PIS 



PLA 



P. suti'um sacchara'tum (sugared). 4. White. 

 umbella'tum (umbelled). 4. Purple. 



Theba'icum (Theban). 3. 1825. 



PIT in the Stove is the excavation, or 

 brick enclosure, in which is the tan, 

 or other material for plunging the pots; 

 and for Forcing, it is a structure having 

 a glass roof, and differing from a hot- 

 Led and frame only in being large, and 

 with sides fixed to the soil. See Hot- 

 bed and Melon for examples of various 

 kinds of Pit. A Cold Pit is one where 

 no artificial heat is used, the pro- 

 tection the plants receive being given 

 solely by coverings. During summer 

 and spring, these pits, when not covered, 

 are still a great protection to plants by 

 their walls. Either a Melon or Cu- 

 cumber Pit unheated, or an enclosure 

 made with turf walls, and covered with 

 the glass lights of a hotbed frame, an- 

 swer admirably as cold pits. 



PITCAI'RNIA. (Named after Dr. 

 Pit cairn. Nat. ord., Sromet worts 

 [Bromeliacete]. Linn., 8-Octandria ]- 

 Monogynla. Allied to Tillandsia.) 



Stove herbaceous perennials. Division, and 

 by suckers, in spring, or when they can best be 

 obtained ; sandy fibry peat, and good mellow 

 loam. Winter temp., 50 to 55 ; summer, 60 

 to 85. 



P. a'lbiflos (white-flowered). 3. White. Sep. 

 teniber. Brazil. 1824. 



angustifo'lia (narrow-leaved). 2. Scarlet. 



Santa Cruz. 1777. 



bractea'ta (large-red-br&cted). 2. Scarlet. 

 April. West Indies. 1799. 



bromeliafo'lia (Pine - Apple - leaved). 2. 



Scarlet. June. Jamaica. 178!. 



Chile'nsis (Chili). 1. Scarlet. July. Chili. 



1820. 



fla'mmea (flame- coloured}. 2. Flame. No- 



vember. Rio Janeiro. 1825. 



furfura'cea (scurfy). 2. Red. July. South 



America. 1816. 



hu'milis (low), i. Scarlet. July. South 



America. 1820. 



integrifo'lia (entire-leaved). 2. Red. August. 



West Indies. 1800. 



interme'dia (intermediate). 2. Scarlet. 



July. South America. 1820. 



iridiflo'ra (Iris-flowered). 2. Scarlet. July. 



South America. 1820. 



latifo'lia (broad-leaved). 2. Scarlet. August. 



West Indies. 1785. 



ri'ngens (gaping). Crimson. Demarara. 



stumi'nea (long- stamened). 2. Scarlet. 



January. South America. 1823. 



suave'olens (sweet-scented). 2. Yellow. 



July. Brazil. 1824. 



sulphu'rea (sulphur-flowered). 2. Yellow. 



August. West Indies. 1797. 



undula'ta (wavy). Scarlet. July. Brazil. 



1843. 



P. undiilatifo'lia (waved-leaved), 1$. White. 



May. Brazil. 

 gigante'a (gigantic). 5. White. 



February. 



PITCHER-LEAF. Nepe'nthes phyUa'm- 

 phora. 



PITCHER-PLANT. Nepe'nthes dhtllla- 

 to'ria. 



PITTOSPO'RUM. (From pltte, to tar 

 or pitch, and sporos, seed ; seeds 

 covered with resinous pulp. Nat. ord., 

 Pittosporads [Pittosporacere]. Linn., 

 5-Pentandria 1 -Monogynla.) 



Greenhouse evergreen shrubs. Cuttings of 

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

 and kept in a close frame, without bottom-heat ; 

 sandy fibry loam and a few nodules of fibry peat. 

 Winter temp., 38 to 48 ; summer, 60 to 75. 

 Tobira and undulatum have delightfully scented 

 flowers, and both have stood against walls in 

 the climate of London, with a little protection. 

 P. Anderso'nii (Anderson's). 4. Yellow. May. 

 New Holland. 1820. 



angustlfo'lium (narrow-leaved). 1. Yellow. 



June. New South Wales. 1830. 



bi'color (two-coloured). 3. Chocolate. Van 



Diemen's Land. 1842. 



bracteolu'tum (small-bracted). Norfolk 



Island. 1837. 



Cape'nse (Cape). May. 1820. 



coria'ceum (leathery-leaved). 8. Blue. 



May. Madeira. 1/83. 



cornifo'lium (Cornus-leaved). 3. Brown. 



May. New Zealand. 1827. 



ferrugi'neum (rusty-leaved). 6. Yellow. 



March. Guinea. 1787- 



fu'lvum (tawny-leaved). 3. Yellow. April. 



New Holland. 1820. 



glabra'tum (smooth). !. Bright yellow. 



May. Hong-kong. 1845. 



hi'rtum (h&iry-branched). 4. Yellow. 



May. Canaries. 1822. 



ligustrifo' Hum (Privet-leaved). 6. Sep- 



tember. New Holland. 1823. 



Mauritia'num (Mauritius). 8. Yellow. 



May. Mauritius. 1825. 



Ma'yii (May's). 3. 1845. 



oleifo'lium (Olive-leaved). New Holland. 



1823. 



revolu'tum (curled-back-teai'ed). 6. Yellow. 



March. New Holland. 1795. 



tenuifo'lium (thin-leaved). 4. May. New 



Holland. 1820. 



Tobi'ra (TobiraX 12. White. May. 



Japan. 180-1. 



tomento'su'n (-woolly-leaved). 6. Yellow. 



July. New Holland. 1824. 



undula'tum (waved-teatied). 10. White, 



green. April. New South Wales. 



1789. 

 variega'tum (variegated -leaved). 



5. White, yellow. April. Gardens. 

 PLAGIOLO'BIUM. (From playios, 

 transverse, and lobos, a pod. Nat. ord., 

 Leguminous Plants [Fabacece]. Linn., 

 17-Diadelphia -Decandria. Allied to 

 Hovea.) 



