526 -POGON 



-pogon (Gr. suff.), a beard of hairs. 



Pogonanthera Blume. Melastomaceae (i). 3 Malaya. 



Pogonanthus Montr. Inc. sed. i New Caled. 



Pogonarthria Stapf. Gramineae (10). 2 trop. and S. Afr. 



Pogonatherum Beauv. Gramineae (2). 2 India to Japan. Sta. 2. 



Pogonia Andr. = Myoporum Banks et Soland. (Myopor.). 



Pogonia Juss. Orchidaceae (n. 2). 5 E. As. 



Pogoniopsis Reichb. f. Orchidaceae (II. 2). i Brazil. 



Pogonophora Miers. Euphorbiaceae (A. n. 5). i Guiana, Brazil. 



Pogonopus Klotzsch. Rubiaceae (i. i). 3 S. and C. Am. 



Pogonotrophe Miq. = Ficus Tourn. p.p. (Mor. ). 



Pogopetalum Benth. =Emmotum Desv. (Icacin.). 



Pogostemon Desf. Labiatae (vi). 35 Indomal. P. Patchoiily Pellet 

 yields the well-known perfume by distillation. 



Poicilla Griseb. Asclepiadaceae (n. 4). i Cuba. 



Poicillopsis Schlechter (Poicilla p.p.). Asclepiadaceae (n. 4). i S. 

 Domingo. 



Poikilacanthus Lindau (Adhatoda p.p.). Acanth. (iv. B). 4 S. Am. 



PoiMlospermum Zipp. ex Miq. Urticaceae (3). i Amboina. 



Poinciana Tourn. ex Linn. Leguminosae (n. 7). 3 trop. Afr., Madag., 

 As. P. regia Boj. cult. orn. flg. tree (flamboyante). 



Poinsettia R. Grab. = Euphorbia L. p.p. (Euph.). 



Poiretia Vent. Leguminosae (ill. 7). 5 trop. Am. 



Poison, Acokanthera,Acouitum, Antiaris, Erythrophloeum, Physostignia, 

 Strychnos, Toxicodendrttm , &c.; -berry (W.I.), Cestnim ; bikh -, 

 Aconititm ; curare-, Strychnos toxifera Schomb. ; -dogwood (Am.), 

 Rhus venenata DC.; -hemlock (Am.), Contain ; -ivy, Rlnts Toxi- 

 codendron L.; -oak, jRhus ; - sumacb. (Am.), Rhus; wourali -, 

 Strychnos. 



Poissonia Baill. (Coursetia p.p.). Leguminosae (ill. 6). i Peru. 



Poitaea Vent. Leguminosae (in. 6). 5 W.I. 



Poium (Cl.), a meadow formation. 



Poivrea Comm. ex Thou. = Combretuna L. (Combr.). 



Pokeweed, Phytolacca. 



Polakia Stapf. Labiatae (vi). i Persia. 



Polakowskia Pittier. Cucurbitaceae (4). i Costa Rica. 



Polanisia Rafin. (CUome p.p. BH.}. Capparid. (v). 30 trop., subtrop. 



Polemannia Eckl. et Zeyh. Umbelliferae (in. 5). 2 S. Afr. 



Polemoniaceae (f-, BH.\ Dicots. (Sympet. Tubiflorae ; Pole- 

 moniales BH}. 8 gen., 200 sp., chiefly N. Am.; a few in Chili, 

 Peru, Eur, N. As. Herbs (rarely shrubby below), glabrous or shortly 

 hairy, with usu. opp. exstip. 1. Els. in cymes (sometimes condensed 

 into involucrate heads), $ , reg. or slightly -|- , with or without bracteoles. 

 K (5), valvate or imbr., persistent ; C (5), bell- funnel- or plate-shaped, 

 usu. conv. ; A 5, epipet., alt. with petals ; G (3) or rarely (2 5), on 

 a disc, multiloc., with simple style lobed at tip. Ovules i oo in 

 each loc., anatr., sessile. Fr. usu. a loculic. caps. Embryo straight, 

 in endosp. Chief genera : Cobaea, Cantua, Phlox, Collomia, Gilia, 

 Polemonium (mostly favourite border plants). 



Polemoniales (Bff.}. The 8th order of Gamopetalae. 



Polemoniella A. A. Heller (Polemonium p-p-)- Polemon. i N. Am. 



