90 THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
Phenosperma—continued. Phains—continued. 
a bosum (globe-seeded). AH. in a large panicle, with its deep rich rosy-purple, with bright yellow crests on the disk ; 
e, 1 . spikelets one-flowered ; raceme short, produced from the top of the stem. July. l. sub- 
lumes four, slightly acute; style distinct; stigma plumose. distichous, linear-lanceolate, 6in. to 10in. long, slightly glaucous 
F flat h. 6ft. China, 1874. beneath. Stems fascicled. Tubers nodose. A. 1ft. 38 
1 MA Pace wider olarki 1867. A beautiful plant. SYN. Thunia Bensonic (B. M. 5694). 
3 PHEOSTO is ta gatas nader CAR P. Berna; 1 H. pale ee eee e e 
one PHAIUS (from phaios, shining; in allusion to the lip three-lobed and white; scape from 2ft. to 3ft. high. l lan- 
8 : ceolate, plicate, dark green. A. 3ft. Queensland, 1873. This can 
flowers). Frequently RES lt Phaj we SYNS. Pa chyne only 6 from P. e by the pale yellow 
and Tankervillia. Including Limatodes, Pesomeria, and colour of the flower inside, and the labellum being also yellow, 
Thunia. Orv. Orchidew. A genus comprising about edged with white. (B. M. 6032, under name of P. Blumet 
twenty-five species of tall, terrestrial or epiphytal, stove Bernaysii.) 
: . : 1 P. bicolor (two-coloured).* fl. din. in diameter; sepals and petals 
orchids, mostly tropical Asiatic, but also found in deep brich red-brown, 1 lip rose, yellow, and 
tropical Africa and the Mascarene . Aue white, much kuge, oblong,, rolled yound * column, map 
the Pacific Islands, China, and Japan. Flowers yellow, un at the edges, curved downwards at the upper end, al 
violet, or white, few or many in a raceme, , into anor. fis long, no ering tt 
sepals free, sub-equal, spreading or erect; petals similar, with flowers above, 2ft. high. Rhizome fleshy, knobby, like that 
but narrower; lip erect, concave or cucullate, spurred of an Iris. 9 sl s M. 1 er 
e onti with the P. Do nij (Dodgson's). pure white, wi e throat or base 
2 3 * er . has a Gade some- of Bie fringed lip of a pale cinnabar-red, disposed in terminal 
base e e ay ee ~ racemes. India, 1877. Probably only a fine variety of P. albus. 
times undulated and confluent with the middle lobe at 
3 $ P. grandifolius (large-leaved).* f. from šin. to din. across; sepals 
apex; middle lobe expanded, spreading or recurved, fre- and petals of a brownish colour within, and white without, 
quently undulated at apex; column rather long, sub-terete, oo ee Re a ee ehh age 8 a dark 3 
> > roat; spikes 2ft. . high, many-flowered, well adap’ or 
two-angled or two-winged, clavate at apex; scapes or ieee aft to: 20. 
long. k. 3ft. China to Australia, 1778. A noble evergreen orchid, 
one of the best for exhibition — ses. See Fig. 101. SYNS. 
Bletia Tankervillie (B. M. 1 . Li m Tankervillie 
(A. = R. 426). There is a handsome variety, superbus (F. d. S. 
P. Humblotii ery meh f tott 
large ; lip spurless, having a saddle-like callus on its disk, ge 
P. inquilinus (tenant). f. cream-colour, the three keels of the 
eta yellowish-white. 1867. A hybrid form, the parents of 
which are unknown. 
P, irroratus (bedewed).* fl. 3 sepals and petals rich cream- 
colour, tipped with rosy-pink; lip nearly round, creamy-white, 
stained with yellow at the base ; spike erect. 1867. A very hand- 
some form, the result of a cross between P. hg hag and 
Calanthe vestita. (G. C. 1867, p. 264; G. C. n. s., xviii. 565. 
P. maculatus (spotted). £ rich yellow, borne on short spikes in 
eat profusion. Spring. J. long, dark green, spotted with yellow. 
udo-bulbs jarge, somewhat ovate. h. 2ft. India, li A 
showy and desirable plant, not often seen in cultivation. (B. M. 
3960 ; L. B. C. 1803.) Syn. Bletia Woodfordii (B. M. 2719; 
P. Marshalliz (Mrs. Marshall’s).* fl. white, large; lip marked on 
the upper with a little — the lower part 3 ; 
fringed. = ein, 1871. A lovel; t, wi 
suited for exhibition purposes, and continuing 4 Tan fresh 
P. tetragonus (tetragonal). reddish-brown internally, and 
greenish externally ; sepals 241 tals similar in shape, rA ; lip 
yellow, streaked with orange-red, undivided, cucullate, parallel 
with, and partly surrounding the column, with the lower part of 
which ít is adnate, and forms a slight protuberanceat the ; 
uncles lateral, bearing a loose spike of eight to ten rather 
rge blossoms. Winter. J, membranous, long-pointed. 
Stems fo ag four-angled, jointed, 1ft. or more high. Mauritius, 
1837. (B. M. 4442, under f ia tetragona.) 
name of Pesomeria 
P. tuberculosus (tubercled).“ f. snow-white; lip very fine 
z — funnel-shaped below, with wide, yellowish lateral lobes, co 
a over sri Fog 5 — ä — es, on an anterior, obcordate, 
; wavy, middle lacinia, whi th mauve marginal ; spik 
Fic. 101. PHAIUS GRANDIFOLIUS, mo six-fowered, erect. Spr = oblong plieate, Ii oe 
peduncles sometimes springing from the caudex, sometimes 15875 6. ae te All. 888) 8 3 . 
lateral or terminal. Leaves ample or elongated, folded P. Wallichii (Dr. Wallich’s).* jl. orange: yellow, i 
a4 > . — — or buff tinged 
narrowed at base or contracted into a long petiole; sheaths with purple, from 4in. to Sin. serous lip Yellow, with a brown 
often striate. The species are of tolerably easy culture. throat; spikes tall, u Sf, high. March to May. 
pright, 3ft. to 
They thrive best in a compost of loam, leaf mould, and i att to Sft., Khasya, Hill, Indi, pe A vigorous-growing 
rotten cow-dung. Plenty of heat and moisture are PHAJUS. See Phai 
essential during the growing season; but when at rest, e : . : 
the plants may be kept rather dry and in a cooler tem- PHALACRZA. Included under Piqueria (which see). 
perature. Propagated by dividing the bulbs after PHALACROLOMA. Included under Erigeron. 
flowering. P. grandifolius is the best known species; PHALACROMESUS. A synonym of Tessaria 
it may readily be grown into large specimens. (which see). 
P. albus (white).“ ji. white, showy, three or four in a terminal, PHALZENOPSIS i opsis 
groopin raceme, aiton: than the leaves ; and petals 0 (from phalaina, a moth, and 
0 ong — 
te, acute; lip nearly 2in. across, oblong, cucullate, | resemblance ; referring to the appearance of the flowers). 
Aonta — —ç ae the disk yellow, veinat with rosé, Moth Orchid. : Including Polychilos. ORD. Orchidew. A 
ones smaller, the lowest sealclike: Stem nearly at, kek, ehm comprising about a score species of very handsome 
Nepaul, 1836.’ SYN. Thunia alba. (B. M. 3991; B. R. xxiv. 33.) stove, epiphytal orchids, having short, leafy stems instead 
P. Bensonz (Mrs. Benson’s).* f. of a bright rosy-purple, whitish of Pseudo-bulbs, natives of the Malayan Archipelago and 
towards the couse, MEAN iors; tre Gin, to te across; lip | the Eastern provinces of India. Flowers showy, loosely 
