Noisettia
(named after Louis Claude Noisette, 1772-1849, an eminent French cultivator of fruit trees, author of "Le Jardin Fruitier"). ORD. Violarieae. A small genus (two species) of erect, almost simple, stove sub-shrubs, inhabiting tropical and Northern sub-tropical America. Flowers in the axils, shortly racemose or fasciculate; pedicels articulated above the middle. Leaves alternate, simple. The species thrive in a thoroughly well-drained compost of sandy loam and leaf mould, and require a light place near the glass. Propagated by cuttings, inserted in sand, under a hand glass, in heat. N. longifolia (long-leaved). fl. cream-coloured or white, in bundles; spur awl-shaped. l. lanceolate, serrated, acute, tapering into short footstalks. h. 1ft. to 1 1/2ft. Cayenne, 1824.