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PSORALEA 



PTELEA 



BB. Number of Ifts. 7-11. 



pinnata, Linn. Arborescent or shrubby, 6-12 ft., 

 densely branched and leafy: Ifts. 7-11, pinnate, linear 

 or lanceolate-linear, acute, commonly 10-15 lines long 

 by about 1 line wide: fls. axillary, solitary or clustered, 

 sessile or pedicelled, blue with white 

 wings. S. Afr. G.C. III. 5:693; 33:301. 

 J.H. 111.33:591. G.M. 46:611. 



3248. Psychotria undata. 



afflnis, Eckl. & Zeyh. (P. pin- 

 nata var. subglabra, Harv.). 

 Shrub, to 10 ft., with 4-angled 

 branches with resinous glands: 

 Ivs. odd-pinnate; Ifts. opposite, 

 3-4-paired, linear, acute, dotted with black glands : fls. 

 solitary, axillary, clustered at the ends of the branches; 

 corolla blue with a dark purple keel-tip. S. Afr. B.M. 

 8331. Only distinguished from P. pinnata by tech- 

 nical characters, principally the longer peduncles of P. 

 affinis. Long grown in gardens under the name of P. 

 ?* n/wto - F. W. BARCLAY. 



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PSYCHOTRIA (Greek, life-preserving; referring to 

 medicinal properties). Incl. Grumilea and Gloneria. 

 Rubidceas. Shrubs or small trees or rarely herbs, erect, 

 climbing or twining, suitable for the warmhouse. 



Leaves opposite, rarely whorled, with decidu- 

 ous or persistent stipules: infl. terminal or rarely 

 axillary corymbose cymes, or occasionally 

 fascicled in the axils or capitate; fls. greenish 

 white, yellow or rose; calyx short-tubed, limb 

 rarely persisting; corolla-tube usually short or straight, 

 elongate limb 5- or rarely 4- or 6-lobed; ovary 2-celled: 

 fr. a berry or small drupe with 2 small hemispherical 

 stones. Over 500 species in the tropics and subtropics, 

 frequent in Amer. Only occasionally cult. 



A. Fls. yellow. 



capensis, Vatke (Grumilea capensis, Sond.). An 

 evergreen shrub or tree with shining Ivs. 3-5 x 1 J^-2 in., 

 and fls. in trichotomous, pedunculate corymbs: stipules 

 coriaceous, broad: pedicels appressed, hairy, bracteated 

 at the base; ultimate pedicel bearing a 6-12-fld. umbel; 

 calyx y z line long; corolla 3 lines long, yellow: fr. black. 

 S. Afr. B.M. 7916. Cult, in S. Fla. 



AA. Fls. white. 



undata, Jacq. Fig. 3248. A glabrous shrub: Ivs. 

 papery, elliptical, costate- veiny; stipules large, connate, 



sheathing half-way, obovate: panicle sessile, trichoto- 

 mous, much exceeded by the Ivs.; fls. clustered, white; 

 corolla-lobes shorter than tube. Bahamas, Jamaica. 



jasminiflora, Mast. (Gloneria jasminiflbra, Lind. & 

 Andre). Shrubby: bark whitish: Ivs. 3 in. long, coria- 

 ceous, pale beneath; nerves obscure: fls. white, 1-1 % 

 in. long. Brazil. G.C. II. 12:201. B.M. 6454. G. 

 34:275 (as P. jasminoides) . Offered in England. 



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FLEROXYLON (Greek, sneeze-wood, so called 

 because the wood causes sneezing). Meliaceae. Small 

 tree or shrub with bitter bark, whose wood has a com- 

 mercial value. 



Leaves odd-pinnate; Ifts. unequal-sided, 5-8 pairs: 

 infl. axillary, panicled racemes crowded 

 at the ends of the branches; fls. polyg- 

 amous-dioecious, small, white or yel- 

 lowish; sepals 4, short, obtuse; petals 

 4; disk hypogynous, glandular; stamens 

 4, alternate with the petals; ovary 

 obcordate, 2-celled, ovules solitary: fr. 

 a compressed, 2-celled, 2-seeded caps., 

 bi-lobed at the apex and cordate at 

 base. One species in S. Afr. extending 

 into Trop. Afr. 



obliquum, Radlkf. (P. utile, Eckl. & 

 Zeyh.). SNEEZEWOOD. A tree 20-30 ft. high: Ivs. oppo- 

 site; Ifts. ovate-oblong, obtuse, mucronulate: racemes 

 shorter than the Ivs. Said to grow up to 50 ft. with 

 a trunk 2-4 ft. diam. and a beautiful crown. The wood 

 is extremely heavy and hard, strong and close-grained, 

 very durable in contact with the ground and easily split. 

 Among its uses are for piles of bridges and jetties, 

 fence-posts and recently for wood-engraving. It is said 

 to turn readily even when green and to take a fine polish 

 like mahogany. The seeds have short vitality. 



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PTELEA (Greek name of the elm tree, transferred to 

 this genus on account of the similarity of the fruits). 

 Rutocese. HOP TREE. Ornamental woody plants grown 

 for their handsome foliage and also for their attractive 

 light green fruit. 



Deciduous shrubs or small trees: Ivs. alternate, 



3249. Ptelea trifoliata, the hop tree, in fruit. ( X 1 A) 



