— 
104 THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
Phoæonix— continued. : 
are taken up, the soil shaken from the roots, packed in 
bundles, and forwarded to Paris, where each one is firmly 
placed in as small a pot as possible; they are then 
if 
Fig. 120. PHŒNIX RUPICOLA. — 
plunged in a mild hotbed in a warm house, which is kept 
ae shaded and syringed until new roots have formed, when 
shading is gradually removed, and the plants hardened 
Fig. 
. PHG@NIX SYLVESTRIS. 
Phenix—continued. 
P. acaulis (stemless).* Z. pinnate, 1ft. to 3ft. or more long, spread- 
ing; pinne dark green, narrow, swollen at the base, the lower 
ones reduced to broad, flat spines. Stem very low, or entirel 
wanting. A. about 12ft. Central India, 1816. An ornamental, 
low palm, with a short, thick stem, likea bulb. It is valuable 
for decorative purposes. 
„ dactylifera Wer Daing) Common Date Palm. fl., male 
panicles white, compact, 6in. to 9in. long, on a short peduncle, the 
flowers sweet-scented ; female spikes lft. to 2ft, long. fr. gene- 
rally reddish or yellowish-brown when ripe, oblong, lin. to 3in. 
long; pulp fleshy, sweet. l. grey, longer than those of P. syl- 
vestris; pinne Sin. to 16in. long, regularly distichous, often ap- 
proximate in twos or threes on the same side of petiole, which is 
grey, laterally compressed, almost flat. Trunk covered with the 
persistent bases of petioles, the foot often surrounded by a dense 
mass of root suckers. h. 100ft. to 120ft. (in this country, rarely 
over 30ft.). India, Levant, 1597. A handsome, erect-growing palm, 
the fruit of which is well known in this country as an article of 
luxury. In its native regions, nearly every met of this plant is 
applied to some useful purpose. Fig. 
P. farinifera (mealy). Z. pinnate, 3ft. to 4ft. long; pinnæ ovate- 
acuminate, about 6in. long, terminating in a sharp mucrone, the 
lower ones reduced to spines. f. about Tft. East Indies, 1800. 
An elegant, compact-growing species. : 
P. leonensis (Sierra Leone). A synonym of P. spinosa. 
P. Ouseleyana (Ouseley’s). jl., male spadices about 1ft., females 
2ft. to 2ft. long. l. 24ft. to 3ft. long; pinnules entirely con- 
duplicate, about 1ft. long, from the conduplication, about žin. 
broad, subulate-acuminate; lowermost ones degenerated into 
short spines. Bulbous stems ovate, about 1ft. long and 6in. in 
diameter. India. 
P. paludosa (marsh-loving). fl., males yellow, spadix about lft. 
long; females greenish, spadix 14ft.long. l. gracefully spreading, 
8ft. to 10ft. long; pinnules bifarious, solitary, spreading, then 
curved downwards, not rigid, 2ft. long, eight lines wide, exceed- 
ingly acuminate, the lowest longest and narrowest; petioles 
covered with brownish, glaucescent scurf. Trunk 12ft. to 15ft. 
€ annulate at base, otherwise covered with 
P. reclinata (leaning).* J. pinnate; pi linear, somewhat 
triangular and spreading. Stem 
pinnæ 
tem becoming stout with age. 
