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Phyllocactus—continued. 
ORANGE GEM, shining rae) 
fragran roduced on the 
* aga — rat white, tapering, 
crenated, 2ft. t 
South America. SyN. Cactus Phyllanthus (under which name it 
is figured in B. M. 
P. latifrons (broad-stemmed).* A, very large, Tin. to Sin. long, about 
bin. in diameter; petals of a delicate creamy-white ; 2 fend, 
riod a reddish hue. Linger Mon or to , 
eeply crenated, 8ft. to 10ft. high. Mexico. 
ing species. SYNS. Cereus datt rene (B. M. 3813), C. ae 
P. phyllian: des (Phyllanthus-like).* f. 2in. to cin. long, Sin, 
tc Ain. ee Meg Moth ; pttals ovate 3 wy 
84 2 — 
Mexico, beautiful species, and one of m 
oriferous of the family. Syns. Cactus phyllanthoides (B. M. 
1 ), C. speciosus (B. R. 304). ue saki all 
. Phyllanthus (leaf-flowering). fl. w or creamy- , SE 
to 12in. long, tubular, opening at night and exhaling 8 8 
odour. June. Branches flattened and crenated. h. 8 
South America, 1710. This species is inferior to many e ni 
the genus. SYNS, Cereus Phyllanthus, Epiphyllum Phy ae . 
The following f. also worth gro . caulorrhizus, 
flowers bateako, 2 5 in diameter, the aiee white and the 1 5 
; —.— green; P. Jenkinsi, a hybrid, or. ans, with large, a 
dome, brilliant crimson flowers; P. multiflorus, reddish- 
_ Crimson, the surface of the petals having a peculiar, satin-like 
PHYLLOCALYX (from phyllos, a leaf, and kalyz, 
calyx; alluding to the leafy calyx). Orp. Myrtacee. A 
genus comprising about twenty-four species of trees or 
shrubs, now included, by the authors of the Genera 
Plantarum,” under Eugenia. For culture of P. edulis, 
the only species which calls for description here, see 
Myrtus. p i 
. A synonym of Phyllocactus 
(which see). 
PHYLLOCLADUS (from phyllon, a leaf, and klados, 
a branch; alluding to the phyllodia, which are charac- 
teristic). Celery -leaved Pine-tree, Syn. Thalamia. 
ORD. Coniferæ. A small genus (four species) of green- 
house, evergreen shrubs or trees, with mostly sub-verticil- 
late branches, natives of Tasmania, New Zealand, and 
Borneo. Flowers moncecious (or dimeious?), the males 
fasciculate at the apices of the branches, or solitary in 
the axils; staminal column sessile and small, or stipi- 
tate and rather long. True leaves minute, scale-like, 
alternate or scattered in a somewhat spinal manner, 
sometimes all abortive; phyllodes flabellate or pinnate, 
irregularly toothed or lobed. Cones fleshy, sometimes 
scarcely two lines in diameter, sometimes ovoid-globose, 
six lines long. The species, all of which have been 
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Fig. 135. PHYLLOCACTUS BIPORMIS. 
