FRUxrs 



PSEUDOLARIX 



2S45 



long, sharply serrulate, rufous-tomentose beneath: fruiting raceme 

 5 in. long, glabrous: fr. subglobose, ?jin. across. W. China. P. 

 sericta, Koehne (P. napaulensis var. sericea, Batal). Tree, to 80 

 ft.: Ivs. elliptic to oblong, rounded or cuneate at base, remotely 

 serrate, white-tomentose at first, later grayish tomentose, 3-5 in. 

 long: racemes 4-5 in. long, densely short-pilose: fr. subgloboee, 

 Jiin. long, black. W. China. P. sttltipila, Koehne (subgen. 

 Padus). Tree, to 20 ft.: Ivs. elliptic to narrow-oblong, long-acumi- 

 nate, broadly cuneate or nearly rounded at base, sharply serrate, 

 sparingly pubescent beneath, 2-1 in. long: racemes upright, 1%- 

 2 in. long, without Ivs. at the base: fr. globose, Hin. across. Cent. 

 China. P. tanyutica, Koehne (Amygdalus communis var. tan- 

 gutica. Batal). Spiny shrub: Ivs. fascicled, lanceolate, obtuse or 

 acutish, crenulate-sefrulate, 1-2 in. long: fls. sessile, about 1 in. 

 across: fr. subglobose, }$in- across, somewhat compressed, rather 

 dry; stone irregularly furrowed. N. W. China, P. tatsieninsis, 

 Batal. Allied to P. "Maximowiczii. Tree: Ivs. ovate to obovate, 

 acuminate, serrulate, 1J-S-2H in. long: fls. white, J^in. across in 

 3-7-fld. racemes with large leafy bracts. W. China. Var. stena- 

 denia, Koehne. Tree, to 30 ft., quite glabrous: Ivs. obovate-oblong, 

 caudate, cuneate or rounded at base: fr. globose, dark red, Jiin. 

 across. W. China. P. ttnoa, Koehne (subgen. Padus). Tree, to 

 35 ft.: Ivs. oblong-obovate to obovate-oblanceolate, acuminate, 

 cuneate or nearly rounded at base, sharply serrate, reticulate 

 beneath, glabrous except the bearded axils, 2)i IJ-j in. long: 

 racemes without Ivs. at base, 1 *i-4 in. long: fr. globose, about Jiip- 

 across. Cent. China. P. Wtisonii, Koehne (Padus Wilsonii, 

 Schneid. '. Tree, to 30 ft.: Ivs. elliptic-oblong to obovate-oblong, 

 acuminate, usually cuneate at base, remotely serrate, whitish 

 pubescent beneath, 3 ' j-5 in. long: racemes pubescent, 5-6 in. long: 

 fr. ovoid, 'ain. long, black. Cent. China. Var. leiobdtrys, Koehne. 

 Lvs. closely serrulate, grayish beneath; racemes glabrous. P. 

 Zappeydna, Koehne=P. concinna. L H B 



PSAMMA: Ammophila. 



PSEUDERANTHEMUM (Greek, false Eranthemum, 

 the genus resembling Eranthemum from which it was 

 separated). Acanthacex. Smooth bushes or shrubs 

 with often coarse-toothed leaves and mostly brilliant 

 colored flowers; glasshouse subjects. 



Inflorescence racemose, 1-3-branched or simple in the 

 axils of the bracts; fls. long-tubed, corolla with the limb 

 spreading; lobes almost equal or the 2 rear ones smaller; 

 stamens short, fastened in the tube, 2 staminoids 

 present, true stamens 4 or less. Sixty to 70 species, 

 occuring in the tropics of both hemispheres. Pseude- 

 ranthemum, as characterized by Lindau in Engler and 

 Prantl, Pflanzenfamilien IV 36: 330, includes Eranthe- 

 mum of Auth. not of Linn., and Eranthemum of Linn. 

 is used for Daedalacanthus as treated in this work (see 

 Vol. II, p. 950); and this constitutes the accepted 

 treatment. There are a large number of horticultural 

 species, a partial list of which occurs under Eranthe- 

 mum (see Vol. II, p. 1126). Many of the species are 

 cult, for their variegated foliage while others are grown 

 for their fls. Warmhouse plants, prop, by cuttings any 

 time from March to June. 



Andersonii, Lindau (Erdnthemum Andersonii, Mast.). 

 Lvs. large, lanceolate, acute at both ends, glabrous: 

 spike 10 in. long, lower clusters distant, many-fid., upper 

 few-fld., continuous; corolla white, midlobe of lower lip 

 spotted with purple; ovarv ovoid-oblong. Asia(?). B.M. 

 5771. Gn. 45:11. G.Z. 25:49. See p. 1126. 



cinnabarinum, Radlkf. (Erdnthemum cinnabannum, 

 Wall. i. Lvs. large, elliptic, acuminate at both ends: 

 panicles compound, stout; corolla crimson, tube linear 

 to the apex, sometimes a yellowish spot on the middle 

 lobe of the lower lip. Burma. B.M. 5921 (as E. cinna- 

 barinum var. ocellatum, the variety differing in the 

 maculate Ivs.). 



laxiflorum, Hubb. (Erdnthemum laxifldrum, Gray). 

 Two to 4 ft. high, glabrous: Ivs. oval or lanceolate-ob- 

 long: cymes few or many-fld., axillary, usually with a 

 pair of If .-like bracts; corolla salver-shaped, reddish 

 purple; ovary oblong, conical, glabrous. Fiji Isls. B.M. 

 6336. See p. 1126. 



lilacinum, Stapf. About 3 ft. high: Ivs. lanceolate, 

 long-acuminate: infl. paniculate; corolla-tube narrow, 

 straight, almost white, limb 2-lipped, lilac-blue with a 

 white or yellowish blotch, midlobe of lower lip red- 

 specked. "Malaya. B.M. 8446. 



malaccense, Lindau (Erdnthemum malaccense, C. B. 

 Clarke). Three to 5 ft. high: Ivs. lanceolate to elliptic- 



lanceolate, base cuneate: infl. %-2 in. long, numerous- 

 fid., many opening together in whorls, finally raceme- 

 like; corolla salver-shaped, tube nearly straight, pale 

 violet, limb 2-lipped, pale violet or violet-white with 

 red specks on the midlobe of the lower lip. Malaya. 

 B.M. 8368. 



pulchellum, Merr. (P. bicolor, Radlkf. Erdnthemum 

 pidchettum, Hort., not Auth. E. bicolor, Schrank). 

 About 3 ft. high: Ivs. thin, elliptic-ovate to oblong- 

 lanceolate, acute or acuminate: corolla white, middle 

 lobe of lower lip with a large purple spot. Malaya and 

 Polynesia. 



reticulatum, Radlkf. (Erdnthemum reticulatum, Hort. 

 E. Schomburgkii, Hort.). Lvs. opposite, lower ovate- 

 lanceolate, dark green above with arching golden 

 nerves, upper narrower, reticulated golden yellow and 

 green: corolla white, speckled with blood-red around 

 the mouth of the tube. Austral, or Polynesia (?). 

 B.M. 7480. I.H. 26:349. See p. 1126. 



seticalyx, Stapf (Erdnthemum seticalyx, C. B. Clarke). 

 Erect, somewhat hirsute: branches terete: Ivs. ovate, 

 acuminate: infl. spicate, terminal also in upper lf.- 

 axils; calyx with white-spreading bristles; corolla 

 salver-shaped, tube long, pale red, limb cinnabar-red 

 above, paler beneath, 1 in. across. Trop. Afr. B.M. 

 8244. 



tuberculatum, Radlkf. (Erdnthemum tvberculatum, 

 Hook. f.). Small shrub, much branched: Ivs. small, 

 elliptical or subovate: fls. very numerous, axillary, 

 solitary, pure white, almost sessile. Polynesia. B.M. 

 5405. See p. 1126. p. TRACY HTTBBARD. 



PSEUDOLARIX (Greek, pseudos, false, and Larix; 

 being similar to, but not a true larch). Syn., Lari- 

 copsis. Pinacex. GOLDEN* LARCH. Ornamental tree, 

 grown for its handsome feathery foliage. 



3244. Pseudolariz Kaempferi. ( X Jiz) 



Deciduous, with horizontally spreading whorled 

 branches: Ivs. linear, in dense clusters on short spurs, 

 those of the young shoots spirally arranged: staminate 

 fls. catkin-like, slender-stalked and clustered at the 

 end of short spurs; cone short-stalked, pendent, with 

 ovate-lanceolate deciduous scales and with bracts about 

 half as long as the scales; each scale with 2 seeds with 

 the wings nearly as long as the scale. The only species 

 is known wild only from a restricted region in E. China, 

 where it grows in the mountains at an altitude of about 

 3,000-i,000 ft. It is closely allied to Larix, but differs 

 by the stalked, pendulous, clustered, staminate fls. and 

 by the deciduous cone-scales, which separate from the 

 axis at maturity, as in the fir. 



