. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom. PAVONIA red bractlets, which are linear, erect, hairy, whorled, andnearly 2 in. long. Within the cup-shaped group of bract-lets lies a cartridge-shaped mass of dull brown, tightlyrolled petals. From the body of petals protrudes thestaminal column, which may be 3 in. long and bears n
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom. PAVONIA red bractlets, which are linear, erect, hairy, whorled, andnearly 2 in. long. Within the cup-shaped group of bract-lets lies a cartridge-shaped mass of dull brown, tightlyrolled petals. From the body of petals protrudes thestaminal column, which may be 3 in. long and bears nu-merous violet-blue anthers. PEA 1225. 1656. Pea, American Wonder (X 1-5). The illustration shows an entire plant, cut off at the surfaceof the ground. , Morr.,ot the trade, is GcEthea Makoy&.na,Hook., 6427, a Brazilian plant with a dark purplemass of petals set off by about 5 large, broad, showyred bractlets. The only difference between Pavonia andGcethea lies in the bractlets, which are narrow in theformer and broad in the latter. P. intermedia, St. Hil., Fig. 1655, is a Brazilian plantint. by the U. S. Dept. of Agric. for economic bractlets are intermediate in breadth between thetwo genera Pavonia and Goethea. multifiara, A. St. Hil. (P. Wwti, E. Morr.). Robust,probably shrubby, usually with a simple stem: Ivs. alter-nate, 6-10 in. X l>^-2 in., obovate-lanceolate, serrulate:fls. in a short, terminal corymb. Brazil. 6398. 1877:276. W. M. PAWPAW, Asimina and Cariea Papaya. PEA, The garden Pea is the most important memberof the genus Pisum (which see). It is native to Europe,but
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