NEMOPIIILA 



Iiest results have been attained by growing them in 

 |jots in a cool greenhouse. Neniophilas are said tu 

 do beautifully outdoors in Maine, where the summer is 

 cooler and moister. In Scotland, Nemophilas are es- 

 teemed most delightful garden plants. An odd thing 

 about Nemophilas is that cats are extremely fond of 

 rolling in them as they do in catnip. 



Robert Cameron. 

 A. Acs. mostly alternate, all with an ear-shaped anil 

 claspinij base ur winged petiole. 

 aurita, Lindl. Stem 1-3 ft. long, weak, with stiff, re- 

 curved bristles by which the plant tends to climb: Ivs. 

 deeply cut above into 5-9 oblong or lanceolate segments, 

 which are usually turned back: later fls. not accom- 

 panied by Ivs., and hence appearing to be in loose ra- 

 cemes; corolla about 1 in. broad, violet. Low, shady 

 grounds. Calif. B.R. 19:]fi01. 



NEPENTHES 



10C7 



ccc. Fls. vivid blue (pure white or lilac in vars.). 



insignia, Benth. Fig. UiIH. Lvs. i.iniKiti'Iy p:irted into 

 7-9 oblong segments, wlii.Ii u- - ti" ii" -' '■' I 'ind or 

 toothed: fls. %-l in. wi.i l ' ' H. K. 



20:1713. B.M.3485. P..M 1^:21.^. 



—There are many gar.l. n m . - -i '.'.- ^ -imble 

 species. Among these are \m. siaudiilura, wuh large, 

 clear blue fls. (Gt. 34:370); var. alba, fls. puru white; 

 var. marginata, fls. blue, edged with white. 



S. W. Fletcher. 



NENGA i:Malay:iii name). Palm&cece. Two or three 

 specie- '■( Malny^, 



AA. Lr.^. alt opposite, base not ear-shaped. 

 H. Sralij <ii'innda(jes on throat of corolla narrow. 

 MSnziesii, llonk. & Am. (iV. atomAria, Fisch. & Mey. 

 y.ilisrniilal/s. Lem.). Stem straggling, succulent: lvs. 

 pioiiatilid. the lobes ovate, nearly entire, slightly hairy: 

 fls. Ii;;ht liliie to nearly white, marked with dark brown 

 spots towards the center. Low grounds, wi-steru Amer. 

 H.U.L':i:l'.lU). H.M. 377-1. P.M. 5:99. V. i; :L'(;7.-rii.l. r 

 cult, the species has given rise to var. discoidalis i .V. 

 discdidalis. Lem.), in which the spots c.n ilie cun.lla .ue 

 confluent into a large, brownish purple .v.. CaiMen 

 forms of this are: var. vitt&ta, velvetv lihirk ni:ii _'iiie.l 

 with white (Gn.9:232); var. Regans i .V. „i;„,.)na. v:.i. 

 ilegans, Hort.), fls. pure white, with chuedale eeuter 

 (V. 2:268), and var. ocul&ta, white, with purple center. 



BB. Scaly appendages very broad or roundish. 



c. Fls. blue, with white center. 



phacelioldes. Barton. Leaf segments obtuse, margin 



sliirbtlvciliatc': lower lvs. narrowed intoasliort petiole; 



lolies lioti'lied at end: corolla bell-shaped. Western N. 



Amer. B.K. 9:740. B.M. 2373. 



re. Fls. white, with a purple blotch at the tip of 

 each lobe. 

 maculita, Benth. Lvs. lyre-shaped, the !>-9 short 

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

 times only 3-lobed: fls. 1-2 in. wide, showy; sometimes 

 the purple blotch is poorlv defined. Common in west- 

 ern and central Calif. P.M. 16:6. P. S. 5:431. R. H. 

 1849:201. V.2:267.-Good garden forms of this are var. 

 &lbida and var. grandifldra. Var. varieg&ta has varie- 

 g:ited leaves. 



one of which is cult. 

 a, however, the ovule is erect 

 while Nenga belongs to a large 



and ta-telle.l Ul t 



group ill whieli iLie ovule is fasteiie.i ..n tue sm,. ami 

 more or less pendulous. Nenga i- .h -i m ■ n i-ln .1 from 



the 5 cultivated genera of this LTiNi- 'I listed 



under Hedyscepe) by the foll'UMiu i .i . i i-tics : 

 staminate fls. with iiari-ow sei.aK n n • i i -itik tho 

 petals; stamens I); ai.iiM,'. .,.•■ i ,. :•<■•■ -laceful 



spineless palms with 'i-^ i" . ' i i . d ii'unks: lvs. 



terminal, equall\ |iniii:ii: ■ Ink ar, aeumi- 



nate or obliqueh- J li'l "r ■'■ li'l ; iiiiiL:ti ti-hled hack at 

 the base; primary nerves sjiarsi-ly scaly below; rachis 

 3-sided; petiole short; sheath cylindrical, strongly ob- 

 lique at the throat: spadix with a short peduncle and 

 slender pendent branches; spathes 2, the lower sym- 

 metrical, lanceolate, folded, 2-crested, the upper un- 

 syrametrieal, persistent, or lacking: bracts 3-fld.; 

 bractlets scaly: fls. white: fr. ellipsoidal, smooth, red- 

 dish oiange. 



Wendlandiina, Scheff (.4 r^ca pi/i»j7a,BIume). Stem 

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

 nearly to the base: pinnae alternate, ensiform, acumi, 

 nate, 2^ ft. long, H-IH in. wide, bright green, cori- 

 aceous, 2-ribbed: petiole slender; sheath sub-ventri- 

 cose, 2 ft. long. Java. Jared G. Smith. 



NE0TT6PTERIS. ( 



NEPENTHES (nam. 

 About 35 species ol 

 which rank among the 

 dom. The word Ne] 

 where Helen threw a • 

 posed to free in. ^ t - . ■ 

 cribing i 



lit Thamnopteris. 



.-.::• . I ; ,., I ., I.:' v:. . ,.el: "If 



this is not Hel. ■ ■' - .: : i I.e for 



all botanists. Wliai i...iuii-i -'.luM n-t h. ii;i,..l with 

 admiration if, after a loiii,' journey, he should And this 

 wonderful plant! In his astonishment past ills would 

 be forgotten when beholding this admirable work of 

 the Creator." 



There are about 35 speei.s ,.f Xepeiitlies. all tropical 

 and inostlv :Malav.-in. Tlev aie all lemarkalily alike, 

 and diflereiit from aiivlhiiiu- e|-,- in rh.. «,„l.l. They 



It i- -ii|i[...-i <l ili:ii iri-'ii- :ire ;di i-n'ie.l I iV nectar 



Klnn.l-^ ne,i n,.r>lM 1, M,le i"'''lie.>,andper- 



hayis aU't t>\- il I"i' i.t '1,1 :'i:'! I .:iier. Uie odor or 



dceoin|".-iiiL' lli.^ i^ 111" I : ■ ■ .1' - ! Ilesh-eating in- 

 sects, ami iliii- a-' 1 : ' ■ ' i <nred. One spe- 

 cies is -a 11 1 iw III- -Mil 1 1.: : ,,' : ; • i! -'1 in its tastes. 

 Burbid-e relate.s that .^ . I c ' /, , r . Ir.iin its peculiar 

 habit of growing on dead trees, catehes mainly such 

 beetles and boring insects as exist in decayed timber, 

 and ants innumerable. There is, however, a species of 

 ant which outwits one of the pitcher plants; viz., IV. 

 bicalcarata. " This ant's object is water, ami to obtain 

 this it bores a hole through one of the large sugar-se- 

 creting glands of the stalk behind the pitcher, just 



