PENTACERAS 495 



Pellucid, transparent. 



Pelma Finet. Orchidaceae (n. 16). 2 New Caled., New Guinea. 



Peloria, sudden development of actinom. symmetry in a normally -|- fl., 



Linaria, Scrophnlariaccae. 



Pelozia Rose. Onagraceae (2). 2 Calif., Mexico. 

 Peltandra Rafin. Araceae (v). 2 Atl. N. Am. 

 Peltanthera Benth. Loganiaceae. i Peru. 

 Peltaria Jacq. Cruciferae (2). 3 S.E. Eur., Medit. 

 Peltate (1.), circular, with petiole inserted near the centre of blade, 



AW// mbiutn, Tropacohi in . 



Pelticalyx Gnff. Anonaceae (inc. sed. ). i Indomal. 

 Peltiphyllum Engl. (Saxifraga p.p.). Saxifrag. (i). i Calif. 

 Peltobryon Klotzsch= Piper L. p.p. (Pip.). 

 Peltodon Pohl. Labiatae (vn). 4 Brazil, Paraguay. 

 Peltogyne Vogel. Leguminosae (u. 3). 5 trop. Brazil. Timber, dye. 

 Peltophorum Walp. Leguminosae (n. 7). 8 trop. 

 Peltostegia Turcz. Inc. sed. i Brazil. 

 Peltostigma Walp. Rutaceae (i). i Jamaica. 

 Pelucha S. Wats. Compositae (4). i Lower Calif. 

 Pemphis Forst. Lythraceae. i, P. acidula Forst., on paleotrop. coasts, 



esp. on beaches that are washing away. 

 Penaea L. Penaeaceae. 10 Cape Colony. 

 Penaeaceae (EP. ; BH. incl. Gehsoloniaceac}. Dicots. (Archichl. 



Thymelaeales ; Daphnales BH.}. 5 gen., 25 sp., S.W. Cape Col. 



Shrubby xero. of ericoid habit, with opp. evergr. 1. Fls. axillary, sol. 



or in pairs, the br. often coloured. Fl. $ , reg., 4-merous. Recept. 



hollow, tubular. No petals. Ovary 4-loc. ; style simple. Ov. 2 in 



each loc., anatr. Caps. No endosp. Chief genera : Penaea, Sar- 



cocolla. 



Penang lawyer, Licitala acutijida Mart. 



Pencil cedar, Juniperus virginiana L. ; -flower, Slylosanthes. 

 Pendulous, drooping ; - shoots, Ainherstia, Brow/tea, Carpinits, Saraca. 

 Penianthus Miers. Menispermaceae. 2 W. trop. Afr. 

 Penicillaria Willd. = Pennisetmn Rich. p.p. (Gram.). 

 Penicillate, brush-shaped. 

 Peniocereus Britton et Rose (Cereus p.p.). Cact. (in. i). i S. W. 



U.S., Mex. 



Pennantia Forst. Icacinaceae. 4 Austr., N.Z., Norfolk I. 

 Pennilabium J. J. Smith (Saccolabium p.p.). Orchidaceae (n. 20). 3 



Malay Archipelago. 

 Pennisetum Rich. Gramineae (5). 50 trop. and subtrop. Afr. , S. Eur., 



As., Am. Involucre as in Cenchrus. P. typJioidenni Rich., the 



bulrush, spiked, or pearl millet, is extensively cult, in India. 

 Penny cress, Thlaspi; -royal, Mentha Pulegiitm L.; -wort, Cotyledon 



umbilicus L. , Hydrocotyle vulgaris L. 

 Penta- (Gr., pref.), five; -cyclic, -merous, -gynous, &c. 

 Pentabothra Hook. f. Asclepiadaceae (n. i). r Assam. 

 Pentacaena Bartl. Caryophyllaceae (i. 4). 5 Pac. Am. 

 Peatacarpaea Hiern. Rubiaceae (i. 2). i trop. Afr. 

 Pentace Hassk. Tiliaceae. 10 Malaya, Burma. 

 Pentaceras Hook. f. Rutaceae (i). j E. Austr. 



