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PAPHIOPEDILUM 



bud. Pfltzer writes in Engler& Prantl's Pflauzenfamilien 

 that the "ovary is completely 3-loculed, or 1-loculed be- 

 low and only the tip divided into 3 locules." The species 

 have not been revised and will be found under Cypripe- 

 dium and Selenipedium. 



P. barbdttim. Pfitz. (Cypripedium barbatum, Lindl.).— P. 

 BiixalU. Pfltz. (Cypripedium Boxalli. Reiohb. f.).— P. cauda- 

 tum. Pfltz. ( .Stienipediiim caudatum, Reichb. f.). 



Heinrich Hasselbking. 



PAPPOOSE ROOT or BLUE COHOSH is Caulophyllitm 

 tliaUctroi<h's, a native plant that does not appear to be 

 in the general trade. 



PAPtRUS antiqudrum (Fir 11.40) the E„'vptian 

 Paper-plant, is Cyperus Puptim II I i tech- 



nical description. It IS a tall ^'i iiiatic, 



bearing an umbel of long and is. It 



does not endure frost. It is mm li hiig out 



about ponds in the summer Tin in iiii~ Im In dding are 



1640. Papyrus antiqi 



propagated in January and Fel>ruary, by di 

 roots that were brought in from the open 

 The plants are kept quiet - --■ '■- — ' 

 The roots are divided 

 started ' 



_ _ divided. 



„.jall pieces, and the divi- 



warm sand propagating bed. 



the plants grow, they are potted. By late spring 



plants should be ready for use in shallow pools in the 



PARACHUTE FLOWER, adv. by Blanc, 1900, is Cero- 

 pegia Sdndersoni, Decaisne, from So. Africa. AscUpia- 

 dilcece. It is a tall-twining plant with fls. of most un- 

 usual shape and structure. It is figured in B.M. 5792, 

 from which the following extracts are taken : " Stems 

 stout, succulent, as thick as a goose-tjuill. . . . Lvs, 

 small and distant for the size of the plant, shortly 

 stoutly petioled, 1 14-2% in. long, ovate-cordate, obtuse, 

 thick and succulent, nerveless, deep green like the 



tube 2 in. broad 

 and green at the 

 5-angled transyni: 

 veins; this presr 



cap is ;i Iiiil'Iii 



central jiaiHll:, : . 

 and the mniLin- 

 trausparciii. il:ii. 

 Ceropr-.^i r,„,i 

 Several s|)<-cirs ; 

 when the first v 



ii.in- within the border." 

 ili"iii Ml -|ri-ies, mostly African. 

 'iwn in I'jirtipean collections, but 

 of this Cyclopedia was written 

 none had been offered in the American trade. Some of 

 them are bulbous-rooted. They demand a warm or in- 

 termediate house, and are propagated by cuttings of 



the 



All the species are odd. 



L. H. B. 



PARADtSEA (saidi 



e, of which this 



Often written 



-. St. Bnino's 



I be from Paradis 

 plant is supposed to be a fit inhabitant! 

 Pariiilisiii. St. Bruno's Lily. LiliAee 

 Lily and St. Bernard's Lily are aih<iii-<.l m h. mly 

 every good-sized catalogue of hardy j ms, 



as Anthericum Jyiliastrum- and .1 >< / '/'>, 



but the former should be called i^^o-'M// ^- ./ L' : <i h :nii . 

 Both these plants have white, lily-likt- lis., iK.rne in 

 early summer on scapes a foot or more high. The lis. of 

 both are tipped green outside. The lvs. are linear, all 

 radical, and a foot or so long. Both plants are natives 

 of middle Europe, and bv tln-ir pcpnlar names recall 

 the life-saving monks of' tin- Ali-. it i- no wonder, 

 then, that they are often (•.iiifu-, ,1, '111. I'^iradisea has 

 larger fls., which are fuiuirl -li,[|i. .1 raih. i- than rotate, 

 but the fundamental diffenn.-. s himhi wliich Paradisea 

 is made a separate genus lie in tlie stamens. In Para- 

 disea (according to Bentham & Hooker), the anthers 

 are attached at the middle of the back and are versatile; 

 in Anthericum the anthers are attached at their base 

 and are erect. Moreover, the stamens of Paradisea 

 are hy pogynous ; of Anthericum, perigynous. Following 

 are some of the other differences as given by Baker in 

 Journ. Linn. Soc. 15:286, 287, 301 (1877): 



Paradisea Lilidstnim, Bertol., has 6-8 lvs. : scape 12— 

 24 in. high : raceme 2-10-fld. : bracts lanceolate : perianth 

 18-21 lines long: style 15-18 lines long; ovary and cap- 

 sule oblong. 



Anthericum Lilidgo, Linn., has 12-20 lvs.: scape 6-15 

 in. high: raceme ( sometimes panicled ) 10-20-fld.: bracts 

 linear: perianth 6-9 lines long: style 5-6 lines long: 

 ovary and capsule globose. Some of the above char 

 acters will not hold for cultivated plants. 



P. LiUastrum, var. major, Hort.. is said to be a much 

 larger and better form than the type, growing 2-3 ft. 

 high and bearing more and larger fls. Gn. 9:1 {&s An- 

 thericum Liliastru^n var.) has fls. 2 in. long and 2H in. 

 across. ^^ ji, 



PARADISE FLOWER. StreUtzia reginoe. 



s, not in the 



PARA NUT. Berthollelia. 



PARASITE. A parasitic plant is one which fastens 

 itself upon another plant (or other organism), and, 

 stimulated by the latter, either grows into its interior, 

 or sends certain sucking organs into its tissues by means 

 of which a part or all the nourishment necessary for the 

 Parasite is obtained. A plant which lives upon dead 

 organic substance is termed a saprophyte (which see). 

 The most common Parasites are to be found among the 

 fiiiii;!. wliich lire the abundant causes of plant diseases, 

 --n li .1- ru-i-. smuts, and mildews. These fungous 

 r, .!■ nil of their nourishment from the host, 



.1 1. and mo.st commonly grow within the 



ti- , - ;,; ii, I. , ay to form their reproductive bodies, or 

 spi.K --.. llii n are al.so Parasites among flowering 

 plants. Of these there are two principal classes: (1) 

 those green in color, or chlorophyll-containing, such as 

 the mistletoe and the bastard toad-flax; and (2) those 

 practically devoid of chlorophyll, such as the dodder 



