1336 



riERis 



tliuse of Azalea 

 the evergreen 

 Olid in August 

 a cool green- 

 cuttings taken from 



moist, wcllclniiiieil ami | 

 stone and heavy clay; a 

 them best. Prop, by s<i.l 

 or Rhododendron; alsn I 

 ones by cuttings of aim 

 under glass, kept duriii^^ 

 house. They root very 



forced plants root more readily. About 10 species 

 N. Amer. and in Asia from Himal. to Japan. Calyx- 

 lobes valvate or distinct; corolla globose orurceolate; 

 stamens 10 ; anthers obtuse, with a pair of awns near 

 the base or the filaments 2-toothed below the apex: cap- 

 sule with 5 dehiscent valves ; seeds linear-oblong, not 

 winged, with membranaceous testa. Often included 

 under Andromeda. Closely allied to Lyonia, but dis- 

 tinguished by its awnless anthers, and to Zenobia, which 

 has the anthers 4-awned at the apex. The foliage of 

 some species is said to be poisonous to cattle. 



A. Lvs. evergreen. 

 B. Flowers in terminal panicles formed the previous 



year and remaining naked during the ivinler: 



capsule globose, without ridges. 

 floribtinda, Benth. & U. 



Pursh. Portiina florihi 

 shrub, 2-6 ft. high: biMi 

 brown hairs : lvs. ov:ii 



'h''nK'lii floribtinda, 

 III.'. 1800. Dense 

 ' ' I l.'^ with strigose 

 II- uuiccolate, acute, 

 minutely serniliite nii.l s.i,.^,-l.» .iliaie, otherwise gla- 

 brous, 1' ,-L'i., in. 1,,!,-: lis. lioddiiig, iu terminal dense 

 upridlit ].:iiii. I, . r , I ill. long; corolla ovate, strongly 

 5 auKli-.l. H liii, . I, m. long. April, May. Va. to Ga., in 

 the AllejrJKiiiy .Mis, l',.M. l.WO. B.R. 10:807. M.D.U. 

 1898 :3:W. — Very desirable evergreen shrub for its hardi- 

 ness and earliness of the fls. 



Jap6mca, D. Don (Andritneda Japdnica, Thunb.). 

 Fig. 1801. Shrub, with spreading branches or some- 

 times .-.iiiall tree to :;ii fi.: hrauehes glabrous: lvs. 

 crowdeil :ti i1m < ihN ot lir.inelie.s, obovate-lanceolate or 

 oblaiic-e,.|;,f. . c reiKiteh ,s,.|iul;ite, cuDBate at the base,* 

 glabrous, I'.j-'J'j in. ioni.' : (Is. in pendulous panicles. 



PILEA 



Dwarf form with small linear-oblanceolate lvs. .lapanese 

 botanists speak of a variety with the racemes a foot ami 

 more long; this form seems to be not yet introduced. 

 P. Japonira is one of the most graceful early-blooming 

 evergreens. 





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1801 Pieris Japonica (X Yi) 



BB. Fls. 



illary clusters, forming terminal leafif 



nltida, Benth. & Hook. (Andrdmeda nifida, Bartr. 

 A. coridcea, Ait.). Fetter-bush. Shrub, 2-6 ft. high, 

 with triangular branches, quite glabrous: lvs. obovate 

 or broadly elliptic to oblong, narrowed at both ends, 

 bright green and shining above, entire and slightly rev- 

 olute at the margin, 1^-3 in. long: corolla cylindrie- 

 ovate. white to pink, H-M in. long: capsule ovoid glo- 

 bose, with ridfjes at the sutures. March-May. N. V. lo 

 Fla. and La. K.M. 1095.-Var. rilbra, Lodd. Fls. deep 

 pink. L.B.C. 7:072. 



I i L s dec d IS 



& H ok (Andidmeda Mar ) n 

 ) D Do Le dtl oe M ) 

 SI 1 -t tt h gl glal r s r 

 ol t c or a f II 



Manana 

 I / 



IK ) s 



^ I r 1 e of tl I 

 1 es c roUi c 1 

 e I nk al o i A \ 

 \irW e R I t 



Id coroll o u 

 \Lf ED RfHULI 



PIGEON BERRY / talc 

 PIGEON PEA. ( a,,ci,ii,.s Jiidiciis. 

 PIGEON PLUM. See Cocvolnba. 

 PIG-NUT. .See Hicoria. 

 PIGWEED. Species of Chenopodii 



1300. Pieris floribunda 



2K-5 in. long; corolla ovate, not angled, li 

 longer. April, May. Japan. R.B. 11:10 

 Gn. 12:98 and p. 424; 50, p. 307; h7. p. :W(I. G.O. II. 

 M.D.G. 1898:544.-Var. albo-margin4ta, Hort. 

 with whitish margin and smaller. Var. pygmjea, 



I Roman cap; one of the segments of 

 first described species covering the 

 . Many tropical and some temperatc- 

 v shrubby), annual or perennial, of 

 ist of them are weedy plants, but 



. rii like s|.r;ivs :ind for the intere.st- 

 .1 l-.i' iMy .lis.'liarging the pollen, 

 AiiillriN I'hini. The species are 

 m the (il.i Miid New World. The 



