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Faeonia continued. 



shading to pink, fragrant; DR. BUITONNAU, satin rose, centre 

 white ; DUCHESSE DE MODENA, rose, centre blush ; ECLATANTE, 

 rich purple; EDULIS, white; EDULIS FRAGRANS, deep rich rose; 

 ETENDARD DU GRAND HOMME, brilliant rose, very large, rose- 

 scented; FESTIVA MAXIMA, pure white, fragrant; FORMOSA, 

 blush, centre primrose ; FULGIDA, deep rose; GENERAL BEDEAU, 

 rose, centre sulphur, very fragrant; GLODOSA, deep pink, centre 

 florets primrose; GLOIHE DE DOUAI, deep crimson, golden 

 anthers; GUANDIFLORA MVF.A, white, tinged rose; HENRI IV., 

 blush pink; HUMEI, scarlet-crimson, very dwarf; I.NCOMPARA- 

 BILIS, rose, shaded purple, flagrant ; INSIGNIS, rose-carmine, rose- 

 scented ; ISIDORE LEROY, crimson-purple ; Louis VAN HOUTTE, 

 purple-crimson ; MADAME BOUCHALET AINE, rich purple-crimson, 

 fragrant ; MADAME CALLOT, white, tinged rose, rose-scented ; 

 MADAME DE MONTIJOU, blush, centre white ; MADAME SCHMIDT, 

 purple - crimson, showy golden anthers, fragrant; MADAME 

 VILMORIN, blush, centre white; NOBILISSIMA, full deep rose; 

 PAPAVER^EFLORA, white, centre primrose ; PRINCE CHARLES, rose- 

 purple, centre chamois; PRINCE PROSPER, purple-magenta, 

 golden anthers ; PULCHERRIMA, guard petals blush, centre white, 

 rose scented ; PURPUREA SUPERBA, rich glowing purple, fragrant ; 

 REIME DES ROSES, guard petals deep rose, centre chamois-rose ; 

 ROSEA MAXIMA, pink, inner florets white, tinged rose; ROSEA 

 PRJECOX, rose, early flowering ; THF. QUEEN, blush rose, very 

 large, rose-scented; TRIOMPHF. DE L'EXPOSITION DE LILLE, rich 

 purple, fragrant. 



Hardy European Pseonies. May -flowering (varieties of 

 P. ojfleinalis). DOUBLE ANEMONE-FLOWERED, large, rich crim- 

 son; petals somewhat irregular. DOUBLE RED, flowers large, 

 rich crimson ; abundantly produced ; a very old variety. DOUBLE 

 ROSE, flowers opening full rose, and chauging to flesh colour ; 

 large and fine. DOUBLE WHITE, flowers large, opening pale pink, 

 and changing to pure white. 



Moutan, or Trce-Paeonies. May- flowering (varieties of 

 P. Moutan). ALBA LILACINI, ATROPURPUREA, BEAUTY OF 

 CANTON, BLANCHE NOISETTE, CANDIDA, CARNEA PLENA, 

 COUNTESS OF CRAWFORD, ELIZABETIIA, EMPF.ROR OF CHINA, 

 GLORIA BELGARUM, INCARNATA PLENA, LACTEA, MANDARIN, 

 MAXIMA PLENA, OCELLATA, OSIRIS, PRIDE OF HONGKONG, 

 REINE DES FLEURS, ROBERT FORTUNE, SALMONEA, SNOWBALL, 

 SOUVENIR DE GAND, SPECIOSISSIMA, STELLA, TRIOMPHE DE 

 MILAN, VERSICOLOR PLENA, VILLE DB VERSAILLES, VIOLACEA 

 PURPUREA, VIVID, ZF.NOBIA. 



FIG- 7. FLOWERING BRANCH AND DETACHED FLOWER OF 

 P^ONIA ALBIFLORA FLORE-PLENO " BLANC." 



P2EONY. See Pseonia. 



P.S3SIA. Included under Pteris (which see). 

 FAGINA. The surface of any flat body; e.g., that 

 of a leaf. 



PAGLE. An old name for the Cowslip, Primula vert's. 



PAGODA-TREE. A name applied to Ficus indica, 

 Plumeria alba, and Sophora japonica. 



PAIGLE. An old name for the Cowslip, Primula 

 veris. 



FAINTED. A term applied in cases where colours 

 are arranged in streaks of unequal density. 



FALAPOXIA (named after Jose Palafox, a Spanish 

 general, 1780-1847). STN. Paleolaria. ORD. Composite. 

 A germs comprising half a dozen species of hardy, or 

 nearly hardy, erect herbs, rarely shrubby at base, natives 

 of Mexico and Florida. Flower-heads white, flesh-colour, 



Palafoxia continued. 



or purple, small or mediocre, loosely corymbose-paniculate ; 

 involucre tnrbinate-campanulate, the bracts one or two- 

 serrate ; receptacle small, flat, naked, or scarcely foveo- 

 late. Leaves alternate, or the lower ones opposite, narrow, 

 entire. The undermentioned species, which are the only 

 ones worth growing, thrive best in a warm border of 

 sandy soil, and should be treated as half-hardy annuals. 

 Seeds should be sown, in a gentle heat, during April, 

 and the young plants placed in the open, about 1ft. 

 apart, early in June. 



FIG. 8. PALAFOXIA HOOKERIANA, showing Inflorescence and 

 Disk and Ray Florets. 



P. Hookeriana (Hooker's), fl.-heads rosy-pink, freely produced 

 in loose clusters. Summer. Stems very bushy, about 2ft. high. 

 Rocky Mountains, 1855. A very pretty, dwarf-growing, dense- 

 habited plant. See Fig. 8. (U. M. 5549.) 



P. linearis (linear), jl. -heads flesh-colour; involucre oblong; 

 pappus scales eight, unequal, acuminate. June. I. linear, 

 entire, obtuse, h. 2ft. Texas. Plant shrubby, cinereo-pufoes- 

 cent. (B. M. 2132.) 



PALATE. A projection in the throat of a per- 

 sonate gamosepalous corolla. 



FALAVA (named in honour of A. Palau y Verdera, 

 professor of botany at Madrid in the last century). 

 ORD. Malvaceae. A small genus (three or four species) 

 of tomentose or nearly glabrous, hardy or half-hardy, 

 annual herbs, natives of Peru or Chili, and with habit 

 similar to Cristaria. Flowers purple, pedunculate, axil- 

 lary, solitary ; calyx five-fid. Leaves often lobed, 

 sinuate, or dissected. The species thrive in ordinary 

 garden soil. Propagated by seeds, sown on a hotbed 

 in early spring, the seedlings being transplanted to the 

 open border in May. 



P. flexuosa (flexuous-stemmed). /. light mauve, pale towards 

 the centre, with bright red anthers and bases of the petals; 

 sepals purple at base, very much smaller than the obliquely 

 truncate petals. June. I. on slender petioles, lin. to 2in. long ; 

 blade lin. to 2in. long and broad, oblong-ovate or triangular- 

 ovate, pinnatifid, with one or two pairs of spreading, lobed, or 

 irregularly pinnatifid segments. Stems Sin. to lOin. long. Peru. 

 1866. (B. M. 5768.) 



P. rhombifolia (rhomb-leaved), fi. large, scentless ; corolla 

 rose-coloured, flat, thrice as long as the calyx; petals five, 

 obovate, cuneate ; peduncles solitary, axillary. Summer. 

 I. Ijin. long, rhomboid, soft. Stem prostrate, branched, hairy. 

 Peru, 1830. (B. M. 3100 ; B. R. 1375.) 



FALAVA (of Ruiz and Pavon). A synonym of 

 Sanranja (which see}. 



PALEACEOUS. Covered with paleje, e.g., the re- 

 ceptacle of many of the Composites. 



FALEJE. Membianous scales, like chaff. The term 

 is also applied to the inner scales of the flowers in 

 grasses. 



