Pachysandra
(from pachys, thick, and aner, andros, a stamen; referring to the thickness of the stamens). ORD. Euphorbiaceae. A small genus (two species) of hardy, or nearly hardy, herbaceous plants, procumbent, or rooting at base; one is from North America, and the other a native of Japan. Flowers monoecious, apetalous, solitary and alternate under the bracts, sessile, or shortly pedicellate. Leaves alternate, stalked, rather broad, deeply toothed or rarely entire, triplinerved. The species are of more botanical than horticultural interest. They thrive in common soil, and may be increased by division of the roots.
P. coriacea (leathery). A synonym of Sarcococca saligna coriacea. P. procumbens (procumbent). fl. white; spikes few, many-flowered, borne along the base of the stem. March. l. several, on slender petioles, approximate at the summit of the stem. Stems 6in. to 9in. long. North America, 1800. (B. M. 1964; B. R. 33; L. B. C. 910.) P. terminalis (terminal). l. broadly cuneate-obovate, coriaceous, green, with whitish marginal variegation, crowded towards the ends of the shoots. Japan, 1882. Plant of low stature.