PERSIMMON 



Japan Persimmon in its best comiitiou is comparatively 

 little known. 



The following are some of the most prominent varie- 

 t es ( s ler tool b> tl r to arra t,ed n order of 

 r pe en I 1 p o rl e al 1,1 t t 



PETASITES 



1283 



broad, concave, spreading; the lateral sepals forming a 

 mentum; labellum clawed, lateral lobes small, middle 

 lobe rounded, spreading; crest thick, consisting of a 

 u uber of keels arranged in a semi-circle near the base 

 of h lip; column slender, not boat-shaped. About 10 

 SI e For culture, si-i- i?.'/!;"/«/«(»w. 

 Klabochdrum, Ki'i. ii!> i- i. - ^tiai.-sliaiMd, i ft. or 



ob ong obtuse; ]!■' : ■.■.i .llwlm.-wi 



( ri e pomts; ian.ii ,, 



1 gmanypurpletipi"' 



w th brown keels. Ecuac 

 Dayiaa, Reiehb. f. Lv 

 short ;apes; sepals oblu 

 green tips; petals rli.iuil 

 a gle 1 on each si.lr d i 



and 



lover petals distinct and subsimilar: ovary sessile, 

 ov 1 d: pod included by the calyx, membranous, 



usually indehiscent and 1-seeded. 

 A. Fls. white. 

 c4ndidus, Michx. White Prairie Clover. Height 



1 ft Ifts. 5-9, oblong or oblanceolate, 8-12 lines long. 



Ind to N. W. Terr., south to La. and Tex. B.B. 2:289. 



AA. Fls. rosy purple or violet. 

 B. Hahit decumbent. 



PEEU MARVEL OF U I 



PERUVIAN BAEK. Cinchona. 



PESCAT6RIA (after M. Pescatore, who had a large 

 collection of orchids at St. Cloud, near Paris). Orchi- 

 dAri'ip. A group often united with Zygopetalum, but in 

 hciiticultural works usuallv treated as a distinct genus. 

 The lvs. areequitant, tufted, without pseudobulbs: fls. 

 s<ilit:ii-y on stems .3-6 in. long, from the axils of the lvs., 

 mostly large and showy, and fragrant; sepals and petals 



0. Bracts glabrous. 

 ,, Michx. Violet Prairie Clover. Height 

 1 tt. : Ifts. 3-5, narrowly linear, often mucronate at 



ai \ fls. violet or purple; corolla about 2 lines long. 

 1 a r es, Ind. to Texas. B.B. 2:290. B.M. 1707. 

 cc. Bracts silTiij -pubescent. 

 tenuifolius, Grav. Silky Prairie Clover. Height 

 1 f : Ifts. 3-5, 'linear, obtuse at apex : fls. rose-pur- 

 ple. Dry soil, Kans. to New Mex. B.B. 2:291. 



J. W. Mannino and W. M. 

 PETAStTES (Greek, a broad-brimmed hat; referring 

 to the large, broad lvs.). CompAsitm. About 8-12 species 

 of hardy perennial herbs much like the common colts- 

 foot (Tussilago Farfara), having large lvs. of the 

 same general shape and more or less covered with 

 the same white felt, but the fls. range from purple to 

 white, not yellow, and are borne in corjmbs instead of 



