PODACHJiN-irM 



PODACH^NIUM ( Greek, meaning foot-shaped akene ) . 

 Coinposilir. Two species of Mexican shrubby composites 

 cult. cliieHv for their large and fragrant Ivs. The Ss. 

 are sometimes hidden under the foliage. The heads are 

 about 1 in. across, with white rays and yellow disk, 

 about 20 or more in terminal flat-topped clusters, borne 

 in winter and spring. P. paniciilatum is a rare and 

 costly stove plant. The distinguishing feature of Po- 

 dachseniura is the shape of the akene, it being con- 

 tracted at the base into a 2-winged stipe suggesting the 

 shape of a foot. 



Podaehseniums may be cultivated much like Ixoras. 

 They do best in a warmhouse. In the South they thrive 

 in the open. They are useful for their large and sweet- 

 scented foliage. Prop, by cuttings of half-ripe wood. 



panicuUtum, Benth. (Ferdindnda iminens, Hort- 

 Zalu!ania emintns, Hort. Cosmophijllum cacalicefd- 

 Uum, C. Koch). Slightly branched, 9-15 ft. high: Ivs. 

 distant, long-stalked, roundish in outline, angled or 

 with few, distant, shallow, wide-angled teeth, .scabrous 

 above, pubescent beneath. Mex., Guatemala. R.H. 

 18C2, p. 110. H. A. SiEBRECHT and W. M. 



PODALtEIA. See Bajitisia. 



PODOCARPUS (Greek potts, podos, foot, and karpos, 

 fruit; alluding to the conspicuous fleshy foot-stalks of 

 must species). Including Ifageia, Prumndpitys and 

 Ultifhi/carpus. Coiiifene. Ornamental evergreen trees 

 or rarely shrubs, with alternate or sometimes opposite 

 and often 2-ranked sessile or short-stalked Ivs., small 

 lis., the staminate catkin-like and yellow, the pistillate 

 greenish and inconspicuous, and with rather small, 

 berry-like tr. borne on usually much thickened fleshy 



I lapted for the southern states and California, except 

 P. alpina, which is the hardiest and may probably 

 thrive as far north as Philadelphia, or even farther. 

 They grow best in well-drained loamy soil. In the 

 North they are sometimes grown as pot-plants in green- 

 houses on account of their handsome foliage ; a sandy 

 compost of loam and peat will suit the potted plants. 

 Prop, by seeds or by cuttinirs ..f almost ripened wood 

 under glass; they aiv ,ds., vi.iii.tiincs grafted on any of 

 the species whicli can li.' IkmI in quantity. 



The genus has mun- than 4" s|.iiMes, chiefly in tropi- 

 cal and subtropical mountains o£ .S. America, W. India, 

 Asia. Africa and Australia. Eesiuous trees, with linear 

 to elliptic entire Ivs.: tls. monoecious or dicecious, ax- 

 illary or subterminal, solitary or in spikes; the stam- 

 inate catkin -like, consisting of spirally diBi)nspd 2- 

 celled anthers; the pistillate consisting' ..f a ^,al.- in- 

 closing the ovule, with several bract>. at tin Im^i . whi.-h 

 become usually much thickened at nniimirx. ami fnrm 

 u fleshy receptacle bearimr at tin- top th,- \'lnl,ul:ir or 

 ovoid drupe- or nut lil.i' .. . .i : r ,,n Iclons 2. Some spe- 

 cies with the tls. ill Ln fr. without fleshy 

 receptacle are ni^n^ i i i .tanists to Prumnop- 

 itys (Stachycarpu^ I . Miiii\ v|,, ,ins are valuable tim- 

 ber trees in their utitive countries, and the fleshy seed- 

 stalks of some are eaten. 



A. Lvs. 3~S in. long. 



macTOphylla, Don. Tree, attaining 50 ft., with ascend- 

 ing branches: buds and young unfolding lvs. pinkish: 

 lvs. alternate, linear-lanceolate, sometimes falcate, ob- 

 tusish or acute, bright green and glossy and with a 

 prominent midrib above, pale beneath, 3-5 in. long, 

 about }4 in. wide: fls. dicecious, staminate ones cylin- 

 dric, %-li4 in. long: fr. ovoid, %-% in. long, greenish, 

 bloomy, borne on a fleshy dark purplish violet recep- 

 tacle. Japan. S.Z. 2:133. 



Jap6nica, Sieb. Closely allied to the precedins and 

 probably a variety of it. Of lower gr"\vrt!: Iiu.is whit- 

 ish, young lvs. greenish: lvs. linear-lanr,.,.iatf, a.ute, 

 4-8 in. long: fls. and fr. unknown, (uit. in .ia]ian. 

 — Sometimes Cephalotaxus pedunciihiln , var. f.ix/iiiinfa 

 is cult, under this name. 



AA. Z/fs. %-l% in. long 



nubigena, Lindl. Tree or shrub in cultivation: lvs. 

 spreading, crowded, linear-lanceolate, acute and mucro- 



PODOLEPIS 



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nate, pungent, somewhat revolute at the margins, dark 

 green and with a prominent midrib above, with 2 white 

 bands beneath, 1-1% in. long: fls. dioecious, the stami- 

 nate clustered, }^-l in. long: fr. ovoid, % in. long, on 

 a fleshy receptacle, very short-stalked. Chile. P.F.G. 

 2:162. G.C. III. 10:171. 



alpina, R. Br. Shrub or small tree, attaining 15 ft., 

 with spreading branches : lvs. indistinctly 2-ranked, 

 linear to linear-oblong, obtuse, mucronulate, dark green, 

 grooved or flat above, pale green beneath, K-?4 in. long: 

 fls. dioecious, the staminate solitary or clustered, about 

 % in. long: fr. small, on a fleshy receptacle. Australia. 



P. Andhta, Poepp. (Pnimnopitys elegans. Phil. Stachycar- 

 pus Andina, Van Tiegh.). Tree, attaining 20 ft., with upright, 

 or somewhat spreading branches : lvs. indistinctly 2-ninked,. 

 linear, dark green above, slightly glaucous beneath. K-lK in., 

 long: fls. in spikes; receptacle not lleshy. Chile.— P. Bidwilli, 

 Hoibr.=F. Totara.— i>. Chil'ma, Rich. (P. saligna, Don). Tree, 

 attaining 60 ft., allied to P. rnaeropliylla: lvs. linear-lanceolate, 

 acute, slightly falciite. i-i^i iu. long: staminate fls. clustered, 

 about 1 iu. long. Cliile. Peru. -P. Chiiunsis. Wall. (P. maero- 

 phylla. var. Maki. Sieb. & Zucc). Closely allied to P. macro- 

 pliyll.i. liut a Inw-T tta-i' or ^nmitiiius sliruli. with somewhat 

 spreaiiiii" nr.ni'li.^ ' ■. - ^iiniirr |i, ;',,iii. long: staminate 

 tis. -iMni ■ < ■ i - ■ ■: l:;l. R.H. 1848:41. 



—1' . I ■ M . with spreading 



LHSrit. 

 <; .illied 

 It 2 in. 



nng: fr. 



Tree, attaining 70 ft., with wkorleil - 



to P. maorophylla : lvs. linear-laih 



long: staminate lis. solit.irj' or clusi. 



globose. J'a in. across. S. Africa.— / 



Purdieana.-P. Knya!ana. Sieb.= (.'. 



var. tastigi.ita.-P. Xa<iMa. R. Br. I Nageia Japuuiea. (iiertn.). 



Tree, .ittainiug 90 ft., with spreading, sometimes pendulous 



branches: Ivs. mostly opposite, ovate to oblong-lanceolate. 



IS peilunculata. 



(P. 





120 ft.! 

 nphylla: 



iimg 



in spikes; receptacle not thickened. Xew Zealand.— P. (a««- 

 tia. Ktmth. (Pnimnopitys taxifolia, Mast.). Tree, attaining 60 

 ft., with spreading branches: lvs. 2-ranked, linear, acute or ob- 

 tuse, abruptly narrowed into a short petiole; tts. in spikes: no 

 thickened receptacle. Peru, Columbia.— P. Totara. Don. Tree, 

 attaining 90 ft. with spreading branches: allied to P. alpina: 

 lvs. linear, acute or acuminate, J^-l>2 in. long. New Zealand. 

 Alfred Rehdee. 



P0D6LEPIS (Greek, foot and srale: referring to the 

 unusual fact that the involucral scales have a foot- 

 stalk or claw). Vompdsitm. About 16 species of Aus- 

 tralian herbs with yellow, pink or purple rays, a few of 

 which are cult, as I'lalf-htirdy annuals, growing 6-12 in. 

 high and bearing- tls. wliiili an iliietly interesting as 

 representing ;iii inti-riiH-'tiaif sia:,n- li.-twcen the common 

 type of compii-iii' witli slmwy rays jiud the "ever- 

 lasting flowers, " III-.. I(. H.Im v-nia, in which the rays are 

 aborted and th, -i . , i. i~ ;ire the stiff involucral 

 scales. In p. Ill I .lucral scales are generally 

 colored, but at I ■ ' ly transparent, and over- 

 lap one anotln I in-i.i.l .t standing out like petals. 

 The genus belonas to an unfamiliar group of composites 

 from Australia and the Cape. 



The following species are annuals with linear or lan- 

 ceolate lvs. an"d hemispherical involucres %-% in. in 

 diameter. They need a porous soil with full exposure 

 to the sun, and they also do well in pots. See An- 

 nuals. 



A. Color of rays yellow. 

 B. Involucral bracts acute. 



caii6scenB, A. Cunn. (P. afflnls, Sond. ). Rarely much 

 exceeding 1 ft. : involucral bracts slightly or not at all 

 rugose; claws with broad scarious margins: rays 3-4- 

 lobed, slightly longer than the disk-fls. 



BB. Involucral bracts acuminate. 



ariBtata, Benth. (P. dirysdntha. Endl.). Often ex- 

 ceeding 1 ft.: involucral bracts not rugose, usually end- 



