Loudon's encyclopædia of plants : comprising the specific character, description, culture, history, application in the arts, and every other desirable particular respecting all the plants indigenous to, cultivated in, or introduced to Britain / [J.C. Loudon].
- Loudon, J. C. (John Claudius), 1783-1843.
- Date:
- 1855
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Loudon's encyclopædia of plants : comprising the specific character, description, culture, history, application in the arts, and every other desirable particular respecting all the plants indigenous to, cultivated in, or introduced to Britain / [J.C. Loudon]. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![2121. NEPE'NTHES. 21204 14077a Phyllamphora Jack, pitcher.leaf fi_ [23 cu 6 ••• ••• Sincapore Phyllamphora mirabilis Lour, cantharifera Rumph. 21205 - - laevvis Lindl. smooth fl_ tZ3 cu 6 ••• ••• ^ava 21206 - - ampullaria Jack. bottle-like fl_ 23 cu 6 ... Rusty Sincap. S.C p.l.sph Ru. amb. 5. 59 1848. S.C p.l.sph 1847. S.C p.l.sph 21207 - 21208 - 21209 - 21210. 21211 - - Rafflesiana Jack. Sir T. RafHes's fl_ 1Z3 cu 4 s.o Y.Br Sincap. 1845. S.C p.l.sph Bot. mag. 4285 - Lindleyana Low. Lindley's |_ [Z3 cu 8 - Hookeriana Low Hooker's fl_ [23 cu 20 - albo-marginata Ho. white-margind fi_ E3 cu 6 - sangumea Hort. blood-coloured fl_ (23 cu ... Borneo 1847. Sarawak 1847. Sincap. 1848. E. Indies 1848. S.C p.l.sph S.C p.l.sph S.C p.l.sph S.C p.l.sph Page 852. Class XXLII. —POLYGAMIA. Order 1. MONCECIA. Flowers monoecious. 3332 . 2126a. Neptunia. Flowers polygamous. Calyx 5-toothed. Petals 5, distinct, oblong, spatulate. Stamons 10, rarely ft, having the filaments of the lower flowers of the spike all sterile and petaloid. Legume oblong, dry, 2-valved, 4—6-seeded, broadest at base. 3333. 21264. Prosbpis. Flowers polygamous. Calyx 5-toothed. Petals 5, free. Stamens 10. with the filaments scarcely connected at base. Legume continuous, filled with pulp, linear, rather compressed, swollen above the seeds, and at length separating into 1-seeded parts. 3334 . 2128a. Stendnthium. Flowers either hermaphrodite or polygamous. Perianth of 6 coloured persistent sepals turbinate at base, where they are adnate to the ovarium. Stamens 6, filiform. Anthers reniform, 1-celled, opening outside. Seminiferous ovarium 3-celled. Cells many-seeded. Styles 3, continuous, distinct, stigmatose at top. Stigma simple. Capsule oblong, 3-celled, tripartible crowned by the styles. Carpels dehiscing inside. Seeds many, subcultriform, compressed, bract-formed. Testa girded by a wing. MONCECIA. 2123. I'NGA. 21212 14098a pulcherrima Paxl. fairest 2124. MlMOvSA. 21213 14108 uruquensis H. $ A. Uruquay * □ or 10 S Mexico 1846. C s.l.p Px. m. 11.147.ic 3332. 21214 - 3333. 21215 - 21216- 21217- E I or 2 jn.jl Bri.R BandaO. 1841. C s.l.p Bot. reg. 1842,33 2126a. NEPTIPNIA Lour. (So called from the species growing in lakes and ponds.) Leguminbsee. -plena Due. full * 23 or fl jl s Pa.Y Mexico 1733. S w Bot. mag. 4695 Mimosa plena Lin., Mill. fig. , t. 182. f. 2. Desmdnihus plenus W., No. 14114., as well as No. 14113., belongs to this genus. 21266. PROSOvPlSZ,m. Algaroba. - spiclgera Lin. spike bearing J O ed -dulcis Kth. sweet 9 I I ed Acacia edillis W. hsvighta W. -juliflbra Dec. July flower f CD ed 30 (Prosopon. a mask.) Leguminbsce. G.y Coroman 1812. S s.l.p R..xb. cor. 1. f G.Y N. Spain 1818. C s.l.p Kth. mem. 34 Mimosa juliflbra Swartz. Acacia falciita Desf. G.Y Jamaica 1800. C s.l.p 2127. ACA^CIA. 21218 14120a ruscifolia Cun. Broom-leaved fit | or 2 mr.my Y 21219- - Oxycedrus Sieb. Cedar m i ] or 6 mr.my Y taxijblia Lodd. bot. cab. 1225. pugionijormis Cun. 21220 - - oncinophyllairadi. hooked-leaved *t\ | or 4 mr.my Y N.S.W. N.S.W. 1824. 1823. s.l.p s.l.p Bot. mag. 2928. Swan R. 1848. S s.l.p 21221 14121a Riceana Hensl. setigera Hook. kHdfk failt) Ld Monteagle's & i | or 4 mr.my Y 21221 V.D.L. 1835. 21219 S s.l.p Px. fl.g. 2.42.155 21214 21212 History, Use, Propagation, Culture, 3332. Nepthnia is a genus of floating water-plants, with leaves sensitive to the touch, like those of the sensitive plant. They grow well in a stove aquarium, or in tubs or pans filled with water, having a few inches of mould in the bot- tom. They require to be placed in a warm situation in a hothouse.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21495725_1562.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)