98 THE DICTIONARY 
OF GARDENING, 
Philodendron—continued. 
P. Simsii (Sims’).* f., spathe crimson, and inflated at base, con- 
tracted in the middle, and expanded in the upper part into a 
white, oval hood, about Sin. long, rather excee ny spadix. 
nearly sessile. March. J. cordate-sagittate, above 2ft. long and 
lift. across, with large, raised, purple veins beneath; petioles 
rounded, 1}ft. long. Stem stout, erect. Caraccas and Guiana, 
about 1825. (B. M. 2643, under name of Caladium grandifolium. 
above, violaceous, dotted with 
An ornamental climber. 
FIG» 110. PHILODENDRON SPECIOSUM. 
speciosum (showy). jl., spathe thick, purplish-green outside, 
P. 
carmine within. Z. triangular, oblong-ovate, deepl sagittate 
a green. Stem tall, arborescent (when 3 South 
See Fig. 110. 
P. verrucosum (warted).* Zl. cordate, of a delicate satiny- Teen, 
shaded with metallic olive-colour on the upper surface, the winds 
part pale green, ornamented with bands of maroon; the young 
ones are of a bright chamois-colour, and the maroon bands 
of the under parts penetrate through to the upper. Ecuador 
1866. One of the most brilliant species grown. See Fig. III. 
Syns. P. Carderi, P. daguense (I. P. Lindeni (ot gär- 
n. . 
dens, in part). 
. Williamsii (Williams’).* ., spathes green, yellowish within, 
thick, obtuse, apiculate, 1ft. long, surrounding a stout, cylindric 
8 spadix. J. long-stalked, sagittate-ueute, lft. to 
5 — 7 i , erect, rooting. , Bahia, 1871. A 
PHILOGYNE. Included under Narcissus. 
PHILOTHECA (from philos, smooth, and theke, a 
sheath; alluding to the smooth tubes of the stamens). 
ORD. Rutacew. A genus comprising only a couple of 
species of ornamental, erect, Heath-like shrubs, confined 
to extra-tropical and Eastern sub-tropical Australia. 
Flowers terminal, nearly sessile, 
solitary or two or three together ; 
calyx segments and petals five, 
the latter imbricate in bud; disk 
slightly lobed. Leaves crowded, 
alternate, narrow-linear. P. aus- 
tralis, the only species intro- 
duced, requires culture similar to 
Phebalium (which see). 
P. australis (Southern).* l. pale red, 
usually solitary, but sometimes two or 
three together; sepals broadly tri- 
angular; petals broadly lanceolate. 
April. Z. numerous, linear, obtuse, 
rarely exceeding ain. long, rather thick, 
flat or channelled above, very convex 
13 or almost terete. R. 2ft. 
PHILYDRACEZ. A very 
small natural order of erect, ter- 
restrial herbs, natives of Aus- 
tralia, the Malayan Archipelago, 
Eastern Asia, and the Pacific 
Islands. Flowers inclosed in 
spathaceous bracts, solitary, dis- 
posed simply at the sides of a 
rachis, or in a branched panicle, 
hermaphrodite, irregular ; perianth 
free to the ovary, and having four 
segments in two series; stamen 
one, opposite the posticous pe- 
rianth segment; filament com- 
planate, often shortly connate at 
the base with the interior segments. Capsule ovoid or 
oblong, three-valved, many-seeded. Leaves linear or 
ensiform, radical or clustered at the base of the stem, 
often distichous; cauline ones few, smaller. The order 
contains but four species, and these are split up into 
three genera: Helmholizia, Philydrum, and Pritzelia. 
Fie. 111. BRANCH AND DETACHED LEAF OF PHILODENDRON 
VERRUCOSUM, 
PHILYDRUM (from phileo, to love, and hydor, 
water). SYN. Garciana. ORD. Philydracee. A monotypic 
genus, the species being a greenhouse biennial, rather 
more interesting than ornamental. It requires a sandy 
