Neonicholsonia

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Read about Neonicholsonia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Neonicholsonia (name in compliment to the late George Nicholson, curator at Kew, author of Dictionary of Gardening). Palmaceae. Two Central American stemless palms with pinnate lvs. 4-6 ft. long, yet little known. Fls. monoecious; male fls. small, trifid, the petals 3 and longer than calyx, stamens connate at base in a short ring, the filaments subulate, anthers long-sagittate and with a thin subulate connective that forms a mucro beyond the apex, pistil a conical rudiment; infl. spicate: allied to Calyptrogyne. The genus is founded and the two species described by Dammer in G. C. III. 30, pp. 178, 179 (1901).

N. Georgei, Dammer, has lvs. about 4 ½ ft. long, petiole and all; pinnules 10 or 11 on each side the rachis. lanceolate, acuminate, with 1 central and 2 marginal primary nerves and 6-8 secondary- nerves, 12-16 in. long and 1/3 -2 in. broad, the first pair opposite and the others alternate, terminal pair confluent only at the base and 8 in. long by 1 in. broad. Costa Rica. N. Watsonii, Dammer (named for W. Watson, Nicholson's successor at Kew), differs in its longer lvs., which are about 6 ft. long; and pinnules 9 or 10 on each side, elongate-lanceolate, caudate, 13-18 in. long and 1-2 in. broad, more or less opposite, the terminal pair confluent only at base and 10 in. long by 2 in. broad. Costa Rica.


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