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is quite as objectionable to be over- ; 

 gardened as to be over-housed. 



PLECTRA'NTTTTJS. (From plektron^ a \ 

 cock's spur, and anl-hos, a flower. Nat. j 

 ord., Labiates [Lamiacete]. Linn., 14- j 

 D idy n am ml- Gym n osperm la . ) 



Herbaceous by seeds and divisions ; shrubs at 

 times by seeds, but chiefly by cuttings, in sand, 

 under a bell-glass ; rich, sandy soil will suit 

 them all. Temperature that of the greenhouse 

 and stove. There are many more species beside 

 the following : 



P. inca'nns (hoary). 3. Blue. July. 1822. 

 Greenhouse herbaceous. 



terna'tus (three-leafleted. Opime plant). 3- 



Purple. August. Madagascar. 1821. 

 Stove herbaceous. 



ternifo'lius (three-leaved). 2. Blue. August. 



Nepaul. 1820. Greenhouse herbaceous. 



vlscn'sus (clammy). 1$. Blue. August. East 



Indies. 1826. Stove evergreen. 



PLECTRI'TIS. (From plektron, a cock's 

 spur ; the flower being swollen in front. 

 Nat. ord., Valerianworls [ Valerianaceoe] . 

 Linn., n-Triandria \-Monoyynia.~) 



Hardy, North American annuals. Seeds, in 

 April, in common garden soil. 

 P. brachyste'mon (short- stamened). White. 

 June. 1836. 



conge'sta (crowded-lowered). 1. Rose. Julv. 



1826. 



mi'nor (smaller-lowered). 1. Rose. 



July. 1826. 



PLECTRO'NIA. (From plektron, a 

 cock's spur ; the tree armed with large 

 spines. Nat. ord., Cinchonads [Cin- 

 ch onacese]. Linn., ft-Pentandria l-Mo- 

 noyynia. Allied to Chiococca.) 



Greenhouse evergreen tree. Cuttings, in sand, 

 under a bell-glass, in May, and placed in a cold 

 frame ; sandy peat and fibry loam. Winter 

 temp., 40 to 48. 



P. corymbo'sa (corymbed). 20. White, green. 

 Cape of Good Hope. 1816. 



PLEOPE'LTIS. (From pkos, full, and 

 pelte, a shield ; referring to the covering 

 of the spore or seed-cases. Nat. ord., 

 Ferns [Polypodiacese]. Linn., 24- 

 Cryptogamia l-FUices.} 



Stove Ferns, chiefly with brown spores. See 

 Ferns. 



P. elonga'ta (elongated). Yellow. May. S. 

 America. 1843. 



ensifo'lia (sword- leaved). . May. S. 



America. 1823. 



lanceola'tum (spear-head). 1. August. W. 



Indies. 1812. 



latifo'lia (broad-leaved). . May. S juth 



America. 1823. 



nu'da (naked). . May. Nepaul. 



percu'ssa (stricken). Yellow. Brazil. 1842. 



salicifo'lia (Willow-leaved). Yellow. August. 



Brazil. 



P. se'rpens (creeping). 

 1816'. 



May. W. Indies. 



PLERO'MA. ( From pleroma, fullness ; 

 the cells of the seed-vessel. Nat. ord., 

 Melastomads [Melastomacese]. Linn., 

 "LQ-Dcctmdria \-Monoyynia. Allied to 

 Osbeckia.) 



Stove, Brazilian, evergreen shrubs, chiefly 

 with purple flowers. Cuttings of half-ripened, 

 or rather the short stubby side-shoots, in sand, 

 under a bell-glass, in summer, and plunged in 

 a little bottom-heat, lifting the edge of the 

 bell-glass at night, to prevent damping ; sandy 

 fibry peat, with a few nodules of fibry loam, 

 and pieces of broken pots and charcoal, to keep 

 the soil open, and particularly well drained. 

 Winter temp., 48 to 55 ; summer, o'0 to 85. 

 Elegans and several others do best in an inter- 

 mediate house, not so hot as a stove. It does 

 better in the greenhouse than in the stove. 

 P. Benthamia'num (Bentham's). 6. August. 

 1841. 



e'legans (elegant). 5. June. Organ Moun- 



tains. 1844. 



heteroma'lla (one- woolly-sided). 4. July. 



1819. 



Kunthia'num (Kunth's). Palish-red. July. 



1847. 



villo'sa (shagey). 3. White. July. 1820. 



vimi'nea (twiggy). 6. July. 1821. 



PLEURA'NDRA. (From plenron, a side, 

 and aner, an anther ; the stamens 

 arranged on one side of the pistil, 

 giving the centre of the flower a one- 

 sided appearance. Nat. ord., Ditteniads 

 [Dilleniacese], Linn., lA-Polyandria 

 2-Digynia. Allied to Candollea.) 



Greenhouse, yellow-flowered, New Holland, 

 evergreen shrubs ; all about two feet high, and 

 blooming in May. Cuttings of half-ripened 

 shoots, in sand, under a bell-glass, in May ; 

 sandy fibry loam and fibry peat, with pieces of 

 charcoal mixed with the compost, with good 

 drainage and careful watering. Winter temp., 

 40 to 48. 



P. acicula'ris (needle-leaved). 1822. P. brae- 

 tea' ta (torge-bracted). 1823. P. calyci'na 

 (/ar#e-calyxed). 1826. P. Cneo'rum (Gar- 

 land-flower). June. 1824. P. ericeefo'lia 

 (Heath-leaved). 1824. P. ni'tida (shining). 

 1823. P. sea' bra (rough). 1824. P. stri'cta 

 (erect). 1826. 



PLEUROGRA'MMA. (From plemon, a 

 side, and gramma, writing ; disposition 

 : of the spore or seed- cases. Nat. ord., 

 j Ferns [ Potypodiaceae ] . Linn., J24- 

 ! Cryptoyamia 1-Filices.) 

 Stove Fern. See Ferns. 

 P. linea'ris (narrow - leaved"). Brown. June. 

 Jamaica. 1823. 



PLEURO'CTYNE. (From plcitroii, a side, 

 and gyne, the female organ ; this issuing 

 from the side of the seed-vessel. Nat. 



