Neurolaena
(from neuron, a nerve, and laena, a covering; referring to the three-nerved segments of the involucre). SYN. Calea. ORD. Compositae. A genus comprising a couple of species of tall, stove or greenhouse, sub-shrubs, of which one is a native of Columbia and the West Indies, and the other of Mexico. Flower-heads whitish, small; involucre campanulate; bracts three or four-seriate, imbricate, narrow, membranous, rather obtuse. Leaves alternate, entire, denticulate, or lower ones three-lobed. Only one species, N. lobata, has been introduced. It thrives in a compost of loam, leaf mould, and sand, and should be grown in a light situation near the glass in a warm greenhouse. N. lobata. (lobed). fl.-heads yellow; corymbs heaped. June and July. l. variable, oblong-lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, cuneate below the lobes, puberulous, scabrous, or tomentose beneath. h. 2ft. West Indies, 1733. (B. M. 1734, under the name of Calea lobata.)