506 PHORNOTHAMNUS 



Phornothamnus Baker. Melastomaceae (i). i Madag. 



-phorus (suff.), stalk, bearer (bearing). 



Photinia Lindl. Rosaceae (n). 20 S.E. As., N.Am. 



Photinopteris J. Sm. Polypodiaceae. i Malaya, Phil. Is. 



Phoxanthus Benth. (Ophiocaryon EP.}. Sabiaceae. i Amazonas. 



Phragmltes Trin. Gramineae (10). 3, i Argentine, i trop. As. and 

 i cosmop. (incl. Brit.), P. coin munis L. the common reed. It forms 

 floating fens at the Danube mouth. It has a creeping rhiz. and tall 

 upright stem with a dense panicle of spikelets. The lowest fl. of the 

 spikelet is cf , the rest 5 A few cm. above the leaf-sheath are 

 three transverse dents in the 1. (Teufelsbiss); these are due to pressure 

 at the time when the rolled up blade is still in the sheaths of older 1. 



Phragmopediluni Rolfe. Orchidaceae (i. 2). 12 trop. Am. 



Phreatia Lindl. Orchidaceae (n. 15). 40 Indomal. 



Phretium (CL), a tank formation. 



Phrissocarpus Miers (Tabernaemontana p-p-)- Apocynaceae (i. >,). 

 i S. Am. 



Phrodus Miers. Solanaceae (2). 4 Chili. 



Phryganocydia Mart. {MacfadyenaBH.}. Bignoniaceae(i). i E. S. Am. 



Phrygilanthus Eichl. (Loranthns p.p. BH.). Loranthaceae (i). 20 

 S. Am., E. Austr. 



Phrygiobureaua O. Ktze. = rhryganocydia Mart. (Bignon. ). 



Pliryma L. Phrymaceae. i E. As., N. Am. Herb with opp. 1. and 

 small axillary fls., ]-. Cpl. i with one erect orthotr. ov. 



Phrymaceae (EP.; Verbenaceae p.p. BH.}. Dicots. (Sympet. Tubiflorae). 

 Only gen. Phryma, q.v. ; the chief distinction from Verbenaceae is 

 the erect orthotr. ovule ; no transitions between this and other V. 



Phrynium Loefl. Marantaceae. 12 Indomal. 



Phtheirospermum Bunge. Scrophulariaceae (in. 3). 4 E. As. 



Phthirusa Mart. (Loranthns p.p. BH.}. Loranth. (i). 35 trop. Am. 



Phuodendron Graebn. Valerianaceae. i Brazil. 



Phuopsis Benth. et Hook. f. Rubiaceae (n. n). i Caucasus. 



Phycella Lindl. = Hippeastrum Herb. p.p. (Amaryll.)- 



Phygelius E. Mey. Scrophulariaceae (n. 4). 2 S. Afr. Cult. orn. fl. 



Phyla Lour. (Lippia p.p.). Verbenaceae (i). 6 N. Am. 



Phylacium Bennett. Leguminosae (in. 7). i Malay Archipelago. 



Phylica L. Rhamnaceae. 70 S. Afr., JMadag., &c. Mostly xero. 

 shrubs, often of heath-like habit with 1. rolled back (cf. Empetrum). 



Phyllacantlia Hook. f. Rubiaceae (i. 8). i Cuba. 



Phyllachne Forst. Stylidiaceae. 9 Tasm., N.Z., S. Am. 



Phyllactinia Benth. (Pasaccardoa EP.}. Compositae (12). i trop. Afr. 



Phyllactis Pers. (Valeriana p.p. EP.}. Valerian. 25 Mexico, S. Am. 



Phyllagathis Bliune. Melastomaceae (i). 5 S.E. As. 



Phyllanthera Blume. Asclepiadaceae (i). 2 Malay Penins. , Java. 



Phyllanthodeudron Hemsl. (Phyllanthus p.p. EP.}. Euphorbiaceae 

 (A. i. i). 2 Siam. 



Phyllanthus L. Euphorbiaceae (A. i. i). 460 temp, and trop., exc. 

 Eur. and N. As. The trop. Am. Xylophylla has flat green phyllo- 

 clades bearing fls. on the margins. The ultimate shoots in Eu- 

 phyllaiithus look like pinnate 1. In P. cyclanthera Baill. the S fl. 

 has its 3 sta. united into a synandrium with ring-like anther at top. 



