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PAN 



P. arie'tina Oxonie'nsis (Oxford). 2. Pale, j 

 blush. June. 



Bro'wnii (Brown's). Red. May. North 



America. 1826. 



coralli'na (coralline). 3. Crimson. May. ! 



England. 



Co'rsica (Corsican). Purple. June. Corsica. I 



Cre'tica (Cretan). 2. White. May. Crete, j 



deco'ra (comely). 2. Purple. May. Turkey. 

 ela'tior (taller). 2. Purple. May. ' 



Crimea. 



PaUa'sii (Pallas's). 2. Purple. May. > 



Crimea. 



hu' mil-is (dwarf). 2. Purple. May. Spain, j 



1633. 



hy'brida (hybrid). 2. Red. May. Siberia. ! 



loba'ta (lobed). 2. Purple. May. Spain, j 



1821. 



mo' His (soft). l. Purple. May. Siberia, j 



officinal lis (shop). 3. Red. May. Europe. 



1548. 

 a'lbicans (whitening). 3. White. 



May. 

 anemonifto'ra (Anemone-flowered). 



3. Pink. May. 1830. 

 Ba'xteri (Baxter's). 3. Crimson. 



Oxford. 



bla'nda (bland). 3. White. May. 



carne'scens (hoary). 3. White. 



May. 

 multipe'tala (many-petaled). 3. 



Crimson. May. 



ro' sea (rosy). 3. Red. May. 



ru'bra (double-red."). 3. Red. May. 



variega'ta (variegated-teaced). 3. 



Crimson. June. 



parado'xa (paradoxical). 2. Purple. May. 



Levant. 

 compa'cta (compact). 2. Purple. 



May. 

 fimbria'ta (double - fringed). 2. 



Purple. May. 

 Grevi'llii (Greville's). 2. Purple. 



May. 



'ppregri'na (straggling). 2. Dark 



purple. May. 



pu'bens (downy) . 2. Red. May. 



Reevesia'na(Reeve$'s). 3. Crimson. May. 



China. 



Ru'ssi (Russ's). 2. Crimson. May. Sicily. 



aimpliciflo'ra (simple-flowered). Red. May. 



Levant. 



tenuifo'lia (fine-leaved). l. Red. May. 



Siberia. 1765. 



flo're ple'no (double-flowered). l. 



Red. May. Russia. 1831. 



latifo'lia (broad-leaved). 2. Crim- 

 son. June. 



triterna'ta (thrice-three-leafleted). 3. Pur- 



ple. May. Siberia. 1790. 



villa' sa (shaggy). 2. Red. May. South 



Europe 1816. 



FP#ma2tia'n (WitmannU). 2. Greenish, 



yellow. May. Abcharia. 1842. 



PAINTED CUP. Castille'ja. 



PAINTED GRASS. Aru'-ndo. 



PALAFO'XIA. (Named after Palafox, 

 a Spanish general. Nat. ord., Compo- 

 sites [ Asterace] . Linn., IQ-Synyenesia 

 1-JSqwlis, Allied to Stem) 



Herbaceous perennials, with white flowers. 

 Seeds, divisions, and cuttings of the young 

 shoots, in spring ; sandy loam. A cool green- 

 house or cold pit in winter for linearis. 

 P.fastigia'ta (tapering). August. North Ame- 

 rica. 1823. Hardy. 



linea'ris (narrow-leaved'). 2. June. Mexico. 



1821. Greenhouse. 



PALE-BRINDLED BEAUTY MOTH. Geo- 

 tnc'trn. 



PALICOU'REA. (Named after Le Pa 

 lico-ur, of Guiana. Nat. ord., Cinchonaih 

 [Cinchonace]. Linn., 5-Pentandria 

 \-Monogynia. Allied to Pscycotria.) 



Some of the species are used for killing rats 

 and mice, in Brazil. Stove evergreen shrubs. 

 Cuttings, in spring, in sand, under a glass, in 

 gentle hotbed ; sandy loam and peat. 

 P.apica'ta (crowned - fruited] . 4. Yellow. 

 July. Caraccas. 1824. 



cro'cea (saffron-coloured). 4. Orange, July. 



West Indies. 1823. 



Pave'tta (Pavetta-like). 2. White. August. 



West Indies. 1823. 



ri'gida (stiff). 3. Yellow. August. Caraccas. 



1820. 



PALIU'RUS. Christ's Thorn. (Name 

 of a plant used by Dioscorides. Nat. 

 ord., Rhamnads [Bhamnacea?]. Linn., 

 5-Pentandria \-Monogynia. Allied to 

 Zizyphus.) 



Hardy deciduous shrubs, with greenish- 

 yellow flowers. Suckers, which come freely ; 

 layers, and cuttings, and seeds. Virgatus is an 

 elegant shrub. The other, from its abundance 

 in Judea, is supposed to be the plant from, 

 which our Saviour's crown of thorns was made ; 

 common garden soil. 



P. aculea'tus (sharp-thorned). 4. June. S. 

 Europe. 159(5. 



virga'tus (twiggy). 0. August. Nepaul. 1817. 



PALMA CHRISTI. Rid' mis, 



PALM OIL. Ela'is. 



PANJE'TIA fu'lva. A very pretty yel- 

 low-iiowered annual, which we believe 

 has never been introduced, described 

 from dry specimens by Dr. Lindley, in 

 his pamphlet on Swan Eiver plants. 

 Seeds, in moderate hotbed, in March, 

 planted out in May ; sandy rich soil. 



PA'NAX. (From pan, all, and akos, 

 remedy ; referring to the stimulant 

 drug, Ginseng, to which miraculous 

 virtue is ascribed by the Chinese. Nat. 

 ord., Ivyworts [Araliaceee]. Linn., 23- 

 Polygamia S-Dicecia.) 



Cuttings of young shoots, under a hand-light, 

 in spring and summer ; sandy loam and fibry 

 peat. Of all the species the following are most 

 worth notice. 

 P, wnchifo'lium (shell -leaved). 10. Yellow. 



