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PSYCHOTRIA 



Jreek, // 



PSYCHdTEIA (Ureek, life ■pirserviiin; referring to 

 lui-ilicinal properties). Ji'iibiilcew. About 500 tropical 

 or subtropical shrubs, small trees or rarely herbs bear- 

 ing small fls. in terminal or rarely axillary, corymbose, 

 paniculate or head like cymes Ivs opposite or rarelj 

 whorled calyx limb shoit vinous often 5 toothed 

 corolla usualh short 5 ruch 1 1 1^ 1 fr a drupe 

 with 2 smooth hemisph 

 differs only m having ri 

 this genus 



Cap^nsis Vatl < ' 

 evergreen shrul i i 

 and fls in trichol m u 

 broad 



PTERIDIUM 



window frames, fence-posts and lately for engraving. 

 It burns readily even when green. It takes a fine polish 

 like mahogany. Dr. Franceschi writes that the seed 

 possesses short vitality. Of several thousand seeiis 

 received from Kew a few j ears a^,o not one germmated 

 Anothoi Itrgp consignment w is itceived t\\o >ears ago 

 fi >m tli I ij 1 lit (inly a tevr setdliiigs ha-ve been sue 

 c ' t u The tree is called Sntezcwood 



1 1 I lit odor 



I I 1 fls poljgamouslj dioecious sepals 



4 111 1 1 I I ilisk hypojjVnous annular glandu 



4 ilternate with the petals stjles 2, or 



one capsule compressed 2 lobed at npe\ 



coidate at base, 2 celled 2 seeded 



tltile Ecklon & Zevher Sneezewood Lvs opposite 

 Ifts 11-17 decreasing entiie racemes axillar\ shoiter 

 tliinhs fls small white or yellowish S Afr 



■n M 



PTAEMICA Included w ith Achillea 



PTilLEA (Greek mine of the Elm tree transferred to 

 1 Hiiiiis on atcouut of the siinilarit} of the fruits) 



ees with altern it I i , 1 1 In ( i t 



s and greenish « I 



foil « 1 1^ 



2009 Psychotria 



at the base ultimate pcdictl beaun^ i 

 calyx K line lon^ eoroIU 3 lines lonf, 

 S. Africa Cult in S Fla 



1 tree 



. and 



and hard. 



contact with the ground, easily split; used for piles of 

 bridges and jetties, for trucks and wagons, doors and 



ties bv lasers or 

 budding in sumnx 

 The genus has 4 

 to Mexico Lvs 

 01 crenulate punt 



emit (1 well IS the fruit )^\h(iiliiii ..1 i tuiv pun 

 gent odor lesembling somewhat that of the hop for 

 whiih the frs lie said to have been used as a substitute 

 -hence the mme He p Tn i 



triSoll4ta I nm II i I i ii \\ i m \ ii I u ""10 



tlie base crenuUt i i i 



ibove pale below -I 



1-5 in long fls ' 



low fr ibout 1 in 1 \ 



I 1 I 111 ilinitiou ot which \ai ailrea, 



II II II I ihi Golden Hop Tree with 



II 1 I nown \ ar glaUca Kirchn 



I 111 111 lvs grayish green pubes 



c 1 lit w lull Miiii„ \ir m611i8 Torr & Gi&y {P mdlhs, 



Curtis P ihombifbha, Heller) Branchlets mflor 



escence and lvs beneath pubescent or tomentose N C 



mid rii to All/ AI II tinl i than the northern 



,1 ,1 I 1. 1 nil I 1 I 11 I il 1 I 1 



/ 1 I I 11 &Giav) Shrub 



II I Itts l-2>^in long 



s I t J 1 I J 1 ud Mex -P Aptera 



n sniill becoming 1 in 

 • nearly so Calif G i 

 ; hardy north 

 Alfred Rehder. 

 PTERlDIUM (Greek, with the form of Pteris). Poly- 

 ndiiicew. A genus of large, ternatcly divided ferns 

 onimonly known as Bracken or Brakes, with the 



long corymbs few tld fr wingless < 

 3 333 Both last named species are m 



