. 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. Gardening. POGONIA POISONOUS PLANTS 1383 minal; sepals lK-2 in. long, linear, dark purple; petals nearly 1 in. long, linear. May, June. Moist, rich, shaded positions, Ont. to Wis. and Fla. 1:408. Heinkich Hasselbkisg and F. W. 1863. Poinciana reg;ia(X H). POGOSTfiMON (Greek, bearded stamen). LahUtce. This i
. 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. Gardening. POGONIA POISONOUS PLANTS 1383 minal; sepals lK-2 in. long, linear, dark purple; petals nearly 1 in. long, linear. May, June. Moist, rich, shaded positions, Ont. to Wis. and Fla. 1:408. Heinkich Hasselbkisg and F. W. 1863. Poinciana reg;ia(X H). POGOSTfiMON (Greek, bearded stamen). LahUtce. This includes the plant which produces the well-known perfumes called Patchouli, or in India Pucha-pat. Pat- chouli has a peculiar, dry moldy smell and is one of the commonest perfumes in India. In the forties its presence was considered the sure test of a genuine In- dian shawl, but the French manufacturers of imitation Indian shawls imported the perfume in the fifties. Patchouli is no longer fashionable. Puller accounts of it will be found in the " Cultural Industries of Queens- land," V. 8:247 and Gn. 27, p. 447. The plant has no ornamental value. Live plants were introduced into America by Franceschi, of Santa Barbara, and were offered in 1900 in the East. Pogostemon is a genus of about 30 species, 24 of which are distinguished in Flora of British India 4:631. Herbs or Eubshrubs: Ivs. opposite, rarely in 3's: lis. small, in solitary or panicled spikes formed of many dense whorls; calyx subequally 4-5-toothed; corolla-tube ex- serted or included; limb sub-2-lipped; lobes 4, lower usually longest; stamens 4, exserted, straight or decli- nate; filaments usually bearded; anther cells confluent. Heynetaus, Benth. (P. Patchoiihj, Pellet). Pat- chouli Plant. Herb, 2-3 ft. high: Ivs. long-stalked, ovate, acute, acuminate or obtuse, crenate, simply or doubly toothed: spikes terminal and axillary, forming a panicled inflorescence: whorls usually separate, form- ing interrupted sp
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