PLATYCERIUM alcicorne majus (Polynesia), thick leathery 
fronds, robust growth WPOFM #819 
PLATYCERIUM coronarium (Siam, Philippines), barren fronds 
thick and arranged similar to grande; fertile fronds leathery 
and with broad segments WPOFM 819A 
PLATYCERIUM grande (Australia), both sterile and barren 
fronds stag-like, pale green WTOFM #820 
PLATYCERIUM hillii (Queensland), elegant erect green antlers 
WPOFM #821 
PLATYCERIUM lemoinei, long slender pendant fertile fronds, 
gray WPOFM #822 
PLATYCERIUM vyassei, short, upright antlers, green 
WTOFM #823 
PLATYCERIUM willincki (Java), narrow fronds, with numerous 
antlers, silver-gray, graceful hanging WTOFM #824 
PLEOMELE gracilis (Australia), short dracaena-like wavy 
leaves, waxy, leathery, dark green; grouped densely around 
slender stem; selfbranching; growing habit reminds of mon- 
key-puzzle tree or Podocarpus; dwarf species WALFN #825 
PLEOMELE reflexa (India), rich green, leathery leaves, narrow 
oblanceolate densely crowded around slender stem; self- 
branching, widely used as decorative pot plant in Southern 
Asia as seen by the writer from India to Malaya 
WALFN #826 
PLEOMELE Song of India, small, densely set leathery leaves 
beautifully marked with two wide golden margins, on self- 
branching slender canes (see page 1) WTHFN #827 
PLEOMELE thalioides (Ceylon), stiff, fairly large, spear-shaped 
leathery leaves with long gray petiole on straight slender 
stems, bushy WTLFN #828 
PLUMBAGO capensis (So. Africa), flowers azure-blue, small 
oblong leaves; partially climbing WPLBM #829 
PLUMBAGO coccinea (East Indies) , carmine red flowers on long 
racemes WPLBD #830 
PLUMERIA acuminata Singapore (Malaya), the sacred Temple 
Tree of India and Buddhist Asia; large waxy flowers, white 
with yellow center, sweetly fragrant, in clusters at the end of 
branches; long blunt leathery leaves glossy-green with light 
midrib WTHFM #831 
PLUMERIA rubra (acuminata) (Mexico, Jamaica), Frangipani 
Tree, large waxy single blossoms salmon-red with tinge of 
yellow, very fragrant, in clusters; latex-like sticky juice; 
pointed dark green leaves, shedding in dry season 
WTHFM #832 
PLUMERIA rubra acutifolia (Trop. America), Frangipani, fl. 
white with yellow throat, very fragrant WTLBM 832A 
PODOCARPUS macrophylla (Japan), dark green needle tree, 
evergreen; superb keeper CPLBM #833 
POINSETTIA (Euphorbia) pulcherrima (Trop. Mexico) , Christ- 
mas Star, red or white bracts according to variety 
WPLBD # 834 
POLYPODIUM Mandaianum, bluish silver, very graceful fronds, 
yet tough; creeping rhizomes WAHFM #835 
POLYPODIUM punctatum (Trop. Asia, Africa, Australia), odd 
fern with tall thick strap-like, fleshy fronds \WALFM 835A 
POLYPODIUM subauriculatum knightii (India), graceful long 
hanging fronds when older, durable but slow; for hanging 
baskets WTHSN #836 
POLYSCIAS (Aralia) guilfoylei victoriae (Polynesia), graceful 
lacy white variegated foliage WTLBM #837 
POLYSTICHUM aculeatum (5. America), deep-green, hardy; 
very evenly cut into pinnatifid segments; tends to stay low 
IPHFM #838 
POLYSTICHUM adiantiforme (coriaceum) (W. Indies, S. Af- 
rica), Leatherfern; fronds triangular, leathery, 1-3 pinnate, 
coarsely toothed, on creeping rhizomes WPHSM 933 
POLYSTICHUM (ASPIDIUM) tsus-sinense (Japan), dwarf fern 
with small dark leathery bipinnate leaves WAHFM 840 
POSOQUERIA latifolia (C. America), like English laurel; 
fresh green narrow leathery leaves, darker along veins 
WALFM # 841 
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