Nolina
(named after P. C. Nolin, a French botanist of the last century). SYN. Roulinia. ORD. Liliaceae. This genus is included, by Mr. Baker, under Beaucarnea. There are about a dozen species, natives of Mexico, Texas, &c. N. georgiana is a showy, half-hardy plant, with a very large tunicated bulb; it would probably prove hardy in favoured localities in Southern counties. Under glass, in a cool house, it thrives in a well-drained sandy-loam compost, and, during the season of rest, water should be sparingly administered. Increased by offsets. N. longifolia and N. recurvata are described under Beaucarnea (which see).
N. georgiana (Georgian).* fl. whitish, small, disposed on an erect stalk, 2ft. to 3ft. high, and branching at the top into a many-flowered panicle with spreading branches. May. l. dry, harsh, toothleted, narrow, strap-shaped. Georgia, 1812. (G. C. n. s., xv. 697.)