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Pæonia—continued. 
‘shading to pink, fragrant; DR. BRITONNAU, satin rose, centre 
white; DUCHESSE DE MODENA, rose, centre blush ; ECLATANTE, 
rich purple; EDULIS, white; EDULIS FRAGRANS, deep rich rose; 
ETENDARD DU GRAND HOMME, brilliant rose, very large, rose- 
scented; FESTIVA MAXIMA, pure white, fragrant; FORMOSA, 
blush, centre primrose; FULGIDA, deep rose; GENERAL BEDEAU, 
rose, centre sulphur, very fragrant ; GLOBOSA, deep pink, centre 
florets primrose; GLOIRE DE DOUAI, deep crimson, golden 
. anthers ; GRANDIFLORA NIVEA, white, tinged rose; HENRI IV., 
blush pink; HuMEI, scarlet-crimson, very dwarf; INCOMPARA- 
BILIS, rose, shaded purple, fragrant ; INSIGNIS, rose-carmine, rose- 
scented ; ISIDORE LEROY, crimson-purple ; LOUIS VAN HOUTTE, 
purple-crimson ; MADAME BOUCHALET AINE, rich purple-crimson, 
fragrant; MADAME CALLOT, white, tinged rose, rose-scented ; 
MADAME DE MONTIJOU, blush, centre white ; MADAME SCHMIDT, 
purple - crimson, showy golden anthers, fragrant; MADAME 
VILMORIN, blush, centre white; NOBILISSIMA, full deep rose; 
PAPAVERÆFLORA, white, centre primrose ; PRINCE CHARLES, rose- 
purple, centre chamois; PRINCE PROSPER, purple-magenta, 
golden anthers ; PULCHERRIMA, guard petals blush, centre white, 
rose scented ; PURPUREA SUPERBA, rich glowing purple, fragrant ; 
REINE DES ROSEs, guard petals deep rose, centre chamois-rose ; 
ROSEA MAXIMA, pink, inner florets white, tinged rose; ROSEA 
PRÆCOX, rose, early flowering; THE QUEEN, blush rose, ver 
large, rose-scented; TRIOMPHE DE L’EXPOSITION DE LILLE, ric 
purple, fragrant. 
European Pzonies. May -flowering (varieties of 
P. oficinalis). DOUBLE ANEMONE-FLOWERED, large, rich crim- 
son; petals somewhat irregular. DOUBLE RED, flowers large, 
rich crimson ; abundantly 1 a very old variety. DOUBLE 
Rose, flowers opening full rose, and chauging to flesh colour; 
large and fine. DOUBLE WHITE, flowers large, opening pale pink, 
and changing to pure white. 
Moutan, or Tree-Peonies. May -flowering (varieties of 
P. Moutan). ALBA LILACINA, ATROPURPUREA, BEAUTY OF 
CANTON, BLANCHE NOISETTE, CANDIDA, CARNEA PLENA, 
COUNTESS OF CRAWFORD, ELIZABETHA, EMPEROR OF CHINA, 
GLORIA BELGARUM, INCARNATA PLENA, LACTEA, MANDARIN, 
MAXIMA PLENA, OCELLATA, OSIRIS, PRIDE OF HONGKONG, 
REINE DES FLEURS, ROBERT FORTUNE, SALMONEA, SNOWBALL, 
SOUVENIR DE GAND, SPECIOSISSIMA, STELLA, TRIOMPHE DE 
MILAN, VERSICOLOR PLENA, VILLE DE VERSAILLES, VIOLACEA 
PURPUREA, VIVID, ZENOBIA. 
Fic. 7. FLOWERING BRANCH AND DETACHED FLOWER OF 
PAONIA ALBIFLORA FLORE-PLENO ‘‘ BLANC, 
PHONY. See Peonia. 
PÆSIA. Included under Pteris (which see). 
PAGINA. The surface of any flat body; e.g., that 
of a leaf. 
PAGLE. Anold name for the Cowslip, Primula veris. 
PAGODA-TREE. A name applied to Ficus indica, 
Plumeria alba, and Sophora japonica. 
PAIGLE. An old name for the Cowslip, Primula 
veris. 
PAINTED. A term applied in cases where colours 
are arranged in streaks of unequal density. 
PALAFOXIA (named after José Palafox, a Spanish 
general, 1780-1847). Syn. Paleolaria. ORD. Composite. 
A genus comprising half a dozen species of hardy, or 
nearly hardy, erect herbs, rarely shrubby at base, natives 
of Mexico and Florida. Flower-heads white, flesh-colour, 
Palafoxia—continued. 
or purple, small or mediocre, loosely corymbose-paniculate ; 
involucre turbinate-campanulate, the bracts one or two- 
serrate ; receptacle small, flat, naked, or scarcely foveo- 
late. Leaves alternate, or the lower ones opposite, narrow, 
entire. The undermentioned species, which are the only 
ones worth growing, thrive best in a warm border of 
sandy soil, and should be treated as half-hardy annuals. 
Seeds should be sown, in a gentle heat, during April, 
and the young plants placed in the open, about 1ft. 
apart, early in June. 
Fic. 8. PALAFOXIA HOOKERIANA, showing Inflorescence and 
Disk and Ray Florets. : 
P. Hookeriana (Hooker’s). fl. ends rosy-pink, freely produced 
in loose clusters. Summer, Stems very bushy, about 2ft. high. 
Rocky Mountains, 1855. A very pretty, dwarf-growing, dense- 
habited plant. See Fig. 8. (B. M. 5549.) 
P. linearis (linear). fl.-heads flesh-colour ; involucre oblong ; 
us scales eight, unequal, acuminate. June. J. linear, 
3 obtuse. * 2ft. Texas. Plant shrubby, cinereo-pubes- 
cent. (B. M. 2132.) 
PALATE. A projection in the throat of a per- 
sonate gamosepalous corolla. 
PALAVA (named in honour of A. Palau y Verdera, 
professor of botany at Madrid in the last century). 
ORD. Malvacee. A small genus (three or four species) 
of tomentose or nearly glabrous, hardy or half-hardy, 
annual herbs, natives of Peru or Chili, and with habit 
similar to Oristaria. Flowers purple, pedunculate, axil- 
lary, solitary; calyx `five-fid. Leaves often lobed, 
sinuate, or dissected. The species thrive in ordinary 
garden soil. Propagated by seeds, sown on a hotbed 
in early spring, the seedlings being transplanted to the 
open border in May. 
P. flexuosa (fiexuous-stemmed). A. light mauve, pale towards 
i ight red anthers and bases of the Is; 
4 much smaller. than the ob! iquely 
, ) 2 
5 lender ioles, lin, to 2in. 7 
truncate petals. June. on 8 act eng ; 
i lobed, or 
„ rhombifolia (rhomb-leaved). fl. large, scentless; corolla 
5 Hat. — * pee long as the a petals five, 
obovate, cuneate ; uncles solitary, axillary. Summer. 
J. 13in. long, rhomboid, soft. Stem prostrate, branched, hairy. 
Peru, 1830. (B. M. 3100; B. R. 1375.) 
PALAVA (of Ruiz and Pavon). 
Saurauja (which see). 
PALEACEOUS. Covered with paleæ, e.g., the re- 
ceptacle of many of the Composites. 
PALEÆ. Membranous scales, like chaff. The term 
is also applied to the inner scales of the flowers in 
grasses, 
A synonym of 
