NEM 



389 



NEP 



i California 1848 



3 N. Amor. 1813 



1 N. Amor. 1826 



1 N. Amor. 1822 



and phileo, to love ; the plants delight in a 

 shady situation. Linn. 5, Or. 1, Nat. Or. 

 Hydrophyllaccae. This is a genus of very 

 pretty annuals, all of which are well worth 

 cultivating ; they grow and flower best in a 

 moist shaded situation, and a peat or vegetable 

 soil. If the plants are wanted to flower early, 

 the seed should be sown on a hotbed, and 

 afterwards transplanted ; but if not wanted to 

 flower before late in summer,, they may be 

 sown in the open border. Synonymes: 1, 

 Hydrophyllum appendiculatum ; 2, Phacelia 

 parvifldra, Eiltoca parvifldra. 

 atomaria . Wt. pur. 8, H. A. 1 California 1836 



aurlta . . Purple . 6, H. A. 1 California 1831 



discoidalis . Purple . 6, H. Her. P. 1J N. Amer. 1843 

 insignia . . Blue . 8, H. A. 1 California 1833 



maculata . Wt. blue 6, H. An. 

 paniculata 1 Pa. blue 5, H. Her. P. 

 parviflbra 2. Blue . 7, H. Her. P. 

 phacelioldes Blue 7, H. Her. P. 



NEMORbsus, growing in woods, or among trees. 



Ne6sa. See Pinus Gerardiana. 



Ne6ttia, Linn. Neottia, a bird's nest ; in 

 allusion to the interwoven fibres of the roots. 

 Linn. 20, Or. 1, Nat. Or. Orchidacecs. This 

 is a pretty genus of orchidaceous plants. The 

 hardy species will succeed well in a chalky 

 soil, or a mixture of loam, peat, and sand. 

 The stove kinds may be referred to BUtia for 

 culture ; they are all increased by divisions. 

 Synonymes : 1, Spirdnthes tricolor ; 2, S. elata ; 

 3, S. picta ; 4, S. pudica. See Ooodyira, 

 Listera, Pelixia, and Stenorhtfnchus. 



Eestivalis . . White . 9, H. Ter. i N. America 1822 

 6, S. Ter. 1 Trinidad 1826 



6, G. Ter. J New Hoi. 

 9, H. Ter. £ Europe . 



2, S. Ter. 1 Trinidad 

 4, S. Ter. 1 Brazil ". 



7, S. Ter. § Jamaica 

 7, H. ~ 

 7, S. 

 7, H. 

 1, S. 

 4, S. 



3, S. 



aphylla 

 australis . 

 autumnalis 

 blcolor 1 . 

 bracteata 



Red pk. 

 Rod . 

 White . 

 White 

 . Wht yl. 



1826 

 1805 

 1824 



1819 



1823 

 1800 

 1823 

 1834 

 1834 

 . Ter. 1 N. America 1796 



Ter. 2 W. Indies . 1790 

 . Ter. i Irlnd. , marshes. 



Ter. | W. Indios . 



Ter. 1 St. Vincent. 1829 



Ter. J W. Indies . 1827 



5, H. Ter. 1 Brit., woods 

 . 11, S. Ter. 1 Jamaica 



4, S. Ter. li Trinidad 

 , 6, S. Ter. 1 Nepal 



6, 8. Ter. i Nepal . 

 . 11, S. Ter. j China . 

 . 8. H. Ter. J Brit., past. . 

 . 7, S. Ter. J W. Indies . 1822 



Neott6pteris, J. Smith. Linn. 24, Or. 1, Nat. 

 Or. Polypodiacece. Synonyme : 1, AspUnium 

 nidus. Stove ferns. 

 Grevfllei . Brown . 5, S. Her. P. 1 B. Indies 



. Brown . 5, S. Her. P. li E. Indies . 



. Brown . 5, S. Her. P. 1J E. Indies . 



. Brown . 5, 8. Her. P. 1 N. 8. W. . 



. Brown . 6, 8. Her. P. 1J N. Hollnnd. 1822 



Nepal-barley/. See Ebrdeum cceliste trifiir- 



eatum. 

 Nepenthace^; or pitcher-plants. These 



highly curious plants are, all natives of swamps 



in tropical countries. The order at present 



contains but one genus. 

 Nepenthes, Linn. This is a name under which 



Homer speaks of a substance, probably opium ; 



but in what way it is applied to this plant we 



do not know. - Linn. 22, Or. 13, Nat. Or. 



calcarata . . White 



cernua . . White 



elata 2 . . Green 



gemmipara *• White 



glandul6sa . Grn. wt. 



grandiflSra . Wt. grn. 



macrantha . White , 



nidus-avis . Brown 



orchioldes . Rose _ 



picta 3 . . Green , 



plantaginea . Bed . 



procera . . White , 



pudica 4 . . Pink 



spiralis . . White . 



tortilis . . White 



mussefdlia . 

 Phillitidis . 

 stipitata 

 vulgaris 1 . 



aceoz. The various species of Nepenthes 

 are extraordinary and singular plants, well 

 known, under the name of Pitcher Plants ; 

 they deserve to be grown in every collection : 

 some attain the height of twenty or even thirty 

 feet, when their appearance is inconceivably sin- 

 gular from the fine large pitchers which hang 

 gracefully from the points of the strongest 

 leaves. Many have supposed them to be ex- 

 tremely difficult of cultivation, but we have 

 not found the least difficulty in cultivating all 

 the species ; indeed, we question whether the 

 plants at Chatsworth are not fiber than plants 

 growing in and enjoying all the advantages of 

 their native soil . Experience has clearly 

 taught us that heat at the roots is as necessary 

 to the successful growth of these plants as a 

 heated atmosphere is indispensable to their 

 stems and leaves. The plants should be 

 potted in a compost of a little coarse fibrous 

 peat, mixed with a greater portion of Hypnuin 

 Moss, and the pots to he then immersed in 

 moss, the heat of which should not be less 

 than eighty degrees, while the heat of the 

 house need not be, except in summer, more 

 than seventy. The moss in which the plants 

 are plunged should be kept rather wet, so that 

 a constant but general humidity is given off, 

 which rises among them, and thus strengthens, 

 While it promotes their growth. Offsets are 

 thrown out from the base of the stem of old 

 plants, which, when a few inches long, or 

 when each offset has made three or four leaves, 

 are taken off, and potted singly into thirty-two- 

 sized pots, using the same kind of compost, 

 and plunging them in the moss, as before 

 directed, and as the plants grow, and the 

 rootlets in the pot become numerous, an addi- 

 tional sized pot should be given to each, using 

 precisely the same materials as before, ob- 

 serving to secure a good open drainage at the 

 bottom of each ; young plants may also be 

 obtained from seeds. Synonymes: l,Phyll&m- 

 phora mirdbilis, P. cantharifera. 



aibo-marginata 

 ampullacea 

 Dominiana . . 

 distillat&ria . 

 Hookeriana 

 laavis .... 

 Lindleyana . . 

 Phyllamphoral 

 Ramesiana . . 

 sanguinea 

 villosa . 



Grn. yl. 

 Groen 

 Grn. yl. 

 Grn yl. 

 Grn. yl. 

 Grn. yl. 

 Purple 

 Grn. yl. 

 Purple 

 Red . 

 Wt. grn. 



. 6, 8. Ev. CI. 

 , 6, S. Ev. CI. 



6, S. Ev. CI. 

 all-8. Ev. CI. 



6, S. Ev. CI. 

 . 7, 8. Ev. CI. 

 . 7, S. Ev. CI. 

 . 7, S. Ev. CI. 

 . 6, 8. Ev. CI. 

 . 7, S. Ev. CI. 

 . 7, S. Ev. CI. 



15 Singpor. 1848 

 10 Manilla. 1840 



6 Hybrid. 

 25 China . 1789 

 15 Sarawak 1847 



6 Java . 1848 

 10 Borneo. 1847 

 10 China . 1820 

 10 Singapr. 1844 



6 E. Ind. . 1848 



6 Borneo . 1857 



Nepeta, Linn. From Nepet, the name of a 

 town in Tuscany, where the plants were first 

 found. Linn. 14, Or. 1, Nat. Or. Lamiacea. 

 Some of the plants belonging to this genus are 

 very pretty, and well adapted for flower- 

 borders, while others are not worth growing. 

 They prefer to grow in a light. dry soil, and 

 are increased by dividing the roots in spring 

 or autumn, or by seeds. Synonymes: 1, am- 

 goninsis ; 2, Melissa Alba'; 3, N. paMla; i, 

 grandifldra ; 5, Melissa cretica, Thi)mus marl- 

 fblius; 6, N. longifldra ; 7, amelhffstina, ; 8, 

 panndnica; 9, paniculata; 10, TeitCrium si- 



