PEUMUS 



after anthesis circumscissile above the disk-bearing 

 liase and deciduous: drupes 2-5: seeds pendulous; 

 albumen copious. 



B61du9, Molina (Botdda frhqrans, C. Gay). Attaining 

 20 ft.: Ivs. opposite, leathery, very rough and warty. 

 Chile. B.R. 31:57. 



PFAFFIA (C. H. Pfaff, 1774-1852, German chemist). 

 AmarantAcece. Nine species of slender perennial herbs 



PHACELIA \.Z}H 



genus includes the old genera Whitlavia, Eutoca, Mi- 

 crogenetes, Cosmanthus, and several others. About 50 

 species exist in North America, the region west of the 

 Mississippi furnishing by far the greater number. The 



from Brazil, tomentose 

 opposite, sessile or i 

 densely fid.: bracts a 

 ally in solitary, luii: 

 with 2 bractlets; peri 

 5-cut to the middle, 



■illous, rarely glabrate: Ivs. 

 ~i.. nitire; heads or spikes 

 ril. t~ iraiisparent: fls. usu- 

 nrir.i lii-ads, bracteate and 

 l.aii.il: staminal tube long, 

 inther-bearing teeth ciliate 



at the margin: stigma discoid or head -like, entire or 



2-lobed. 



Pfaffia gjiap7wl!ni,!r.'< fsvn., Gomphrnm ffnaphalioi- 



rfcs) has bir-T, .:!iL-li>l- I'M. -,'-11 t.. K„ r. ..,..•, I' L'ardens for 



offered "<,■,'„■ , i 1 :iiling Am- 

 aratilli," Willi ! • i^i . i : We trailer 



<lrv soil and lias while lis. like small clover blossoms. 

 Hei'aiise i>f the failure of the seed crop, however, the 

 plant iliil not liec.mie established in the American trade. 

 Tin |ir"l,al,ility is iliat the plant in the trade at pres- 



,-i/i . ■ ' '■ r , ' .',;.;: iJniiiTt^sis incorrectly named. 



In III is figured with the fiower- 



li, li I and on short stalks, while 



D.I ., . >, ,i;,,, , 1,1, Iliads as solitary and long- 

 siallv.l. .M,,i, ,,..(. ilie liue plant has always been re- 

 gaiil. il as a si,.\i- plant iu Europe, and at best it could 

 be til air. I ill Aniirii-a only as a tender annual and not 

 as a liarily ami jii-rinanent subject. 



S-naphalinidPS, :Mart. [Gomphrena gnaphaUoldes, 

 \iilii s,,,,,, , r,-iirubby below: Ivs. lanceolate, 10-15 

 Hi • wide,' soft, ashy gray above, woolly 



1. I - 5-7 in. long: heads globose, 6-9 



lin. I ~ 1 I I, ts unequal, ovate, mucronate, scar- 



ii.iis. the lower line villous, lateral ones longer, glabrous 

 at the base; stigma globose. 



PFEtFFEKA. See Rh 



V 



PHACfiLIA (Greek, cluster; on account of the 

 row lied tlowcr-clustcrs of the first described species!. 

 IirlrniiJiijIldceie. Annual and perennial plants of the 

 western hemisphere, chiefly North American. The 



'^' %^^ J, ^'^ 



^t^.w' 



species and var 

 lighter shades i 

 nuals are of e: 

 ing, to bring th 

 warm, snnnv. 



able s|ia, ■ . Ill li, i-iit 111, V varv fnmi only a few inches 

 to sev.Tal flit. The flowers are borne on more or less 

 recurved racemes that straighten as the flowering pro- 

 ceeds. They vary from an inch long in some species to 

 lesj than a quarter of an inch in others. In addition to 

 those described below there are many other beautiful 

 species of Phacelia, annuals as well as perennials, that 

 should be in the trade. 



Generic description: Annual or perennial plants, with 

 alternate simple or cnnii"'iin.| havis, nml inflorescence 



ciduous as the capsule i 



blue, purple or white; n 



pendages, these when \n 



folds or projections, adn 



the filaments: calyx-lobes commonly narrow, often en 



larged upwards, especially in fruit: seed-coats reticu 



lated or pitted. The plants are hairy, nearly .smooth 



glandular, in whole or in part. The herbage of some 



the glandular-hairy species has an offensive odor. 



' free from I 



alba, 4. 5. 

 campanularia, 6. 

 campanulata, 6. 

 congesta, 3. 



gloxinioidcs, 5. 

 grandiflora. 5. 



Menzies'ii.'lO. 

 multifiora, 10. 



Or 

 Parryi, 7. 

 tanacetifolia, 

 viscida, 8. 

 Wlutl.'vvia, 5. 



Iinil.i viscid-glandular, at least 



Foliage simple. 



c, liase of lis. usually cordate. C. campanula! 

 ;c. Base of Irs. obscurely or not 

 at all cordate. 

 D. Corolla cleft above the mid- 

 dle. 

 E. Fls. blue, with a purple 



or wh ite center 8. viscida 



EE. Fls. blue or white all 



through 5. Whitlavia 



DD. Corolla cleft below the mid- 

 dle: fls. deep violet 7. Parryi 



