Palisota 



( 155 ) 



Palm 



Rudgea. Propagat ion, 

 sand in a propagating 

 with a third of peat and 

 sand to make it porous. 



Principal Species : 



rr.x'i-.a (we subcrocea). 

 gardeuioides, '!' , sum., 



win.,wh. (ayii. Bhodo- 



stuina). 

 jug.Ki, Ivs. satiny gm. 



above, pur. below, 

 nicotiaua-folia, Sep., yel., 



by cuttings in pots of 

 case. Soil, fibrous loam, 

 leaf mould, and sufficient 



berries vio. (KI/II. dis- 

 color, correctly Psy- 

 cho tria tabacifolia). 



Pavetta, '!' , Aug., wh. 



subcrocea, 4', Jy., or. (yn. 

 croceu). 



violacea, 4', Je., wh. 



Photo : CasH-lt .( Company, Ltd. 



TllEE I'.UOXY CXPTAIX L.\MHTON (see p. 154). 



PALISOTA. 



Evergreen perennial herbs (ortt. Coraraelinaceoe), 

 requiring stove heat. Leaves large, tufted. Flowers 

 in dense heads, followed by blue or scarlet berrii-s. 

 Propagation, by cuttings ; also by division, suckers, 

 and seeds when obtainable. Soil, fibrous loam and 

 a fourth part of rotted dung or leaf mould, with 

 plenty of sand. They may also be planted out 

 in the stove. 



bracteosa, 1', wh. 

 Maclaudii, 2", wh., hairs 

 ou the leafstalks blk. 



ramosissimus, 6', Aug., 

 grn.,yel.(*i/.Aubletia). 



Principal Species : 



Barteri, 1', pur. 



bicolor, 12 to 14", Ivs. 



grn.. with paler centre, 



br. beneath. 



PALIURUS. 



Hardy deciduous shrubs (ord. Rhamneae), with 

 ipiny stipules, slender branches, and clusters of 

 small yellow flowers. The most frequently culti- 

 vated species is australis, which is often trained 

 against a wall, but succeeds as a bush in the 

 open ground. It grows abundantly in Judea, and 

 for that reason, as well as its spiny character, 

 it is popularly believed to be the plant from which 

 the crown of thorns was made at the crucifixion 

 of Christ, hence the name Christ's Thorn. Propa- 

 gation, by seeds when obtainable ; also by cuttings 

 under a hand-light in summer, and by suckers and 

 layers. Any good garden soil will suit them. 



Principal Species : 



australis, 4' to 6', Je. , 

 grn., yel. (at/n. aculea- 

 tus). Christ's Thorn, 

 Crarland Thorii. 



PALLENIS (*yn. BUPHTHALMUM). 



Hardy annuals (ord. Compositas), having the 

 innermost bracts of the flower heads chaffy and the 

 outer ones spiny. Propagation, by seeds in spring. 

 Any good garden soil will suit. Spinosa, 2^', July, 

 yellow, with yellow rays (gyn. Buphthalmum spi- 

 nosma), is the best known species, and it is not 

 widely cultivated. 



PALM. 



Description. Mostly stove trees (ord. Palmae) of 

 greater or less stature, with evergreen foliage. 

 The leaves are of two leading types according as 

 they are built up on the pinnate (feather nerved) or 

 palmate (fan shaped) plan. Well-known examples 

 of the former are Howea (*yn. Kentia) belmoreana, 

 and H. forsteriana, and Cocos weddelliana. The 

 apical pinna is generally, if not always, undeveloped 

 in Geonoma and Chamsedorea, so that when the leaf 

 is little divided it may be merely bind. In Phoenix 

 the pinnaj appear in tour rows. The feather veined 

 type becomes more disguised in Wallichia and 



Photo : dtRBell <t Company, HA. 



TREE P^.ONY JAS. KELWAY (s j>. 154). 



Arenga, the segments of which resemble the tail 

 of a fish. In Caryota the huge leaf is bipinnati- 

 sect with fish-tail segments. The palmate or fan 

 shaped leaf is well illustrated by Sabal, Chamserops, 

 Livistona (gyn. Latania), Thrinax, and Trachy- 

 carpus, all familiar garden Palms. 



Pallasia (of L'Heritirr, see EncvUit). 



