116 
THE Dia? OF GARDENING, 
See 
See Fig. 138. (B. M. 3201; B. R. 1759.) In favoured spots, this 
will succeed in the open air against a sheltered wall. 
P. auricomus (golden-haired). A synonym of P. graveolens. 
P. graveolens (strong-scented). fl. white, in umbels of six or 
seven. July. l. cordate-obovate, obtuse, softly pubescent, shining 
above. A. 10ft. Brazil, . ‘Stove climbing sub-shrab. SYNS. 
P. auricomus (B. M. 3891), Schubertia graveolens (B. R. xxxii. 21). 
P. megapotamicus (Rio Grande). ji. green, white, and purple; 
lobes of corona denticulated ; corolla rotate-campanulate ; stigma 
; owered. June. l sparrow lanceolate- 
hastate, acuminate. A. 20ft. Urigoay, es Greenhouse 
Se ee, SYN. Arauja angustifolia, B. M. 5481.) 
(from physa, a bladder, and eidos, 
. genus of zie herbs, or rarely sub-shrubs, natives 
of South America, now regarded, Bentham and 
Hooker, as synonymous with Angelonia (which see for 
culture). 
P. cornigerum (horn-bearing).* rich purple, deeper towards 
the mouth, the upper segments Makacs with Make dots, the 
intermediate one of —. 3 li 5 3 with z 
orn-like process; peduncles single-flowered, ugus 
l., lower ones opposite, er the rest alternate but ap- 
proximate, small and bract-like. er or more. Brazil, 1839. 
Annual. Syn. Angelonia 1 8848). 
P. Gardneri 1 N. purple, white in the centre, dotted 
with red, handsome, in long, 3 . bracteate racemes ; 
pedicels solitary in the bracts. 
l. opposite, lanceolate, 
sessile, acuminate, regularly variates: Stem erect, about Skt. 
high; branches, as well as the leaves and peduncles, glandular- 
pu scent. Pernambuco, 1838. Sub-shrub. SYN. Angelonia 
rdneri (B. M. 3754). 
PHTSINGA. Included under Epidendrum. 
PHYSOCALYCIUM. A synonym of Bryophyllum. 
PHYSOCHLAINA (from physa, a bladder, and 
chlaina, an outer garment ; alluding to the inflated calyx). 
Syn. Belenia. Orv. Solanaceew. A small genus (four 
species) of hardy, erect, glabrous, perennial herbs, natives 
of Central’ Asia. Flowers erect or scarcely drooping, dis- 
posed in a loose or dense, terminal corymb; calyx tubular- 
campanulate, five-fid, including the capsule; corolla funnel- 
shaped or somewhat campanulate, the limb of five broad, 
~ erecto-patent, imbricated lobes. Leaves membranous, en- 
tire or sinuated. The three species introduced are very 
FIG. 138. PORTION OF FLOWERING STEM AND DETACHED FLOWER OF PHYSIANTHUS ALBENS, 
J 
America, having the habit of Pleurothallis. 
Physochlaina—continued. 
desirable plants, producing their elegant flowers early in 
the season. They. thrive in any ordinary soil, and may 
be readily increased by cuttings, or by seeds. 
P. grandifiora (large-fow- 
ered). fl. greenish - ‘yellow, 
with purple markings, droop- 
ing ; corolla above lin. long, 
between campanulate and 
funnel-shaped, with a spread- 
ing mouth ; panicle terminal, 
leafy. March. l alternate, 
petiolate, ovate, acute, pen- 
ninerved, thrice as long as 
Stem glandular- 
8 h. 
(B. 4600.) 
Aft. Thibet. 
P. eee (Eastern). 
e popi -blue, pedicel- 
asciculately and capi- 
taney racemose ; calyx much 
longer than the capsule; co- 
rolla widening gradually to 
the top. March to May. l 
petiolate, deltoid-ovate, re- 
10 0 or entire, acute, downy. 
lft. to 1ft. Iberia, a 
. M. 2414 and S. B. F. G. 
5 under name of Hyoscya- 
mus orientalis.) 
TEN deer agam (Physalis- 
A. purplish - violet, 
pallu terminal, capi- 
tely ni inhaa e: ; calyx much 
larger the capsule. 
March and April. J. petio- 
late, ovate, acute, somewhat 
repand or quite entire. h. 
lft. to 14ft. Siberia, 1777. 
(B. M. 852 and S. B. F. G. 13, 
under name of Hyoscyamus 
physaloides.) 
PHYSODEIRA. Included under Episcia (which 
see). 
PHYSOLOBIUM. Included under Kennedya. 
PHYSOSIPHON (from physao, to inflate, and siphon, 
a tube; referring to the slightly-inflated tube of the 
flowers). ORD. Orchidee. A small genus (about four 
species) of stove epiphytal orchids, natives of tropical 
Flowers 
small, in elongated racemes; sepals connate at base into 
an ovoid or urceolate tube, which is three-fid at the 
apex; petals fleshy, obovate-cuneate ; lip small, articu- 
lated with the base of the column, in Tomi like thie other 
petals ; pollen-masses two, ovoid. The species are of 
no great horticultural value. Those described below re- 
quire culture similar to Pleurothallis (which see). 
P. Loddigesii (Loddiges’). f. ge oda dba lower half, the 
rest deep red-orange, distantl an erect, racemose 
spike; scape very slender, filiform. N J. solitary, one- 
nerved, oblong, sub-spathulate, obtuse. N slender, giving 
rise to several plants. Mexico. (B. M. 4869; L. B. C. 1601, 
under name of Stelis tubata.) 
(slightly-dotted), fl. greenish-yellow, 
spotted, minute. J. ö Bogota, 1870. An insi 
ficant orchid. (Ref. B 
r ee e (from physa, a bladder, and 
sperma, a seed; the teguments do not adhere to the 
seed in a young state). Bladder Seed. Syns. Danaa, 
Henslera. OrD. Umbellifere. A small genus (from two 
to five poge have been quoted as distinct by various 
authors) of hardy, glabrous, perennial herbs, natives of 
Caucasian Europe and Asia. Flowers white, in com- 
pound, many-rayed umbels. Leaves ternato-pinnately de- 
compound ; segments cuneate, incised. The species have 
no horticultural value. P. cornubiense is a British plant. 
PHYSOSPERMUM (of Cusson). A synonym of 
Pleurospermum (which see). 
PHYSOSTEGIA (from Fey a bladder, and stege, 
a covering; alluding to inflated calyx). False 
Dragon-head. ORD. 1 A genus consisting of 
Fu 
insigni- 
