PROSOPANCHE 539 



Printzia Cass. Compositae (4). 5 S. Afr. 



Prionacline Nees. Gramineae (9). r S. Afr. 



Prionanthium Desv. (Prionachne p.p. EP.). Gram. (9). 3 Indomal., 



S. Afr. 



Prionitis L. = BarIeria L. p.p. (Acanth.). 

 Prionium E. Mey. Juncaceae. i Cape Col., P. Palmita E. Mey. 



(P. serrattim Buchen.), the palmiet, a shrubby aloe-like plant with a 



stem i 2 metres high, covered with the fibrous remains of old 1. 



It grows on the edges of streams, sometimes almost blocking them up. 



Veg. propagation takes place by formation of runners. Adv. roots 



form between the 1. [Buchenau in Bibl. Bot., No. 27.] 

 Prionophyllum C. Koch (Dyckia p.p. BH.}. Bromel. (2). 2 S. Braz., 



Urug. 

 Prionosciadium S. Wats. Umbelliferae (in. 6). [o Mexico, 



C. Am. 



Prionotes R. Br. Epacridaceae (i). i Tasmania. 

 Prioria Griseb. Leguminosae (u. 2). i Panama, Jamaica. 

 Priotropis Wight et Arn. Leguminosae (in. 3). 2 E. Himal., 



Socotra. 



Prismatocarpus L'Herit. Campanulaceae (i). 158. Afr. 

 Prismatomeris Thw. Rubiaceae (n. 9). i Ceylon, India. 

 Pritchardia Seem, et H. Wendl. (excl. Washin^lonia H. Wendl.). 



Palmae (i. 2). 5 Fiji, Hawaiian Is. 

 Pritchardiopsis Becc. Palmae (i. 2). r New Caledonia. 

 Pritzelia Klotzsch = Begonia L. p.p. (Begon.). 

 Pritzelia F. Muell. Philydraceae. i New Guinea. 

 Priva Adans. Verbenaceae (i). 10 trop. and subtrop. The 1. of P. 



echinata Juss. are used as tea; tubers of P. laevis Juss. ed. 

 Privet, Ligustrum vulgare L. 



Probletostemon K. Schum. Rubiaceae (i. 8). i Sierra Leone. 

 Proboscella Van Tiegh. Ochnaceae. 2 trop. Afr. 

 Proboscidea Schmid. (Alartynia p.p.). Martyniaceae. 6 warm Am. 

 Procerus (Lat.), lofty. 

 Process, a projecting appendage. 



Prochnyantb.es S. Wats. Amaryllidaceae (n). i Mexico. 

 Prockia P. Br. ex L. Flacourtiaceae (5). 4 trop. Am. 

 Prockiopsis Baill. Flacourtiaceae (2). i Madag. 

 Procris Comm. ex Juss. Urticaceae (2). 5 palaeotrop. 

 Procumbent, prostrate. 

 Proliferous, bearing offshoots. 



Proliflcation, formation of buds in the axils of floral 1. 

 Promenaea Lindl. (Zygopetalum p.p. BH.}. Orchid, (n. /3. 11). 



5 Braz. 



Promotion nut, Anacardium accident ale L. 

 Pronaya Huegel. Pittosporaceae. i W. Austr. 

 Pronuba (moth), cf. Yucca. 

 Propulsive mechanisms, cf. Dispersal of Seeds. 

 Proscephalium Korth. Rubiaceae (n. 5). i Java. 

 Proserpinaca L. Haloiagidaceae. 2 N. Am. g-merous. Ann. Bot. 



18, 579- 

 Prosopanche de Bary. Hydnoraceae. i Argentina. 



