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Frismatocarpus — continued. 

 bouse or hardy. {»-labrous, perennial herbs or sub-shrubs, 

 confined to South Africa. Flowers at the tips of the 

 branches, short, solitary or fjlomerate, or disposed in 

 diohotomous, slender, slightly rigid panicles ; calyx with 

 an adnate. linear tube, and a five-cut or five-parted limb; 

 corolla infundibuliform or broadly campanulate, five- 

 lobed ; inflorescence centrifugal. Leaves alternate, small 

 or narrow, in the lower part of the stem, often fascicu- 

 late in the axils. For culture of /'. niltihis — the species 

 best known to cultivation — see Campanula. 



P. nitidus (sliiiiing). Ji. white, two to four in a cluster toward.s 

 tilt' to|is iif the In-anches, sessile iu the axils of the bracts, and 

 yonietiuies solitiiry in the axils of the leaves ; bracts similar to the 

 leaves. Aup;ust and Septeniljer. I. ovate-oblong, spreading, ser- 

 rated. Stem branched; In-anches iljttuse, woody, h. 6in. to 

 12in. 1787. Greenh(juse. (B. M. 2733, under name of Campanula 

 I'n',^iiiati.icarpi(s.) 



FRITCHABDIA (named after AV. T. Pritchard, 

 author of "Polynesian Reminiscences"). Ord. Palmie. 



Fritchardia — co7iti7iued. 



P. macrocarpa (larse-fruited). I. larger than in /*. Martii, 

 rouiidis|i-tl;ilM-llute, plicate, divided one-third the way down into 

 niimenms linear laurenlate, acute segments. Sandwich Islands, 

 1879. This species somewhat resembles P. Martii, but is more 

 robust in habit. (I. H. 352.) 



P. Martii (Martins'). I. dark green, flabelliforni. plaited ; petiole.s 

 siuiintb, unarmed, inclosed at the base in a few rnugh, brown 

 til)res. S;indwich Islands. A species of recent introduction, 

 tpiite distinrt from /'. pacijica, and having very small seeds. 



P. pacifica (Pacitic Lslands).* I. of a rich dark green, large, 

 tlabeUate, palmatisect, )ilaited, covered with white down «ben 

 young; petioles clothed with a white, scaly tomentum, flat 

 above, roumleU below, inclosed at the base in a few coarse, brown 

 fibres, and totallv unarmed. A. 10ft. Pacific Islands, 1870. A 

 tine species. (K. 'd. S. 2262-5; I. H. n. s. 161.) 



P, pericularum (Dangerous Archipelago).* A hand.some, fan- 

 leaved palm, resembling /'. Vujilnti'kiana, l>ut difTering in having 

 dark brownish-golden petioles, and obliquely spherical fruit. 

 Pcunotou Islands, 1883. 



P. Vuylstekiana (Vuylsteke's).* /. large, deep green, cro wiled 

 on tlie young jihint, which is short and thick-set. Pomutou 

 Islands of the Dangerous Archipelago. See Fig. 288. (G. C. 

 n. s., xix. 692.) 



Fig. 28b. Pritchardia Vivlstekiana. 



A small genus (about seven species) of very ornamental, 

 stove, unarmed ji^lnis, natives of the Friendly and Sand- 

 wich Islands. Flowers rather large, hermaphrodite, with 

 a three- parted calyx and corolla, and six stamens ; spathe 

 ample, affixed to the peduncle, often silvery-furfuraceous ; 

 spadices long-pedunculate, about 3ft. long, with ascending 

 branchlets. Fruit small or rather large, globose or 

 ellipsoid, one-seeded. Leaves terminal, large, often white- 

 furfnraceous, orbicular or onneate at base, not deeply 

 plicate-multifid ; segments narrow, bifid at the apex, and 

 induplicate ; petioles concave ; sheaths short. The species 

 thrive best in a compost of two parts peat and one of 

 loam and sand. A liberal supply of water is essential. 

 Propagated by seeds only. 



P. filifera (thread-bearing). A synonym of M'ashinf/tonia fili/era. 

 P. Gaudichaudii (Gaudichaud's). I. slightly rayed, cuneate at 

 base, the rachis extended near the middle ; laclnise nearly twenty 

 above the middle, l>itid at the apex, coriaceous-niemliranous, 

 Icpiddted beneath, about twelve-nerved ; petioles totally unarmed. 

 Tinnk low. Sandwich Islands. 

 P. grandls (great). A synonym of Licuala grandis. 



FRIVA (a name of unknown meaning, given by 



Adanson). Stns. Strepthini, Tortula. Obd. Verhe^iacea;. 

 A genus comprising about nine species of erect, stove 

 or greenhouse herbs, inhabiting the warmer region* of 

 the globe. Flowers small or mediocre, solitary at the 

 axils of the small, narrow bracts, very shortly pedicel- 

 late ; calyx ribs five, produced in short teeth, enlarged 

 in fruit; corolla sub-bilabiate, five-lobed ; spikes terminal 

 or pedunculate in the axils, long, slender. Leaves 

 opposite, membranous, toothed. Only one species calls 

 for mention here. For culture, see Stachytarpheta. 



P. IseviS (smooth), /f. remotely opposite or somewhat whorled ; 

 corolla reddish, with large, rounded lobes, and a slightly villous 

 throat ; raceme terminal. Summer. I. ovate-oblong, cuneately 

 attenuated into tlie petioles, acute or olitnse, deejily nnicronate- 

 serrate, paler and opaque beneath, rather thick. Stem erect, 

 1ft. to 1 'ft. high, tetragonal. Argentine Republic, 1833. Green- 

 house. (R. G. 1131.) 



PRIVET. See Iiigfustrum vulg-are. 

 PRIVET, MOCK. :Sct' Phillyrea. 



