PTE 



PUE 



P. ketcrop hi, 'lla (various-leaved). 4. July. Ja- 

 maica. 1820. 



ta'ctea (milky). 1. November. 



lanugino'sa (woolly). 3. Jub. Bourbon. 1810. 



la'ta. (broad). 3^. June. Brazil. 1841. 



longifo'lia (long-leaved). 2. August. \V. 



Ind. 17/0. 



Peruvia'nn (Peruvian). October. Peru. 1830. 

 --Plumie'ri (Plunder's). 2. July. S.Amer. 181P. 



rotundifo'liu (round-leaved). l. July. New 



Zealand. 1824. 



sg7a^(arrow-shaped).3.June.S.Amer.l82C. 



serrula'ta (saw-edged). l. August. India. 1770. 



spinulo'sa (small-spined). l. September. 1834. 



sulca'tu (furrowed). 5. June. Jamaica. 1841. 



ternifo'lia (three-leaved). 1. June. 1838. 

 PTEBOCA'KPUS. (From pteron, a wing, 



and harpos, a fruit ; seed-pods with wing- 

 like appendage. Nat. ord., Leguminous 

 Plants [FahaceEe]. lArm^lG-Monadelphia 

 7-Dodecandria. Allied to Dalbergia.) 



Stove evergreen trees. Cuttings of half- ripened, 

 stubby side-shoots in sand, under a glass, and in 

 bottom-heat; rich, fibry loam. Winter temp., 

 50 to 55 ; summer, 60 to 85. 

 P.Bro'wnei (Brown's.. 10.White,red.W.Ind.l733. 



Dalbergioi'des (Dalbergia-like). 10. Yellow. 



E. Ind. 1817. 



dra'co (dragon). 40. White. W. Ind. 1820. 



fla'mis (yellow). Yellow. April. China. 18-26. 



I'ndicus (Indian). 30. White. E. Ind. 1813. 



marsu'pium (pouched). 40. White. E. Ind. 1811. 



Plumie'ri (Plumier's). 10. White.S.Amer.1820. 



Ro'hrii (Rohr's). 20. Guiana. 1816. 



santalinoi'des (sandal- wood-like). 50. Yellow. 



Sierra Leone. 1/93. 



santali'nus (red Saunder's -wood). 60. Yellow. 



E. Ind. 1800. 



scn'ndens (climbing). 15. Yellow. Caraccas. 



1817. Climber. 



Siebe'ri (Sieber's). 10. White ,red.Guinea.l824. 



PTEROCA'KYA. (From pteron, a wing, 

 and caryon, a nut; winged fruit. Nat. 

 ord., Juglands [Juglandaceae]. Linn., 

 2l-Moncecia Q-J2nneandria. Allied to 

 Juglans.) 



Hardy deciduous tree ; by layers of the young 

 shoots ; also by grafting on the Walnut ; deep, 

 moist soil in warm places ; in cold situations 

 shallow, poor soil will be best, that the wood may 

 not be stronger than the sun will ripen. 

 P. Caucu'sica (Caucasian). 40. April. N. Amer. 



PTERODI'SCUS. (From pteron, a wing, 

 and discus, a dislc. Nat. ord., Pedaliads 

 [Pedaliacese]. Linn., \-Didynamia 2- 

 Angiospcrmia. Allied to Martynia.) 



Stove herbaceous perennial. Seeds in spring 

 and autumn ; division ot" the plant, and cuttings 

 of young shoots under a bell-glass, in the begin 

 ning of spring and in the middle of autumn 

 sandy loam and leaf-mould. Winter temp., 40 

 to 48 ; summer, 60 to /5. 

 P. specio'sus (showy-flowered). 2. Lilac, purple. 

 May. Africa. 1844. 



PTERONETJ'RON. (From pteron, a wing 



and neuron, a nerve ; winged seed-cord 



Nat.ord., Crwrt/crs [Brassicacese]. Linn. 



15~Tetradynamia. Allied to Gardamiue.) 



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Both species by seeds, and carno'sum by divi- 

 ions and cuttings in spring; light, sandy soil. 

 ?. carno'sum (fleshy-leaved). I. White. June. 

 Hungary, 1824. Hardy herbaceous. 



Gras'cum (Grecian). 4. White. June. South 



Europe. 1710. Hardy annual. 



PTEROSPE'RMUM. (From;>fenw, a wing, 

 and sperma, a seed ; \vingedseeds. Nat. 

 ord.. Byttneriads [Byttueriaceae]. Linn., 

 [6-Manadelphia 1 -Dodecandria. Allied 

 to Astrapa3a.) 



Stove, white-flowered, evergreen trees, from the 

 East Indies. Cuttings of half-ripened, stubby 

 side-shoots, cut close to the stem, in sand, and iu 

 ottom-heat ; sandy, fihry loam and lumpy pent, 

 with good drainage. Winter temp., to 55; 

 summer, 60 to 85. 

 P. acerifo'lium (maple-leaved). 10. August. 1/90. 



platan* fo' Hum (plane-leaved). 15. 1820. 



semisagitta'titm (halr-arrow-/eawed). 10. 1820. 



PTILO'TRICHUM. (From ptilon, a feather, 

 and thrix, a hair. Nat. ord., Cruc/fcrs 

 "Brassicacea3]. Linn., 16-Tetradynamia. 

 Allied to Alyssum.) 



Hardy, white-flowered, deciduous shrubs. Cut- 

 tings in spring and summer; light, sandy soil; 



noils and rock-works. 

 P. can.ffsr.ens (hoary). April. Siberia. 1828. 



elonga'tum (lengthened). April. Altai. 1836. 

 PTERO'NIA. (From pteron, a wing; 



.'eathery scales on the flower-receptacle. 

 Nat. ord., Composites [ Asteracese] . Linn., 

 l ( J-Syngenesia I-JEqitalis. Allied to Chry- 

 socoma.) 



Greenhouse, yellow-flowered, evergreen shrubs, 

 from the Cape of Good Hope. Cuttings of young 

 shoots in sandy soil, under a hand-light; also by 

 seeds in a slight hotbed, in spring, or in th 

 greenhouse, in summer; fibry loam and sandy 

 peat. Winter temp., 40 to 48. 

 P. cnmphora'ta (camphor-scented). 3. June. 1//4. 

 - cchirui'ta (hedgehog-like). 2. July. 1818. 

 fasciculii'tn (bundle-Jeered). 2. June. 1818. 



fiexit-au'lis (bending-stalked). 3. July. 1S12. 



glomern'ta (crowded). 2. June. 1817- 



oppoaitifu'iia (opposite-leaved). 4. July. 1//4. 



pn'llvns (pale). 2. June. 1816. 



scariu'sa (membranous). 2. July. 1815. 



sirt'cta (upright). 3. May. 1774. 

 PTERO'PSIS. (From pteron, a wing ; 



and apsis, like ; shape of the fronds, or 

 leaves. Nat.ord.,JFVm* [Polypodiacew]. 

 Linn., 24-Cryptogamia l-Filices.) 



Stove Fern. See FERNS. 

 P.furca'ta (forked). Brown. June. Trinidad. 18 24. 



PUCCOON. Sanyuina'ria. 



PUDDLING. See MUDDING. 



PUERA'RIA. (Named after M. Pucruri, 

 a Danish botanist. Nat. ord., Leguminors 

 Plants [Fabacese]. Linn., IQ-Jfonadel- 

 phia 6 Decandria. Allied to Clitoria.) 



Greenhouse, yellow-flowered, evergreen climb- 

 ers, from NP paul. Cuttings of half-ripened shoots 

 in sand, under a glass ; sandy peat and fibry loam. 

 Winter temp., 40 to 48. 



