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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
PODALYRIA (Podalyrius, in heathen mythology, 
was the son of Æsculapius). ORD. Leguminose, A genus 
comprising seventeen species of greenhouse, evergreen 
shrubs, more or less silky or silvery-pubescent, natives 
of South Africa. Flowers one or two, rarely three or four, 
on axillary’peduncles ; calyx widely campanulate, remark- 
ably indented at its insertion on the stalk; vexillum sub- 
orbiculate, emarginate. Pods ovoid or oblong, turgid. 
Leaves simple, alternate, continuous with the petioles ; 
stipules subulate, often deciduous. The species, which 
are rarely seen in cultivation, require a well-drained com- 
post of sandy loam and fibry peat. Propagated, in spring, 
by cuttings of stubby side-shoots, inserted in sand, under 
a bell glass. 
P. ——8 v . white; calyx three-toothed, sub- 
bilabiate, ead a Hat LN ; standard large, obcordate, longer 
than the slaved; axe-shaped wings ; keel shorter than the wings. 
June. l. oval, sharp at both ends, with rust-coloured margins. 
h. 6ft. 1789. SYN. P. biflora (B. M. 753), 
P. biflora (two-flowered). A synonym of P, argentea. 
P. buxifolia (Box-leaved). A. purple, with paler win 
— 
l. oval or a bluntish, glabrous above, silky beneath. A. 2ft. 
to 4ft. 1790. (B. R. 869.) 
a (covered).* jl. pale purple; pedicels one-flowe 
about equal in length to the —— ay to July. 1. ov 
or obovate, mucronate, pubescent, reticulated beneath. h. 6ft. 
1792. (B. M. 1580.) SYN. P. styracifolia, 
P. sericea (silky). African Satin-bush. /l. pale purple; pedicels 
one-flowered, much shorter than the leaves, , as well as the 
ealyces, clothed with appressed, silky pubescence. January to 
October. oblong-ovate, mucronate, silky on both surfaces, 
A. 4ft. to 6ft. 17 (B. M. 1923.) 
P. styracifolia (Styrax-leaved). A synonym of P. calyptrata. 
PODANTHES (from pous, podos, a foot, and anthos, 
a flower; alluding to the flowers being borne on long 
pedicels). Syn. Obesia. Orv. Asclepiadew. A genus 
_ comprising about eight species of stove shrubs, allied to 
_ Stapelia, confined to South Africa. Flowers rather large, 
solitary, twin or rarely sub-fasciculate; calyx with five 
acute segments; corolla pale or spotted above, broadly 
- gampanulate or at length rotate, the lobes valvate. 
Stems low, leafless, thick-fleshy, deeply sub-quadrangular ; 
angles decussate and deeply few-toothed. The best- 
known species are those deseribed below. For culture, 
see Stapelia. 
—— twin).* usually twin; co 
ted with Ae e — — meiee 
inside, the margins revolute; outer corona five-lobed. May to 
November. Joints of branches proliferous, creeping, sub-oval, 
; pedicels 
obscurel nal, floriferous at the tops. 1796. Plant creep- 
ing. E M. and L. B. C. 300, under name of Stapelin 
geminata.) The correct name of this plant is Piaranthus 
P. irrorata (bedewed). jl, corolla sulphur-coloured and spotted 
with pee more semi-quinguefid than in P. pulchra, the 
to July. Gee, 
atl | specific rank. They are stove, greenhouse, or half-hardy, 
Podanthus—continued. 
narrow bracts; receptacle convex. Leaves opposite, 
entire or toothed. The species thrive in a compost of 
peat and loam. Propagation may be effected by 
cuttings, inserted in sand, under a glass. 
P. Mitiqui (Mitiqui). J. oval-lanceolate, long-cuneate at base, 
acuminate at apex, deeply serrate. h. 3ft. 1824. Greenhouse. 
P. ovatifolius (ovate-leaved). l. broadly ovate, not decurrent 
into the petiole, A. 2ft. 1825. Greenhouse. SYN. Huxenta 
grata. 
PODIUM, PODUS. Used in Greek compounds, 
these signify a stalk, stipe, &c. ; e.g., Podocephalus, stalked- 
headed ; Leptopodus, slender-stalked, 
PODOCALLIS. A synonym of Massonia (which 
see). 
PODOCARPUS (from pous, podos, a foot, and karpos, 
a fruit; the fruits are footstalked). Including Nageia. 
Orp. Conifere. Of this genus, upwards of sixty species 
have been enumerated; but, according to the authors of 
the “Genera Plantarum,” less than forty are entitled to 
evergreen trees, rarely shrubs, frequently found in Southern 
extra-tropical regions, and in tropical mountainous and 
Eastern Asia; a few inhabiting the mountainous parts of 
tropical America. The species are absent in Europe, 
Western Asia, North Africa, and North America. Flowers 
moncecious or dicecious, axillary or sub-terminal; males 
solitary, or two to five in a whorl, or many at the sides 
of a loose, elongated, spicate rachis; females solitary or 
rarely twin. Fruit drupaceous or nut-like, rarely exceed- 
ing $in. in diameter, often shortly stipitate above the 
receptacle. Leaves variable. The species thrive in any 
well-drained, friable loam, and are readily propagated by 
means of cuttings of the nearly ripened young shoots, 
inserted in sandy soil, under a bell glass, in a close house 
or frame, and shaded, during bright sunshine, until rooted. 
The under-mentioned are the species best known to cul- - 
tivation. Except where otherwise stated, they are trees, _ 
and require greenhouse treatment. 
P. andina (Andes).* Plum Fir. fr. 
the berry of an ordinary White 
P. chinensis (Chinese). Chinese Yew-tree. fl., males — 
axillary ; females oe Hy toe lindrical-ot 
itera the 
; segments tipped with purple, 1 
mapke i 4 4i 
P. s rgia van ia A. on long, — — twin, semi-quin- 
corol n — and 
akoya, 
A (leathery). fr. globose, solitary, axillary, v ; 
l. elliptic-lanceolate, rather thick, leathery, shining, — — 
tapering at the base into a "H long footstalk, almost obtusely 
o 
que: ugated ; o 
ae inside, deltoid, acumi » wit us 
_ dark brown warts; bottom of corolla dark brown, girded by a 
few glandular hairs. 1800. Plant weak and much branched, 
a P. verrucosa (warted). f., corolla pale yellow, with dark 
Ee at cla pellow apa ence eee ihe 
bo of oy: yellow corpuscles. ranc lon; and 
: - thicker a in the type. (B. M. 786, under name of Stapelia 
PODANTHUS (from pous, podos, a foot, and anthos, 
A. flower; in allusion to the stalked flowers). Syn. 
Burenia. ORD. Composite. A genus consisting of only 
closely related) of greenhouse or hardy, 
_ much-branched, seabrons-puberulous, resinous shrubs, 
natives of Chili. Flower-heads yellow, small, diæcions, 
at length globose, at the tips of the branches or in the 
upper axils, shortly pedunculate; achenes slightly 
scabrous-pilose or papillose; involucre small, with few, 
pointed at apex, 2in. to 3in. long, nearly jin. broad, with 
elevated midrib. Branches spreading, —— —— * 
0| ite, naked on the greater part of the larger ones. h. 40ft. to 
t. Jamaica, &c. 
P. coriacea (leathery), of gardens. A synonym of Cephalotazus 
drupacea. : 
P, oides (Dacrydium-like). l. of two forms—of you 
trees, and on twigs of old, distichous, Lin. long ; — Biga 
—— imbricated. Diameter of trunk 4ft. h» 150ft. New 
i a (elongated). South African Yellow-wood. fr., seeds 
about the size of a gooseberry, marbled on the outside. ig ers 
or oblong-lanceolate, straight, rarely falcate, attenuated, stiff, — 
rather thick, Uin. to 1jin. long, two lines broad, dark green or 
glaucous-blue, sessile or regularly tapering to a short footstalk. 
Branches opposite or in whorls; u ones -ggoending, lower 
ones sometimes deflected. A. Wit. to 70ft. Cape of Good. 
P. Endlicheriana (Endlicher’s). l. alternate, closely arranged 
on the branches, somewhat two-rowed, straight or —— 
falcate, undulated; those on the branchlets almost oval or 
