. Handbook of hardy trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants ... Based on the French work of Messrs. Decaisne and Naudin ...entitled 'Manuel de l'amateur des jardins,' and including the original woodcuts by Riocreux and Leblanc. Plants, Ornamental. HydrophyllacecB—Nemophila. 3^3 scorpioid cymes of rather small blue or wliite flowers with bearded stamens. The most familiar genus of this group is 1. nemOphila. Dwarf branching showy annuals. Leaves pinnatifid. Flowers conspicuous, solitary, axillary or extra-axillary, on slender peduncles. Calyx 5-lobed and furnished with reflexed teeth between the l
. Handbook of hardy trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants ... Based on the French work of Messrs. Decaisne and Naudin ...entitled 'Manuel de l'amateur des jardins,' and including the original woodcuts by Riocreux and Leblanc. Plants, Ornamental. HydrophyllacecB—Nemophila. 3^3 scorpioid cymes of rather small blue or wliite flowers with bearded stamens. The most familiar genus of this group is 1. nemOphila. Dwarf branching showy annuals. Leaves pinnatifid. Flowers conspicuous, solitary, axillary or extra-axillary, on slender peduncles. Calyx 5-lobed and furnished with reflexed teeth between the lobes, these teeth or appendages enlarging after the flower expands. Corolla rotate or broadly campanulate. Stamens included. Capsule 1- to 4-seeded. This genus is ex- clusively North American, and the species are mostly from California. The name is a compound of vifioi, a grove, and <f)i\ea), to love, from the natural habitat of some of these plants. 1. N. insignis (fig. 176), syn. N. Menzihsii.—A handsome diffuse a,nnual bearing a profusion of sky-blue flowers having a. Fig. 176. Nemopliila iusignis. (J nat. size.) white eye in the original variety. There is a pure white variety, a blue variety bordered with white, and another with blue streaks on a white Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Hemsley, W. Botting (William Botting), 1843-1924; Decaisne, J. (Joseph) Manuel de l'amateur des jardins. Boston, Estes & Lauriat
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