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PALMERELLA 



at least its upper part. It soon splits from the base up- 

 ward for a good distance, and, indeed, before witliering 

 the lower part of the corolla is much disposed to sepa- 

 rate into five claws (liberating also the lower part of 

 the filaments). The filaments are adnate to the corolla- 

 tube for a long distance and then monadelphous and 

 adnate on one side or the other. 



d^bilis, Gray. Slender, glabrous, branching herb: 

 Ivs. alternate, linear-lanceolate, entire, sessile, 2-3 in. 

 long; floral ones gradually reduced to bracts: raceme 

 lax, few-fld.: corolla-tube whitish, 9 lines long, lobes 

 light blue, 2 of them smaller than the others, the larger 

 ones 3-4 lines long. Var. serrita. Gray , was offered in 1881 

 by E. Gillett, but it is probably not in cult, anywhere. 



PALMETTO. See Saba!. 



PALMS, POPULAR NAMES OF. Alexandra P., 



Archontophanix Alexanilrii . Assai P., Kiilerpr nhilis. 

 Betel-nut P., Areca Cal,-rl,,i. Blue P., h',-,///,,,! a,- 

 mala. BourbonP., Latania. hTOora'P., Altai, a lanifrra 

 and Thrinax arrjcntea. Cabbage P., KitUi-pv ,,h-iar,a , 

 Club P., Cordyline. Cocoanut P., C,„;,x imrlhra; 

 Double Cocoanut or Si;i ('<Moaiiiit 1'., Lu.lcioea. 

 Coquito P., Jubaa specluhills. Corojo P., A, mramia 

 scleroearpa. Curly P., II<nr<a /;, h,i<,,. ana . Date P., 

 Phcenix dactylifera. European P., ( lia,,,,! mi.s l,,ii,iil!s. 

 Fan P., any .species witli l:in shaiir.l. laih'r iliaii pin- 

 nate Ivs. FemP., Ci/cn.s. Fish-tail P. ,'■„,,,,./„„,, „«. 

 Flat P., Hoivea Forstcrlaiia . Guadeloupe P., /-J, /ill:, a 

 edulis. Gru-gru P., Astr,,.;ir!iin,i ml.j.tr,' ami . I. ■,-..- 

 comin scleroearpa. Hemp P., ( 'Imnni /•../..■.■ . .^r, Isn. Ivory- 

 nut P., Phijtelephas ma,-n,r„rp„. Norfolk Island P., 

 JihopalnstijHs Baueri. Oil P., A'hi i.^ (iiii ii.;'i:sis: als.) 

 Coeo,i butyraeea, etc. Palmetto P., Suhal. Panama-hat 

 P., Carlmlovira palmata. Para P., J-Jal,:ri',: r.liilis. 

 ^a.ma.F. , Juiphia. Koyal P., <>,■. ,.,/„.,.( r.,iia. Sago P., 



variims s[ irs of Sin/iis ami I't/ra^. Savanah P., SuIhiI 



viaiiritia fonnix. Talipot P., r,.ni/,Ji,i iiiuhniriil i !,■ ra . 

 Thatch P., Sahal lihu-hhii r„,„ „,, : Jf.nrra J.;.rsl,ri,ni„. 

 Toddy P., <',!,;/, .la «n,rs-. Umbrella P., ll,;biseepe 

 r„„l, rhnnrnni. Walking-Stick P., Bariilarhi mnno- 

 xlarlni,,. Wine p. of K. [u,]ir^, <'„rn„t„ iir.iix. Phanix 

 siilr.-stria ami li„rassas flabilliformis: of New (iranada, 

 6'oco.s bulijraeea. 



FALUMBlNA (said to be from pa'h(m6cs, wood-pig- 

 eon; from a supposed resemblance of the fls.). Orehi- 

 dAcece. A monotypic genus greatly resembling Oncid- 

 ium, with which it was formerly united. It differs 

 principally in having the lateral sepals entirely united, 

 forming a single segment resembling the dorsal sepal 

 in shape and size, the labellum scarcely larger than 

 the petals and resembling them in shape. 



cdndida, Reichb. f. The only species is a small plant 

 with narrow, compressed pseudobulbs, each with a sin- 

 gle slender leaf, 6-12 in. long: fls. few, small, white, 

 in a slender raceme ; sepals, petals and labellum ob- 

 long, acute, differing but little in size and shape. Guate- 

 mala. B.M. 5.546. G. C. 1865:793; II. 20:233 (as On- 

 cidium candidHm.). — M.ay be easily grown in a temper- 

 ate house. Blooms in summer, the fls. lastmg a long 

 t""^- Heinrich Hasselbring. 



PAMPAS GRASS. See Gynerium. 



PANAX (old Greek name, meaning all -healing). 

 Aralidce(S. Thirty to 40 trees or shrubs, mostly of the 

 tropics of Asia. Africa, Australia and the Pacific islands, 



as defiiiiil '■ . I'l fifliam.'i- Hooker ( including Nothopanax), 

 sonipot 'I I- i\\ Ti in warmhouses for their inter- 

 estini; 1. . .■. The genus is confused in gar- 



denswiMi ■ iliopanax.Fatsia.Eleutherococcus, 



Polys.i I , . I l!-..m tliP Arali:. LToup it isdis- 



tingui-!i' : I'M [" 1 :i'- \ .1 1 V :ii'' ( applied edge- 



to-ed;; I'! I Ml I M. . 1-MiKlopanax and 



EleutliMMM.,, i ! ,, , M iiMcium (or pis- 

 tils) liMi ' M ' , I I !m i- i !m,ii ill r>'s or higher 



numb. 1- , I M. ] ;., ji ,, ilivtinsuished by having 

 the pr.h ' . ..! I.. II. iiili tlic- flower. See Fatsia 



for an. ill i .■( i. lai inn.ships. Panax has a 



calyx Willi . iiiu. .ii- :. io..tlii-.l margin, 5 valvate petals, 



rithr-rs. 



lied 



vary 



fruit, and with mostly compound, oil. .■ m. m i. .ir i.i. .1 



leaves: fls. small, sometimes poIy;,^■ll. . , Iv. 



heads, racemes or panicles. The I'. I... 



grown in the warmhouse, where tln-y im i.lii hi-,, ih,. 

 treatment given tropical Aralias (seep. M). 



As defined by others, the genus Panax includes only 

 7 or 8 herbaceous species, natives of the temperate re- 

 gions of North America and Asia, while the woody spe- 

 cies are referred mostly to Polyscias and Nothopanax; 

 the species of the Polyscias have, according to Harms, 

 pinnate leaves, and those of the other have digitate 

 or simple leaves. As thus understood, the genus Panax 

 includes the ginseng, P. qninquefolium, for which see 

 O'itisrtti/. The dwarf (ginseng or ground-nut of the 

 nortliciii stati-s is J>. Irifnlium. It is not in the trade. 

 Tlu'se two j.lants are often described in the genus 

 Araliaas .1. qiihuim folia and A. trifolia. 



fruticdsum, Linn. ( XotJwp&nax fruticbsum, Miq. 

 Pol,isria« fn<li,-i,sa, Harms). Shrub 3-6 ft. in cult., 

 Willi pinnatoly (•omp..un.lIvs., the Ifts. stalked, ovate- 

 olilong, ai.uminatc, i-oarsciy serrate, the ultimate ones 

 incised, 3-lobed: fls. in paniculate umbels. Java, etc.— 

 Prized for its fern-like foliage, but known mostly in its 

 cultivated varieties. 



Var. VictdrlsB (P. Vieldria:, Hort.). Pig. 1628. A 

 .-..iiipa.-t form which constantly sends up new .stalks: 

 f..lia;;.. r.-ourving, cut, curled and tasselled, light green, 

 rariegated 



^m^ 



ffm 



exeiUum, Hort.?). '" "•"" 



Lvs. very finely cut and fern-like, margined with white. 



Var. plum^tum [P. plum&tum, Hort.). More finely 

 cut than var. laeiniatum, and differing from var. ezcel- 

 s^lm in having no white on the foliage. 



l^pidnm, Bull. Compact: Ivs. biternately divided, 

 the end division largest; pinnules or ultimate leaflets 

 obliquely obovate, the central one in each case small 

 (sometimes almost rudimentary) and more or less cov- 

 ered by its two lateral ones, the margins spiny-toothed 

 and cut. Brazil. Recent. 



nitidum, Bull. Compact : Ivs. roundish obovate, 

 toothed and somewhat spiny, sometimes with deep in- 

 cisions. Brazil. Recent. 



atireum, Sander. "A distinct elegant and highly at- 

 tractive Panax, the whole leafage being suffused with a 

 delicate golden green variegation. The habit is similar 

 to that of P. Victoria, quite as compact and bushy, but 

 not heavy in the slightest sense of the word. Individ- 

 ually the leaves are small, the edges finely serrated, 

 while near the margins are several splashes of clear 

 green."— ^'fmf^■)^ 



BAIfourii, Samli r. "A .li-rided acquisition for all dec- 

 orative ro.inir.ni. Ills, sirikingly and profusely varie- 

 gated. !(■< luMM laiii ).iiiiiafe leafage renders its deep 

 crrc.-n ami .r. mim. \'1..i. .-..lorin^ The more attractive. 

 i;,., L ,,i ii, I Ml I M ii.Miiii- til.- Ir-.^f is orbicular in 



oini i I . ..1' a ri.-li ivy green, abun- 



,liii :.! : - > wliii.-, the edges of the 



Ii-a\.M Iiiiim; .hi, III- v.iiii.i. 'I'lic stems are bronze- 

 gri'cii, s]i.'.k. .1 1', nil ' Mr:.\ . The habit is compact and 

 base to apex with foliage, 

 ar collector, Micholitz, from 



bushy, wi 

 Introduce 

 New Cale. 





