STOVE AND GREENHOUSE PLANTS 



PALISOTA BICOLOE, Mast. 



Masters in Gard. Chron. 1878, vol. ix. p. 527. 



This stove species, closely allied to Palisota Barteri, imported from 

 Fernando Po, West Africa, has very ornamental foliage. 



PANAX FKUTICOSUM, Linn., var. LACINIATUM. 



Syns. P. laciniatum, Hort. 

 Veitchs' Catlg. of PI. 1877, p. 24, fig. p. 15. 



A stove plant with a fern-like aspect, the leaves cut in fine segments 

 of variable shape and size. 



A native of the South Sea Islands, sent to us by Mr. A. H. C. Macafee, 

 of Sydney, N.S.W. 



PANDANUS BAPTISTI, Hort. Veitch. 



L' Horticulture Beige, 1893, p. 166, fig. 35. 



Introduced from the Botanic Garden, at Sydney, N.S.W. 



The plant has long, gracefully disposed, linear leaves, effectively marked 

 with white or cream colour on a green ground ; an absence of spines 

 an additional recommendation. 



PANDANUS PACIFICUS, Veitch. 



Gard. Chron. 1892, vol. xi. p. 664 (Report of Show) ; Veitchs' Catlg. of PI. 1893, p. 11. 



A species introduced from the Pacific Islands through Charles Moore, 

 Esq., late of the Sydney Botanic Gardens, N.S.W., with bright glossy 

 green leaves 15 to 20 in. in length, fringed with short spines along 

 both margins. 



PANDANUS VEITCHII, Hort. 



Veitchs' Catlg. of PI. 1871, p. 11, fig., also col. pi. ; Regel's Gartenflora, 1872, p. 310; 

 Fl. and Pom. 1871, p. 177, fig. 



The well-known stove plant with sword-shaped leaves, 2 to 4 ft. in length, 

 with serrated edges, pale green in the centre, margined with clearest bands 

 of white. 



Introduced from the South Sea Islands by the late John Gould Veitch, 

 and the most popular of all stove plants in all civilized countries. 



PASSIFLOEA ACTINIA, Hook. 



Bot. Mag. t. 4009; Fl. des Serres, 1846, pi. x. ; Jour. R.H.S. 1872, vol. iv. p. 142; 

 Gard. Chron. 1902, vol. xxxii. p. 15, with fig. 



Seeds of this species, known as "The Sea Anemone Passion-flower," 

 were sent from Brazil in 1841, plants raised and flowered for the first time 

 at Exeter in 1842. 



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