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JV. margina'le (marginal-s/7or<?d). 2. Brown 

 June. N. Amer. 1772. 



Noveborace'nse (New York). 14. Brown 



July. N. Amer. 1812. 



obtu'&um (blunt-/rortded). Yellow. June 



N. Amer. 1827. 



oreo'pteris (oreopteris). 3. Brown. July. Britain 



spinulo'sum (crested-prickly), 1. Brown. June 



Britain. 

 ~ thely'pteris (lady fern) . 1 . Brown. July.Britain 



GREENHOUSE. 

 N. coria'ceum (leathery). 1. Brown. June 



Van Dlemen's Land. 1821. 



Cunningha'mii (Cunningham's). 1. Brown 



July. New Zealand. 



decompo'situm (decomposed). 4, Brown 



June. N. Holland. 1820. 



drepa'num (sickle-like). 2. Brown. July 



Madeira. 1837. 



elongaftum (elongated). 2. Brown. July 



Madeira. 1/79. 



IcBtevi'rens (lively-green). 3. Brown. Madeira 



lu'cens (shining:). 1. Brown. August. Mau- 



ritius. 1831. 



ri'gidum (stiff). |. Brown. July. South 



Europe. 1816. 



uni'tum (joined). 2. Brown. August. N 



Holland. 1793. 



STOVE. 

 2V. abru'ptum (abrupt). Yellow. July.Isle of Luzon 



uugefscens (increasing). Yellow. June. Cuba 



1841. 



auricula' turn (eared). A. Brown. July. E 



Ind. 1793. 



B/w'met(Blume's). Yellow. July. E.Ind. 1840. 



cane'scens (hoary). Brown, yellow. May. Isle 



of Luzon. 



caudicuWtum (tailed). Yellow. July. Isle 



of Luzon. 



cordifo'lium (heart-leaved). J. Brown. July, 



Jamaica. 1824. 



crini'tum (huired). 1. Brown. August, 



Mauritius. 1831. 



Cumi'ngii (Cuming's). 3. Yellow. February. 



Malacca. 1839. 



edu'le (eatable-roofed). Yellow. July. Nepaul. 



glandulo'sum (glanded). Yellow. July. Isle 



of Luzon. 1840. 



hippocre'pis (horse-shoe). 2. Brown. May. 



Jamaica. 



hirsu'tum (hairy). Brown, yellow. May. 



Isle of Luzon. 1842. 



mo'lle (soft). 2. Yellow. July. S. Amer. 1820. 



mucrona'tum (sharp-pointed). 2. Brown. 



July. Jamaica. 1820. 



parasi'ticum (parasitical). 1. Brown. June. 



E. Ind. 1824. 



penni'gerum (winged). 6. Yellow. January. 



W. Ind. 



platyphy'llum (flat-leaved). Yellow. June. 



S. Amer. 1826. 



proli'ferum (proliferous). 1. Brown. Brazil. 



propi'nquum (related). 2. Brown. August. 



E. Ind. 1793. 

 pube'scens (downy). Brown.July.Jamaica.1817. 



pu'ngeus (stinging). 1. Yellow. January. W.Ind. 



sc'rra (saw-like). 2. Brown. July. Ja- 



maica. 1819. 



simplicifo'lium (simple-leaved). Yellow. E. 



Ind. 1840. 



te'rminans (ending). Yellow, brown. July. 



E. Ind. 



tubero'sum (tuberous). 1$. Yellow. January. 



\Vi Ind* 



N. villo'sum (shaggy). 8. Brown. July. W. 

 Ind. 1793. 



NEPHRO'LEPIS. (From nephros, a kid- 

 ney, and lepis, a scale ; referring to the 

 covering of the seed, or spore -cases. 

 Nat. ord., Ferns [Polypodiacece]. Linn., 

 Z-Cryplvgamia l-FUices.) 



Stove Ferns, with yellow spores. See FERNS. 

 N. acuminu'ta (pointed). June. W. Ind. 



biserra'ta (double-saw-edg^j. June. Isle of 



Luzon. 



ensifit'/ia (sword-leaved). June. India. 



hirsu'tula (small-haired). June. Malacca. 



Obliteru'tu (obliterated). June. N. Holland. 18:^9. 



pJuduta (drooping). June. W. lud. 



puix-tulu'ta (small-dotted). June. W. Ind. 



sple'ndens (shining). June. W.Ind. 



trichomanoi'des (trichomanes-like). June. 



Isle of Luzon. 



tube.ro' so, (tuberous-rooted). 2. September. 



Jamaica. 1841. 



volu'bilis (twining). June. W.Ind. 

 NEPTU'NIA. (After Neptune, the my- 

 thological deity of the sea ; a water-plant. 

 Nat. ord., Leguminous Plants [Fabacen?]. 

 Linn., 23-Polygamia l-Moncecia. Allied 

 to Desman thus.) 



Stove water-plant, with pinnated, sensitive 

 leaves like a Mimosa; seeds in strong heat; cut- 

 tings and divisions. Winter temp., 50 to 60 

 summer, 60 to 90. 



N. ple'na (full). White, yellow. August. Mexico. 

 1733. 



NERI'NE. (The daughter of Nerius. 

 Nat. ord., Amaryllids [Amaryllidacese]. 

 Linn., 6-Hexand/ia ]-Monogynia. Allied 

 to Brunsvigia.) 



Greenhouse bulbs, from the Cape of Good 

 Hope, except when otherwise mentioned. The 

 Guernsey lily is a Nerine, and, like it, all the 

 species flower in the autumn some before the 

 jrowth of the leaves, and others with the leaves 

 coming up. Like the Amaryllis, they grow from 

 September to May, and delight in strong, yellow 

 oam ; a vigorous growth of the leaves is requisite 

 o cause them to flower the following auiumn. 

 Alany attempts have been made to cross them 

 with Amaryllis and other allied families without 

 success ; but they produce fine crosses among 

 hemselves. Seeds sown in heat, in spring, or as 

 oon as ripe, but chiefly by offsets from the bulbs ; 

 ich, sandy loara, with a little peat ; deeply planted, 

 ind a dry situation in winter ; or protected in a 

 old pit or greenhouse, and kept dry until vege- 

 ation commences. 

 N. coru'scu (glittering). 1. Scarlet. July. 1809. 



curvifu'lia (curve-leaved). 1. Purple.Jiily.1777. 



flexuo'sa (zigzag). 1. Pink. September. 1795. 



hu'milis (low). 2. Red. June. 1795. 



putc/ie'lla (pretty). 2. Pink. July. 1820. 



ru'sea (rosy), f. Pink. July. 1818. 



Sarnie'nsis (Guernsey Lily). \. K e d. Sep 



tember. Japan. 1059. 

 undula'ta (waved -powered), f. Pink. May. 



China. 1767. 



--tv?nu's/a (beautiful). 1. Scarlet. June. 1806. 



NE'RIUM. Oleander. (From ncros, 



moist ; referring to their native places of 



growth. Nat. ord., Dogbanes [Apocyna- 



esej. Linn., 5-Pentandria J -MoHogynia* \ 



