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Panax—continued. 
watered, they will probably throw up several suckers 
or shoots. These, if taken off with a portion of róot to 
each, will, with a little care, soon make useful plants. 
P. armatum (armed). fl. numerously produced in umbellules, 
forming a long, downy panicle. J. bipinnate, on long stalks, which 
are prickly, like the stein; leaflets ovate-acuminate, membranous, 
serrated, Visst on both surfaces with bristly hairs. Stems erect, 
prickly. India, 1876. A tine-looking, stove shrub, Syn, Aralia 
arma 
P. crassifolium (thick-leaved). 
crassifolium, 
P. diffusum (diffuse).* Z. pale bright green, densely packed 
towards the apices of the jointed stems, triangular, bipin- 
nate, crispy; primary divisions with linear-oblonz, sometimes 
lobed, always spiny-toothed, bluntish secondary divisions, the 
teeth turned upwards. h. 2ft. South Sea Islands. An orna- 
mental, compact-growing, bushy-habited, stove shrub. 
m m (dissected). Z. numerous, drooping, bipinnate. 
having obovate-cuneate leaflets, very greatly varied in size an 
outline, all furnished with long, marginal teeth. An evergreen 
stove shrub, of branching habit, very desirable and ornamental. 
P. dumosum (bushy).* L. bright green, roundish-ovate, pinnately 
ivided, of numerous, variou y-shaped lobes, the — taraiahed 
at the margins with incurved, spiny teeth ; petioles brownish or 
Sree, mottled with brighter green. Stem short-jointed 
thickly clothed with leaves. A. Ein- to l8in. A very neat and 
compact-growing stove shrub, 
P. elegans (elegant).* fl. produced in racemes, which are collected 
into a large, terminal, branched panicle. J. articulate, spreading, 
and variously divided, pinnate towards the point, with elliptic- 
oblong, stalked leaflets, while at the basal part they are bipinnate. 
ueensland, 1880. A pretty and effective, ornamental-leaved 
shrub (a large and handsome tree in its native habitat), probably 
hardy in mild districts. 
P. fissum (cleft). J. tripinnate, the alternate segments linear- 
lanceolate, with a few incurved, whitish teeth on each margin. 
Stem erect-branched, flecked with small, elongate, pallid spots, 
the petioles being of the same colour. South Sea Islands, 1882. 
An elegant stove shrub, 
P. fruticosum 3 fl. in terminal, corymbose panicles, 
with the branches umbelliferousat the apex. . pinnately decom- 
und ; leaflets petiolate, oval-oblong, acuminated, coarsely and 
entately serrated, ultimate ones deeply tritid. A. 6ft. India, 
Java, &., 1800. Stove shrub. (A. B. R. 595.) 
P. f. Delauana (Delau’s). Z. digitately compound, with divisions 
ternately or biternately divided; the segments varying from 
linear-cuneate to spas sub-elliptic, irregularly lobed and 
toothed, n, with whitis ripped. teeth. Polynesia, 1833. An 
ornamental, dwarf shrub. (I. H. 492.) 
P. laciniatum (laciniate).* J. tinted, and indistinctly marked 
with pale olive-brown, bipinnate, nearly as broad as long, droop- 
ing ; the segments very variable in size and form, presenting the 
pp of a plex head of foliage, in which the lanceolate 
lobes have the preponderancy. South Sea Islands, 1877. An 
elegant and distinct, stove shrub. 
[a (very long). A synonym of Pseudopanaz crassi- 
ium. w 
A synonym of Pseudopanax 
Fig. 14. PANAX MURRAYI, 
P. Murrayi (Murray's). fl., umbels many-flowered, w 
in racemes or divaricately-branched panicles. l saute —— 
often several feet long; leaflets variable, obliquely lanceolate, 
entire or variously cut or toothed. Queensland, &c. A splendid 
tree. See Fig. 14. (B. M. 6978.) Syns. P. sessiliforum (of 
Carrière), Aralia endidissima (of gardens). The species to 
is a native of Mandchuria. 
bebe the name of sessiliforum belongs has trifoliolate leaves, 
Panax—continued. 
P. plumatum (plumed).* J. forming a fine, crispy head, very 
elegantly divided; the leaflets long-stalked and more or less 
deeply lobed, the edges notched with more or less upeurved teeth, 
South Sea Islands, 1874. An elegant, small-growing, stove shrub, 
having the aspect of P. laciniatum, but being much more finely 
cut. . 
P. quinquefolium (five-leaved). Ginseng. A. yellowish ; peduncle 
of umbel shorter than the petiole. June. J. verticillate, petio- 
late, palmately decompound, the leaflets stalked from the top of 
the common eu h. 1}ft. North America, 1740. Hardy, 
herbaceous. (B. M. 1333.) The proper name of this plant is 
Aralia quinquefolia. 
P. sambucifolius (Elder-leaved). A. greenish, small, in umbels, 
which are collected into racemes, córymbs, or panicles. fr. bluish, 
transparent, attractive. l. pinnate, or bipinnate ; leaflets elliptic 
or lanceolate, glaucous beneath. Branches slender. Greenhouse. 
(B. M. 6093.) 
P. sessiliflorum (sessile-flowered), of Carrière. See P. Murrayi. 
P. Victoriæ (Queen Victoria’s).* l finel variegated, ternate or 
almost pinnate, the lateral leaflets forked or trifid, the upper and 
terminal one larger, simple, ovate, the edge lobed and spinosely 
toothed, and having the border prettily margined with white. 
South Pacific Islands. A distinct and graceful, variegated-leaved 
stove shrub, the leaves forming a dense, plumy, gracefully recurv- 
ing mass of foliage. (G. C. n. s., xix. 405 
_ PANCRATIUM (from pan, all, and kratys, potent; 
in allusion to supposed medicinal qualities). ORD. Amaryl- 
lidew. A genus comprising about a dozen species of 
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