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Nanus (Lat.), dwarf 
Napiform, turnip-shaped 
Narcotics, 206 
Nard, Nardus 
Nardoo, RIarsilea 
N arras, Acanthosicyos 
Naseberry tree, Achras Sapota L. 
Nasturtium, Tropaeolum 
Nat., naturalised 
Nat. Pfl., Natiirliche Pflanzen- 
familien 
Natans (Lat.), swimming (under 
water) 
Natural history, 2; -orders, 120, 
138; -selection, 24; -system of 
classification, 121 
Naturalised plants, 149 
Navicular, boat-shaped 
Nearctic, American Arctic 
Neckweed (Am.), Veronica pere- 
grina L. 
Nectaries, 79, 88, 114; extra- 
floral-, 1 14, Convolvulaceae \ 
sham-, Chorne, Lopezia , Par- 
nassia 
Nectarine, Primus 
Needle, Adam’s, Yucca ; double, 
Coniferae , Sciadopitys ; -gorse, 
Genista ; -leaf, Coniferae , 52, 
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Neem, nim, Media 
Ncmoralis (Lat.), living in woods 
Neotrop., neotropical, New World 
tropical 
Nerves of leaf, 33, 48 
Net-veined, 51 
Nettle, CJrtica ; dead-, Lamium ; 
devil- or fever-, Laportea ; 
hemp-, Galeopsis ; Spanish - 
(W. I.), Bidens ; -tree, Celtis , 
(W. I.) Pilea urera 
Neuter, without fertile sporo- 
phylls, cf. Viburnum , &c. 
New Caled., New Caledonia 
New Jersey tea, Ceanothus 
New Zealand flax, hemp, Phor - 
niium ; -pincushion, Raoulia ; 
-spinach, Tetragonia 
Newtonian curve, 22 
Ngai camphor, Blumea 
Nicholls, 197 
W. 
Nicholson, 197 
Nicker bean (VV. I.), Caesalpinia 
bonducella Flem. 
Nicobar breadfruit, Pandanus le- 
ram Jones 
Niger (Lat.), black 
Niger seed, Guizotia abyssinica 
Cass. 
Night-flowering cactus, Cereus 
Nightshade, Solanum ; deadly-, 
Atropa ; enchanter’s-, Circaea 
Nigrescens, nigricans (Lat.), 
blackish 
Nilgiri nettle, Girardinia 
Nim (oil), Melia 
Nimble Will (Am), Muehlenbergia 
diffusa Schreb. 
Niopo tree (W. I.), Piptadenia 
Nipplewort, Lapsana 
Nitidus (Lat.), lustrous, smooth 
and shining 
Nivalis (Lat.), growing near snow 
Niveus (Lat.), snow-white 
N. O., natural order 
Nodes, 40 
No-eye- pea (W. I.), Cajanus in- 
dicus Spreng. 
Nomium (Cl.), a pasture formation 
Non-articulate leaves, 53, 156 
Non-such, Medicago 
Noogoora burr, Xanthium 
Norfolk island pine, Araucaria 
Northern fern, Lotnaria ; -glacial 
zone, 180 ; -zone of cold winters, 
184; -zone of hot summers, 187 
Norway spruce, Picea 
Notorhizal, Cruciferae 
Nototribe, with essential organs 
striking a visitor on the back 
Nucellus, 80, 105 
Nudiflorus (Lat.), with naked 
flower 
Nut, 107; Areca-, Areca ; betel-, 
Areca ; bladder-, Staphylea ; 
Brazil-, Bertholleiia ; bread-, 
Brosimum ; butter-, Caryocar ; 
candle-, Aleurites ; Cashew-, 
Anacardium ; cob-, Corylus ; 
earth-, Arachis , Conopodium ; 
-grass (Am.), Cy perns ; ground-, 
Arachis (Am.), Apios ; hazel-, 
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