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it by the grey-felted under-surface of the leaves. It is more nearly related to 

 ?. Delavayi (g.v.). 



P. ZEVHERI, Schrader. 



A deciduous shrub of very vigorous spreading habit, up to 8 ft. high, 

 considerably more in width ; bark deep brown, slightly peeling ; young shoots 

 smooth. Leaves broadly ovate to lanceolate, tapered at the base, slender- 

 pointed, varying from coarsely toothed to nearly entire ; 2^ to 4 ins. long, 

 I to 2 ins. wide ; smooth above, downy beneath along each side of the 

 midrib and chief veins, with occasional hairs between. Flowers pure white, 

 i^ to if ins. across, produced during June in a terminal corymb of three to 

 seven blossoms (sometimes solitary). Petals oval ; style distinctly longer 

 than the stamens ; calyx smooth, with slender lobes ^ in. long. 



A hybrid of unrecorded origin, but with grandiflorus probably as one 

 parent. The flowers have little or no fragrance, and the sepals are acuminate, 

 as in that species. The young shoots are apt to be killed back in winter, 

 which may be due to itheir sappy vigour. The plant is very distinct in its 

 comparatively low, spreading habit, but it blossoms poorly, and is of inferior 

 quality. 



PHILESIA BUXIFOLIA, Lamarck. LILIACE.E. 



(Bot. Mag., t. 4738.) 



A dwarf evergreen shrub, said to be 3 ft. high in its native country, 

 but usually 6 to 12 ins. high in this; stems erect, bearing alternate, 

 angled, smooth branchlets. Leaves alternate, stiff and hard, dark green 

 above, glaucous white beneath; about ij ins. long, \ to f in. wide, but 

 made narrower by the reflexed margins, quite smooth ; midrib prominent 

 beneath; stalk \ in. long. Flowers solitary, nodding, terminal; 2 ins. 

 long, rich rosy crimson; petals three, oblanceolate, pointed, not 

 expanding, and thus giving a tubular form to the flower. Calyx of 

 three oblong sepals about in. long, appressed to the petals. Fruit a 

 roundish berry. 



Native of S. Chile; introduced by W. Lobb in 1847. It is one of 

 the remarkable group of shrubs allied botanically to the lilies, to which 

 Ruscus, Smilax, Lapageria, etc., belong. It is strikingly handsome, and 

 quite distinct in its long red flowers from any other cultivated plant except 

 Lapageria, and that is a climber. Philesia is grown out-of-doors in 

 several parts of the country, and should be planted in peaty soil. In 

 October 1911 I saw it flowering on the rockery in Messrs Cunningham 

 & Fraser's nursery at Edinburgh. It thrives in Ireland, Devonshire, 

 and Cornwall, etc. Propagated by division. PHILAGERIA VEITCHII, 

 Masters^ is a hybrid between this and Lapageria rosea. 



PHILLYREA. OLEACE^E. 



A group of evergreen shrubs or small trees, the hardy ones of which 

 are natives of the Mediterranean region, and of the country south-east of 

 the Black Sea. They are nearly allied to Osmanthus, and have opposite 



