110 THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
Phylica—continued. 
P. ericoides (Heath-like). fl. pure white, disposed in hemi- 
spherical heads. April to September. l. linear-lanceolate, rather 
5 t, spreading, smooth, downy b th. Branches somew 
umbellate. h. 3ft. 1731. (B. M. 224.) 
P. plumosa (feathery). fl. whitish; bracts villous or feathery, 
forming a beautiful plume at the tips of the branches. Autumn. 
. linear-lanceolate or lanceolate, awl-shaped, smooth above, hairy 
beneath, with revolute margins. R. lft. to 2ft. 
P. p. squarrosa (squarrose).* ji. white, disposed in roundish 
heads; calyx segments .erect, acute. August to November. 
J. linear-Janceolate, spreading, villous and hoary on the under 
surface ; lower ones rather smooth ; floral ones longer than the 
rest, spreading. h. 2ft. 1800. (L. B. C. 36.) SYN. P. pubescens 
(L. B. C. 695). 
P. plumosa (feathery), of Loddiges. A synonym of P. capitata. 
P. pubescens (downy), of Aiton. A synonym of P. capitata. 
P. pubescens (downy), of Loddiges. A synonym of P. plumosa 
squarrosa. 
P. rubra (red). f. red, disposed in terminal heads. December. 
l. lanceolate, acute; under surface downy. k. 3ft. 1827. SYN. 
Soulangia rubra. (B. R. 1498.) 
P. spicata (spike-flowered). fl., perianth white, small, thick, and 
fleshy ; — Zin. long. August. f. scattered, rather re- 
mote, all but the upper ones patent, or even reflexed, linear, some- 
what acute, semi-cylindrical, the margins revolute ; upper ones 
passing into bracts. A small, slender shrub. 
P. stig stipular). ji. white, disposed in terminal, sessile 
Gaui Tanat ators, naked, usually bifid. May to September. 
l. alternate, lanceolate-linear, slightly acute, smooth above, 
one tato beneath, with revolute edges. R. 3ft. 1786. SYN. 
7 phalu: stipularis, 
PHYLLAGATHIS (from phyllon, a leaf, and 
agatheos, divine; referring to the beauty of the foliage). 
~ ORD. Melastomacee. A genus comprising only a couple 
ok species of handsome, very thick, herbaceous, small 
stove shrubs, with short stems, restricted to the Malayan 
Peninsula and Islands. Flowers pink, in short, peduncu- 
late, densely crowded heads; calyx tube oblong or tur- 
_ binate-campanulate; lobes three or four, ovate, acute, 
as are also the four, rarely three, petals; bracts ample, 
involucrate. Leaves opposite, or solitary and terminal, 
‘large, petiolate, orbiculate, cordate at base, obtuse, entire 
or denticulate, seven to nine-nerved, shining above, dis. 
~ coloured beneath; petioles often hairy within. P. rotundi- 
folia requires a very moist and warm atmosphere. It 
thrives best in a compost of peat and sand, to which 
may be added a little leaf mould. Propagated by leaf- 
cuttings, which should be kept in a close frame in the 
stove until well establiskec. a 
to Ein. wide; the upper surface plaited and shining, of a rich, 
deep, metallic green, slightly tinged with red; the under side 
dark red, with very Bh ree ribs. Stem square, stout. h. lft. 
to 2ft. Sumatra. The beauty of this species is confined to the 
leaves. (B. M. 5282.) 
 PHYLLAMPHORA. A synonym of Nepenthes 
(which see). 
PHYLLANTHUS (from phyllon, a leaf, and anthos, 
a flower; because the flowers, in some species, are pro- 
duced on the edges of the leaf-like branches). Including 
Bradleia, Cicca, Kirganelia, Xylophylla, and many others 
ormerly regarded as distinct genera. ORD. Euphor- 
biacew. A vast genus (about 450 species have been 
enumerated) of mostly stove herbs, shrubs, or trees, of 
various habit, broadly dispersed over the tropies, but 
rare in temperate regions. Flowers small, monecions, 
very rarely diœcious, apetalous, axillary or rarely in 
the nodes of leafy branchlets; sepals six, five, or rarely 
four, distinct or rarely shortly connate at base, imbri- 
cate, more or less distinctly biseriate. Leaves entire, 
alternate or rarely opposite, generally distichous, and so 
ranged in opposite rows along the smaller branches as 
give them the appearance of pinnate leaves. This 
Phylanthus— continued. f 
genus contains but few species of any horticultural 
value, those undermentioned being exceptional. A com- 
post of sandy loam and fibry peat, to which is added a 
small quantity of broken bricks, charcoal, and dried 
cow-dung, is most suitable for their culture. Propagated 
by cuttings of the hard shoots, inserted in a sandy soil, 
in heat. The species described below require stove treat- 
ment, except where otherwise stated. 
P. cae page pega pe ca 
pedicels ; calyx red. St 
compressed; branchlets distichous, lanceolate-linear or lanceo- 
P. atropurpureus (dark purple). l, rich dark le, bh 
ovate. Stems vient Both 324 i; e Bhrub. 14 
habit and aspect, this species is the counterpart of P. nivosus; it 
is deciduous during the resting season, and puts forth its new 
leaves, which, at first, are of a dark green colour, but the purple 
hue is soon developed under the influence of light, in which 
rich colour the plant becomes robed. It forms a slender- 
growing subject. z 
P. — seni 8 5 in nosten of two or three, 
sometimes solii rick-red, fringed wii e yellow hairs; 
females er than the males, solitary towards the tips of the 
stem, and having the aspect of pinnate leav loss 
Cochin China, 1882. 5 ih eer nad Habit. 
P. falcatus (sickle-shaped). fl. glomerate; calyx red. July. 
Stem 6ft. high. Branches 3 pni ech z a e 
ee * or 8 Sar eg e 1 Ain. — 
. long. esi es, 5 É . R. 373, under name 
Xylophylla falcata.) F 
P. nivosus (snowy). J. ovate, alternate, f tly entirel: 
covered with a mottling of white, but, in Pitas gro ially 
“veined with pori Stem terete. South Sea Islands, 1873. A 
very desirable shrub, of a free-branching habit; when well 
ae l I. H. sae appearance of a sheet of snow. (F. M. 
the branches, stouter, solitary. Summer, J. b blong, 
blunt at both ends, apiculate, glabrous, glaucous beneath; 
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