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Flatycerium — conliHued. 



Fio. 198. Platvckrium granue. 



disk only, with an elongated, dichotomouslv-forlied division 

 beyond it at eacli corner. North Australia, 1828. See Fift. 198. 

 P. Hillii (Hill's).* fronds about lift. lonR, flabellatelv branched 

 in tlie upper third, the part just below the branching about 

 Sin. broad, gradually tapering downwards into short stipes ; 

 nurture fronds very thinly covered with white stellate hairs, sori 

 fonuing small, rouiulish or oblong spots at the base of the ultimate 

 lobes, or about an e(|ual distance from the apex if there is no side 

 lobe. Queensland, 1878. Allied to P. alcioome. (G. C. n. s., 

 X. 74, 75.) 



P. Stemmaria (Stemmaria). A synonym of P. athiopicum, 



P. Wallichil (Wallich's).* barren fronds deeply lobed. with 

 inflexed, forked divisions, fertile fronds in pairs, pendent, each 

 in two divisiuirs, in each of which the cuneate disk lias a rounded 

 upper edge, occupied by a sorus ; from either side of the sorus a 

 one-forked division is produced ; under surface matted with 

 yellowish woolly pubescence. Malay Peninsula, 1860. 



P. Willinckii (Willinck's).* barren frvnds erect, -sub-orbicular, 

 lobed. fertile fronds in threes, elongated, drooping, narrowly 

 cuneate, ilichotomously cut up into narrow-ensiform lobes, son 

 occupying the terminal lobes. Java, 1875. (G. C. n. s., iii. 56.) 



FLATTCHILUm. Included under Hovea. 



FLATYCLINIS (from plains, broad, and dinis, a 

 couch ; alluding to the broad, membranous clinandrium). 

 Stn. Deiulrochilum (in part). Okd. Orcliidew. 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 unguioulate 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 Iiiparis. 



P, Cobbiana (Cobb's), fl., sepals and petals sulphur-coloured; 

 lip ■■range-coloured, fiabellate ; inflorescence zigzag. I. and 

 pseudo-bulbs like those of Dendrochilum latifolium. Philippines, 

 1881. Sv.v. De ndrochilurn Cobbianurn. 



P. filiformis (thread-hke). i. pale yellow, small, in long, thread- 



I VlatjcliniB— continued. 



like racemes. L linear-lanceolate. I'seudo-bulbs 

 small, conical. Manilla, 1836. (I. H. 1878, 323, 

 under name of Dendrochilum r/lumaceum.) SYN. 



Dendrochilum Jili forme. 



P. glumacea (glumaceous). ji. 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, sheathing scale, 3in. to 4in. 

 long, tinged with red. Philippines. (B. M. 

 4853, under name of Dendrochihtiii tilamaceuni.) 



FLATYCOSON (from jilatijs, broad, 

 and kodon, a bell ; referring to the form 

 of the flower). Okd. Campanulacea:. A 

 monotypic genus, the species being a very 

 ornamental, hardy, erect, glabrous, glau 

 Descent, herbaceous perennial. For culture, 

 see Campan-ula. 



P. autumnalis (autumnal). A synonym of /'. 



r/randiflnrum. 

 P. chinensis (Chinese). A synonym of P. qrandi- 



Jloruni. 



P. grandiflorum (large-flowered)." Chinese Bell- 

 flower. /. blue, large, solitary or few at the tips 

 of the branches ; calyx tube adnate, turbinate, 

 limb five-parted ; corolla campanulate, five-lobed ; 

 inflorescence centrifugal. July. I. scattered, often 

 opposite or whorled, sub-sessile, ovate, lanceolate, 

 toothed, h. 6in. to 12in. China, Mandschuria, 

 and Japan, 1782. See Fig. 199. (S. B. F. G. ser. ii. 

 208.) SvNS. P. autumiialix (L. J. F. 250), P. chi- 

 nensi*! (L. & P. F. G. ii. 61), Cantpanula t/randi- 

 flora (B. M. 252). 

 P. g. Mariesii (.Maries'). This is a recently-introduced form, with 



larger flowers, and of dwarfer habit, than the type. (Gn., March, 



1886.) 



Fig. 199. Upper Portion of Plant of Platvcodon 



GRA.NDIFLORl'M. 



FLATYCRATER (from platys, broad, and krater, 

 a bowl ; alluding to the expanded calyx of the barren 

 flowers). Okd. Saxifragew. A monotypic genus, the 

 species being a hardy, prostrate or creeping shrub, with 



