PELL.EA 



CC. Shape of Ivs. elongate, ovate or lanceolate. 



andromedsBfdlia, F^e. Lvs. 6-12 in. long, 3-C in. wide; 

 ultimate divisions \%-2 lines long, linear-oblong, with 

 enrolled edges. California. — Sometimes known as the 

 Coffee Pern. 



hast&ta, Link. Lvs. G-24 in. long, 6-12 in. wide; ulti- 

 mate divisions ovate or lanceolate, 1-2 in. long, nearly 

 sessile: sori in a narrow marginal line. Eastern and 

 south Africa. Small lvs. are sometimes only bipinnate. 



P. Stelleri. Beddome (P. gracilis, Hook.), a rare membranous 

 species of the eastern states, is more closely allied to the gemis 

 Cryptogramma, to which Prantl has referred it. 



L. M. Undekwood. 



PELLIONIA (J. Xlphonse Pellion, ofRcer in Prey- 

 cinefs voyage round the world). Urticcicea. Of this 

 genus we cultivate 2 choice tender creeping foliage 

 plants, suitable for baskets and for the borders of 

 greenhouses under the benches. The genus contains 

 about 20 species of herbs, often creepers, rarely siib- 

 shrubs from tropical and eastern Asia and the Pacific 

 islands. They have alternate, 2-ranked lvs. which are 

 unequal at the base, entire or serrate: fls. monoecious 

 or dioecious, in dense cymes; perianth segments 5, 

 rarely 4, in fruit sometimes unchanged but usually in- 

 creased and investing the fruit. The following are gla- 

 brous plants from Cochin China, with lvs. about an 

 inch long and half as wide, and slightly crenate at the 

 margin. All the species known to science are oriental. 

 One of the species was once advertised as a Peperomia. 



DaveauS.na, N. E. Br. Lvs. dark bronzy olive-green 

 more or less flushed violet or red, with a fern-like figure 

 of light green down the middle of the leaf, the figure 

 being narrowly oblong and crenate. This figure is some- 

 times absent from some of the lvs. The lvs. are more 

 acuminate than in the next. R.H. 1880:290 (as Begniiia 

 Daveatiana, a charming picture). I.H. 29:472 (poor). 



pulchra, N. E. Br. Lvs. dull blackish along the mid- 

 rib and veins, the inter-spaces being light green, the 

 under surface pale purplish. I.H. 30:479. A. G. 15:4. 



FELOEIA. See Teratology. 



FELTANSBA (Greek, referring to the peltate an- 

 thers). Aroide(e. Arkow Arum. An east American 

 genus with two species which have been much con- 

 fused. They are steraless herbs, the glossy arrow- 

 shaped leaves arising from strong underground parts: 

 fls. monoecious and naked, the staminate ones on the 

 upper part of the long spadix, the anthers sessile and 

 imbedded and opening by terminal pores, the 1-loculed 

 ovaries attended by 4 or 5 scale-like bodies or stanii- 

 nodia: spathe usually exceeding the spadix: fr. a 1-3- 

 seeded, mostly leathery berry, borne in large globose 

 clusters. Peltandras are excellent subaquatic plants, 

 their large thick sagittate leaves always adding variety 

 and interest to margins of ponds and to bog gardens. 

 Single specimens or clumps are usually most prized. 

 Peltandras are easy to colonize. 



undulita, Raf. Lvs. narrow-sagittate, the basal lobes 

 long and nearly or quite acute: spathe 4-8 in. long, 

 green, convolute around the spadix for its whole length : 

 sterile part of the spadix much longer than the pistil- 

 late part: fr. green, 1-3-seeded. In shallow pools or bog 

 margins, N. Eng. to Fla. and W. A.G. 1893:111.— The 

 root is composed of thick cords or fibers. 



ilba, Raf . Lvs. broader, the basal lobes short: spathe 

 white, the upper part expanded and calla-lil e: sterile 

 part of spadix little, if any, longer than pistillate part: 

 fr. red, 1-seeded. Va., S. — Boot tuberous, l. H. B. 



PEITOPHOBUM (Greek, shield-slmpe(3; referring to 

 the peculiar stigma). Leguviinbs(e. Six species of 

 splendid tropical trees, belonging to the same tribe 

 with the gorgeous Poinciana and Caesalpinia, all of 

 which represent a type of structure widely different 

 from our northern pea-shaped flowers, as they have 5 

 distinct petals which are all about the same size and 



pe:.nisetum 1265 



Blanco's "Flora of the Philippines," where the golden 

 yellow fls. are nearly IM in. across, a dozen of them in 

 each raceme, and 4 racemes uniting to form a great 

 panicle. The Philippine species, P. inermr, is probably 

 the same as the Australian on.-. P f,'rr:i/,!n.>im . which 

 Franceschi has introduced at Simii I'.ni. n i i ihf., tmt 

 reports so far unsuccessful, r : i: li:i\( iIm- 



Mimosa type of foliage. Eii.li 1.: .i /■ .,.;.„,,,,„ 

 has 8-10 pairs of pinnee, and la. 1, [.miia m 1" iiaii^ i.f 

 leaflets. 



Generic characters: petals 5, roundish; stamens 10, 

 free, declinate; filaments pilose at base: ovary sessile, 

 2 to many-ovuled: pod flatfish, indehiscent, with nar- 

 rowly winged margins. 



Peltophorum is diMi..:i,i 1.! '. n i '.a-ali.inia and 



Poinciana by the valxai, i - -1 ili.- latter, 



while the two former ii.r. I ;; ~i .njirnis strongly 



imbricated. The peculiar .si ■ " '■ ■' --j=.- 



distinguishes it from its t 

 Hsematoxylon ( log-wood ) . 



ferruglneum, Benth. (P. inSrme, Naves). Tree attain- 

 ing 100 ft., taking its specific name from the dense rusty 

 toraentum which covers the young branches, petioles 

 and inflorescence: pod 3-4x54-1 in. wide, bearing 1-3 

 seeds. Australia, Philippines. ^- jj 



PENNISfiTUM [penna, a feather; seta, a bristle). 

 Gramlnece. Contains about 40 species of the tropical 

 regions. One species. Pearl Millet, is cultivated for 

 fodder. The genus is allied to Panicum and Setaria, the 

 spikelets being 1-fld., with usually 4 glumes, surrounded 

 at base by a cluster of bristles and arranged in spikes 

 or spike-like racemes. First glume very small, second 

 longer than fl. -glume. The bristles fall with spikelets 

 instead of remaining attached to r.ichis as in Setaria. 



villdsum, Brown (P. longistylum of florists, i 

 Hochst.). Fig. 1711. Spike broad, 2-4 in. long, and 

 featherv from the bearded bristles: culm 1-2 ft. high, 

 pubescent below the spike. Abyssinia. R.H. 1890, p. 



shape. 



ine colored plate of a Peltopho 



Eiippellii, Steud. (P. Snpell&u 

 Culms taller and spikes longer ai 

 the preceding. Abyssinia. R.H. 

 42, p. 206 (1895). 



of some works), 

 acre graceful than 

 1, pp. 54, 55. I.H. 



