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NEMASTYLIS 



ties found from Mex. to S. Amer. and cliaracterizcd Iiy 

 having the filaments united in a (•ohinin t.i the' siiiiiiiiit. 



Generic characters are; ront l\-,li:i. i -;■ iilii - 1 or 

 more, peduncled: fls. mon- tli.m I ' ■; i ri.uith 



without a tube; inner seL,niitnK ,i In. < , i lini the 



i- sivle 



. ...i,.-,ul,. l.-.-ulicid- 

 ally 3-valved. Some of the foUowiiiy species liuve heen 

 rarely advertised by dealers in native plants; the others 

 by Dutch bulb-growers. 



A. Filamentanerirhi frrc. Siihrimnin y,-miisl!ili'i proper. 

 B. CInsl.ri'f n.<. .-:;„:7^.■ .^y. .-//,.> usaatlll l-f!<J. 



ooBlfistina, Nutt. K.iui hs.I _'. l ft. ..r iuoi-h lone: stem 

 VA-2 ft. l..Mi;. hraniii,' .l-l i.-,lii.-.-.l h s. : tis. sky-blue. 

 Pine barrens, Fla. to tS. C. and westward. 



BB. Clusters of fls. S-S: spathes SS-fld. 



acilta, Herb. (iV. (jeminifUra, Nutt.). Root-lvs. 2-3, 

 };-l ft. long: stem J^-1 ft. long, bearing 1 large linear 

 leaf at the fork, and sometimes another below it: (is. 

 "bright blue." Tex., Ark. B.M. UUOO. F.S. 21:2171. 



AA. Filaments united in n cnjumn to the summit. 



Subgenus Chlumi/dostijlis. 



u. Fls. brownish purple, inner segments tipped yellow, 



bninnea, Wats. Stem bearing a single leaf 6-8 in. 

 long and a sheathing bract at the base of the peduncle: 

 spathe 2}4 in. long: outer segments obtuse, inner ones 

 acuminate. Mex. 



BE. Fls. pale blue. 



Pringlei, Wats. Stem usually sii 

 leaf at the middle: spathe 114 in. 1 

 outer segments obtuse, inner ones 

 Mexico. 



iple, with a single 

 :)ng; fls. fragrant; 

 ninutely apiculate. 

 W. M. 



NEMfiSIA (old name used by Dioscorides for some 

 sort of snapdragon). Scrophularidcete. One of the 

 horticultural novelties is Aetnesia strumosa. It is one 

 of the most interesting annual fls. introduced in the 

 last decade of the nineteenth century. The flowers 

 are very distinct in sha]ii- ;iii.l li.iv.- n wide range 

 of color. The fls. are aljc.iit aii in. Ii across and borne 

 in great profusion. If staii. d jilImmis in March and 

 transferred to the open in .May tlic plants will fur- 

 nish a continuous sheet of bluum from June through 

 September. The colors range from white, through pale 

 yellow and rose, to orange and crimson, with numerous 

 intermediate shades ami a great variety of fliroat mark- 

 whole ■ ■■■: I '■ • ' • 'I'mw'-u, 

 and it .■■.,'. .• .in was 



never r\i. I. Hi... I hkim i-'J,,, mm. In-.i ,,-•■ |.riin~ -ri-II in 



Europe laujn .-.liort i, m ln:ij. .S]xi.-,ii .li^un.i , •,,!..! varie- 

 ties were recognized in the lirst batch of cultivated 

 plants, and the process of selecting strains has barely 

 begun. The lower lip of the flower is about twice as 

 broad as lonir. and mitclied at the point farthest from 

 the cent.T nf iln- iImu-,,-. 'I'Ii,. ui.prr lip I'onsists of 4 

 smaller, n- ,; - i i ; i .. , i ii- -■ I. [. .Kr , l>eing usually 



Neme>); 



erlis, some- 



at the tips of branches m- in i in , , ii,- ,i\ils; 



calyx 5-parted; coroUa-tui" i s]nir 



or sac: capsule compress. -i, . |.i;. i iii, \\iin ii.\l.-n!ar 

 valves. About 30 species, all ,s. .All!.;. II. In.' t.. 11. .wing 

 belong to the group with fls. in ra.-i-ni.^. 'I'liix ar.- ..'la 

 brous or nearly so, 1-2 ft. high, an.l liran.'li.'.l )r..iii th.- 

 base. J. N. Gerard thinks that N.^nnsi^i^ arc n.it il.s 

 lined to become popular. He firals that, the seeil is 

 likely to germinate poorly and that the young seedlings 

 are quick to damp off. 



A. Fls. with a sae at the base. 

 Strumdsa, Benth. Root-lvs, ohlnns'-^patulate, entire; 

 stem-1 vs. lanceolate or lim ar, . niin : 1..I..-S of the upper 

 lip relatively shorter an.l lir..,i.l. r tln.n in the next two 

 species: throat with a l.m:; hi anl insi.l.-: Ivs. few, the 

 floral ones bract-like: capsule-s 1-0 liuis long, 3-4 lines 

 wide. B.M. 7272. G.C. HI. 12: 277. R.H. 1898, p. 87(var. 

 gmnditlora). V. 16:7. — Var. Slittoni is the strain com- 

 monly offered. G.M. 35:4,59. 



NEMOPHILA 



AA. Fls. with a spur at the base. 

 versicolor, E, .-M.-v. Lowest Ivs. stalked and ovate; 



upper Ivs. f. « , . 1. , ..i.h.i.^., la -..lai.. .,,■ linear, entire 



or toothed: i .,. ..; ,,. u|.|,..r li|, ..,|i.:ii among them- 

 selves and , I- I,' ■ I "I- !,-..ili|.: 111!-.. Ill witli 2 callosi- 

 ties, pube>.. Ill M-ui iihiirv.l. III.. .lit a> long as the 

 lower lip, 4 lines. N.,r, a.lvi^rriseil by name, but If. com- 

 pdeta, vars. alba and eairiilea, Hort.", belong here. R.H. 



floribinda, Lehra. Lower Ivs. stalke 



B.R. 24::iU the middle lobes are narrower and 

 than the side lobes. Advertised abroad. FN. 

 and with a narrower range of colors than iV. sir 



\ 

 NEMOPANTHUS (Ci-.'.-k wonls. n-f.-rrin;; 



II.il.'i.v. A ^-.''nii's .'"t'..iH-'s].i-.'','s,".-,,'ii'liii,-,l t..' 

 N. Auieri.-a, It is ,-i ni.Miiun s,/,,.,|. liar.iv shrul 

 cult, for i 



common li 

 especially 



ntate 



tin 



vhich are 

 1 from the 



obsolete, 

 ar, acute ; 

 id persis- 

 tly grown 



i;rown to 

 .w largely 



tent in both fertile ami si, I li, : i, 



together at the has.-, ..l.l..iiu ., 

 the base of the cor..ll;.. i N, i,, ,,, ,i, 

 used, and the plants attain U) ii. lu ci 



fasciculiris, Raf. (N. Canadensis, DC). Dense-grow- 

 ing, purplish barked shrub, attaining 6 ft. : Ivs. often 

 clustered on spurs, 1-1>^ in. long, elliptical, mucronate, 

 entire or minutely serrate, thin but firm: fls. about 2 

 lines wide: drupes dull red, about 3 lines thick. B.B. 

 2:393. 



NEM6PHILA (Greek, nemos, a grove, and philen. to 

 love; referring to the habitat of some s|,, . i, . , //.,/,.. 

 phylldcetB. Nine species of hardy :.i ■ ' .11 



from N. Amer., are now referred to tl.i -in I I., y 

 are of dwarf, compact habit, and pr.)il II. n . .i .ii.'.- 

 of showy bell-shaped fls. from early ^prm:; 1.1,11. .1111- 

 mer; hence they are valued for ln-iMnm nn.l l..r the 

 border. Whole plant more or less ban \ : ^t. i.i .hit use. 

 becoming prostrate: Ivs. alternat.' ..r ..[.].. .-it. , ]. in- 

 nately lobed or divided. peti..l:iti. : ll..«.-r -l:il! I. .11. My 

 longer than tin- Ivs., t.Tniim.l .-r I .i, r, , ,, . I ij.l,: 



fls. blue, whit.-, i.iirpl.-, ..r in-, i - .: - :■- 



parted; loln-s i-r.-.-t ..r spi-.-,i.li- ii- - u i I- - i-in-v 



reflexed loln-s alti-rnatin..; w.ili ili.m: .---n-ll,. l-i.-,i.|lv 

 bell-shaped or wheel-shaped, deeply r,-lol)cd. with II) 

 scaly appendages on the inside of the throat. 



S. W. Fletcher. 



propjigated by seeds sown in the 

 I f plants are desired for very early 

 il.l l.c sown in Aug. out-of-doors 

 L-.iit.-.l in late fall; or they may be 



All th. 



the open \ 

 These are 

 made it si 

 species si- 



nuals are more valii,-ii-l' i-.r !--.ilii- 11--11 '. -.-I'-ilns 

 because of their com. ' 1 - ,.!i 



ties. They are als.. 1,-- 1 : 1 .s 



and pot-plants. jV, n. --/i. - .n-l \ I/-.- '-•.-,■.. 11 1, ili.-ir 

 many garden varieties, are most iiopnlar. 



F. W. Barclay. 

 The above method of culture is not adapted to all parts 

 of the country. It is very doubtful whether Nemophilas 

 have ever been successfully grown outdoors during 

 summer in the vicinity of Boston. The writer has 

 tried them over and over again without success. His 



