PTEROSPERMUM 



PTEROSPfiRMUM (Ureek, winged seed). Sleirii- 

 Ini,'. .< . A L'' 1111-^ iif about 15 species of trees or shrubs 



fr i]..i.ir;,l Asia. Lvs. 2-ranked, leathery, simple or 



IoIh-m : iMMtiirii-l.s 1-3, tenninal : bractlets entire or lacini- 

 :i:r, |ii isisi. nt or not: sepals 5, more or It-ss cunnate; 

 petals 5, deciduous with c;il\\; -i ,i m i ii:i I i i .1 u m n -li<irt, 

 bearings linear, 2-ceIled am: itlii- 



5 ligulate staminodia: ovar\ ' rniii- 



nal column, S-S-celled; styl.' ^ m n ^ : -tiLin:i.i i nr i M^v,.^l; 

 ovules many: capsule soniewiiai wuuilv , icitin ur .i-aii- 

 gled. Flora of British India 1:3G0. 



acerifdiium, Willd. Large tree: lvs. 10-14 in. x 6-12 

 in., roundish or oldmii;. ofti'U lobed, palraately 5-7- 

 nerved; nerves pnnniiM ni I- m ilh: bractlets laciniate: 

 fl. -buds oblong, ■!,: , rusty tomentose: fls. 

 5-6 in. across, imhi ^mt; sepals linear-ob- 

 long, thick; petals li,,, :,_: rapsule 4-6 in. long, 



5-ceIled; seeds i„.u... , ..ii..; lai;,'i-, thin. B.M. 620. 

 Cult, in S. Calif. P. w. Barclay. 



PTEROST'S'KAX (Greek, pteros , -vims ; alluding to 

 the winged or ribbed fruit, by which it is distinguished 

 from the allied genus Styrax). Styracdceie. Ornamen- 

 tal deciduous trees, with rather large, alternate, denticu- 

 late lvs. and wliite fls. in showy pendulous panicles, 

 followed by small rather inconspicuous fruits. They are 

 only precariously hardy as f;n- ii.iiili as :\Iass, ii, slud- 

 tered positions. In June tin > iu'\.i\ iiiirn.-iix . , with 

 their graceful drooping jiaiih ti ^ of innn. rin- M. urzia- 



like fragrant flowers. They ihiiv Imm ,,, a i 1, lately 



moist sandy loam and are piup. by seed.s or layers and 

 also by greenwood cuttings under glass. About 3 spe- 

 cies in China and Japan. Small trees: fls. in large pan- 

 icles terminal on short branchlets ; calyx 5-toothed ; 

 corolla 5-parted almost to the base; stamens 10, some- 

 what longer than the corolla and slightly exceeded by 

 the slender style : ovary 3-celled : fr. a ribbed or 

 winged, 1- to 2-seeded nut. Sometimes united with 

 Halesia, from which it is distinguished chiefly by the 

 panieled druuping inflorescence and the 5-merous fls. 



hisplda, Siel). & Zucc. {Halesia h{spida,M&st.). Fig. 

 21114. Ti-ee, attaining 25 ft., with slender spreading 

 brandies f.inniiig an open head: lvs. short- petioled, 

 ovate to oblong, narrowed at the base, acute or acumi- 

 nate, almost glabrous or pubescent on the veins be- 

 neath, light green above, grayish green beneath, 4-7 in. 

 long: panicles 4-6 in. or more long: fls. creamy white, 



corymbAsa, Sieb. & Zucc. {Rnlisia corymbdsn , 

 Nichols.!. Small tree, closely allied to the preceding: 

 lvs. broader, oval or ovate, sparingly stellate-pubescent 

 on both sides; panicle broader: fr. with 4-5 narrow 

 wings, tomentulose. Jime. Japan. — Seems to be more 

 tender than the preceding and is but rarely cultivated. 

 Alfred Rehdek. 



PTEBOXTLOH. See Ptwroxylon. 



FTILOMEBIS is considered by Gray as a subgenus 

 of Baeria. P. coronaria, Nutt., is the plant known tn 

 the trade as Shortia Californica. It is described and 

 figured in this work under Actinolepix. 



PTILOTUS exaltitus. See rrichinium. 



PTYCHORAPHIS ^r.rn 



P. aii,!i:.:\\ ■ w ■ ■, 



Coeos 11 ' I I, 



as freely i;i..|. r . i.'n iv. n a . iiiier oi tnese popular 



palms." This rare ).:iliii lias l.een offered in America 



hut is not known to be cultivated. Tlie genus contains 



''? and raphe). Pal- 

 Malayan palms. Of 

 "It is as graceful as 

 I'li-ilia, and it grows 



The genus is placed next to Rhopaloblaste by Dmile 

 in Engler and Prantl's Natilrlichen Pflanzenfamilien 

 and distinguished by the ridge of the forked raphe and 

 deeply ruminate seed, while the rumination of the 

 upper parts of the seed is flatfish. 



PUERARIA libii 



augtiata, Becc. Trunk becoming 80-100 ft. high, 

 slender, smooth: lvs. becoming 8-12 ft. long; pinna) 

 2-3 ft., linear, acuminate, bright green: fr. elliptical- 

 oblong, red: seed grooved on one side. Nicobar. 



F. W. Barclay. 





lispida (X3<;). 



PTYCHOSPfiRMA (Greek words, probably referring 

 to the niuiiiiate allmmenof the seed). Palm&cew. The 

 fiillouiii^' names have appeared in American trade cat- 



ani\ S< . iini f:,' ii, , it •! •red below to other 



genera. W^i /' , , ..i ,,■ - . , u.rthia. 



I . -i-a -P. Alexanirm. F. 

 iiiia . - }'. Cunningkamidnat 

 I'uiminghamii. — P. ^legans, 

 Rtijnphii. Consult Drymo- 



H. Wendl. s- 

 Blame. Consuj . ,' 

 plila?us.— /'. S' , ,, 



PnCCOON. A.;/ /,.,,„,(,«. 



PUCCOON, BED. Sanguinaria. 



PUCCOON, YELLOW, nijdrastis. 



PUCHA-PAT. Name in India of Patchouli. 



PUDDING BERKY. Connix Caiiadeiisi.s. 



PUERARIA (M. N. I'nerari, l..ilanist ,.f i;e,„-va(. 



.■ioselv al'lTed to Dule^lm's l.n.l' I Mia 'e,,l'',.,' 1,,',!' ,1 ililianVr 

 aiming other thinirs in the lieanl!,..- -!•>■. .m,,„,| ,,,„|,., 

 of the racemes an.l monadeliilea, i .. I.. illoli- 



olate and stipellate, the Ifts. s, ,,, , . , Il-Mll.l, 



large, pea-shaped, in long an. I • i ■ , i:' i . iti|i..iiii,i, 

 nicemes; standard usually spurr-l ai rh, Ka^, . ala.ut 

 equaling the wings and keel: pial Hattisli, linear, many- 

 seeded. 



Thunbergi&na, Benth. (DdJichos Japdnicus, Hort. 

 Pachyriziis T]iunbergi(tnu!<, Sieb. & Zucc). KuDZU 

 Vine. Perennial with large tuberous starchy roots, 

 making a most remarkably vigorous growth of slender, 

 hairy, twining stems: Ifts. rhombic-ovate to nearly or- 

 bicular-ovate, variously lobed, but the margins entire 

 and ciljate: fls. pea-shaped, purple, in axillary spikes 

 late in the season, not showy: pod large and flat. 

 Japan and China. A.G. 13:387; 21; 505. iG.F. 6:505. 

 R.H. 1891,p. 31. Gt. 45:1429.-A hardy vine remark- 

 able for the great rapidity of its growth, anil most use- 



