PODACH.«NIUJI 



PODACHilNIU M ( Greek, meaning foot-shaped akene ) . 

 Composita-. Two species of Mexican shrubby composites 

 cult, chiefly for their l:irq-o ,iii.i fra-rant Ivs. The tts. 

 are sometimes hiiicleii nii'l'-r tl;,. i.. liaise. The heads are 

 about 1 in. across, wiili wlnh ravs and yellow disk, 

 about 20 or more in t-riumal ilai t..[ijiod clusters, borne 

 in "winter and spring. /'. i;i ni^-n latum is a rare and 

 costly stove plant. The distinguishing feature of Po- 

 daeh*iiiuui is the shape of the akene, it being con- 

 tractfd at the base into a 2-winged stipe suggesting the 

 shape of a foot. 



I'odai'hieniums may be cultivated much like I.ioras. 

 Tlii-y do best in awarmhouse. In the South they thrive 

 in tlit^ oi)en. They are useful for their large and sweet- 

 scented foliage. Prop, by cuttings of half-ripe wood. 



panicuiatum, Benth. (F. iv/:,, r*,,/ r ,'„,;,,,„,, It,,,!- 

 Z,ili,s,hiin .'rnineii^, ]I..rt. (' 

 iiiim. C. Ko.'li). Slightly l.ian i :,■;,!' : 



distant, loii-.stalked. rouu.l.^l , ,,,:,,,! .,r 



with few, distant, shallow, wult -.ui.,lol u... ili, .-r.nuons 

 atiove, pubescent beneath. Mcx., Guatemala. li.H. 

 l»l)2, p. 110. H. A. SiEBRECHT and W. M. 



PODALtEIA. See liapfisin. 



PODOCARPUS (Grca-k pons, p,„las. foot, and kiirpos, 

 fruit; alhi.ling to tlK- i-ouspicuous fleshy foot-stalks of 

 most species). Including Xatjf^ia, Pnimndpitys and 

 atachycdrpus. Conifene. Ornamental evergreen trees 

 or rarely shrubs, with alternate or sometimes opposite 

 ami often 2-ranked sessile or short-stalked Ivs., small 

 (Is., the staminate catkin-like and yellow, tlio pistillate 



PODOLEPSIS 



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id inconspicuous, 

 -like fr. borne on usual I 

 italks of dark purple o 

 are but rarelv cult, ii 



od for the soutli.-ni "t a 



.ich 



small, 

 ! Mill fleshy 

 'lit color. 



. and only 



.ililoruia, except 

 id may probably 

 or even farther. 

 iiy soil. In the 

 t -plants in green- 

 foliage ; a sandy 

 le potted plants, 

 ist ripened wood 

 ^^rafted on any of 



nate, pungent, somewhat revolute at the margins, dark 

 green and with a prominent miilrib above, with 2 white 

 bands beneath, 1-1% in. long: fls. dicecious, the stami- 

 nate clustered, %-l in. long: fr. ovoid, 'A in. long, on 

 a fleshy receptacle, very short-stalked. Chile. P.F.G. 

 2:162. G.C. 111. 10:171. 



alplna, R.Br. Shrub or small tree, attaining 15 ft., 

 with spreading branches : Ivs. indistinctly 2-ranked, 

 linear to linear-oblong, obtuse, mucronulate, dark green, 

 grooved or flat above, pale green beneath, ii-% in. long: 

 rts. dicecious, the staminate solitary or clustered, about 

 '.<■. .Uistralia. 



Ml in. long: fr. small, on a fleshy 



Hoibr.=P. Total 

 attiiiining (iO ft., , 

 acute, slightly f: 

 about 1 in. loii^ 

 phylla, var. Mak 

 phylla, but a lii\ 

 spreading brain ■ 

 fls. shorter, (lii 

 —P. r,„-,-,>.,-,.,, I 



Tree, i 



mg: stammai 

 l.M. 4655. P,; 

 'ith whorled 



Ha. Ku'iiVl 

 ft., with M 



■ the 



become usiuilly much thickened at maturity, and form 

 a fleshy receptacle bearing at the top the "globular or 

 ovoid drupe- or nut-like seed: cotyledons 2. Some spe- 

 cies with the fls. in spikes and tlie fr. without fleshy 

 receptacle are referred by soim- Imianists to Prumnop- 

 itys (Stachycarpus). Many s| n - ,iri \ iluable tim- 

 ber trees in their native count lii, ami iln ilishy seed- 

 stalks of some are eaten. 



A. Lvs. SS in. loiiij. 



microphylla, Don. Tree, attaining 50 ft., with ascend- 

 in,- branches: buds and young unfolding lvs. pinkish: 

 lvs. alternate, linear-lanceolate, sometimes falcate, ob- 

 tusish or acute, bright gn-en and i,'li.--v :r.nl :,]i}, a 

 proiuiiHMit midrib above, pale l„-,ii-,v I " : . ' ,, 



about '.. in. will.-: Hs. dio-i-ious, sla - 



dric U-V., ill. Ion-: tr. ovoid. ';,-', in. ! i,,, ,;,, i,,-],. 

 bloi.iuv. borne on a fleshy dark purpli-,!i iiokl naap- 

 tadc. .lapan. S.Z. 2:133. 



Japinica, Sieb. Closely allied to the preceding and 

 probably a variety of it. Of lower growth: buds whit- 

 ish, young lvs. greenish: lvs. linear-lanceolate, acute, 

 4-S in. long: fls. and fr. unknown. Cult, in Japan. 

 — Sometimes Cephnlnlnxus pedunculata, var. fastiglafa 

 is cult, under this name. 



AA. Lis. %-!% in. long 



nubigrena, Lindl. Tree or shrub in cultivation: lvs. 

 spreading, crowded, linear-hanceolate, acute and mucro- 



PODOLEPIS (Greek, foot and scale; referring to the 

 unusual fact that the iuvolucral scales have a foot- 

 stalk or claw). Vomp6aitce. About 16 species of Aus- 

 tralian herbs with yellow, pink or purple rays, a few of 

 which are cult, as half-hardy annuals, growing 6-12 in. 





1 1 HiM.lucral 



. ,M;ak -. an. L;.UL-rally 

 auspareut, and over- 

 ing out like petals, 

 ■ group of composites 



lap OIH- ,•.,'■.,,.■ : ;. !, ,•1,1 



The L'l-n , ■■ ,., Ml 



from Ail-l laaa ami I 1|.' I 'a 



The following species are annuals with linear or lan- 

 ceolate lvs. and hemispherical involucres %-% in. in 

 diameter. They need a porous soil with full exposure 

 to the sun, and they also do well in pots. See An- 



h. {P, chrijsuniha, Endl.). Often ex- 

 x'olucral bracts not rugose, usually end- 



