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nig-roc-il’-i-a’-ta 
nil-ag-ir’-ic-a ... 
nil-gher-ren’-se 
nil-ghir-en’-sis 
Nim-mo-a’-nus 
Ni'-pa ... 
nit’ -id-a 
niy -6-a 
niy-o -sus 
niy -ul’-i-a 
no’-bil-is 
noc-tif-lo’-ra ... 
Noi-set -ti-a’-na 
Nol’-té-a 
No-pal’-é-a 
Sa 
Nord-man’-ni-a’-na ... 
nor-ma -lis 
Nor-6n’-hi-a ... 
Noth-op-e’-gi-a 
Not-on’-1-a 
Not-on’.j-a’/na. 
Not-on’.i-i 
nov-em ae 
nuc-if’-er-a 
nu-dif-lo’-ra ... 
nu’-dam 
nu’-ga... ae 
nul-lin-er’-vis... 
nam-mul-a’-ri-a 
Nuzv’-val-a 
nu -tans 
nux-vom’-ic-a 
Nyc-tag’-in-a’'ce-z 
Nyc-tanth’-és 
QO-ber-on’-i-a ... 
: 
PRONUNCIATION AND DERIVATION. 
(Latin), with a fringe of black hairs ; 
(loc.) pertaining to the Nilgiri Hills ; 
(com.) of Nimmo, who co npleted and published John Graham’s 
“Catalogue of plants grown in Bombay and its vicinity,” 
1839 ; 
Nupa (Molucca), name of the plant (Rox. 3/650) ; 
(Latin), shining ; 
(Latin), snow-white, the purest clearest, somewhat tramuslucent, 
white as in the Camellia ; 
(Latin), snowy, or covered with white hair ; 
ni vilews, diminutive of niveus (Latin), covered with snow ; (all :) 
probably to the drops of white juice which dry up upon the 
leaves and other parts of the plant ; 
(Latin), noble, majestic looking, renowned, or of great service; 
(Latin), flowering at night ; 
(com.) Louis Claude Noisette [(pr:) Loo-ee Clode Nwar-zett], 
1772--1849, eminent French cultivator of fruit trees, author 
of “ Le Jardin traitier” (N. 2/454); 
(com.) Nolte , South African botanist ; 
nopal (Mexican), name of the Cactus , 
(com.) of Nordmann ; 
(Latin), normal ; in which the ordinary structure, peculiar to the 
genus or family, of a given plant is in no wise departed from ; 
(com.) Noronha, Portuguese botanist of Java, and traveller in 
Madagascar (Br. 118) ; 
nothos, péegia (Greek) [from péyé (Greek) a spring ; (all :) habitat], - 
counterfeit Pegia ; (all:) affinity (Ch :) ; 
(com.) Benjamin Noton of Bombay, indefatigable collector of 
Indian plants (Ch.) ; 
(com.) of Benjamin Noton ; 
(Latin), nine ; 
(Latin), nut-beariny ; 
(Latin), with naked flowers; no perianth free of hair or other 
appendages ; 
(Latin), naked ; 
(Latin), trifiing ; 
(Latin), veinless, when there are no ribs or veins in a Jeaf, 
[same as eneruis] ; 
nummilus (Latin [from nowmmos (Greek) }), a little coin; (ad :) 
discoid leaves or pod joints ; ; 
nirvidl (Malayalam), water Wood-apple, name of the plant 
(McL. 8/580) ; this is evidently wrong ; itis ntravila (Mala- 
yalam), united leaf, with corresponding terms ia Tamil 
(Inatvilat) and Canarese (Neravele), together with various 
other synonyms, which all point to the similarity between 
this trifoliate leaf and the sacred Lingam sectarian mark, the 
Avadaiyar, or the trident of Siva, and its insinuations in 
correction with procreation. It is net essentially or water- 
loving tree and ig found often on the driest soils ; but is 
frequently planted near Sivite temples ; : 
(Latin), nodding, with flower bent downwards ; 
(Latin), nut which causes vomiting ; 
(Latin), Marvel of Peru (Mirabilis—previously called Nyctago 
[from nua (gs. niktos) (Greek) nignt; (all:) flowers open at 
four in the afternoon |) Family, or Order ; 
nuz (g.niuktos), anthos (Greek), night: flower ; (all :) flowers 
open in the evening and fall off at break of day (N. 2/459) ; 
(Cias.) Oberon, King of the fairies; (all:) quaint and variable 
forms of the plant (N. 2/465); - 
