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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 



Fentagonia continued. 



P. Wendlandi (Wendland's). /. ye'low, produced in clusters 

 from the axils of the upper leaves ; corolla tubular-sub-urceolate. 

 July. I. very shortly petiolate, coriaceous, obovate-lanceolate, 

 slightly acute, rounded at base, some of them lift long ; petioles 

 thick, naked, h. 2ft. 1861. (B. M. 5230.) 



FENTAGYNIA. A Linnaean artificial order, cha- 

 racterised by five-styled flowers. 



PENTAMEBOUS. Consisting of five members in 

 a circle. 



FENTANDRIA. A Linnsean class, characterised 

 by its flowers having five stamens. 



FENTAFERA (from pente, five, and pera, a bag ; re- 

 ferring to the five-celled ovary). OBD. Ericaceae. A mono- 

 typic genus, the species being an ornamental, half-hardy, 

 evergreen, Heath-like shrub. For culture, see Erica. 

 P. slcnla (Sicilian), fl. flesh-coloured or white, sub-terminal, 



fasciculate, pedicellate, three-bracteate, nodding, rather large for 



the plant ; sepals five, equal, ovate, acute, persistent ; corolla 



marcescent, much larger than the calyx, globose-sub-urceolate, 



the lobes revolute, contorted. May. Z. erecto-patent, verti- 

 cillate, linear-oblong, obtuse, coriaceous, entire, h. 2ft. Sicily 

 and Malta, 1849. Plant pubescent. SYN. Erica sicula. 



PENTAPETES (from pentapetes, five-leaved, a 

 name given by Theophrastus to the Cinquefoil ; referring 

 to the pentamerous arrangement of the flowers). ORD. 

 Sterculiacece. A monotypic genus. The species is a 

 showy, stove annual, thriving best in a compost of sandy 

 loam and leaf mould. It may be increased by cuttings 

 of half-ripened shoots, or by seeds. 

 P. phcenicea (scarlet).* fl. scarlet, rather large; calyx five- 



parted; petals five, broad; peduncles short, axillary, one- 



flowered. July. I simple, lanceolate, halbert-shaped, serrated. 



h. 2ft. to 3ft. Tropical Asia, 1690. (B. R. 575.) 

 P. subcrifolia. See Pterospcrmum snberifolium. 



PENTAPHILTRUM. A synonym of Physalis 

 (which see). 



FENTAPHRAGMA. A synonym of Physianthus 

 (which see). 



FENTAFTERA. Included under Terminalia 

 (which see). 



FENTAPTERYGIUM (from pente, five, and 

 pterygion, a small wing ; in allusion to the five-winged 

 calyx). OBD. Vacciniacece. A genus comprising about 

 half-a-dozen species of greenhouse, glabrous or strigoso- 

 hirsute, epiphytal shrubs, natives of the Eastern tempe- 

 rate Himalayas and the Khasia Mountains. Flowers 

 red, yellow, or white bedewed with red, rather large, 

 axillary, solitary, or disposed in few-flowered corymbs; 

 calyx tube turbinate or hemispherical, five-winged ; limb 

 of five persistent, leafy lobes ; corolla tubular, five- 

 angled, with a limb of five sub-erect or recurved lobes ; 

 stamens ten. Leaves alternate, sub-sessile, rather large 

 and scattered, or small and sub-distichonsly clustered, 

 serrate. The species require well-drained peat, and 

 may be grown either in teak baskets or in pots. Pro- 

 pagation may be effected by cuttings, inserted in sand, 

 under a bell glass. 



P. flavum (yellow).* /. yellow, margined with red, lin. long, on 

 red pedicels, disposed in short, axillary, pendulous or nodding 

 racemes ; corolla tubular, inflated, with five small lobes. I. 2in. 

 to Sin. long, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, serrate, very shortly 

 petioled, rugose above, paler below, h. 1ft. to 3ft. North-eastern 

 India. (B. M. 4910.) 



P. rugosum (wrinkled).* fl. pendulous, about lin. long, in few- 

 flowered corymbs ; corolla nearly white, beautifully marbled 

 between the five angles with purple or blood-red bands, the 

 mouth contracted and greenish. I. almost sessile, sub-cordate 

 at base, very much wrinkled, lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, 

 acuminate, serrate, deep bright green above, paler beneath ; 

 ones purplish, h. 1ft. to 3ft. Khasia Mountains. (B. M. 

 SYN. Vaccinium rugonim. 



P. serpens (serpentine), fl. numerous, axillary, hanging along 

 the under side of the branches ; calyx green, five-angled ; corolla 

 bright red, with darker, V-shaped marks, Jin. long. I. small, 

 lanceolate. Stems slender, drooping. Rootstock large, tuberous. 

 h. 2ft. to 3ft. Himalayas, 1884. A small and graceful shrub. 

 (B. M. 6777.) 



young 

 5198.) 



FENTARHAFHIA (from pente, five, and raphis, a 

 needle ; referring to the form of the open calyx). STNS. 

 Conradia. Gesneria. OBD. Gesneracece. A genus of 

 about forty species of stove, branched shrubs, or low sub- 

 shrubs, mostly natives of the West Indies, a few being 

 also found in Columbia or Central America. Calyx with 

 an obconical or turbinate tube and five equal, narrow 

 lobes ; corolla usually scarlet (sometimes green ?), with 

 an incurved tube, and an oblique or sub-bilabiate five- 

 lobed limb ; pedicels elongated and solitary in the axils, 

 or shorter and fascicled, or on an axillary, trichotomous, 

 many-flowered peduncle. Leaves alternate, at the tips 

 of the branches, or often crowded on short stems, fre- 

 quently oblique. The following species are those best 

 known in gardens. For culture, see Gesnera. 

 P. cubensis (Cuban), fl. scarlet, tubular, about lin. long, solitary 

 in the axils of the leaves ; peduncle brown, lin. long. Summer. 

 I. dark green, convex, evergreen, obovate, crenated near the point, 

 and netted on the under side with green veins on a pale ground. 

 h. 2ft. Cuba, 1854. A compact-habited shrub. (B. M . 4829 ; 

 F. d. S. 297.) 



P. floribuncla (bundle-flowered).* fl. red, numerous, axillary, 

 tubular, distended above the middle, the limb shortly three-lobed 

 and irregular, the throat open. Summer. I. lanceolate, bullate 

 above. Cuba, 1878. A dwarf, bushy-habited sub-shrub, more or 

 less covered with close, reddish down. (R. H. Jan. 16, 1878.) 

 P. libanensis (Mont-Liban).* fl. crimson, fascicled in the axils ; 

 corolla tube longer than the lobes; pedicels short, at length 

 excrescent. June. I. spathulate-oblong, unequally serrate, and 

 repand, membranous, roughish, rugose, scabrous on the ribs 

 beneath, h. 4in. Jamaica, 1847. Sub-shrub. (B. M. 4380, under 

 name of Gesnera libanensis ; F. d. S. 178, under name of Rhytido- 

 phyllum floribundum.) 



P. neglecta (neglected), fl. on short, one-flowered peduncles ; 

 corolla tube broadly campanulate, as long as, or longer than, the 

 broad lips. September. I. spathulate-oblong, bluntish, crenate 

 above, tapering into the short petiole, membranous, h. 4in. 

 Jamaica, 1847. Sub-shrub. 



PENTAS (from pente, five ; referring to the generally 

 pentamerous arrangement of the flowers). SYNS. Ortho- 

 stemma, Vignaldia. OBD. Rubiaceae. A genus com- 

 prising six or eight species of stove, erect or prostrate, 

 hispid-pilose or tomentose, herbs or sub-shrubs, with 



FIG. 75. FLOWERING BRANCH AND DETACHED FLOWER 

 OP PENTAS CARNEA. 



terete branches, natives of tropical and South sub-tropical 

 Africa, and Madagascar. Flowers lilac, bracteate, dis- 

 posed in short or elongated, terminal, corymbose cymes, 

 sometimes sub-capitate ; calyx four to six-lobed ; corolla 

 funnel-shaped, with an elongated tube and four to six 

 ovate-oblong, spreading, valvate lobes. Leaves opposite, 

 petiolate, ovate or ovate-lanceolate ; stipules much cut 

 or bristly. The species, only two of which have been 

 introduced, are of easy culture, in a compost of 

 loam and leaf mould, with a little sand added. Propa- 

 gated, in spring or at almost any season, by cuttings of 

 the young shoots, inserted in sandy soil, and placed 



