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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 



Prismatocarpus continued. 



honse or hardy, glabrous, perennial herbs or snb-shruba, 

 confined to South Africa. Flowers at the tips of the 

 branches, short, solitary or glomerate, or disposed in 

 dichotomous, slender, slightly rigid panicles ; calyx with 

 an adnate, linear tube, and a five-cut or five-parted limb ; 

 corolla infundibuliform or broadly campanulate, five- 

 lobed ; inflorescence centrifugal. Leaves alternate, small 

 or narrow, in the lower part of the stem, often fascicu- 

 late in the axils. For culture of P. nitidusiliQ best- 

 known species see Campanula. See also Specularia. 



in a cluster towards 

 , nd 



metimes solitary in the axils of the leaves ; bracts similar to the 

 leaves. August and September. I. ovate-oblong, spreading, ser- 

 rated. Stem branched; branches diffuse, woody, h. 6in. to 

 12in. 1787. Greenhouse. (B. M. 2733, under name of Campanula 

 Prismatocarpus. ) 



FRITCHARDIA (named after W. T. Pritchard, 

 author of " Polynesian Eeminisoences "). OKD. Palmce. 



P. nitidus (shining), ft. white, two to four in a cluster towar 

 the tops of the branches, sessile in the axils of the bracts, a 



Fritchardia continued. 



P. macrocarpa (large-fruited). I. larger than in P. Martii, 

 roundish-flabellate, plicate, divided one-third the way down into 

 numerous linear-lanceolate, acute segments. Sandwich Islands, 

 1879. This species somewhat resembles P. Martii, but is more 

 robust in habit. (I. H. 352.) 



P. Martii (Martius 1 ). I. dark green, flabelliform, plaited ; petioles 

 smooth, unarmed, inclosed at the base in a few rough, brown 

 fibres. Sandwich Islands. A species of recent introduction, 

 quite distinct from P. pacifica, and having very small seeds. 



P. pacifica (Pacific Islands).* I. of a rich dark green, large, 

 flabellate, palmatisect, plaited, covered with white down when 

 young ; petioles clothed with a white, scaly tomentum, flat 

 above, rounded below, inclosed at the base in a few coarse, brown 

 fibres, and totally unarmed, h. 10ft. Pacific Islands, 1870. A 

 fine species. (P. d. S. 2262-3 ; I. H. n. s. 161.) 



P. perlcularnm (Dangerous Archipelago).* A handsome, fan- 

 leaved palm, resembling P. Vuylstekiana, but differing in having 

 dark brownish-golden petioles, and obliquely spherical fruit. 

 Pomotou Islands, 1883. 



P. Vuylstekiana (Vuylsteke's).* I. large, deep green, crowded 

 on the young plant, which is short and thick-set. Pomotou 

 Islands of the Dangerous Archipelago. See Fig. 288. (G. C. 

 n. a, xix. 692.) 



FIG. 288. PRITCHARDIA VUYLSTEKIANA. 



A small genus (about seven species) of very ornamental, 

 stove, unarmed palms, natives of the Friendly and Sand- 

 wich Islands. Flowers rather large, hermaphrodite, with 

 a three-parted calyx and corolla, and six stamens ; spathe 

 ample, affixed to the peduncle, often silvery -furfuraceons ; 

 spadices long-pedunculate, about 3ft. long, with ascending 

 branchlets. Fruit small or rather large, globose or 

 ellipsoid, one-seeded. Leaves terminal, large, often white- 

 furfuraceous, orbicular or cuneate at base, not deeply 

 plicate-mnltifid ; segments narrow, bifid at the apex, and 

 induplicate ; petioles concave ; sheaths short. The species 

 thrive best in a compost of two parts peat and one of 

 loam and sand. A liberal supply of water is essential. 

 Propagated by seeds only. 



P. filifera (thread-bearing). A synonym of Washington^ JUifera. 

 P. Gaudichaudii (Gaudichaud's). I. slightly rayed cuneate at 

 base, the rachis extended near the middle; lacing neariy twenty 

 above the middle, bifid at the apex, coriaceous-membranous, 

 lepidoted beneath, about twelve-nerved ; petioles totally unarmed 

 Trunk low. Sandwich Islands. 

 P. grandls (great). A synonym of Licwla grandit. 



FRIVA (a name of unknown meaning, given by 

 Adanson). STNS. Streptium, Tortula. OED. Verbenar.ece. 

 A genus comprising about nine species of erect, stove 

 or greenhouse herbs, inhabiting the warmer regions of 

 the globe. Flowers small or mediocre, solitary at the 

 axils of the small, narrow bracts, very shortly pedicel- 

 late; calyx ribs five, produced in short teeth, enlarged 

 in fruit ; corolla sub -bilabiate, five-lobed ; spikes terminal 

 or pedunculate in the axils, long, slender. Leaves 

 opposite, membranous, toothed. Only one species calls 

 for mention here. For culture, see Stachytarpheta. 



P. Irevls (smooth). A. remotely opposite or somewhat whorled ; 

 corolla reddish, with large, rounded lobes, and a slightly villous 

 throat ; raceme terminal. Summer. I. ovate-oblong, cuneately 

 attenuated into the petioles, acute or obtuse, deeply mucronate- 

 serrate, paler and opaque beneath, rather thick. Steni erect, 

 1ft. to lift, high, tetragonal. Argentine Republic, 1833. Green- 

 house. (R. 071131.) 



PRIVET. See Lignstrum vnlgare. 

 PRIVET, MOCK. See Phillyrea. 



