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Pezonia—continued. 
MILLAIS, OPHIA, QUEEN OF May, Rosy DAWN, STANLEY, THE 
Czar, THE MIKADO, VISCOUNT CROSS, WATER LILY, WHITLEYI. 
Hardy European Pzonies (varieties of P. anomala, 
arietina, P. decora, P. officinalis, and P. peregrina). 
BLANDA, BLUSHING MarIp, CHARMER, CROWN PRINCE, 
ELATIOR, EXCELSIOR, EXQUISITE, GERTRUDE JEKYLL, 
INSIGNIS, NORTHERN GLORY, OTTO FROEBEL, PETER BARR, 
POMPADOUR, PURPLE EMPEROR, Rosy GEM, RUBY QUEEN, 
SABINI, SERAPH, SUNBEAM. 
Moutan, or Tree-Pzonies (Singles and Doubles). BANITERI, 
BEAUTY, CECIL RHODES, COMTESSE D'ENDORT, DON QUIXOTE, 
ELLA C. STUBBS, FRAGRANS MAXIMA, GRAND DUKE, HENRY 
IRVING, JAMES KELWAY, JEAN DE RESZI LILACINA 
PLENIssIMA, LorD Byron, LoRD IVEAGH, LOUISE MICHELET, 
MADAME LAFFAY, MADAME LOUIs Miss BEATRICE JONES, 
Mr. BANCROFT, ODORATA MARIA, PRINCE ALBERT, REINE 
ELIZABETH, RUTILA, SNOWFLAKE. 
PAINTED CUP. ‘See Castilleja. 
PAINTED GRASS. ‘ee Arundo. 
: PALA INDIGO-PLANT. ‘See Wrightia tinc- 
oria. 
PALAFOXIA. P. Hookeriana and P. terana are now 
removed to the genus Polypteris (which see). 
PALAUA is the correct spelling of Palava. 
PALAY- or IVORY-TREE. ‘See Wrightia. 
PALEACEOUS. Chaffy; bearing chaff-like scales. 
PALICOUREA. To the species described on p. 8, 
Vol. III., the following should be added : 
P. barbinerva (bearded-nerved). The correct name of P. Jutea. 
P. discolor (two-eoloured). 4 garden .synonym of Psychotria 
tabacifolia, 
P. jugosa (ridged). 7. opposite, elliptic-oblong, dark, satiny 
green, with depressed midrib and veins, the under-surface 
purple. Brazil, 1886. 
P. nicotianzfolia (Nicotiana-leaved). A synonym of Psychotria 
tabacifolia. 
P. racemosa is now classed under Psychotria. 
P. subcrocea (somewhat Saffron-coloured). The correct name 
of P. crocea. 
PALINETES. A synonym of Ammocharis (which 
see). 
_PALISOTA. To the species described on p. 8, 
Vol. III., the following shonld be added : 
P. Maclaudii (Maclaud’s). 7. white; panicle cylindrical, lax, 
8in. long; peduncle 2in. to 4in. long, woolly. /. long and 
rather narrow; hairs of the sheaths and stalks black. Upper 
Guinea, 1896. 
PALIURUS. P. Spina-Christi is the correct name of 
P. aculeatus (Syns. P. australis, P. virgatus, B. M. 2535); 
P. ramosissimus is the correct name of P. Aubletia. 
PALLASIA (of L’Héritier). 
(which see). 
PALLENIS. This genus now embraces four species, 
of which P. spinosa is the best known. 
PALM, CABBAGE. Scee Oreodoxa oleracea. 
PALM OIL. This is yielded by Eleis guianensis 
(which see). 
PALMS. The general culture and propagation of these 
are discussed under Palma, in Vol. III., pp. 12 and 13. 
PANAX. According to the Kew  anthorities, 
P. dumosum, P. fissum, P. laciniatum, P. plumatum, and 
P. Victorie are merely forms of P. fruticosum. To the 
species; &c., described on p. 14, Vol. III., the following 
should be added (probably most of these are varieties of 
P. fruticosum). All are stove shrubs. 
P. armatum. The correct name is Aralia armata. 
P. aureum (golden). This resembles P. (fruticosum) Vietcrir, 
Wate the variegation is yellow instead of white. West Indies, 
P. Balfourii (Balfour’s).* /., leaflets orbicular, serrated, green, 
blotched and margined with creamy-white. New Caledonia, 
1899. An elegant plant. 
P. crispatum (crisped). /. densely disposed, triangular, pin- 
nately divided, deep green, with several pairs of overlapping 
leaflets and a terminal one, each of which is deeply incised and 
slightly toothed on the margins, thus imparting a crispy appear- 
ance; petioles (and stem) olive-green, spotted lighter green. 
Brazil, 1888. 
A synonym of Encelia 
Panax—continued. 
P. fruticosum multifidum (much-cleft). 7. broadly ovate 
and very obtuse in outline, tripinnatisect ; ultimate divisions 
linear or linear-lanceolate, din. to 4in. long, tipped with a short, 
white bristle, and often margined with bristle-tipped teeth. 
1887. 
P. f. Victoriz (Queen Victoria’s).* 
variegation. 
P. horridum (horrid). A synonym of Fatsia horrida. 
P. lepidum (pretty). 7. biternate, deep green, the leading 
ivision surpassing the others ; lateral pinnules of the secondary 
ons obliquely obovate, the inner portions of the two 
blades almost covering the small central pinnule, which is 
defiexed, and in some instances is scarcely more than 
rudimentary ; outside margins deeply and irregularly incised, 
spinose-toothed. Brazil, 1888. 
P. Mastersianum (Dr. Masters’).* ., green, minute, in 
small umbels at the termination of each branchlet of the 
inflorescence. /. elegant, pinnate, 3ft. long; leaflets pale green, 
flushed with pink, 10in. long; rachis forked; petioles pinkish, 
spotted with white. Stem erect. Solomon Islands, 1898. (G. C. 
1898, xxiii., p. 242, f. 88.) 
P. nitidum (shining). /. deep green, roundish-obovate, appressed 
at apex, the margins furnished with small, slightly spinose 
teeth, the front part with two, three, or more deep incisions ; 
petioles and stems brownish or deep olive-green, spotted or 
marbled yellowish-green. Brazil, 1888. 
P. ornatum (adormed). /. long, pinnate; pinne narrow-lanceo- 
late, deeply toothed on the margins ; petioles (and stems) dark 
brownish-green, freckled or spotted light green. Brazil, 1888. 
P. serratifolium (serrate-leaved). 7. compound; leaflets 
serrated at the edge; petioles (and stem) marked with brown. 
Polynesia, 1883. 
P. spinosum (spiny). 
(Aralia pentaphylla). 
PANCHLORA MADERZ. ‘ee Cockroaches. 
PANCIATICA. A synonym of Cadia (which see). 
PANCRATIUM. To the information given on 
pp. 14-15, Vol. III., the following should now be added. 
Several plants formerly classed under this genus are now 
referred to Hymenocallis (which see). 
P. amboinense and P. australasica are 
Eurycles sylvestris. 
P. fragrans (fragrant). A synonym of Hymenocallis ovata. 
P. guianense (Guiana). A synonym of Hymenocalliz tubijlora. 
P. parviflorum (small-flowered). A synonym of Vagaria 
parviflora. 
P. trianthum (three-flowered). fl. one to three in an umbel; 
erianth tube 6in. long, obconical in the upper inch ; segments 
nceolate, acute, ascending, 2in. long; staminal cup about 
lin. long, with bifid teeth between the free tips of the 
filaments; peduncle short, slender. Spring and summer. 
7. six to eight, narrow-linear, lft. or more in length, straight. 
Bulb lin. to 2in. in diameter. Tropical Africa, 1894. 
A variety showing white 
A synonym of Acanthopanax spinosum 
synonyms of 
PANDANOPHYLLUM. Included under Mapania 
(which see). 
PANDANUS. Including Barrotia and Eydouxia. To 
the species described on pp. 16-18, Vol. III., the following 
should be added : 
P. aquaticus (aquatic). This differs from P. odoratissimus in 
the stem emitting no adventitious descending roots, and in 
the drupes in the head not cohering in clusters. North 
Australia. 
P. Augustianus (Auguste’s). This is closely related to 
P. Kerchorei, but the leaves are larger and more densely 
serrated, the nerves being green and denticulated, and the 
stem is broader. Papua, 1886. (I. H. 1886, t. 612.) 
P. Baptistii (Baptist’s). This species is described as being 
“remarkable for its narrow, bright green leaves, entirely 
devoid of spines.” Australia, 1892. (R. G. 1893, f. 118.) Syns. 
P. Dyerianus, P. inermis Dyerianus. 
P. Barklyi (Barkly’s). .fr., female heads containing seventy to 
100 drupes; drupes purple, compressed, 1sin. to 2in. long. 7. lft. 
to 3ft. long, Zin. to Zin. broad, long-pointed, reduplicate on 
each side, dark green above, glabrescent beneath, the margins 
and midrib spiny. h. Sft. to 8ft. Mauritius. 
P. ceramicus (Island of Ceram). Asynonym of P. labyrinthicus. 
P. ceylanicus, See P, zeylanicus. 
P. decorus is now regarded as distinct from P. conoideus. 
P. discolor (two-coloured). 7. serrated, having two slightly 
raised ridges on the upper surface; young ones of a bronzy 
hue. India, 1884. A bold-looking plant. 
P. Dyerianus (Dyer’s). A synonym of P. Baptistii. 
P. Eydouxia (Eydouxia). jfr.,female heads globose, containing 
twenty to thirty drupes; drupes 3in. to 5in. long, five- or six- 
