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ornament, growing in any common soil, and 

 increased by division and seeds, 

 alplnum . . White . 5, H. Her. P. 1 Altai . 1837 

 Fachyp6dium, Lindley. From pachys, thick, 

 and podion, a peduncle ; thick footstalks. 

 Linn. 5, Or. 1, Nat. Or. Apocynacece. This 

 succulent and tuberous-rooted genus succeeds 

 in an equal mixture of light turfy loam, peat, 

 and sand ; as the plants require scarcely any 

 •water in winter, the pots must be well drained, 

 that the moisture may pass off readily ; cut- 

 tings taken off, and laid to dry till the wound 

 is dried up, then planted in a pot of diy soil 

 in spring, will strike root, and produce tubers 

 before winter. Synonymes: 1, Echltes suc- 

 euUnta; 2, E. lubcrbsa. 



succulehtum 1 Wlit. red . 5, G. De. S. 1 C. G. H. 1820 

 tuberdsum 2 . Wht. red . 8, G. De. S. 1 C. G. H. 1813 



PachyrhIzus, Richard. From* pachys, thick, 

 and rhiza, a root ; alluding to the thick tuber- 

 ous roots of the plants. Linn. 17, Or. 4, Nat. 

 Or. Fabaccce. The plants succeed well in a 

 light rich soil ; they may be increased from 

 cuttings in sand, under a glass, by the tubers 

 of the roots, or by seeds. Synonyme : 1, Ddli- 

 chos bulbbsus. 

 angulatus 1 . Purple . 7, S. Ev. Tw. 5 B. Ind. . 1781 



Pi.CHYSA. See Erica. 



PachysXndra, Michaux. From pachys, thick, 

 and aner, a man ; in allusion to the thickness 

 of the stamens. Linn. 21, Or. 4, Nat. Or. 

 Euphorbiacex. These are dwarf-growing plants 

 thriving in any common soil, and may be 

 planted near the front of flower-borders ; they 

 are increased freely by suckers from the roots, 

 coriaeea . . White . 6, S. Ev. S. 2 Nepal . . 1822 

 procumbens White . 4, H. Her. P. i N. Amer. . 1800 



PACHYSTfGMA, Hooker. From pachys, thick, 

 and stigma, a stigma. Linn. 13, Or. 1, Nat. 

 Or. Rutaccm. A fragrant plant deserving cul- 

 tivation, and requiring only the ordinary 

 treatment of stove plants, ripened cuttings 

 will root in the usual way. 

 pteleoldes White . 2, S. Ev. S. 10 Jamaica . 1844 



Pacoury-tjva.- See Platdnia insignis. 



PadIna, Adanson. Derivation doubtful. Linn. 

 24, Or. 7, Nat. Or. Fucacece. A small brown- 

 ish-coloured species, found in the ocean — 

 deusta. 



PA.DUS. See OSrasus Pddus. 



P.ffiDERiA, Linn. From pcedtros, opal ; in re- 

 ference to the transparent berries. Lmn. 5, 

 Or. 1, Nat. Or. Cinchonacece. The species are 

 remarkably free growers ; any kind of light 

 rich soil suits them, and cuttings root readily 

 in the same kind of soil, under a glass. Syno- 

 nyme: 1, Lygodisodia IAngvm. 

 fdstida . . Purple . 5, G. Ev. S. 6 China . . 1806 

 Lfngun . . Red . . 5, S. Ev. S. 6 Mauritius . 1828 



PjEDER&ta, Linn. The ancients applied this 

 name to a species of Acdnthus. Linn. 2, Or. 

 1, Nat. Or. Scrophulariacew. These pretty 

 dwarf alpine plants are well adapted for rock- 

 work ; light sandy soil, or an equal mixture 

 of peat, loam, and sand will suit them very 

 well if grown in the open border, the situ- 



ation should be dry and airy ; they are increased 

 from seeds. 



Ageria . .Yellow . 5, H. A. J Italy . .1824 



Bonartta . Blue . . 5, H. A. i Austria . 1818 



P^;6nia, Linn. The physician Paeon was the 

 first who used it in medicine. Linn. 13, 

 Or. 2, Nat. Or. Ranunculacec. Beautiful 

 flowering plants, mostly hardy enough to 

 endure our winters. P. Moutdn and its va- 

 rieties, though able to bear a moderate de- 

 gree of frost, do not flower so well as when 

 planted out in the border of the conserva- 

 tory ; they bear forcing well ; a rich loamy 

 soil suits them best. The shrubby kinds 

 are increased from cuttings taken off in Au- 

 gust and September, with part of the wood 

 of the preceding year attached, and plan- 

 ted in a sheltered situation where they will 

 root freely. The herbaceous species are in- 

 creased by dividing the plants at the roots, 

 taking care to leave a bud to each slip ; the 

 new varieties are obtained from seeds. Sy- 

 nonymes: 1, P. Malcbya ; 2, P. laciniata ; 

 3, P. Ja/rtarica ; 4, P. dahurica ; 5, P. ses- 



