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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 



I. long, narrow, glaucous, 

 furnished at the head and 



Pandanus continued. 



P. Pancheri (Panther's).* I. linear, 3ft. to 5ft long and about 

 2in. broad ; margins spinose-toothed, carinate beneath ; the 

 lower half of the carina reddish, and strongly spinose-toothed. 

 New Caledonia, 1878. SYN. Barrotia Pancheri. (L H. 288.) 



P. polycephalus (many-headed), 

 spreading in elegant curves, and 

 keel with spines, the former pointing backwards, the latter for- 

 wards. Philippine Islands, 1866. A graceful perennial, of rather 

 dwarf habit SYN. P. Porteanut. 



P. Porteanus (Porte's). A synonym of P. polyeephalvt. 



P. pygmeeus (pigmy), ft. on a short, erect peduncle, buried 

 among the upper leaves. I. at the extremities of the branches, 

 about 1ft long, spirally arranged in threes, from an amplexicaul, 

 broad base, linear-subulate, the margins and keel fringed with 

 white, spinnlose serratures. Madagascar. A low-spreading 

 shrub, not 2ft. high in the centre, but from ttoe base sending 

 out numerous branches in all directions. (B. M. 4736.) 



P. reflexus (reflexed). I. pendulous, or bent back, from 4ft. to 

 6ft long, dark shining green, armed with long, white spines on 

 the edges, and reversed ones on the under side of the midrib. 

 India, 1818. 



P. utilis (useful).* fr. in long, trigono-globose, long-peduncled, 

 pendulous heads, about 6in. in diameter, containing 100 drupes 

 about liin. long. 1. glaucous, erect, 1ft to 2Jft. long, armed with 

 sharp red spines. A. (in its native place) 60ft. Madagascar. 

 See Fig. 21. (I. H. 1860, 265.) SYNS. P. Candelabrum (B. M. 5014), 

 P. elegantissimug, P. ftabelliformis (B. H. 1866, 271,), P. mauri- 

 tiantu (I. H. 1860, 265,), P. odorati&simus (of gardens). 



P. Vandermeeschii (Vandermeesch's).* fr. in trigono-globose 

 heads, containing over 100 fusiform drupes, lin. long ; peduncle 

 often red. I. stiff, sub-erect, 2Jft to 3ft. long, liin. to 2in. broad, 

 very glaucous, the thickened, red margins armed with strong, red, 

 pungent spines ; midrib red, prominent, also spiny. Stem light 

 in colour, 5in. to 6in. in diameter, ft. 20ft Mauritius. Tree. 



P. Veitchii (Veitch's).* I. broad, 2ft. long, somewhat pendulous, 

 . in the centre, and bordered with broad 

 Polynesia, 1868. A very beautiful plant. 

 (B. G. 1872, 310.) 



FANDOREA. Included under Tecoma (which see). 



PANDURATE, or PANDURJFORM. Fiddle- 



shaped ; obovato in form, with one or two deep recesses 



. Veitchli (Veitch's).* 

 spiny, of a dark green 

 bands of pure white. 



FIG. 22. PANDURATE LEAP. 



or indentations on each side. A Pandurate leaf is shown 

 at Fig. 22. 



PANGIACE2E. Included under Bixineas. 



PANICLE. An inflorescence having the axis divided 

 into branches bearing two or more flowers. 



PANICUM (the old Latin name, derived by Pliny 

 from paniculum, a panicle ; alluding to the usual form of 

 inflorescence). Panick-Grass. SYN. Thalasium. OBD. 

 GraminecB. An extensive genus of stove, greenhouse, or 

 hardy, annual or perennial grasses, of variable habit, 

 chiefly natives of tropical and sub - tropical regions 

 of the globe. Nearly 800 supposed species have been 

 described, but the total number fairly distinct as such 

 can scarcely be estimated at much above 250 (Bent- 

 ham). Many supposed genera, amongst which are 

 Digitaria and Echinochloa, have been at times separated 

 from Panicum, but these are now united by the authors 

 of the "Genera Plantarum." Spikelets ovate, acu- 

 minate or obtuse, rarely globose, articulated with the 

 pedicels, loosely or densely paniculate, or in undivided 

 spikes with a terminal hermaphrodite flower, and usually 

 a lower male one ; glumes usually four, much shorter 

 than the spikelets, in a few species evanescent ; sta- 

 mens (? always) three; style distinct, or shortly connate 

 at base ; stigma feathery. Several members of this genus 

 are of economic value, but few are found in gardens. Two 

 species P. Crus-galli and P. gldbrum are British. The 

 under-mentioned are hardy, except where otherwise stated, 

 and thrive in any moderately good garden soil. Propa- 

 gated by seeds. 



Panicum continued. 



P. altissimnm (very tall). ft., panicle large, 1ft to lift, long, 

 the branches whorled, simple, racemiform, naked below. 1. 1ft 



ple, 

 inear, 

 Plant woody, arborescent. 



, all 



to IJft. long, lanceolate-linear, acuminate, glabrous, h. 6ft. to 

 30ft. West Indie 



FIG. 23. PANICUM CAPILLARE, showing-(l) Habit, (2) Spikelet, 

 (3) Spikelet, with outer Palea removed, (4) Ovary, with long 

 Style and Plumose Stigmas. 



P. capillaro (hair-panicled).* ft., panicles large, pyramidal, pro- 

 duced in great profusion, and borne both at the ends of the stems 

 and in the axils of the stem-leaves. Summer, h. IJft to 2ft. 

 Europe, Asia, North America, 1758. A pretty annual. See 

 Fig. 23. 



P. colonnm (colonial). /., spikelets four to six-seriate, very 

 shortly pedicellate, scabrous-pubescent ; sterile glumes tnucronate, 

 the lowest short, the two superior equalling or shortly exceeding 

 the fertile flower ; spikes iin. to lin. long. I. linear, acuminate, 

 glabrous, h. 1ft. to lift. West Indies, &c. Half-hardy annual. 



P. Italicum (Italian), ft. in a panicle, about lin. in diameter; 

 cylindrical, at length nodding at the summit ; spikelets elliptical- 

 oblong. I. broad. Branches contiguous with, or a little distant 

 below, the panicle, ovate or oblong, h. 2ft. to 4ft West Indies. 

 A tall annual, now naturalised in many European and other 

 countries. 



ciliated at the base and ligule ; nodes usually villoua. A. 6ft 

 to 10ft West Indies, &c. A stout, stove perennial. 



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FIG. 24. PANICUM MIUACEUM, showing (1) Habit, (2) Spikelet, 

 (3) Inner Palea, (4) Ovary, with long Style and Branched 

 Stigmas, (5) Stigma, and (6) Grain. 



P. miliacetun (Millet-like).* Little Millet. /. in a much-divided, 

 nodding panicle ; spikelets numerous, pedicellate, ovoid. I. rather 

 broad, hairy, h. 2ft. An erect annual, cultivated in the Mediter- 

 ranean region. See Fig. 24. 



