THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 



Fanax continued. 



watered, they will probably throw up several suckers 



or shoots. These, if taken off with a portion of root to 



each, will, with a little care, soon make useful plants. 



P. annatum (armed), fl. numerously produced in umbellules, 

 I orming a long, downy panicle. I. bipinnate, on long stalks, which 

 are prickly, like the stem ; leaflets ovate-acuminate, membranous, 

 serrated, beset on both surfaces with bristly hairs. Stems erect, 

 prickly. India, 1876. A tine-looking, stove shrub. SYN. Aralia 

 armata. 



P. crassifolium (thick-leaved). A synonym of Pseudopanax 

 crass if olium. 



P. diffusum (diffuse).* I. pale bright green, densely packed 

 towards the apices of the jointed stems, triangular, bipin- 

 nate, crispy ; primary divisions with linear-oblong, sometimes 

 lobed, always spiny-toothed, bluntish secondary divisions, the 

 teeth turned upwards, h. 2ft. South Sea Islands. An orna- 

 mental, compact-growing, bushy-habited, stove shrub. 



P. dissectum (dissected). I. numerous, drooping, bipinnate, 

 having obovate-cuneate leaflets, very greatly varied in size and 

 outline, all furnished with long, marginal teeth. An evergreen 

 stove shrub, of branching habit, very desirable and ornamental. 



P. dumosum (bushy).* I. bright green, roundish-ovate, pinnately 

 divided, of numerous, variously-shaped lobes, the pinnae furnished 

 at the margins with incurved, spiny teeth ; petioles brownish or 

 olive-green, mottled with brighter green. Stem short-jointed, 

 thickly clothed with leaves, h. 6in. to 18in. A very neat and 

 compact-growing stove shrub. 



P. elegans (elegant).* /. produced in racemes, which are collected 

 into a large, terminal, branched panicle. I. articulate, spreading, 

 and variously divided, pinnate towards the point, with elliptic- 

 oblong, stalked leaflets, whileat the basal part they are bipinnate. 

 Queensland, 1880. A pretty and effective, ornamental-leaved 

 shrub (a large and handsome tree in its native habitat), probably 

 hardy in mild districts. 



P. fissum (cleft). I. tripinnate, the alternate segments linear- 

 lanceolate, with a few incurved, whitish teeth on each margin. 

 Stem erect-branched, flecked with small, elongate, pallid spots, 

 the petioles being of the same colour. South Sea Islands, 1882. 

 An elegant stove shrub. 



P. fruticosum (shrubby), fl. in terminal, corymbose panicles, 

 with the branches umbelliferous at the apex. I. pinnately decom- 

 pound ; leaflets petiolate, oval-oblong, acuminated, coarsely and 

 dentately serrated, ultimate ones deeply triad, h. 6ft. India, 

 Java, Ac., 1800. Stove shrub. (A. B. R. 595.) 



P. f. Delauana (Delau's). I. digitately compound, with divisions 

 ternately or biternately divided ; the segments varying from 

 linear-cuneate to obliquely sub-elliptic, irregularly lobed and 

 toothed, green, with whitish-tipped teeth. Polynesia, 1833. An 

 ornamental, dwarf shrub. (I. H. 492.) 



P. laciniatum (laciniate).* I. tinted, ai.d indistinctly marked 

 with pale olive-brown, bipinnate, nearly as broad as long, droop- 

 ing ; the segments very variable in size and form, presenting the 

 appearance of a complex head of foliage, in which the lanceolate 

 lobes have the preponderancy. South Sea Islands, 1877. An 

 elegant and distinct, stove shrub. 



P. longissimum (very long). A synonym of Pseudopanax crassi- 

 folium. 



FIG. 14. PANAX MURRAYI. 



P. Murray! (Murray's), fl., umbels many -flowered, pedunculate, 

 in racemes or divaricately-branched panicles. I. simply pinnate, 

 often several feet long ; leaflets variable, obliquely lanceolate, 

 entire or variously cut or toothed. Queensland, &c. A splendid 

 tree. See Fig. 14. (B. M. 6978.) SYNS. P. se.ssilif.orum (of 

 Carriere), Aralia splendidissima (of gardens). The species to 

 which the name of sessiliflorum belongs has trifoliolate leaves, 

 and is a native of Mandchuria. 



Fanax continued. 



P. plumatum (plumed).* I. forming a fine, crispy head, very 

 elegantly divided; the leaflets long-stalked and more or less 

 deeply lobed, the edges notched with more or lessupcurved teeth. 

 South Sea Islands, 1874. An elegant, small-growing, stove shrub, 

 having the aspect of P. laciniatum, but being much more finely 

 cut. 



P. quinquefolium (five-leaved). Ginseng, fl. yellowish ; peduncle 

 of umbel shorter than the petiole. June. I. verticillate, petio- 

 late, palmately decompound, the leaflets stalked from the top of 

 the common petiole, h. lift. North America, 1740. Hardy, 

 herbaceous. (B. M. 1333.) The proper name of this plant is 

 Aralia quinquefolia. 



P. sambucifolius (Elder-leaved), fl. greenish, small, in umbels, 

 which are collected into racemes, corymbs, or panicles, fr. bluish, 

 transparent, attractive. I. pinnate, or bipinnate ; leaflets elliptic 

 or lanceolate, glaucous beneath. Branches slender. Greenhouse. 

 (B. M. 6093.) 



P. sessiliflorum (sessile-flowered), of Carriere. See P. Murray!. 



P. Victorias (Queen Victoria's).* I. finely variegated, ternate or 

 almost pinnate, the lateral leaflets forked or trifid, the upper and 

 terminal one larger, simple, ovate, the edge lobed and spinosely 

 toothed, and having the border prettily margined with white. 

 South Pacific Islands. A distinct and graceful, variegated-leaved 

 stove shrub, the leaves forming a dense, plumy, gracefully recurv- 

 ing mass of foliage. (G. C. n. s., xix. 405.) 



FIG. 15. PANCRATIUM ILLYRICUM. 



PANCRATIUM (from pan, all, and kratys, potent; 

 in allusion to supposed medicinal qualities). ORD. Amaryl- 

 lidecB. A genus comprising about a dozen species of 



