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PTEUYGÒDIUM, Swartz. The name is probably
derived from ptcrygodes, wing-like ; because of
the appearance of the sepals. Zwm. 20, Or.
1, Nat. Or. Orchidàcece. A genus of tuberousrooted
Cor^cium,
aU\tum . . Yellow . r. G. Ter. 1 C. G. 11. . 1S21
voliicro ^ . . Yellow . 7, G. Ter. 1 C. G. H. . 1797
PTILOCNÈMA, D. Bon. See PlioUdóta.
PTILOSTÌ^N-IIUM, Kicnth. Yvomptilon, a feather,
and stephos, a crown ; from the feathery-like
pappus. Linn. 19, Or. 2, Nat. Or. Asteràcecc.
The seed of tliese plants should be sown on a
gentle hotbed, and the young plants transplanted
coronopifòlium Yellow G, II. A. 1 Mexico , 18-23
trifidum . . Yellow 6, II. A. 1 Mexico . 1823
PTILÒTA, AgardJu From ptilotos, pinnated *
the form of the frond. Linn. 24, Or. 7, Nat.'
Or. Oeraimàcew. This species and its variety
are found in the QCQiin—plu7nòsa, p. teniclsshna,
tuberósa 1
Wállichü
plants, requiring the same treatment as
into the open border.
. Yel. . 6, G. Ev. CÎ. 3 E. Ind. . 1806
. Yel. . 6, G. Ev. Cl. 3 Nepal . 1826
PTILOTRÌCHUM. Synonymes: 1, Alyssim canés-
.cens ; 2, A. elongàtiLm.
canéscens 1 . White . 4, H. De. S. I Siberia IS^B
eloiigaturn 2 , White . 4. H. De. S. 1 Altaia . 1836
PTYCHÒTIS, Koch. From ptyclie, a plait, and
an ear ; the petals have a ^dait emitting a
segment resembling a little ear. Linn. 5, Or.
2, Nat. Or. Apiàcece. Annuals not worth
cultivating. Synonymes: 1, SéseU aminóìdes ;
2, Traclvyspérmum cópticitm ; 3, S. còrsicum •
4, S. saxifràgum, Cwmm Bùnius, Mèum
UtQToplifflhim ; 5, S. verticUlàtinn, piisUluvi—
P. ammoìdes 1, cóptica 2, còrsica 3, heteroph5^
1]a 4, verticillàta 5.
PUBÉRULA, rather downy.
PUBESCENT, downy, hoary, covered with short
soit hairs.
PuccÌNiA, Persoon. In honour of T. Puccinius
a professor of anatomy at Florence. Linn
Or. 9, Nat. Or. Uredinàcece. The species of
this genus have all the appearance of blackish
or brown smut ; and are found, as most of
the specific names imply, upon the leaves of
various plants—^fZóxc^, ^gopòdii, Anemones,
Asparagi, Aviculàrice, Betónicce, Buxi, CdWice,
Campànula:, caricma, Centaùrim, Chrysosplènii,
Circàoi, clandestina, Epiìòhii, Galiòrum,
Glcchòmatis, globósa, glomeràta, Grdminis,
HcràcUi, Lyclmideàrnm, Mjnthce, Poìygoni,
Primidce, Prunhrum, pulvermuta, Sanicìtlm,
Scorodòniw, Syngenesiàrum, tumida, TJlmàrioe,
Umhellifcràrum, Valdntice, variàbilis, Vcronicàrum,
Vìncce, Yìolce.
PuccooN. See Sanguindria.
PucHA-PAT, or PACHOULI. See Plectrdnthus.
IR'UDICA, modest, humble.
PUERÀRIA, Be Candolle. In honour of M M
N. Puerari, a professor at Copenhagen. Linn
16, Or. 6, Nat. Or. Fahàcece. Ornamentai
plants. For culture and propagation, see
Chtòria. Bynonyme: 1, Hedysarum tule^
Tosiim,
PüFF -BALL. See Lycopérdon.
PCJLÍ:GIUM. See Méntha Pidégium.
PüLicÁRiA, Be Candolle. See ínnla.
P U L M O N A R I A , S o named from its supposed
medical properties in diseases of the lungs.
L%nn. 5, Or. I, Nat. Or. Boragindcem. Yery
pretty flowering plants, well adapted for ornamenting
the front of shrubberies. They thrive
in any common soil, and are readily increased
by divisions. Synonymes: 1, P. oblongata.
See Merténsia.
angustifòlla.
oblongata 1
azùrea . .
grandiflòra .
mollis . .
officinàlis
îXlba . . .
pub(5scens .
saccharàta .
tuberósa . .
Violet
Thik .
Blue .
Pink .
Blue .
Pink .
White
Purp.
Pink .
Pink .
. 4, H. Her. P. |
. 5, II. Her. P. 1
. 4, H. Her. P. 1
. 5, H. Her. P. 1
. 6, H. Her. P. %
. 4, H. Her. P. 1
. 6, H. Her. P. 1
. 5, H. Her. P. 1
. (3, H. Her. P. 1
. 6, H. Hèr. P. f
Brit., woods.
Germany 1818
Poland . 1823
Franee . 1S19'
N. Amer. 1805
Eng., woods.
Eng., gard.
Russia . 1821
Europe . 1817
Hungary 1824
PULQUE, a liquor made from the sap of several
species of Agave.
PuLSATÍLLA. See Anemdne Piilsaifilla.
PULSE. See Fabácem.
PuLTEN^A, Smith. In honour of W. Pulteney,
M.D., a botanical author. Linn. 10, Or. I,'
Nat. Or. Fahacem. The beautiful little shrubs
of tins genus succeed best in a compost of
loam, peat, and sand, and placed in an airy
part of the greenhouse or conservatory. Cuttings
of the half-ripened wood root readily ia
sand, under a glass. Stjnonymes: 1, Micróstylis
Lnberi, Billwynia cuneata.
argéntea . . Yel. . 4, G. Ev. S. 1 N. Hoi. . 1824
anstata . . . Yel. . 5, G. Ev. S. U N. Hoi. . 1824
áspera . . .Yel. . 6, G. Ev. S. H N. Hoi. .1824
bmchytropa . Pur.or. 2, G. Ev. S. 2 P.Augsta. 1838
biloba . . . Yel. . 4, G. Ev. S. —
5, G. Ev. S.
4, G. Ev. S.
4, G. Ev. 8.
5, G. Ev. S.
5, G. Ev. S.
5, G. Ev. S.
6, G. Ev. S.
4, G. Ev. S.
C, G. Ev. S.
4, G. Ev. S.
6, G. Ev. S.
4, G. Ev, S.
Cándida . . . Yel.
canéscens . . Yel.
capitellàta . . Yel.
comòsa . . . Yel.
cordata . . . Yel. ,
crassifòlia , . Yel.
cunetta . , . Yel.
daphnoìdes . Yel.
dentata . , . Yel. ,
ecliinula . Yel. ,
elliptica . . . Yel. .
ericcefòKa . , Yel. ,
ei-icoìdes . . Y. red
enchila 1. . .Yel. .
feiTUgínea . . Yel. .
fldxilis . . . Yel. .
hypolámpra ' . Yel. .
incarnata . . Yel. .
incurvata . . Yel. .
juniperìna . . Yel. .
linophylla . . Yel. .
microphylla . Yel. .
mucronata . . Yel. .
obcordìxta . . Yel. .
oxalidi fòlla . Yel. ,
paleàcea . Yel. .
parviflòra , . Yel. .
pedunculàta . Yel. .
phylicoìdes . Yel. .
piumósa . Yel. .
polifòlia . . .Yel. .
polygalifòlia . Yel. .
procúmbens .Yel. .
racemulòsa. . Yel. .
retùsa . . . YeL .
rosmarinifòlia . Yel. .
scabra . . . Yel. .
squarròsa . . Yel. .
staphyleoìdes .Yel. .
2 N. S. W.
1 N. Hoi.
1 Hoi.
2 N. Hoi.
N. Hoi,
2 V. I). L.
2 N. Hoi.
1 N. Hoi.
N. S. W.
2 JSr. Hoi.
l i N. Hoi.
2 N. Hoi.
1 Swan R.
1 SwanR.
2 N. Hoi.
2 N. Hoi.
I J P t . Jack. 1801
1 N. Hoi. . 1824
1 N. Hoi.
2 N. Hoi.
6, G. Ev. S.
5, G. Ev. S.
5, G. Ev. S.
5, G. Ev. S.
6, G. Ev. S.
5, G. Ev. S.
6, G. Ev. S.
N. Hoi.
4, G. Ev. S.
5, G. Ev. S.
6, G. Ev. S.
6, G. Ev. S.
4, G. Ev, S.
5, G. Ev. S. li N. S. W.
G. Ev. S. 2 N. Hoi.
2 N. S. \V.
1 N. Hoi.
2 N. Hoi.
2 V. D. L.
2 N. Hoi.
1817
1825
1822
1823
1822
1832
1824
1824
1792
1820
1823
1810
1848
1848
1820
1810
5, a Ev. S.
5, G. Ev. S.
4, G. Ev. S.
5, G. Ev. S.
N. Hoi.
N. Hoi.
N. Hoi.
N. Hoi.
N. Hoi.
4, G. Ev. Tr. è N. Hoi.
4, G. Ev. S. 1-JN. Hoi.
4, G. Ev. S. 1 N. S. W.
5, G. Ev. S. 2 N. Hoi.
4, G. Ev. S. 1 N, S.
6, G. Ev. S. 2 N. Hoi.
5, G. Ev. S. IJ N. Hoi.
. 3824
. 1823
. 1824
1789
. 1810
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1789
1824
1820
1822
1824
1824
1817
1823
1820
1789
1824
1803
1825
1824
2 N. IIol. .
2 N. S. W.
2 N. S. W.
1 V. D. L.
l i N. Hoi.
1 N. Hoi.
2 N. Hoi.
2 N. IIol.
2 N. S. W.
1837
1702
1803
1831
1817
1810
1803
1824
1790
stenoi)hylla . Yel. . 5, G. Ev. S.
stipuliiris . . Yel. . 4, G. Ev. S.
stricta . . . Yel. . 6, G. Ev. S.
subumbelliita . Yel. . 4, G. Ev. S.
tenuifòlia . . Yel. . 4, G. Ev. S.
thymifòlia . . Yel. . 5, G. Ev. S.
vestita . . . Yel. . 4, G. Ev, S.
vinifera . . . Yel. . 5, G. Ev. S.
villósa . . . Yel. . 5, G. Ev. S.
PULVERULENT, powdery, downy.
PuLViNATE, convex and flattened, cushionshaped.
PtjMOS. Sec Corypha Pàmos.
PUMPKIN. See Cucúrbita Pepo.
PuNCTÀRiA, Greville. From punctum, a dot ;
numerous dotted fructifications. Linn. 24,
Or. 7, "Nat. Or. Fuccicem. These plants are
generally found on marine xook^—latifolia,
plantaginea, tennissima.
PUNCTATE, dotted.
PUNGENT, pricking or stinging.
PÙNICA, Linn. From punicus, of "Carthage,'*
near which city it is said to have been first
found ; or from puniceus, scarlet : alluding to
the colour of the iiowers. Linn. 12, Or. 1,
Nat. Or. Myrtacm. There is no tree more
showy than the Pomegranate. P. gravàtum
and its varieties produce their splendid flowers
and fruit very plentifully when planted against
il south wall. They all grow w^ell in a light
rich loam, and strike root freely from cuttings
or layers ; the rarer varieties are sometimes
increased by grafting on the common kinds.
Synonymes: 1, P. G, dlbnm; 2, P. G. pUniLvi.
Granátum . Red . . 8, H. De. S. 20 S. Eur. . 1548
ulbéseens 1. Whitish . 8, H. De. S. 10 Cliiua .
I Whitish . 8, H. De. S. 10 S. Eur. .
flàvum^^° . Yel. . . 8, H. De. S. 10 S. Eur. .
nàiia^ . . . Red . . 8, G. De. S. 4 W. Ind. . 1723
PUNICEUS, red, or scarlet.
PuPALlA. See Besmochàta.
PURGING-NUTS. See Jdtropha púrgans.
PuKGÒSEA. See Cràssula.
PURPLE OF AMORGUS is obtained from Roccéíla
tinctòria.
PURPLE-HEART TREE. See Copaifera pubiflòra
and braeteàta.
PURSATHA. See Bntàda Piirscetha.
PÚRSHIA, Be Candolle. In honour of Frederick
Pursh, author of ''Flora Americhe Septentrionalis,"
1817. Linn. 12, Or. 1, Nat. Or.
Rosàceo^. A dwarf shrub, requiring to be gi'own
in a dry, light, sandy soil. It may be propagated
by cuttings, bat is easier increased by
seeds. Synonymc : 1, Tigàrea tridentàta. See
Onosmodinm.
tridentata 1 . Yel. . 6, H. Ev. S. 2 N. Amer. 1826
PURSLANE. See Portulaca.
PuRSLANE-TREE. See Portulacària.
PUSCHKÍNIA, Adams, Named in honour of
Count M. Puschkin, a Eussian botanist.
Linn. 6, Or. 1, Nat. Or. Liliàcece. This plant
requires to be cultivated in sandy loam, and is
increased by offsets. Synonyme : 1, Addmsia
scillotdes.
ecilloides 1 . Pa. blue 5, P. Bl. P. i Siberia . 1819
PUSÎLLOUS, weak, diminutive.
PÛSTULATE, covered with glandular excrescences.
PuTÔRiA, Be Candolle. See Ernodea montàna.
PuTRANJÎVA, Wallich. See Nagcla Putranjtva.
PuXTY-ROOT. See ApUctrimi hyemale.
PÙYA, Molina. This name is substituted for the
genus Pourrltia, as being the most ancient.
Pùya coeriilea is identical with Poxirretia
coeriblea. P. heterophijlla is a very pretty and
curious plant, bearing two distinct kinds of
leaves, one with tough, broad, horny petioles,
which overlie each other, forming a kind of
bulb, extended into narrow, serrated processes,
about two inches long ; the others which are
last formed, are thin, l)right green and lanceolate,
more than eighteen inches long. For
culture, &c., see Tillandsia. Synonymes: 1,
Pitcairnia nndnlatifolia ; 2, Poxirretia coerùlea ;
3, Pourrètia lannginbsa.
Altensteinii. White . 5, S. Her. P. 2 Columbia 1836
4, S. Ker. P. 4 Brazil . 1845
5, S. Her. P. Chile .
6, G. Her. P. 4 ChiU
gigiintea 1 . Car. wt.
chilénsis . . Yel. . .
coertilea 2 . Blue
Funkiàna . Pink
grandiflòra . Gn. oi'.
heterophylla Pink
lanuginósa 3. Green .
longifòlia . Pink .
maidifòlia . Cream .
recurvàta . White .
sulphùrea . Yel. . .
1850
1827
4, S. Her. P. 2 S. Amer. 1S50
" • 18130
12, S. Her. P. 2 Mexico
5, S. Her. P. Mexico
183S
4, S. Her. P. l^S. Amer. 1820
5, S. Her. P. \ S. Amer. 1850
5, S. Her. P. 2 Caraccas 1848
4, S. Her. P. 4 Brazil . 1843
12, S. Her. P. 2 Chile . . 1850
vir(5scens . Gn. whfc. 4, S. Her. P. 2 N. Gren. 1856
Warzewiczii, Yel.pur. 3, S. Her. P. Guatem. 18G0
PrCNANTiiEMUM,7l/^c7t(2wai. Y\:ompyhios, dense,
and anthemis, a flower ; the iiowers are produced
in dense whorls. Linn. 14, Or. 1, Nat.
Or. Lamidcem. White-flowering plants of
little beauty, but fragrant in a high degree.
A peat border suits them best, and they are
readily increased by divisions. Synonymes: 1,
P. verticillatnm: 2, Thymus virglniciis; 3,
Monardella carolinidna.
ariskUuml . White . 8, H. Her. P. 2 K Amer. 1753
incanum . . White . 8, H. Her. P. 3 N. Amer. 1732
lanceorntum. White . 7, H. Her. P. 2 N. Amer. 1812
linifOlium 2 . White . 7, H. Her. P. 2 N. Amer. 1739
Monard(SUa3 W^hite . 7, H. Her. P. 2 N. Amer. 1816
nudum . . White . 7, H. Her. P. 2 CaroUna. 1824
ov^tum . . W^hite . 8, H. Her. P. 3 N. Amer. 1829
PYCN6STACHYS, Hooker. From pylmos, dense,
and stachys, a spike ; the spikes are denseflowered.
Linn. 14, Or. 1, l^sit. Or. Lamiacece.
P. cxrMea requires the same treatment
as other stove annuals.
coeriilea . . Blue . . 8, S. A. 3 Madagas. 1825
urticifblia . Blue . . 8, S. Ev. S. 3 Africa . 1S02
PYGM^A, dwarf.
PrN-BOOM. See P\nns.
PYRACINTHA. See Gratmgus Pyracdntha.
PYRAMIDAL, formed like a pyramid.
PYRXSTER. See Pprus communis Pyrdster.
PYRENIUM, Fries. From p^yren, a kernel; appearance
of the plants. Linn. 24, Or. 9, Nat.
Or. Botrytdcem. This species is found on dead
wood—ligndtile.
PrR^NULA, Acharius, From a diminutive of
p)yren, a kernel; the receptacle is enclosed in
the thalamium as a kernel in its shell. Linn.
24, Or. 8, IS^at. Or. Graphiddcem. These plants