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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
Pteris—continued. 
P. s, plumosa (feathery).* A charming, tasselled form. 1889. 
P. s. Pocockii (Pocock’s). fronds drooping, having a short, 
dense crest at the end of each segment. 1884. 
P. s. Rochfordi (Rochforu’s). A robust, crested form. 1898. 
P. s. voluta (wreathed). fronds having the pinne decidedly 
curled, crested at apex. 1895. 
P. Summersi (Summers's). A form of P. cretica. 
P. tremula densa (dense). fronds so heavily crested as_to 
almost resemble Parsley. 1892. A compact variety, smaller 
than the type. 
P. t. elegans (elegant).* A very light and charming variety. 
1896. 
P. t. flaccida (flaccid). fronds bright and shining; pinne 
narrower than in the type; terminal pinnules much elongated 
and slightly twisted. 
P. t. foliosa (leafy). fronds wavy, larger and broader than in 
the type. 1886. 
P. t. grandiceps (large-crested). fronds semi-dependent, the 
apices divided into flattish, fimbriately-tasselled crests, made 
up of four or five principal divisions and numerous multi- 
furcations; pinne and pinnules also terminating in narrow 
apices. 1887. 
P. t. nivalis (snowy).* This variety is described as ‘“‘a charming 
Fern, very graceful and silvery in colour, edged with green.” 
P. t. Smithiana (Smith’s).* jronds 2ft. to 2sft. high including 
the stalks, much divided and heavily crested, but variable. 
A very handsome variety. 
P. t. variegata (variegated). fronds having a silvery band 
plone the centre of the pinne and pinnules. 1892. A beautiful 
orm. 
P. umbrosa cristata (crested). jronds erect, with drooping 
pinne and pinnules; all the segments long-linear, much 
divided and ecrisped at the tips, deep green. 1879. 
P. undulata (undulated). sti. dark chestnut-brown, lft. long. 
fronds 2ft. long and broad, triangular or sub-pentangular, 
pinnate; pinne broadly lance@late, pinnatifid throughout ; 
segments 2in. to 24in. long, the basal one decurrent, the rest 
connected by a jin. wing. sori not extending to the apex or 
sinus of the lobes. Fiji. SyN. Litobrochia undulata. This is 
now regarded as distinct from P. comans. 
P. Victoriz (Victoria’s). A variety of P. ensiformis. 
P. Wallichiana (Wallich’s). sti. strong, chestnut-brown, 
glossy, 5ft. to 6ft. long. fronds large, thrice divided ; central 
pinna 2ft. long, lft. broad, its many lanceolate, sessile 
pinnules cut nearly to the rachis into numerous oblong lobes 
nearly entire when barren; lateral pinne as large as the 
central one and again forked; all of a soft texture and pale 
green. sori disposed along the whole length of the pinnules. 
Japan, &c. Greenhouse. SYN. Campteria Wallichiana. 
P. Wimsetti (Wimsett’s). A variety of P. cretica. 
PTERISANTHES (from pieron, a wing, and anthos, 
a flower; the flowers are borne on a_broadly-winged 
axis). Syn. Embamma. Orv. Ampelidex. A small genus 
(four species) of large, climbing or sarmentose, stove 
plants furnished with tendrils, closely allied to Vitis, 
natives of the Indian Archipelago. Flowers small, four- 
or five-parted, inserted on a flat, expanded, membranous, 
peduneulate rachis, unisexual. Fruit globose or ovoid, 
one- to fonr-seeded. Leaves alternate, simple or three- 
to seven-foliolate, digitate or pedate. For culture of 
P. polita, the only species introduced, see Cissus. 
P. polita (elegant) /#. borne on a flattened rachis, the 
marginal ones stalked, the rest sessile. J. 4in. to 8in. long, 
elliptic-oblong or ovate, acute, sub-cordate, distantly and 
spinosely serrated or entire, membranous. Moulmein, &c., 1896. 
Habit like a Cissus. (B. M. 7561.) 
PTEROCALLIS TILIZ: 
Aphides. 
PTEROCARYA. P. caucasica is the correct name 
of P. frawinifolia. P. Spachiana is a form of this species. 
PTEROPHORINA. See Moths. 
(Lime Aphis). See 
PTEROSTIGMA. A synonym of Adenosma 
(which see). 
PTILOSTEPHIUM. Included under Tridax 
(which see). 
PTYCHOCHILUS. A synonym of “Tropidia 
(which see). 
PTYCHOCOCCUS (from ptyche, a fold, and kokkos, 
a berry; in allusion to the wrinkled albumen). Okp. 
Palme. A genus of three species of Javan Palms, 
founded by Beccari, formerly included under Ptycho- 
Ptychococcus—continued. 
sperma. It differs from that genus in the form of the 
frait, which in Ptychococeus is obliquely attenuated into 
a beak at the apex, instead of being rounded. For 
culture, see Ptychosperma. 
P. arecinus (Areca-like).* A very beautiful, pinnate-leaved 
Palm, which, in its native forests, attains a height of 60ft. 
or more. 
P. paradoxus (paradoxical). 7. sheathing at base; young 
ones two-lobed, the lobes oblong-cuneate, oblique at apex, 
with jagged margins; adult ones deeply pinnately-cleft, with 
lanceolate pinne 10in. to 12in. long, oblique at apex and 
jagged; petioles grooved. Stem erect, slender, 15ft. to 20ft. 
igh. New Guinea, 1894. Syn. Ptychosperma paradoxa (of 
gardens). 
PTYCHORAPHIS (from ptyche, a fold, and raphis, 
a needle; probably in allusion to the leaflets). ORD. 
Palme. A small genus (two species) of stove Palms, 
natives of Singapore, Johore, and the Nicobar Islands, 
closely allied to Nenga. Flowers spirally disposed, male 
only towards the tips of the branches, a female between 
two males towards the base; spathes two, complete, 
caducous; spadix intrafoliolar, paniculately branched. 
Fruit small, ovoid. Leaves pinnatisect; leaflets narrow, 
caudate-acuminate. For culture, see Palms. 
P. augusta (splendid).* 7., spadix decompound, 24ft. to Ssft. 
long. fr. scarlet, lin. long, elliptic-oblong. 2. 8ft. to aft. 
long ; leaflets numerous, sessile, narrow-linear, 2ft. to 3ft. long, 
acuminate, three-ribbed ; petioles very short. Trunk 80ft. to 
100ft. high. lft. in diameter. Nicobar Islands, 1892. When 
young, this resembles Cocos Weddeliana, An elegant Palm in 
a young state. (G. C. 1892, xii., p. 397, f. 63.) 
P. singaporensis (Singapore). 7. yellow; spadix about lft. 
long, branched from the base. fr. Zin. long, ovoid or elliptic- 
ovoid. JU. 3ft. to 6ft. long; leaflets numerous, alternate, straight, 
8in. long, l4in. broad; petioles 2ft. to 24ft. long. Stem 6ft. to 
12ft. long, lsin. in diameter, soboliferous. Singapore and 
Johore, 1884. SyNs. Drymophleus, Ptychosperma, and Rhopalo- 
blaste singaporensis. 
PTYCHOSPERMA. To the species described on 
pp. 247-8, the following should be added: 
P. angustifolia (narrow-leaved) A synonym of Coleospadix 
oninensis. 
P. disticha (two-rowed). A synonym of Pinanga disticha. 
P. elegans (elegant).* l., panicles lateral, 1ft. to 1sft. long 
and broad, branching into numerous spikes, the ends very 
flexuous. J. several feet long; segments numerous, more or 
less toothed or irregularly jagged at the end. Australia. 
A low or very tall Palm. (B. M. 7345.) Syn. Seaforthia 
elegans (of R. Brown). 
P. elegans (of gardens).* 
Cunninghamiana. 
P. Normanbyi is now classed under Areca. 
P. paradoxa (paradoxical). A garden synonym of Ptychococcus 
paradoxus. 
P. Sanderiana (Sander’s).* ., males in pairs, on a much- 
branched panicle; females on a separate panicle. fr. bright red, 
sin. long, ovoid. 7. 4ft. long, pinnate ; segments alternate, linear, 
1sft. long, tapering to a long point. Stem 10ft. to 15ft. high; 
nodes Jin. apart. New Guinea, 1898. Young specimens are very 
elegant. (G. C. 1898, xxiv., pp. 330, 435, f. 126.) 
P. Seemanni is now classed under Balaka. 
P. singaporensis (Singapore). A synonym of Ptychoraphis 
singaporensis. 
A synonym of Archontophenix 
P. Warleti (Warlet’s). J. pinnate, having the sheaths and 
stalks covered with coarse, purplish hairs; segments oblong- 
cuneate, erose at the margin, silvery beneath. Habitat not 
recorded, 1898. Only known in a young state. (G. C. 1898, 
Xxiii., p. 242, f. 91.) 
PUCCINIA ARENARIZ. See Carnation Rust. 
PUCCINIA HIERACII. 
Leaf Rust. 
PUCCINIA MALVACEARUM. See Hollyhock 
Fungus. 
PUCCINIA PRINGSHEIMIANA. See Goose- 
berry Fungi and Gooseberry Cluster Cups. 
PUCCOON, RED. See Sanguinaria. 
PUDDLING. See Muddling. 
See Chrysanthemum 
