small p 

 bell rac 

 PI I, J 

 t I- 



4bo 



PLATTCLIXIS 



Is olo at 



Use bu 



gi a 



(} m Re 



Cobbi4na He 1 (/ 1 11 

 f ) L s oblong. In 1 H z t,i K ra e e i Ic 



yellow w th an orange 1 p epal an 1 petal tr angi la 

 ol long label! m c neate fan shaped retuse Nov 

 He nr ph H sselbrin 



Dec Ph 1 



Wahlenl 1 t 11 e 



times cult unde these names In 

 1830 it wa g yen a new genus 

 (Plat>codon)ly A DeCandolle It 

 is distinguished from Campanula 

 by its broadly cup-shaped flon 



ilated at the base, and 

 the capsule opening at the top and 

 not at the sides. From Wahlenber- 

 gia it differs in the valves of the 

 capsule being opposite to the calyx- 

 lobes instead of alternate with 

 them Several supposed species have been described at 

 different tiiii.s, l.iit thrrc seems to be no doubt that the 



genus is (li-ttiirilv 1 typic and that all forms can be 



refernil :is 1,11,1. ,,| the type P. grdmliflorniii, which 

 has hi'iMi wniclv ili-iril.iit.il ;in(l tiirrcliv t;reatly modi- 

 fled. It l,:i,l 1, r i,| in ;, • :i,l ^i,h ri-MMi Dahuria to 



Manclmi-i.i. in ( 'ii 111,1. m - ' ' ■ 1 ' 1 ■ : Mini .Tapan. 



PlatycHi..,! n..|,i,n s : ,: i ,: |,,i,„,, and does 



not su. ■.-.-■. I 11, iiihrr ,■•-., ;,ndv soil^. It 



PLATYSTEMON 



grand ilonim T>C (r , 1 j 1 fl a lacq 



1 1 1 ) Ch NEt,E or Jap 



I i WEE F g Ifeil 



I 1 rancl ng bu h of 



tp Ian eolatp "la 



' 1 1 I 



n tl e b 1 hen 



corolla o lobed I I 1 



June Jul C C 1 1 1 11 1 1 1 I 



"iS B M -\ album V I tl 



for Var autumnile L : 

 M nchu a C n 4 p 41 



Jap6nicum (P Japd c Hort ) s of 



r 1 I 1 r growth and freer flow r g 



er 1 e ''/ n across the nner an 1 



o t lis altern te w th one another g v n{, the 



flower the 1 1 ("ara e of a 10 po ted star -Tl 



r t> WIS fl t I ro red bj Dreer n 189o fro I 1 



L lie L o France wl o oftercd t as a 1 tl t 



a on It J ro ed to be a f t U s an I i II t 



and 1 1 ecn tested b^ Dreer s nee ho con 1 t 



e of the good har ly perenn al 



JUaniai { P Mdr e Hort) Recently ntroduced 



ind s pposed to be 



It does not ex 



d more compact 



s la e or larger 



n deep p rpl 1 



II 14 IG'f 



C C 



nto England f ro n I p n ' 

 lent cal w tl V r / 

 eed 1 ft n he t,l 

 th cker than 

 1 an the tvpe an 1 

 1 e to p le blue t 



M i J H III 



em plenum Fls sem lo ble an 1 var) g 1 



1 fie to wl te d t have lee 1 I r <I 



/' ^ r striatum A g-ir len for ■« I 



1 or \\h te fl str ped h 1 te or blue 



Ar OLD \ Stibenracch 

 PLATYCEATEK (Cre k pi 1 , broad anl crat 

 1 111 1 B bro 1 enlarged aljx of the te 



I a A onotyp c gen s all ed to 



I I ee es s a prostrate shrub w th op 



d wh te CO nparat vely large fls u 

 I e tl e mi g nal ones ster le 



111 11 I 1 t t mens numerous 



111 1111 t capsule It s not 



1 1 11111 alue It thr ves 



partly shaded 



under glass or la) e 

 argilta *? el & Z cc 



eennood c tt ngs 



Prostrate shrub Ivs oblong 

 to ol 1 1 , u eate at tl e I e, a u n nate, glabro s 



f'xci-iif "II tlir \.iii.s beneath, thin, light green, 3-6 in. 

 Inn^: r\iii,^ :; l(i-lM.,on a 1-2-in. long peduncle: fls. 

 slciid. I- |i. .he. 11. (1, the sterile ones apetalous, 1 in. 

 aiT..--. Willi I. n, a. 1. obtuse sepals; fertile smaller, with 

 laijceokilf srpal,-- half as long as the oblong-ovate petals. 

 July. Japan. S.Z. 1:27. Gt. 15:516. -Useful for rock- 

 work in greenhouses. Alfred Rehder. 



FLATYLOMA is a name for ferns of the genus Pellwa 

 which have a narrow indusium and a broad sorus. For 

 Platijloma Bridgtsli and P. falcata, see Pellma. 



PLATYSTfiMON (r.rpf.k w..r.ls referring- to (he dilated 



the old stems slimil.l not hi- rut :m' 

 lowed to die off naturally; otherwi 

 injured. It can be propagated ciil 

 seeding, the latter being more si 

 therefore preferable; besides, a gn 

 ers is obtained in this way. Mon 

 necessary in propagation by divis 

 fleshy rootstock. It is best accn 

 when the plant is breaking into m 



separate at maturity into linear parts, which are monili- 

 form (i.e., compressed at intervals like the links of a 

 necklace), each joint containing a single seed. (2) It is 

 rniKirk.ilil.. fur tlie dilation of tin- tihiiiifi.ts of the an- 



