. 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. 1380 PLUMBAGO POA white-fld. form of P. Capensis. Distinguished from that species bj^ its shorter tls. and different Ivs. sc&ndens, Linn. Trailing or climloing, glabrous: co- rolla white with mucronate lobes, the tube twice longer than the glandular-hairy calyx-tube: Ivs. ovate-lanceo- late to oblong-lanceo
. 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. 1380 PLUMBAGO POA white-fld. form of P. Capensis. Distinguished from that species bj^ its shorter tls. and different Ivs. sc&ndens, Linn. Trailing or climloing, glabrous: co- rolla white with mucronate lobes, the tube twice longer than the glandular-hairy calyx-tube: Ivs. ovate-lanceo- late to oblong-lanceolate, pointed, stalked. Trop. Amer. AA. Fls. red, rdsea, Linn. (P. sanguiiiea, ). Stem zigzag. more or less climbing, glabrous even in the intiores- cence: Ivs. large, ovate-elliptic, the short petiole some- what clasping: fls. purplish red, in long racemes, the corolla-lobes little if any exceeding the esserted part of the tube, the calyx glandular-hairy. S. Asia. 230. — Var. coccinea, Hook. (P. coccinea, Salisb.), is a form with larger scarlet fis. .5363. Gng. 1:183. This is the form chiefly cultivated. Like P. Capensis, this spe- cies is useful for summer bedding. It is also an excel- lent subject for winter blooming in pots. l, jj, g, PLUME GEASS. Erianthus Mavenno!. PLUMBKIA (Charles PIumier,1646-1706,distinguished French botanist; wherefore the genus should have been spelled Pluniieria), Apocynticew. This includes the showy tropical tree known as Frangipani, properly P. ruhra. Plumerias are amongst the most fragrant of tropical flowers, vying in this respect with the jessa- mine, Cape Jasmine and tuberose. They have large, waxy, funnel-shaped fls. with 5 spreading lobes of white, yellow, rose-purple or combinations of the three colors. Choice specimens have been known to bear clusters 9 in. across, composed of more than 20 fls. each 33^ in. across. There are about 40 species, all tropical American, of which 2 kinds at present are oifered in S. Calif, and
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