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CI)C CrcaSttru nf 23otanu. 



t>erg, a Japanese tree which has since been 

 shown to be a species of Pcdocarpus. 



NAGELTA. A genus of the pome-bear- 

 ing division of Eosacea (Pomacete of Lind- 

 leyl allied to Cotaneasier, with which it 

 agrees in the structure of its flowers and 

 in its general appearance ; but the fruit, 

 which is of a pale pink colour, about as large 

 as a pistol-ball, has a brittle semitranspa- 

 rent flesh, and the thin putamen of Pyrus, 

 instead of the hard bony stone of Coto- 

 neaster. It is founded on the Cotoneastcr 

 dentiarfata, a Mexican shrub, and is further 

 marked by having a semimembranaceous 

 calyx, small spreading petals, ten to fifteen 

 stamens, and a spheroidal pome, crowned 

 by the calyx. The same name has b een 

 given to a rhamnaceous shrub from Java, 

 now referred to Gouania. [T. MJ 



NAGKESHFR, NAGKESUR. Indian 

 names for the fragrant flowers of Mesua 

 ferrea. 



NAGLA-RAGEE. An Indian name for 

 Eleiisine coracana. 



NAGUR-M OOTHA. Cypenis pertenute. 



NAHLEH". An Arabic name of the Date 

 Palm, Plicenix dactylifera. 



NAIAD ACE2E. (Fluviales, Potamece, Nai- 

 ads.) A natural order of monocotyledonous 

 plants belonging to Lindley's hydral al- 

 liance of Endogens, consisting of plants 

 living in fresh or salt water, and having 

 cellular leaves with parallel veins, and in- 

 conspicuous flowers. The latter are her- 

 maphrodite or unisexual. Perianth of two 

 or four pieces, of ten deciduous, sometimes 

 wanting; stamens definite, hypogynous; 

 ovary free, of one or more carpels, with a 

 solitary ovule. Fruit dry, one-celled, usu- 

 ally indehiscent ; seed erect or pendulous, 

 exalbuminous. The few species are found 

 in various parts of the world, and have no 

 properties of importance. [J. H. B.] 



NAIADE. (Fr.) Xajas marina. 

 NAIL. Half an inch, or the length of the 

 nail of the little finger. 



NAILWORT. Braba verna; also Saxi- 

 fraga tridactylites. 



NAIN DAMERIQUE, or NAIN FLA- 

 GEOLET. (Fr..) Phaseolus tumidiis. 



XAJAS. A genus giving its name to 

 the order Xaiadacece, and consisting of 

 about eight widely distributed species. 

 It is distinguished by its mostly dicecious 

 axillary naked flowers, the males with a 

 single nearly sessile anther enclosed in a 

 membranous spathe, and the females with 

 a single ovary tapering into a short style 

 bearing two to four awl-shaped stigmas. 

 All the species are little branching herbs, 

 growing under water, with narrow oppo- 

 site or whorled, usually toothed, broad- 

 based leaves, and insignificant flowers 

 'which produce little seed-like nuts. iV. 

 flexilis,a. common North American species, 

 lias of late years been found in Conne- 

 mara. [A. S.J 



NAKED LADIES. Colchicum autumnale. 



NAKED SEEDS. Seeds having no pe- 

 I ricarpal covering, as in conifers and 

 cycads. 



NAMA. A genus of Hydroleacew, con- 

 ! taming half a dozen diffuse herbs or 

 shrubs, natives of America, with entire 

 i leaves, and blue or white axillary or termi- 

 : nal flowers. The calyx consists of five per- 

 ! sistent sepals ; the corolla is tubular and 

 j funnel-shaped ; there are five included 

 i stamens inserted in the tube of the corolla ; 

 j the ovary is two-celled, containing nume- 

 i rous ovules, and bearing two distinct 

 ' styles with obtuse stigmas ; the capsitle is 

 two-celled, dehiscing loculicidally, and con- 

 taining numerous small seeds. [W. C] 

 NAMEDOU. Alangium hexapetalum. 

 NANA, or NANON. A South American 

 name of the Pineapple, Ananassa satira. 



NANANTHEA. A genus of Covijiositcs 

 peculiar to Corsica, and represented by a 

 single species, N. perpusilla, which is a 

 smooth branching herb, seldom above an 

 inch high, with very minute white-rayed 

 flower-heads placed singly on the end of a 

 slender stalk longer than the leaves. Its 

 chief characteristics are the oval com- 

 pressed achenes without pappus, thick 

 style branches, narrow naked receptacle, 

 and involucre of eight to nine distinct 

 scales, placed in a single series. [A. A. B j 



NANCY-PRETTY. Saxifraga umbrosa. 



NANDHIROBE.E. A suborder of the 

 Cucurbitacew, characterised by its anthers 



! not being sinuous, the placenta adhering 

 to the axis of the fruit, and the seeds 



i being numerous. The plants are climbing 

 herbs, natives of hot climates, as India 



| and South America. Telfairia and Feuillcea 



1 are examples. [J. H. B.] 



NANDINA. A genus of Berberidacece, 

 differing from Berberis in having several 

 rows of scales on the outside of the six 

 sepals, six white petals without glands, and 

 red globose berries, with two plano-convex 

 seeds. N. domestica is a handsome ever- 

 green shrub, with ternately ' compound 

 leaves, and terminal panicles of flowers. 

 It is a native of China and Japan, where 

 it is extensively cultivated in gardens, and 

 is known by the names of Nandscokf, Nat- 

 tam, or Nandin. [J. T. S.] 



NANEEL. An Indian name for Bassia 

 latifolia. 



NANGKA. A Bornean name for the 

 Jack-fruit. 



NANKAH. The Persian name for 

 Ajowains. 



NANODEA. A genus of sandalworts, 

 distinguished by the calyx having a four- 

 cleft border ; four stamens with very short 

 filaments and two-celled anthers ; and a 

 short style ending in two lobes. The only 

 species is a small fleshy plant, a native of 

 Magelhaens' Straits. [G. D.] 



