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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 



Flatycerium continued. 



G. 198. PLATYCERIUM GRANDE. 



disk only, with an elongated, dichotomously-forkecl division 

 beyond it at each corner. North Australia, 1828. See Fig. 198. 

 P. mim (Hill's).* frondg about 14ft. long, flabellately branched 

 in the upper third, the part just below the branching about 

 Sin. broad, gradually tapering downwards into short stipes ; 

 mature fronds very thinly covered with white stellate hairs, sort 

 forming small, roundish or oblong spots at the base of the ultimate 

 lobes, or about an equal distance from the apex if there is no side 

 lobe. Queensland, 1878. Allied to P. alcicorne. (G. C. n. s., 

 x. 74, 75.) 



P. Stemmaria (Stemmaria). A synonym of P. (ethiopicum. 



P. Wallichii (Waljich's).* barren frondg deeply lobed. with 

 inflexed, forked divisions, fertile fronds in pairs, pendent, each 

 in two divisions, in each of which the cuneate disk has a rounded 

 upper edge, occupied by a sorus ; from either side of the sorus a 

 one-forked division is produced; under surface matted with 

 yellowish woolly pubescence. Malay Peninsula, 1860. 



P. Wlllinokii (Willinck's).* barren fronds erect, sub-orbicular, 

 lobed. fertile fronds in threes, elongated, drooping, narrowly 

 cuneate, dichotomously cut up into narrow-en si form lobes, sori 

 occupying the terminal lobes. Java, 1875. (G. C. n. s. , iii. 56. ) 



FliATYCHILUM. Included under Hovea. 



FLATYCLINIS (from platys, broad, and clinis, a 

 conch; alluding to the broad, membranous clinandrinm). 

 STN. Dendrochilum (in part). ORD. Orchidece. A 

 genus comprising about eight species (formerly referred 

 to Dendrochilum) of stove, epiphytal orchids, with stems 

 tufted at base, or sub-ramose and simple and one-leaved 

 towards the base, and scarcely thickened or narrowly 

 pseudo-bulbous; they are natives of the East Indies 

 and the Malayan Archipelago. Flowers small, in 

 numerous, terminal racemes, shortly pedicellate ; sepals 

 narrow, spreading ; petals similar or smaller ; lip sessile 

 or shortly unguiculate at the base of the column, ovate, 

 concave, almost equalling the sepals; column erect, 

 semi-terete ; anthers two-valved ; pollen masses four, 

 ovoid. f Leaves narrow, contracted into petioles. The 

 species described below, which are those best known to 

 gardeners, thrive well in pots, in a mixture like that 

 recommended for Liparis. 



P. Cobbiana (Cobb's). fl., sepals and petals sulphur-coloured; 

 lip orange-coloured, flabellate ; inflorescence zigzag. I. and 

 pseudo-bulbs like those of Dendrochilum latifolium. Philippines, 

 1881. SY.N. Dendrochilum Cobbianum. 



P. fillformls (thread-like). /I. pale yellow, small, in long, thread- 



Platyclinis continued. 



like racemes. L linear-lanceolate. Pseudo-bulbs 

 small, conical. Manilla, 1836. (I. H. 1878, 323, 

 under name of Denilrochilum glumaceum.) SVN. 

 Dendrochilum fili/orme. 



P. glumacea (glumaceous). fl. white, very fra- 

 grant, sessile, in a linear-oblong, pendulous, 

 elongated spike, borne on the curved peduncle. 

 1. solitary, broad - lanceolate, rather obtuse, 

 striated, tapering into a long footstalk, which is 

 inclosed by the sheathing scale. Pseudo-bulbs 

 crowded, the younger ones clothed with two or 

 more large, generally reddish scales, within which 

 is a much larger, sheathing scale, 3in. to 4in. 

 long, tinged with red. Philippines. (B. M. 

 4851, under name of Dendrochilum glumaceum.) 



FLATYCODON (from platys, broad, 

 and kodon, a bell ; referring to the form 

 of the flower). ORD. Campanulacece. A 

 monotypic genus, the species being a very 

 ornamental, hardy, erect, glabrous, glau- 

 cescent, herbaceous perennial. For culture, 

 see Campanula. 

 P. autumnalis (autumnal). A synonym of P. 



yrandijtorum. 

 P. chinensis (Chinese). A synonym of P. grandt- 



flurum. 



P. grandiflorum (large-flowered).* Chinese Bell- 

 flower, ft, blue, large, solitary or few at the tips 

 of the branches ; calyx tube adnate, turbinate, 

 limb five-parted ; corolla campanulate, five-lobed ; 

 inflorescence centrifugal. July. I. scattered, often 

 opposite or whorled, sub-sessile, ovate, lanceolate, 

 toothed, h. 6in. to 12in. China, Mandschuria, 

 and Japan, 1782. See Fig. 199. (S. B. F. G. ser. ii. 

 208.) SYNS. P. autumnalis (L. J. F. 250), P. chi- 

 nensis (L. & P. F. G. ii. 61), Campanula grandi- 

 flora (B. M. 252). 

 P. g. Marlesil (Maries'). This is a recently-introduced form, with 

 larger flowers, and of dwarfer habit, than the type. (Gn., March, 

 1885.) 



FIG. 199. UPPER PORTION OF PLANT OP PLATYCODON 



GKANDIFLORUM. 



FLATYCRATER (from platys, broad, and krater, 

 a bowl ; alluding to the expanded calyx of the barren 

 flowers). ORD. Saxifragece. A monotypic genus, the 

 species being a hardy, prostrate or creeping shrub, with 



