1198 PALMERELLA 



at least its upper part. It soon splits from the base up- 

 ward for a good distance, and, indeed, before withering 

 the lower part of the corolla is much disposed to sepa- 

 rate into five claws (liberating also the lower part of 

 the filaments). The filaments are adnate to the corolla- 

 tube for a long distance and then monadelphous and 

 adnate on one side or the other. 



d^bilis, Gray. Slender, glabrous, branching herb: 

 Its. alternate, linear-lanceolate, entire, sessile, 2-3 in. 

 long ; floral ones gradually reduced to bracts : raceme 

 lax, few-fid. : corolla-tube whitish, 9 lines long, lobes 

 light blue, 2 of them smaller than the others, the larger 

 ones 3-4 lines long. Var. serr4ta, Gray,was offered in 1881 

 by E. Gillett, but it is probably not in cult, anywhere. 



PALMETTO. See S>ih„!. 



PALMS, POPULAR NAMES OF. Alexandra P., 



Arrl,„i,lnj,l,„,ii.r Ahxinnlni. Assai P., Kid, ,■/„■ rilillis. 

 Betel-nut P., .1 /■.■(•.( Cal,;-lni. Blue P., Eiiillna ar- 

 iHiita . Bourbon P., Lulu ii in . Broom P. , A ttalea funifera 

 and Thrinux argenti-u. Cabbage P., Kiiterpe oleracea. 

 Club P., Cordyline. Cocoanut P., Cocos nucifera; 

 Double Cocoanut or S. u (■(..•..;uiut P., Lodoicea. 

 Coquito P., Jiihini xpirl.ihilis. Corojo P., Arrocomia 

 srirt-rin-pn. Curly P. , //.wr. ./ i:,h„nr,,nn,. Date P., 

 Plin nix ilirr/iflif.yil . European P., i 'luninr f'li.^ hitmUis. 



Fan P., aiiv'>|..-.-i.'s with t;iii-sliM|i.>.l, raihrr thiin pin- 

 ii.it.- hs. Fern p., (•„,„... Fish-tail P., („,,;../„ «,■--».•.■. 

 Flat P., //.■ir.'i, Fin si, rill ml. Guadeloupe P.. K'n/tlim 

 riliilis. Gru-gru P., Axt ,;„:i rimm ,-iil,,,ir,' an.l Air,,- 

 • ■■iiiiiii s,'l. riii-iii/iii . HempP.,( 'liiiniii l-'ips ijri'ls,! . Ivory- 



nut P., I'liii/./ii.liiis Mil,-, iir/.n. Norfolk Island P., 



Hhiipiilnsiiilix r.iiii.ri. Oil p., El-is (;,ii„,,„sis: .■,!>,. 

 Corns liiiiiirn.iii. .1.-, Palmetto P., Snlml. Panama-hat 

 P., fiirliiilni'irn i.iilnnii.i. Para p., Eiil.r,,.- nlnUs. 

 Haffia P., I{n,iliin. Royal P., *',-...,?,..,., riiiin. Sago P., 

 variniis six'cics irl' Smiiis iiii.l I'lirns. Savauah P., Sabal 

 mnnriliiffniniis. Talipot P., fiini/ilin innhrnnilifera. 

 Thatch P., SnhnI ninrkhnrni.uin: II. .i,;,, F.irsliriana. 



Toddy p., Ciininln nniis. Umbrella P., llnli/scepe 

 Caulrrhuni'i'ia. Walking-stick P., Baeuliu-ia mono- 

 slitehija. Wine P. of E. Indies, Caryota vrens, PJimnix 

 si/tventris and BortiHStts flabeUiforynia; of New Granada, 

 Vocos biilyracea. 



PALUMBlNA (said to be from pa'lumbes, wood-pig- 

 eon; from a .supposed resemblance of the fls. ). Orchi- 

 dAceae. A monotypic genus greatly resembling Oncid- 

 ium, with which it was formerly united. It differs 

 principally in having the lateral sepals entirely united, 

 forming a single segment resembling the dorsal sepal 

 in shape and size, the labellum scarcely larger than 

 the petals and resembling them in shape. 



c&ndida, Reichb. f. The only species is a small plant 

 with narrow, compressed pseudobulbs, each with a sin- 

 gle slender leaf, 6-12 in. long: fls. few, small, white, 

 in a slender raceme ; sepals, petals and labellum ob- 

 long, acute, differing but little in size and shape. Guate- 

 mala. B.M. 5r)46. G. (;. 1865:793; II. 20:233 (as On- 

 cidiiim candidiim). — May be easily grown in a temper- 

 ate house. Blooms in summer, the fls. lastmg a long 

 *'"'<'■ HErNKICH Hasselbkiso. 



PAMPAS GRASS. 



Gy,i 



PANAX (old Greek name, meaning all -healing). 

 AraliAcew. Thirty to 40 trees or shrubs, mostly of the 

 tropics of Asia, Africa, Australia and the Pacific islands, 

 as defined by Bentham & Hooker ( including Nothopanax ) , 

 some of wliicli are Lcrown in warmhouses for their inter- 



den: 



i-edgi' 



Pse 



edge- 



Eleutherococcus it is known by its gyncecium (or pis- 

 tils) being usually in 2's, rather than in 5'sor higher 

 numbers. Prom Fatsia it is distinguished by having 

 the pedicel articulated beneath the flower. See Fatsia 

 for another discussion of relationships. Panax has a 

 ■calyx w^ith entire or 5-toothed margin, 5 valvate petals, 



PANAX 



5 stamens with oblong or ovate anthers, usually 2-Io- 

 culed ovary which ripens into a drupe-like compressed 

 fruit, and with mostly compound, often much-divided 

 leaves: fls. small, sometimes polygamous, in umbels, 

 heads, racemes or panicles. The Panaxes are to be 

 grown in the warmhouse, where they should have the 

 treatment given tropical Aralias (see p. 87). 



As defined by others, the genus Panax includes only 

 7 or 8 herbaceous species, natives of the temperate re- 

 gions of North America and Asia, while the woody spe- 

 cies are referred mostly to Polyscias and Nothopanax; 

 the species of tlie Polyicias lia've, according to Harms, 

 pinnate leaves, ami tln.^.- of the other have digitate 

 or simple leaves. .\~ ilm- umhi^tood, the genus Panax 

 includes the gin-.ii_'. /'. 'I'h njii. fnliiim, for which see 

 Ginseng. The dwarf i.'iii^.ti[,' ur ground-nut of the 

 northern states is P. triMinm. It is not in the trade. 

 These two plants are often described in the genus 

 Aralia as A. quinquefolia and A. trifolia. 



fniticdstun, Linn. (Xothop&nax fruticdsum, Miq. 

 Polyscias fruticdsa, Harms). Shrub 3-6 ft. in cult., 

 with pinnately compound Ivs., the Ifts. stalked, ovate- 

 oblong, acuminate, coarsely serrate, the ultimate ones 

 incised, 3-lobed: fls. in paniculate umbels. Java, etc.— 

 Prized for its fern-like foliage, but known mostly in its 

 cultivated varieties. 



Var. Victdrise (P. Virlbria-, Hort.). Fig. 1C28. A 

 compact form which constantly sends up new .stalks: 

 fdliagp recurving, cut, curled and tassclleil. li;rlit ( 

 witli white -variegated 

 n.ar-itis. G.C. II. 19: 

 4ir.. l.H. 31:521? An 

 .■xci.|l,-nt table plant. 

 Throjigh inadvertence. 

 Fig. 1028 was used in 

 the place of Aralia 

 Giiitfoylti, p. 8:,]sted. 



Var. laciniitum (P. 

 laeinidliim, Hort.). 

 Lvs. twice - pinnate, 

 drooping, about as 

 broad as long, tinted 

 with olive-brown, the 

 leaflets and divisions 

 narrow. Very grace- 

 ful. 



Var. ezc^lsiun (P. 

 exeHsum, Hort.?). 

 Lvs. very finely out and fern-like, margined with white. 



Var. plumitum {P. plnmdtum, Hort.). More finely 

 cut tlian var. Im-in intii m , and differing from var. excel- 

 .s-iiw in haviiiir no wliiti- on the foliage. 



Mpidum, P.nll. Compact: lvs. biternately divided, 

 thc> end llivi^i.>n largest; pinnules or ultimate leaflets 

 oliliqiirly obnvate, the Central one in each case small 

 (s,.initin]i-s ahnost rudimentary) and more or less cov- 

 cn-d l.v its two lateral ones, the margins spinv-toothed 

 and cut. Brazil. Recent. 



nitidtun, Bull. Compact : lvs. roundish obovate, 

 toothed and somewhat spiny, sometimes with deep in- 

 cisions. Brazil. Recent. 



aiireum, Sanilrr. " A di^titvt rlrL-niit nnd Intrlilv at- 



ii.it h.axv ill tliu >Ut;hti^t .-._ii-.' lit il,.- \MiiM. Individ- 

 ually the li-avcs are small, th,- edy.-s finely serrated, 

 while near the margins are several splashes of clear 

 green."— Sander, 

 B&Uourii, Sander. "A decided acquisition for all dec- 



green and creamy white coloring the more attractive. 

 Each of the pinnas forming the leaf is orbicular in 



dantly splashed with en aiii> wliit,-, tl li.-. s .if the 



leaves being entii-.'l>' ^vliit.-. 'I'h-' st.ins an- hr.inze- 

 green, specked with av.tv. Th.- liaiiit is .■..ni|iai-t and 

 bushy, well featbert-d from base tu ai.ix w ith foliage. 

 Introduced by us through our collector, Micholitz, from 

 New Caledonia."— Saniier. 



