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Philydrum continued. 
loam and peat compost. 
gentle heat. 
P. glaberrimum (very glabrous). 
glaberrima. 
P. lanuginosum (woolly). A. yellow, solitary or twin, on long, 
simple, interrupted spikes, protected by sheathing bracts: 
j rianth segments four, the outer ones much shorter than the 
inner ones. June. J. lanceolate, divided at the base, covered 
with dense, woolly hairs, spongy within. Stem erect, slight] 
branched. h. 2ft. to 3ft. Tropical Asia, Australia, &., 180 
G. M. 788.) 
PHINZA ( anagram of Niphea, to which this 
genus is closely allied). ORD. Gesneracee. A genus 
comprising three or four species of dwarf, erect, villous, 
stove herbs, with the habit of Niphwa (under which they 
have until recently been included), natives of Columbia. 
Flowers white or pale lilac; calyx turbinate-campanulate, 
the tube adnate to the ovary, the lobes five, obtuse; 
corolla tube very short, the limb shortly and broadly 
five-lobed; pedicels twin or fascienlate in the axils, 
rather long. Leaves opposite, petiolate, soft. For culture, 
see Achimenes. 
Seeds should be sown in a 
A synonym of Helmholtzia 
P. a.-l. reticulata (netted). This variety differs from the type 
only in the discoloured nerves of the leaves being reticulated. 
. M. 5043 and F. d. S. 8, 823, under name of Niphea albo- 
ineata reticulata.) 
P, rubida (reddish).* fl. white, very numerous, fasciculate, very 
stalked. July. Z. clustered, ovate, sub-cordate-auriculate 
at e, toothed. Branchlets very short. h. 6in. Guatemala, 
1845. Whole plant reddish velvety-villous. (F. d. S. iii. 251, 
under name of Niphæa rubida.) 
PHLEBIGONIUM. Included under Nephrodium. 
PHLEBIOPHYLLUM. Included under Tricho- 
manes (which see). 
DIUM. Included under Polypodium 
(which see). 
| PHLEUM (from Phileos, an old Greek plant name 
used by Theophrastus). Syn. Stelephuros. ORD. Gra- 
3 „ narrow-cylindrical, sometimes shorter, oblong 
or scarcely ovoid, often pubescent; spikelets one-flowered, 
with rarely a rudimentary second flower; glumes three; 
stamens three. P. alpinum, P. arenarium, P. phalaroides 
(P. Boehmeri), and P. pratense (Cat’s Tail, or Timothy 
ss), are natives of Britain. The species have no 
orticultural value. 
and. Acanthus; from the flame-coloured flowers of some 
Species). Syn. Loranthus. ORD. Acanthacew. This genus 
contains about twelve species of tall, stove shrubs or 
herbs, inhabiting the Himalayan Mountains and Mar- 
taban. Flowers whitish, reddish, or greenish, cymose ; 
nes disposed in long, thyrsoid, terminal spikes, or axil- 
lary and shorter; corolla tube large, incurved. Leaves 
entire, or slightly toothed, often large. For culture, see 
Justicia. 
-asperulus (slightly rough).* ff., corolla purplish-red, some- 
‘what dünne shaped: . gibbous at base; spike 
terminal, on a quadrangular peduncle. January. J. large, oppo- 
remote, broadly Prato hadena, obscurely serrate, entire 
base, petiolate. h. 3ft. Khasia Mountains, Assam, Ke. 
b. G. N. 2845 and B. R. 1340, under name of Justicia 
_ quadrangularis ; L. B. C. 1681, under name of glare guna o 
curvifiorus (curved-flowered).* fl. yellowish, with an 
corolla, Robe ran S niar hin both ends, toothed, 
glabrous, nae ergy a downy. h. 3ft. to 6ft. Khasia 
ains, 1859. . (B. M. 3783.) — 
guttatus (spotted - flowered). yellow, spotted, fascicled ; 
Tacemes terminal. pri Pola pper ee both ends, 
1. A. Tadia, 1828." Herb. (B. K. 1334.) 
(from phloz, phlogos, flame, 
PHLOMIS (the old Greek name used by Dioscorides). 
ORD. Labiate. A genus of tomentose, woolly, canescent, 
or greenish, mostly hardy herbs, sub-shrubs, or shrubs, 
inhabiting temperate and mountainous Asia and the 
Mediterranean region. Upwards of seventy plants have 
been described as species, but, probably, not more than 
fifty are sufficiently distinct to merit specific rank. 
Flowers yellow, purple, or white; corolla with an in- 
closed or scarcely exserted tube, the upper lip com- 
pressed, entire or notched, tomentose or villous, sessile, 
and the lower three-cleft and spreading; whorls many- 
flowered, axillary; bracteoles often numerous, ovate, lan- 
ceolate, or narrow, appressed. Nutlets ovoid-triquetrous. 
Leaves wrinkled; floral ones conformed, or the upper- 
most ones diminutive. All the species are of easy culture 
in ordinary garden soil; they are well adapted for 
naturalising in shrubberies, wild banks, and borders. All 
may be increased by seeds; the shrubby sorts also by 
cuttings, and the herbaceous kinds by division. The 
under-mentioned species are those best known to cultiva- 
tion, and are, except where otherwise indicated, hardy 
perennial herbs, 
P. armeniaca (Armenian). fl., corolla yellow, similar to that of 
P. lychnitis; whorls six-flowered; bracts mucronulate, June 
and July. ¢. obscurely crenated; radical ones oblong ; petioles 
blong, ; cauline ones lanceolate, attenuated at 
base. h. Ein. to 12in. Armenia, 1834. Plant floccose-woolly. 
G. ser. ii. 364.) 3 
„ cashmeriana hmere).“ lilac ; corolla larger than 
g r 12 (o whieh 2 fy is allied); bracts subulate, 
— towards the apex, 
villous above, white-tomentose beneath. 
tomentose. A. 2ft. Cashmere. (B. R. 1844, 22.) 
(rusty).* fl. yell 
P. ferruginea ow, i 
twelve to twenty-flowered. June. “. chin ea 
va e. te at the base, much wrinkled : 
P. floccosa (floccose). , corolla yellow, the size of that of 
P. Samia; whorls few, t, large, twenty to thirty-flowered. 
July to October. l. ovate-oblong, much wrinkled, cordate at 
base, greenish above, and clothed with floccose wool beneath. 
Branches also floccose-woolly. h. 2ft. Egypt, 1828. Half-hardy 
sub-shrub. (B. R. 1300.) eee ee 
a ticosa, (shrubby).* Jerusalem Sage. fi. yellow or a 
prao very showy ; 5 8 or twin at the tops of the 
branches, twenty to thirty- flow . June. l. ovate or pp 
roundly cuneated at the base, wrinkled, green above, and clot 
with white tomentum beneath. Branches clothed with tomentum, 
which is usually yellow. h. 2ft. to 4ft. Mediterranean 
1596. Hardy shrub. (B. M. 1843; S. F. G. 563.) * 
„ herba-venti (wind-herb).* f. purplish- violet, tomentose ; 
* whorls a to twenty-flowered. July to September. l. ob- 
long-lan at the 
on surfaces, or canescen -B mgo 
hairs. Mediterranean „ &c., 1596, An erect, — 
. species. (B. M. 2449; S. B. F. G. 
. 
long, scarcely zin. broad, green or canescent gn 
eath; floral ones very broad at base. 
a Sen 1658. Plant suffruticose, hoary-tomentose. 
(B. M. 999.) 
P. pungens (pungent). fl, corolla 
— ovate-lanceolate, quite entire or serrated, 
shining green above, and Bee 
hoary tomentum beneath. Branches also hoary-tomentose, |» 
ange h. lyft. to 2ft. South-eastern Europe, 1820. (S. B. F. G. 
Samia . greenish cream-colour on the outside, and 
Poe An a pinkish inside; lower lip also pinkish 
inside’ with numerous, darker-coloured veins or streaks ; whorls 
illary and i ten to fifteen-flowered ; bracts numerous, 
linear, very acute. Early i, ovate-cordate, —— 
crenated, wrinkled, green above, clothed with grey tomentum 
beneath on hairy stalks. Stems herbaceous, tall, 2 
h. 2ft. to Skt. North Africa, &c., 1714. (A. B. R. 584; 
S. F. G. 564.) 85 
lish- rose, densely „ver 
„ i erat irl Pad — rls; . ine lip very haley, ad 
i with a delicate white fringe ; lower lip smooth. 
a perfecti; 
obtuse, cordate at the 
June. . ample ovate, 
densely tomentose outside; 
