. 

 and easily distinguished by its broadly obovate lvs. 

 usually 3-toothed at the apex. Alfred Rehder. 



NITROGEN. The role of nitrogen in horticulture is 

 dis^ussTd under MiUUj, Fertilizers, Legumes, Lime and 



Manures. ,. , ,_ u e 



NOLANA (from nola, a little bell; refer- 

 ring to the shape of the corolla) -Vo/an- 

 ace% Prostrate annual herbs with showy 

 blue flowers opening only m svinshine, 

 valued chiefly for covering poor or rocky 



'''st?m often slightly angulate usually 

 spotted and streaked with purple above 

 glabrous or viscid -pubescent, much 

 branched, the ends of the branches ascend- 



