NEPETA 



vases and baskets. Nepeta is a genu 

 cies, mostly in the northern henli^ 

 tropics. Perennial or annual herlts 

 dwarf and more or less trailing: Ivs. 

 the flor: 



NEPHROLEPIS 



1075 



• ri-st 



or redurcd to bruL-ts : 

 whorls of Hs. crowded in 

 a dense spike, or in a 

 loose cyme, rarely few- 

 fld. and'axillary: lis. blue 

 or white; calyx 15-nerved; 

 corolla 2-lipped; perfect 

 stamens 4: ovary 4-parted. 

 The genus is placed be- 

 tween Lopanthus and 

 Dracocephalum, and is 

 characterized as follows: 

 calyx tubular, the mouth 

 straight or oblique, 5- 

 toothed; stamens usually 

 parallel, ascending; anther 

 cells divergent or divari- 

 cate. See Fig. 1473 . 



?i'epeta O'ieehoma is a 

 perennial erveping plant 

 of easy culture in any 

 , rich, fairly moist 

 soil, in either shade or full sunliglit, but to be luxuriant 

 in the open it should have a moist soil. It is a very 

 rapid grower, and is therefore often troublesome when 

 planted with other low-growing plants. It is useful as 

 a ground covering in shrubbery borders and shady 

 places generally. 



A. Blooms smaU, inconspicuous^ 



B. Color of fls. white or nearly so. 



Catiria, Linn. Catnip or Catnep. Catmint. Figs. 



1473, 1474. Tall and erect: Ivs. heart-sbaped, green 



above, whitish below, crenate, stalked. Eu., Orient. 



BB. Color of fls. blue. 



Glechdma, Benth. Ground Ivt. Gill-ovek-the- 



Ground. Makes a dense mat: Ivs. roundish, more 



deeply notched at the base than Catnip, and green on 



both sides, the floral ones like the others, not reduced 



to bracts as in the other kinds here described: whorls 



axilbii-v, few-fld. Nat. from Eu., Asia. B.B. 3:87.— The 



grcin-ivd. form is less cult, than var. variegata (iV. 



lull, racea. Trev., var. variegata, Hort.). 



AA. Blossoms lartjcv, shoiry, blue. 



B. Lus. not notched at the base. 



maorantha, Fisch. En-ct. ln-:mcl.ing. nearly glabrous: 



Ivs. short-stalked. o\ :i;- ; i,, > I i > . jn i-u en both sides: 



cymes peduncled. 1. 'i i ' m li Lnii,'; bracts 



minute. Altai. B..'M. i" .. /',.-;./,. (/<n,i Sibiricnm). 



c. Fls. pedictlled. 

 betonicsefdlia, C. A. Mey. Upper Ivs. green on both 

 sides: bracts a half shorter than the calyx. Caucasus. 



Iks ascending: Ivs. 

 uubranched: bracts 

 •;isus, Persia. R.H. 



Mussini, Spren'r. I ' 

 green above. whitisli ' i i . 



much shorter than th. ^J .. i 

 1891:300. B.M. 923 ( .V. I,.i„,;f„l, 



F. W. Barclay and W. M. 



NEFHSLIUU (old name of the burdock applied to 

 this genus because the rough fruits were supposed to re- 

 semble those of burdock). Sapinilitceir. TheLitchi nut 

 can be obtained in the dried state in the larger nuirkeis 

 of the eastern states and is often seen on the tables 

 of trans-Pacific steamers. The tree is cult, in the 

 West Indies but not in the U. S., unless in Porto 

 Rico. The whole fruit is about as large as a small 

 walnut. The outer covering consists of a thin, brittle 

 shell, under which is a layer of soft, aromatic and 

 delicious pulp; finally in the center is a rather large, 

 smooth, hard-shelled seed, from which the pulp readily 

 separates. It is one of the most delicately flavored 

 fruits that the tropics produce. In dried state it will 



keep a long time, and can be transported to distant 

 parts. Thus dried, the pulp shrinks from the shell and 

 becomes tough and less aromatic and delicate. 



of southern China and the Malay 



Thet 



archipelago, where it has been cult, for at least 

 years. It has been brought to the extreme south of 

 Japan and to various tropical count n. s. If «;!■- iiitroiUiced 



to southern Fla. in 1886. Only a Innii. .1 i is suited 



to its growth, as it does not re;i(iil\ ,hI ijit iis.-lt to cli- 

 mates which differ much from tli.ii |" . nhar to its orig- 

 inal habitat. ItisagcM.,! 1 < ii II , lid to attain a di- 

 ameter of 2-3 ft. It is I under glass in a 

 few European botanic _' I nomic interest. 



The preceding accuni i- ii-iimi,.1 chiefly from 

 G. C. Georgeson's article in A.u. l..Ji,;i. W. A. Taylor 

 writes : "The Litchi nut is also sold in Chinese stores 

 in the larger cities in the form of preserves packed in 

 syrup in glass jars. In this form the peculiar fragrance 

 and flavor of the fresh fruit are well preserved." 



Nephelium is a genus of abou 



abruptly pinnate ; 

 Ifts. not quite op- 

 posite, oblong, en- 

 panicles axillary and 

 terminal, many-fld.: 

 fls. small, regular, 

 polygamo- dioecious; 

 calyx small, cup- 

 shaped, 4-6-cut: pet- 

 als none or 4-6, vil- 

 lous or with 2 scales; 

 stamens 6-10: ovary 2-3-lobed. 

 is allied to the soap-berry. 



Litchi, Cambes. Litchi or Leechee. Fig. 1475. Lfts. 

 about 3 pairs, lanceolate, 1-nerved beneath. China. 

 A. G. 12:269. 



NEPHRdDITIM. A name used at Kew for species of 

 Dryopteris, which see. iV. emersum, var. cristaltim is 

 advertised, but unknown to botanists. 



L. M. Underwood. 



NEPHROLEPIS (Greek, l-idney scale : alluding to the 

 indusia). Polypodiitcttt . A L^miis ..f subtropical ferns 

 with pinnate Ivs., the piiiiiii' iiiticiilntcd to the raehis, 

 free veins and a renifortii "i- i-Munilisii indusiura rising 

 from the apex of the upp.i ImuhcIi id a vein. See Fern. 



INDEX. 



acuta, 3. Vuffii, 1. plumosa. 2. 



Baitsei. 3. exaltata, 2. rufesceiis, 3. 



Bostonieasis, 2. furcans, 4. tripitmalifida, 3. 



cordata, 1. Paradisw, 2. tnberosa, 1. 



cordifolia. 1. pectlnata. 1. Washingtonensis, 2. 



davallioides, 4. Phitippensis . 2. 



1475. Litchi Nut— Nephelium ( X K). 

 Botanically the genus 



'fi'ii, Moore, is 

 Zealand, with 

 lata compacta, 



B. Marijins entire or crenulate. 

 2. exaltata, Sihott. Sword Fern. Stalks 4-6 in. long: 

 Ivs. l-'Jtt ..rill' 'I Imiil- :! i; ill- brond: pinna? close, usu- 

 ally a. 11" •!'■ ' ' • '■■ - I'L'litly cri-nate, the upper 



sideaiii ' I ! I 11^ l\oii-andEastAfrica. 



The"|;.. --I I ..' /■:'"/./. -..~/N (see Plate XI) 



of tin- I, .; ■ ,: :m : ' I !,: jl.' Milm ■! Lilt lias no stand- 

 ing as a l...i:tii w al \ ari.l \ , 1 1 I- -,.,,,,■ ai a - iii 1 1 a- trade 



under the Imti i. nli mal iiaiif \ /' . • -. ,„ltata, 



N. 'pi'iili",,.r„si,, ll.,rt.. will, dark Iwl . da'l-k alVcn foli- 

 age, probably belongs here. ^V. WaxhiiujtouHnsis and 

 N. Washingioniensis, var. pendula, Hort., are said to be 

 forms of this species. G. W. Oliver says that their fronds 

 last well after being cut. 



