POD 



[650] 



POI 



P. gpinulo sa (rather-spiny). 20. N. Holland. 1820. 



sua'vis (oleander-leaved). 6.f. Scarlet. New 



Zealand. 



taxifn'lia (yew-leaved). 40. Peru. 1820. 



Tota'rra (Totarra). 80. New Zealand. 



Ya'cca (Yacca). 50. W. Ind. 1818. 

 POD-FERN. Elloboca'rpus. 

 PODOLE'PIS. (Fom potts, a foot, and 



lepis, a scale; flower-stalks scaly. Nat. 

 ord.. Composites [Asteracese]. Linn., 19- 

 Syngenesia 2-Superflua. Allied to Heli- 

 chrysum.) 



Half-hardy herbaceous perennial. Seeds in a 

 little heat, in spring ; division in spring, as growth 

 commences ; sandy loam, and a little leaf-mould 

 or peat ; the protection of a cold pit in winter. 

 There are several species besides the following : 

 P.era'tilis (slender). 3. Pink. August. N. S. 

 Wales. 1826. 



PODOLO'BIUM. (From poits, a foot, and 

 lobos, a pod ; the seed-pod on a foot-stalk 

 within the calyx. Nat. ord., Leguminous 

 Plants [Fabacese]. Linn., IQ-Decandria 

 1-Monogynia. Allied to Gompholobium.) 



Greenhouse, yellow-flowered evergreens, from 

 New Holland. Seeds, after being immersed for a 

 day in warm water, in a hotbed, in spring ; cut- 

 tings of the points of shoots, or small, stubby 

 side-shoots, in sand, under a bell-glass, in April 

 or May; sandy peat and fibry loam, with a little 

 charcoal and broken freestone. Winter temp., 

 40 to 48. 

 P. berberifo'lium (berberry-leaved). April. 183Q. 



heterophy' Ihim (various-leaved). 3. June. 1824. 



sca'ndens (c imbing). 3. April. 1824. 

 humifu' sum (trailing). 1. April. 1824. 



stauruphy'llum (cross-leaved). 2. April. 1822. 



triloba'tum (three-lobed). 2. April. 17Q1. 



PODOPHY'LLUM. Duck's-foot. (Con- 

 tracted from anapodophy' Unm, or duck's- 

 foot-leaved. Nat. ord., Crowfoots [Ranun- 

 culacesej. Linn., 13-Polyandria \-Mono- 

 gynia. Allied to Actea.) 



Hardy herbaceous perennials. Division at the 

 root; moist, marshy peat, and a shady situation. 

 P. Emo'di (Emodi). May. California. 1845. 



pelta'tum (shield - leaved. May Apple}. &. 



White* May. N. Amer. 1664. 



PODO'PTERTJS. (From pous, a foot, and 

 yteris, a wing ; the mode of growth. Nat. 

 ord., Buckwheats [Polygonaceaej. Linn., 

 Q-Hexandria 3-Trlgynia.) 



Greenhouse evergreen. Cuttings of half-ripened 

 shoots under a glass, in sandy loam, in April ; 

 sandy, fibry loam, and a little peat. Winter temp., 

 40 to 48. 

 P. Mexica'nus (Mexican). 2. July. Mexico. 1825. 



PODOSPE'RMUM. (From pous, a foot, and 

 sperma, a seed. Nat. ord., Composites [As- 

 teraceffl]. Linn., IQ-Syngenesial-JEqualis. 

 Allied to Scorzonera.) 



Hardy, yellow-flowered plants, blooming in 

 June. Biennials and annuals, by seeds in the 

 open border, in April ; perennials, by a similar 

 mode, and alfco by division of the roots in spring. 



HARDY BIENKIALS. 



P. ungustifo'lium (narrow-leaved). South Europe. 

 1828. 



lacinia'tum (jagged- leaped). 2. South Europe. 



1640. 



octangula're (eight-sided). 1. South Europe. 



1818. 



pu'milum (dwarf). 1. Spain. 1816. Annual. 



resedifo'lium (mignonette-leaved), l. South 



Europe. 1818. 



HARDY HERBACEOUS. 



P. calcitrapifo'lium (caltrop-leaved). 1. Levant. 

 1820. 



ca'num (hoary). Russia. 1838, 



coronopifu 1 Hum (buckhorn-leaved). I.N.Africa. 



1818. 



interme'dium (intermediate). Persia. 



taraxacifu'tium (dandelion-leaved). I.Bohemia. 



1820. 

 PCEDISCA ANGUSTIORANA. ApriCOt Moth. 



As soon in May as one of the leaves of 

 a Peach, Nectarine, or Apricot is seen 

 rolled up, destroy the little caterpillar 

 within the roll, and watch for others, be- 

 cause the eggs of the moth from which 

 that caterpillar came continue to hatch 

 for several weeks. The moth is the Nar- 

 row-winged Pied Bar, Pcedisca augustio- 

 rana. The caterpillars appear during 

 May and June: they are about half an 

 inch long, are pale yellowish-green, and 

 with the head brownish-yellow. A few 

 bristles are scattered over the body. It 

 is a very active caterpillar, wriggling 

 about in most varied contortions when 

 disturbed, crawling with equal facility 

 backwards and forwards, and letting 

 itself down by a single thread from its 

 mouth. It passes into the state of a 

 brown, shining chrysalis, rolled up in the 

 same leaves, and from this the moth 

 comes forth in July. The moth is very 

 small, not longer than a fourth of an 

 inch. The fore-wings are reddish -brown, 

 in bands of various degrees of darkness. 

 The hind-wings are dusky. It deposits 

 its eggs, probably, upon the branches, 

 where they remain all the winter, and the 

 caterpillars are most frequently found 

 upon the Apricot. 



POET'S CASSIA. Osy'ris. 



POGO'GYNE. (From pogon, a beard, and 

 gyne, the female organ; fringe on the 

 style. Nat. ord., Labiates [Lamiaceae]. 

 Linn., I4c-Didynamial-Gymnospermia. Al- 

 lied to Melissa.) 



Hardy annual. Cultivated like Podospermum. 

 P. multiflo'ra (many-flowered). $. Pal* lilac. Au- 

 gust. California. 1836. 



POINCIA'NA. Flower Fence. (Named 

 after Poinci, once governor of the An- 

 tilles. Nat. ord., Leguminous Plants [Fa- 



