AN ENCYCLOPZDIA OF HORTICULTURE. 
Phenix —continued. 
h. about 50ft. South-east Africa, 1792. A fine and large-growing 
species. See Fig. 119. 
P. rupicola (rock-loving).* J. pinnate, arching, spreading, having 
a slender rachis and very short petiole, which is dilated at the 
, and partially encircles the growing point; pinne long, 
narrow, about 6in. in length, finely arched, the lower ones 
reduced to spines. h. 15ft. to 20ft. India, 1873. The hand- 
somest species in the genus. See Fig. 120. i . 
P. spinosa (spiny). fl., male peduncles Ain, to gin. long. 
Jr. about zin. long, ovate-cylindrical, brownish. I., pinnæ 
linear -lanceolate, acuminate, pungent - pointed, unequidistant, 
aggregated or scattered, ten to twelve lines wide at their broadest 
. Trunk 6ft. to 10ft., or rarely 50 ft. in height, soboliferous. 
+ k 
rn tropical Africa. SYN. P. leonensis. 
P. sylvestris (sylvan).* East Indian Wine Palm; Wild Date. 
fl. similar to those of P. dactylifera. fr. green at first, reddish- 
yellow when ripe, lin. long. l. greyish-green, 7ft. to 12ft. long; 
pinnæ very numerous, Ein. to 18in. long, alternate and opposite. 
not fascicled ; petiole compressed in the leaf-bearing Part, brown 
at = h. 40ft. India, 1763. One of the hardiest. See 
P. tenuis (narrow).* A recent, but very elegant, addition to the 
genus ; it resembles P. dactylifera in general appearance, but is 
Fig. — and finer in its parts. Habitat unknown. See 
PHOLIDOCARPUS (from pholis, pholidos, a scale, 
and karpos, fruit; the fruit is covered with a scaly coat). 
ORD. Palme. A genus, of doubtful affinity, of two 
Species of stove palms, natives of the Malayan Archi- 
pelago. P. Ihur, the only species in cultivation, thrives 
in a compost of turfy loam and leaf mould. 
P. —— (Thur). 3 paren! 3 tered a or 
tesselated rind. riy like those of Borassus fabelijormis ; petioles 
armed with robust spines. 
- PHOLIDOPHYLLUM. A synonym of Cryptanthus. 
PHOLIDOTA (from pholis, a scale, and ous, otis, an 
ear; alluding to the scaly, ear-like bracts of the spike). 
Rattlesnake Orchid. Syns. Chelonanthera (in part), 
Orinon ia, Ptilocnema. ORD. Orchidew. A genus consist- 
ing of about a score species of stove orchids, with creep- 
pseudo-bulbs ; they are natives of India and the Malayan 
Archipelago, extending as far as Southern China. Flowers 
small, shortly pedicellate, in terminal racemes; sepals 
carinate-concave, erect or spreading ; petals usually smaller, 
slender, flat; lip sessile at the base of the column, con- 
cave and sub-baccate at base, three-lobed; column some- 
ti very short; bracts ovate, imbricated, and per- 
nt, or narrower and deciduous. The species are of 
no particular horticultural value. Those given below re- 
quire culture similar to Cœlogyne (which see). 9 8 
s ield- . resembling those of P. imbric 
1 a 5 than 2 šin. long; column re- 
empling a three-lobed petal, bordered with brown, imparting to 
a Yok 16 
ing, branched stems or rhizomes, or with one or two-leaved - 
Pholidota—continued. 
the flower the appearance of having two lips. Pseudo-bulbs about 
2in. long, each with a dark green leaf. h. 6in. Borneo, 1847. 
P. imbricata (imbricated). „. yellowish, with a dash of violet, 
freely produced on pendulous spikes as long as the leaves ; lateral 
sepals ovate, carinate ; lip sub-globose, cucullate, with the inter- 
mediate lobe bilobed ; bracts concave, pointed. /. solitary, oblong- 
lanceolate, plicate, acute. Pseudo-bulbs o CO; cate, 
obtuse. h. lft. East Indies, 1824. (B. R. 1777; H. E. F. 138; 
L. B. C. 1934.) 
P. (pale). Ji. white, smaller than in P. imbricata; -bracts 
vay — blunt. l. also smaller. A. bin. India, 1828, (B. R. 
PHOMA. See Sphaeropsidea. 
PHONIPHORA. A synonym of Phenix (which 
see). 
PHORMIUM (from phormos, a basket; referring to 
the uses made of the fibre). Flax Lily, or New Zealand 
Flax. Syn. Chlamydia. Orv. Liliacew, A 
small genus (two species) of nearly or quite. 
hardy, rigid herbs, with fle fibrous roots, 
natives of New Zealand. dull red or 
yellow, large, panicled, erect, jointed on the 
pedicel; perianth tubular, curved, of six leaflets, 
the inner with spreading tips; stamens six, ex- 
serted ; scapes leafless, variable in height, from 
5ft: to 15ft., branched and bracteate. Leaves 
radical, linear - ensiform, distichous, coriaceous, 
easy culture in rich, loamy soil. They are well 
adapted for greenhouse decoration, for use as 
sub-tropical plants in summer, and, in the 
weather, with some covering. Ina use, 
the long, erect, sword-like leaves of New Zea- 
land Flax are very distinct, when the plants 
are associated with others. Large specimens, 
in pots or tubs, have a very fine appearance in 
conservatories, or when placed, during sum- 
mer, in prominent positions in the flower 
garden. Propagated, in spring, by division of 
the crowns before growth commences; also by seeds. 
P. Colensoi (Colenso’s). A synonym of P. Cookianum. 
| u ing Habit and Portion 
vie. 125. R ee showing Ha 
‘ Flax Lily. fl. yellow, or with 
P. (Cook’s).* Small I A. yello 5 
segm senish, lin. to Hin. long; inner segmen 
meres N penn 3ft. to 6ft. high. Summer. l 2ft. 
to St long. more acuminate than in P. tenaz (than which this 
species is smaller in all its parts), rarely split at the top. 
Syns. P. Colensoi, P. Forsterianum. See F ig. 125. 
P. C. variegatum (variegated).* l. narrowish, erect, ponei 
janceolate, coriaceous, dark green, elegantly baam at d 
margin with one, Or sometimes two, narrow stripes of creamy 
P 
very tough. The species and varieties are of = 
southern parts of the country, are sufficiently x 
hardy to grow, uninjured, outside; they are 
however, more safe, if protected, in frosty 
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