AN ENCYCLOPADIA OF HORTICULTURE. ; 
PHRYMA (a Linnwan name of unknown meaning ; 
said to be of American origin), Lopseed. Syn. Lepto- 
stachya. ORp. Verbenacee. 
species is a hardy, herbaceous perennial, of no great 
horticultural merit. It thrives in almost any soil. In- 
creased by division; or by seeds, sown in the open ground, 
in spring. 
P. Leptostac t Baas 4 ish, i i 
92 in nivel ee in the ah 3 
bract, and subtended by a pair of minute bractlets, at length 
strictly reflexed. August. l ovate, acuminate, coarsely serrated ; 
ower ones m long petioles, h. Aft, to Aft. Cent ia, N 
America, &e., 1802. e 
Fic. 127. PHYGELIUS CAPENSIS. 
PHRYNIUM (from phrynos, a toad; referring to 
the genus inhabiting marshes). Syn. Phyllodes. Orv. 
Scitaminee. A genus containing nearly twenty species 
of stove, herbaceous perennials, natives of the East 
Indies, the Malayan Archipelago, and tropical Africa. 
Flowers in terminal heads or panicles; sepals three, 
narrow ; corolla shorter, or scarcely longer, than the calyx; 
lip broad, transversely crested, cucullate, or sometimes 
two-lobed. Leaves sub-radical, on long stalks. Stems 
leafy. Roots creeping. Few of the species are grown 
in gardens. For culture, see Calathea, under which 
are included two or three species usually known as 
A monotypic genus. The 
Phryni um—continued. me ; 
P. coloratum (coloured). A synonym of Calathea colorata. 
25 eximium (choice). A synonym of Calathea eximia, 
. maculatum tted) A Dracena 
int woe ). garden synonym of 
P. sanguineum (bloody). . rich blood-colour ; outer sı 
free to the base, erect; inner ones combined for a 
their length; scape lft. to lift. long, erect, 8 
raceme. Winter and s 
obleni BAINAS dark green above, 2 ved y 
„ W, 
petioles, Native unknown. 188. Plant Mamles or 
caulescent. (B. M. 4040.) 
PHUOPSIS (from Phu, and opsis, resemblance; al- 
luding to the similarity in the plants), Orp. Rubiaceae. 
A monotypic genus. The species is a hardy, slender 
herb, with a perennial root, and a slender, elongated 
stem. For culture, see Crucianella. dy 
P. stylosa (large-styled).* ft. pink, hermaphrodi capitate, in. 
volucrate, — — — bern calyx with an obovoid 
tube and an obsolete limb; corolla tubular-funnel-shape, with 
five oblong-ovate, obtuse, valvate lobes. July. l. in whorls of 
six to eight, sessile, narrow-lanceolate, acuminate ; margins spiny- 
ciliate. h. gs 1 1836. (B. R. 
PHYCELLA. Included under Hippeastrum. 
PHYGANTHUS. A synonym of Tecophilea 
(which see). 
PHYGELIUS (from phyga, flight, and helios, the 
sun; said to love shade). On D. Scrophulariner. A 
genus comprising only a couple of species of erect, 
very glabrous, South African shrubs. Flowers scarlet, 
showy, on recurved pedicels; calyx of five imbricated 
segments; corolla with an incurved or slightly erect, 
elongated tube; and a limb of five round, spre: : 
lobes; peduncles loosely cymose, three to seven-flowered, 
disposed in a terminal, secund panicle, Leaves opposite, 
stalked, crenulate; floral ones reduced to bracts; the 
uppermost ones alternate. P. capensis, the only species 
introduced, thrives in a light, rich, loamy soil. Seeds, 
which are abundantly produced, should be sown in a 
slight hotbed, in spring, and the seedlings afterwards 
ted to a warm, sunny border. The species may 
also be increased by cuttings. 
1838, 55, under name of 
vi ovary, $ enlarged 
= — — 
PHYLICA (from phyllikos, leafy; alluding to the 
abundant evergreen foliage). Including Soulangia and 
Trichocephalus. On D. Rhamneæ. A genus comprising 
about sixty-five species of greenhouse, evergreen sh 
rarely trees, often Heath-like, tomentose or pu 
they are very numerous in extra-tropical and South 
Africa, and rare in Tristan d’Acunha and Madagascar. 
Flowers small, axillary, or in very densely crowded heads 
or spikes, shortly pedicellate, bracteate or ebracteate, very 
rarely loosely cymose; calyx with an obconical, uroeo- 
late, or cylindrical tube and five lobes; petals five, 
cucullate or setiform, or absent. Fruit pisiform, dead 
black. Leaves coriaceous, often small, alternate, thick, 
very rarely large, frequently white-tomentose beneath ; 
margins entire, recurved or revolute. The species men- 
tioned below are all South African shrubs. They thrive 
in sandy peat, and succeed best in a greenhouse tempe- 
rature. Propagated by cuttings of half-ripened shoots, 
inserted in sandy soil, under a bell glass, in a warm 
greenhouse. 
A Box-leaved). fl. greenish, disposed in heads at the 
oon of the — — May to Se ber. L ovate, spreading, 
smooth above, but covered with hoary down on the under surface. 
h. 6ft. 1759. SYN. Soulangia buxif (L. B. C. 848.) : 
white, di in roundish heads 
estnut May to August. I. linear-lanceo- 
illous ; lower ones reflexed, smooth ; floral ones 
mr villous, opre ing a little. h. 2ft. 1800. (B. R. 711.) SYNS. 
P. plumosa (L. B. C. P. (of Aiton). 
