NAID us— NICOTIAN A. 
4S1 
tkiwered ; nectary- bell-form, short ; leaves 
puoulate. Ex. 
poeff iciiK, (poet's narcissus, 2X-) epatha 1- 
iowered ; nectary wheel-form, very short, 
ecarious, c^ennlate ; leaves inflexed at the 
margin. Ex. 
NAR"DUS. 3—1. (Cyperoidece.) [From nardos, 
spikenard, a teiiri applied to aromatic 
grasses.] 
$tric''t.a, (mat grass, ZJ[.) spike setaceous, 
Straight; ilowers 1 -sided. 
6—1. (Junca.) 
NARTHE'CIUM 
■nartlifx, fennel.] 
amenca'/mm, (y. Ju. 2/.) racemes lax, 
sometimes interruptedly spiked ; pedicels 
with a setaceous bract below^ the tlovver, 
and another embracing the base ; filaments 
with very short hair ; leaves narrow-ensi- 
forra.Howers in a terminal spike or raceme ; 
Bcape 1 f. Sandy swamps. 
NASTUR"T1IJW. 14—2. (CrucifercB.) 
officiiia'le, (w. Ju. IX) leaves pinnate 
sub-cordate 
tate, orbicular, entire j calyx S-sepalled 
petals 5. S. 
NEMOPAN"THES. 4—4 (Rhamni.) [From 
nemus. grove, and pantot (from pas), ail, cum- 
mon m all groves.] 
canade>t"sis, (wild ]io"y, Canadian holly 
g-y. M. ^).) leaves deciduous, ovate-oblong 
very entire, smooth, mucronate ; peduncles 
sub-solitary, very long 1 flowered ; fruit 
obtusely quadrangular. Berries deep red. 
I 3 6 f. 
[Frorii ! NEMOPHI'LA. 5—1. I BorasiinecE.) [From 
nfimns, a grove, and phi'eo, to love ; so called 
from its habit.] 
'paiiicula'ta, (b. M. ^ ) very hairy ; radi- 
cal leaves sub-pii.natilid , cauline ones an- 
gularly lobed ; divisions of the calyx with 
minute, oval appendag»^s; flowers on short 
pedancles, somewhat paniculate. MoisC 
woods. 
phace.loi'des, (b. M. ^ .) succulent; stem 
3-sided ; leaves alternate, pinnatifid ; ped- 
uncles very long, 1 -flowered, opposite the 
leaves, and terminal. 
leafets ovate, sub-cordate repand ; stem 
decumbent; petals longer than the calyx. 
paliis''tre, (J. Au. 24^^) leaves lyrate-pin- j NEOT"TIA. 18—1. (OuMdeaE.) [The name 
natifid ; lobes confluent, unequally dentate, is from the Greek, and .signifies bird's nest.] 
Binooth ; petals as long as the calyx ; siliques torti'hs, (summer ladies' tresses, w. -lu. 
short, turgidjroot ensitbrm. 1-2 f. | 2i.) radical leaves linear ; scape sheatli.>d; 
amphWium, (y. Ju. 2|.) leaves oblong- j flowers spirally secund ; lip somewhat 3- 
lanceolate, pinnatifid or serrate ; root fibrous; j ^oheA ; middle lobe larger, crenulate. Vi i. 
petals longer than the calyx ; siliques ellip- | gra'cths, (ladies'-tresses, _w. Ju.) radical 
tical. 1-2 f. I leaves ovate ; scape sheathing ; flowers in 
his"pidiim, stem tomentosc-villose ; leaves a 
somewhat villose, runcinate-pinnatifid 
lobes rather obtusely toothed ; siliques ovate, 
tumid ; petals not quite as long as the ca- 
lyx. 
sylves"trey (y.) leaves pinnately divided ; 
segments lanceolate, serrate, or incised ; 
petals longer than the calyx ; siliques ob- 
long, somewhat torulose ; style very short. 
Introduced. 
tannccfifcflinm, (M. $ . y.) leaves pinnate- 
ly divided ; segments sinuate- pinnatifid or 
toothed ; siliques oblong linear, nearly erect, 
acute ; style short. S. 
sfesRiliflo'rwm, (y.) leaves cuneate-obovate, 
obtuse, repand-toothed or nearly entire ; 
siliques sub sessile, linear-oblong, obtuse, 
tipped with the nearly sessile stigma. S. 
NECTRIS. 6—2. (Ranunculacecc.) [From 
Gr. nekton, swimming or floating.] 
aqnaf'ica, (g-w. M. 2^.) submersed 
teaves opposite, many-parted, capillary; 
floating ones alternate, efliptic, peltate ; 
flowers in lacemes. S. 
NEGVJN"DO. 20— 5. ■ (^cmnca;.) 
calif or" niciim, young leaves villose, 3- 
foliate; leafets 3-lobed ; lobes incised or 
toothed. California. S. 
NELUM"BIUM. 12—12. (Ranunculacea.) 
lutefum, (water chinquepin, sacred bean. 
piral row ; lip obovate, curled ; scape 
8-12 inches, with a few sheathing leafets or 
scales; leaves on short petioles, sometimes 
falling off' before the plant blossoms ; flow- 
ers in a twisted spike. Var. secun'' da,s,'^^^. 
scarcely twisted, flowers more slender. 
Dry woods. 
c.ei-"nua., (nodding ladies'-tresses, w. Au. 
IX) leaves lanceolate, nerved; flowers in 
a dense spike, nodding , lip oblong, entire, 
acute. 
odora'ta, (w.) stem leafy, glabrous ; leaves 
lanceolate, acuminate , radical ones very 
long : spike somewhat loose ; flowers re- 
curved ; lip ovate, entire ; margin undu- 
late, sub-fimbriate. S. 
NEPE'TA. 13—1. {L'lhtntcB.) [Name is said 
to have been derived from Nepet, a town in 
Tuscany.] 
cota'ria, (catmint, catnep, b-w. 2^.) hoaiy- 
pubescent ; flcjwers in whorled spik&s ; 
leaves petioled, cordate, tooth-serrate. 
NICOTIA'NA. 5—1. (Solaneoi.) [From Ni 
cot, who first introduG«^d it mto Europe.] 
taha'cuni, (Viiginiat tobacco, w-r. Ju 
leaves lance-ovate, sessile, decurrent. 
flowers acute. Naturalized at the north. 
ruit"tica, (common u»bacco, g-y. Au. 
viscid pubescent ; stem terete; leaves p*" 
tloled, ovate, very entire ; tube of the corol- 
la cylindrical, longer than the calyx; sep 
Indian lotus, w. y. Ja. 2^.) corolla many- j nients round, 12-18 i. Flowers in a term: 
petalled ; anthers produced in a linear ap- \ nal panicle or raceme Introduced, 
pendage of the extremity ; leaves peltate- | /^^z/zra/a'/a, (small flowered tobacco, w-r 
orbicular, very entire. Lakes. Flowers 
larger than those of any other plant in 
North America, except one species of mag- 
t^olia. 
rtenta'pei alvm, (w. Ju. 2^.) leaves pel- 
Ju. ©.) leaves petioled, cordate, entire 
flowers on pedicels, obtu.se, clavate. Ex. 
qvadrival'vis, (b-w. Ju. ©.) leaves ob 
long-ovate, petioled ; flowers scattered, sol 
itary, near the summit of the branches ; co 
