158 THE DICTIONARY 
OF GARDENING, 
Platycerium—continued. | 
Fig. 198. PLATYCERIUM GRANDE. 
disk only, with an elongated, dichotomously-forked division 
beyond it at each corner. North Australia, 1828. See Fig. 198. 
P. Hillii (Hill’s).* fronds about 15ft. long, flabellately branched 
in the r third, the part just below the branching about 
8in. b ually tapering downwards into short stipes; 
mature fronds very thinly covered with white stellate hairs. sori 
forming small, roundish or oblong spots at the base of the ultimate 
lobes, or about-an equal distance from the apex if there is no side 
* — Allied to P. alcicorne. (G. C. n. S., 
w . 
P. Stemmaria (Stemmaria). A synonym of P. ethiopicum. 
P. Wallichii (Wallich’s).* barren fronds deeply lobed. with 
inflexed, forked divisions. fertile fronds in pairs, — each 
in two divisions, in each of which the cuneate disk has a rounded 
upper e, occupied by a sorus ; from either side of the sorus a 
one-for! division is produced; under surface matted with 
yellowish woolly pubescence. Malay Peninsula, 1860. 
P. Willinckii (Willinck’s).* barren fronds erect, sub-orbicular, 
lobed. fertile fronds in threes, elongated, drooping, narrowly 
cuneate, dichotomously cut up into narrow-ensiform lobes. sori 
occupying the terminal lobes. Java, 1875. (G. C. n. s., iii. 56.) 
PLATYCHILUM. Included under Hovea. 
PLATYCLINIS (from platys, broad, and clinis, a 
couch; alluding to the broad, membranous clinandrium). 
Syn. Dendrochilum (in part). ORD. Orchideæ. <A 
genus comprising about eight species (formerly referred 
to Dendrochilum) of stove, epiphytal orchids, with stems 
tufted at base, or sub-ramose and simple and one-leaved 
towards the base, and scarcely thickened or narrowly 
pseudo-bulbous; they are natives of the East Indies 
and the Malayan Archipelago. Flowers small, in 
numerous, terminal racemes, shortly pedicellate; sepals 
narrow, spreading; petals similar or smaller; lip sessile 
or shortly unguiculate at the base of the column, ovate, 
concave, almost equalling the sepals; column erect, 
semi-terete ; anthers two-valved; pollen masses four, 
ovoid. Leaves narrow, contracted into petioles. The 
species described below, which are those best known to 
gardeners, thrive well in pots, in a mixture like that 
recommended for Liparis. 
P. Cobbiana (Cobb's sepals r: ; 
lip aaa OET ra inforcaconce zigzag oÈ. and 
R like those of Dendrochilum latifolium. ippines, 
. Syn. Dendrochilum Cobbianum. 
P. filiformis (thread-like) A. pale yellow, small, in long, thread- 
Platyclinis—continued. 
like racemes. 1. linear-lanceolate. Pseudo-bulbs 
small, conical. Manilla, 1836. (I. H. 1878, 323, 
under name of Dendrochilum glumaceum.) SYN. 
Dendrochilum filiforme. 
P. glumacea (glumaceous). /l. white, very fra- 
grant, sessile, in a linear-oblong, pendulous, 
elongated spike, borne on the curved peduncle. 
i. solitary, broad - lanceolate, rather obtuse, 
striated, tapering into a long footstalk, which is 
inclosed by the sheathing scale. Pseudo-bulbs 
crowded, the younger ones clothed with two or 
more large, generally reddish scales, within which 
is a much larger, — scale, šin. to 4in. 
long, tinged with red. Philippines. G. M. 
4853 under name of Dendrochilum glumaceum.,) 
PLATYCODON (from platys, broad, 
and kodon, a bell; referring to the form 
of the flower). ORD. Campanulacee. A 
monotypic genus, the species being a very 
ornamental, hardy, erect, glabrous, glau- 
cescent, herbaceous perennial. For culture, 
see Campanula. 
P. autumnalis (autumnal). A synonym of P. 
grandiflorum. 
P. chinensis (Chinese). A synonym of P. grandi- 
forum. 
. grandifiorum (large-flowered).* Chinese Bell- 
flower. fi. blue, hom solitary pag at the tips 
of the branches ; calyx tube adnate, turbinate, 
limb five-parted ; corolla campanulate, five-lobed ; 
inflorescence centrifugal. July. J. scattered, often 
opposite or whorled, sub-sessile, ovate, lanceolate, 
toothed. h. 6in. to 12in. i Mandschuria, 
and Japan, 1782. See Fig. 199, (S. B. F. G. ser. ii. 
208.) Syns. P. autumnalis (L. J. F. 250), P. chi- 
nensis (L. & P. F. G. ii. 61), Campanula grandi- 
flora (B. M. 252). 
P, g. Mariesii (Maries’). This is a recently-introduced form, with 
8 flowers, and of dwarfer habit, than the type. (Gn., March, 
* 
Fig. 199. UPPER PORTION OF PLANT OF PLATYCODON 
GRANDIFLORUM. 
PLATYCRATER (from platys, broad, and krater, 
a bowl; alluding to the expanded calyx of the barren 
flowers). ORD. Sawifragee. A monotypic genus, the 
species being a hardy, prostrate or creeping shrub, with 
