Archive image from page 248 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising. 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 cyclopediaofam03bail Year: 1900 PENNSYLVANIA PENTAS 12G7 The Bartram Garden was tl United States to gather plant? pose of study. See p. 758. It liy John Bartram along the Sd iu that part of Philadelphia 1 :ingsessing; also variety. iiinty has b
Archive image from page 248 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising. 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 cyclopediaofam03bail Year: 1900 PENNSYLVANIA PENTAS 12G7 The Bartram Garden was tl United States to gather plant? pose of study. See p. 758. It liy John Bartram along the Sd iu that part of Philadelphia 1 :ingsessing; also variety. iiinty has become of the numerous ii's of producing a''in the â¢Flo f the Phil- Ainerica. It is a branched plant growing 2-5 ft. high, with fls. which open at noon and close at the following dawn. The fls. are nearly VA in. across, 5-petaled, axillary, short-peduncled. Recommended to lovers of rare, tender annuals. A genus of one species. Bractlets 3, caducous: sepals 5, lanceolate, connate at the base; petals 5; stamens 20, connate at the base, 15 fertile in 5 groups of 3 each, alternating with 5 staminodes which are nearly as long as the petals: ovary 5- celled ; many-ovuied; capsule loculicidallv 5- valved : seeds 8-12, in 2 series in each cell. phoenicea, Linn. Lvs. 3-5 in. long, 1-nerved, crenate- serrate; petiole 1 in. long; stipules awl-shaped. B. R. 7:575. PfiNTAS (Greek, five; re- ferring to the floral parts; which, however, is not strictly true of the genus nor a rarity in the family). lubiflrrrf . Nine species of fender l]'rhs ,iii,| , the same family, not r clcisisi ally, 'Ihey are all natives of tropical Africa, except one which comes from Madagascar. The favorite species is P. rârii,. the rays when present usually yellow, Nom. tim. s wliite: the disk-fls. sometimes turning pui|.|.-. /'. .nu-m, Nutt., growing -Vl in. high and with 7-10 det-p golden rays, was otTercd by Orcutt in 1891 and was pictured in Gt. ll,'i:i, liut has no horticultural
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