PACHYCHILUS 



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P^ONIA 



Hardy, much-branched, evergreen shrubs. Cuttings 

 in a cold frame in summer or autumn. Ordinary garden 

 soil. 



P. Ca'nbyi (Canby's). Greenish. N. Carolina and Vir- 

 ginia. 1889. 



Myrsini'ies (Myrsinites). 4. Greenish-white. June. 

 Western N. Amer. 1818. 



PACHYCHTLUS. See PACHYSTOMA. 



PACHY'GONE. (From pachus, thick, and gone, a 

 seed ; in allusion to the thick seed. Nat. ord. Meni- 

 spermaceae.) 



Stove climbing shrub, with large kidney-shaped seeds. 

 Seeds ; cuttings in sand, in a close case, with bottom- 

 heat. Fibrous loam, peat, and sand. 

 P. ova' ta (egg-shaped). 10. Green, yellow. India and 

 Malaya. 1790. 



PACHY'LOPHUS NUTTA'LLII. See CENOTHERA c^s- 



PITOSA. 



PACHYNE'MA. (From pachus, thick, and nema, a 

 filament ; filaments thick. Nat. ord. Dilleniaceae.) 



Half-hardy or greenhouse herb, with scale- like leaves. 

 Seeds. Fibrous loam, peat, and sand. 

 P. complana'tum (flattened). Yellow. Australia. 

 di'stichum (two-ranked). See P. COMPLANATUM. 



PACHYPHY'LLUM. (From pachus, thick, and phullon, 

 a leaf. Nat. ord. Orchids [Orchidaceaa], Linn. 20- 

 Gynandria, i-Monandria. Allied to Brassia and Maxil- 

 laria.) 



Cuttings of the young shoots any time during spring 

 and summer, drying them at the base, and inserting 

 them in sandy loam ; saady loam, a little brick-rubbish, 

 and dried cow-dung ; little water and plenty of light 

 are required in winter. See ORCHIDS. 

 P. procu'mbens (lying-down). Green, blue. May. 

 Mexico. 1836. 



PACHYPHY'TUM BRACTEO'SUM. See COTYLEDON 

 PACHYPHYTUM. 



PACHYPO'DIUM. (From pachus, thick, and podion, 

 a foot ; referring to the stalks of the flowers. Nat. ord. 

 Dogbanes [Apocynaceae]. Linn. s-Pentandria, i-Mono- 

 gynia. Allied to Neriuin.) 



Greenhouse evergreens, from South Africa, with white 

 and red flowers. Cuttings of young shoots in spring, 

 base dried before inserting in dryish, sandy soil ; sandy 

 loam, a little brick-rubbish and peat, but little water 

 in winter. Winter temp., 40 to 45. Propagated also 

 by a division of the fleshy, tuber-like roots. 

 P. bispino'sum (two-spined). i. Pink. September. 

 S. Africa. 1795. 



Gea'yi (Geay's). 30-36. A tree, branched and leafy 

 at the top only. Madagascar. 1907. 



Saunde'rsii (Saunders's). Red. S. Africa. 



succule'ntum (succulent). See P. TOMENTOSUM. 



tomento'swn (felted), i. Red. May. S.Africa. 1823. 



tubero'sum (tuberous), i. August. 1813. 



PACHYRHTZUS. (From pachus, thick, and rhiza, a 

 root ; roots tuberous. Nat. ord. Leguminosae.) 



Stove twining, perennial herbs. Cuttings in sand, 

 under a bell-glass in summer ; also sprouts with a piece 

 of tuber and seeds. Loam, leaf -mould, and sand. 

 P. angula'tus is cultivated in the tropics for its tuberous, 

 edible roots. 

 P. angula'(us( angled). 8-12. Violet-purple. July. Trop. 



Asia. 1781. 

 thunbergia'nus (Thunbergian) . See PUERARIA THUN- 



BERGIANA. 



tubero'sus (tuberous). 6-10. Purple. W. Ind. 



PACHYSA'NDRA. (From pachus, thick, and aner, a 

 stamen. Nat. ord. Spurgeivorts [Euphorbiaceae]. Linn. 

 2i-Moncecia, 4-Tetrandn'a. Allied to Buxus.) 



Division and suckers ; common, sandy loam. The 

 stove under-shrub, by cuttings in a little heat, but 

 otherwise requiring no particular treatment. The her- 

 baceous, by division in spring ; sandy loam and peat. 

 P. coria'cea (leathery-leaved). See SARCOCOCCA PRUNI- 



FORMIS. 



ere' eta. (erect). See P. PROCUMBENS. 



P. procu'mbens (trailing). J. White. April. N. Amer. 

 1800. Hardy herbaceous. " Alleghany Mountain 

 Spurge." 

 termina'lis (terminal). $-J. Leaves with a white 



border. Japan. 1882. 

 PACHYSTTGMA PTELEOIDES. See PELTOSTIGMA 



PTELEOIDES. 



PACHYSTI'MA. See PACHISTIMA. 



PACHYSTO'MA. (From pachus, thick, and stoma, a 

 mouth; in allusion to the thick lip. Nat. ord. Orchi- 

 daceae.) 



Stove terrestrial orchid that may be grown in pans or 

 small baskets in sandy, turfy loam, and finely broken 

 bricks. Introduced rhizomes. 

 P. pubc'scens (downy). Java. 



specio'sum (showy). See IPSEA SPECIOSA. 



,, thompsonia' num (Thompsonian). See ANCISTRO- 



CHILUS THOMPSONIANUS. 



punctula'tum (finely-pointed). See ANCISTROCHI- 



LUS THOMPSONIANUS PUNCTULATUS. 



PA'DUS. See PRUNUS PADUS. 



P/EDE'RIA. (From paideros, opal, or a kind of paint 

 for the face ; referring to its transparent berries. Nat. 

 ord. Rubiads [Rubiaceae]. Linn. s-Pentandria, i-Mono- 

 gynia.) 



Stove evergreen shrub. Cuttings in sand, in summer, 

 in a little bottom-heat, under a glass ; sandy loam and 

 leaf-mould. Winter temp., 48 to 55 I summer, 60 

 to 80. 



P. fce'tida (stinking). 6. Purple. India and Malaya. 

 1806. 



PflSDERO'TA. (From paideros, paiderotos, bear's 

 breech, or Acanthus mollis ; an old adopted name. Nat. 

 ord. Scrophulariaceae.) 



Hardy, perennial herbs. Seeds ; divisions in spring. 

 Light, well-drained soil. 



P. Age'ria (Ageria). . Yellow. May. Europe. 1824. 

 amherstia'na (Amherstiau). See WULFENIA AM- 



HERSTIANA. 



Bonaro'ta (Bonarota). J. Blue. May. Europe. 



1818. 



,, chamadrifo'lia (Chamaedrys- leaved) . \. Blue. 

 Churchi'llii (Churchill's). Eastern Europe. 

 multicau'lis (many-stemmed). See WULFENIA CARIN- 



THIACA. 

 urticcelo'lia (nettle- leaved). See P. AGERIA. 



P/EO'NIA. Paeony. (Named after P<zon, a physician, 

 who first used it medicinally. Nat. ord. Crmi'foots 

 [Ranunculaceac]. Linn. i^-Polyandria, z-Digynia.) 



Seeds for raising varieties, sown in September, in a 

 cold pit, will appear some the first, and others the second, 

 spring. Herbaceous kinds, by division of the roots. 

 Tree, or Moutan, by division ; by grafting on the her- 

 baceous roots ; by cuttings of the young shoots in spring, 

 under a glass, and in a little heat ; by layers and suckers ; 

 by layering young shoots, after ringing round each bud, 

 so that each bud forms a plant ; deep, good loam. The 

 Moutans require a little protection in spring ; do well for 

 forcing, and for the borders of large, cool conservatories, 

 where the temperature is not kept high in winter. 



HARDY SHRUBS. 



P. lu'tea (yellow). 2-3. Bright yellow. May. Yunnan, 



China. 1893. 



,, ,, supe'rba (superb). Flowers larger. 1905. 

 Mou'tan (Moutan). 3. Purple. May. China. 1789. 



" Tree Paeony." 

 a'lbida-ple'na (double- white) . 2. White. May. 



China. 



,, Anne'slei (Annesley's). 3. Pink. May. China. 

 a'tro-purpu'rea (dark-purple-/Z<KW<;d). 4. Purple. 



April. China. 1846. 

 Ba'nksii (Banks's). 3. Purple. May. China. 



1794. 

 ,, ca'rnea-ple'na (double-flesh-coloured). 2. Flesh. 



May. China. 

 globo'sa (globular-flowered). 3. White, purple. 



April. Shanghai. 1845. 

 lilaci'na (lilac-coloured). 3. Lilac. April. China. 



1845. 



