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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 



FhsBnospenna continued. 

 P. globosnm (globe-seeded), /f. in a large panicle, with its 



slender branches scarcely branchleted ; spikelets one-flowered ; 



glumes four, slightly acute; style distinct; stigma plumose. 



I. flat. h. 6ft. China, 1874. 

 PHJEOSTOMA. Included under Clark ia. 



FHAITTS (from phaios, shining ; in allusion to the 

 flowers). Frequently spelt Phajus. SYNS. Pachyne 

 and Tankervillia. Including Limatodes, Pesomeria, and 

 Thunia. OBD. Orchidece. A genus comprising about 

 twenty-five species of tall, terrestrial or epiphytal, stove 

 orchids, mostly tropical Asiatic, but also found in 

 tropical Africa and the Mascarene Islands, Australia, 

 the Pacific Islands, China, and Japan. Flowers yellow, 

 violet, or white, few or many in a raceme, pedicellate ; 

 sepals free, sub-equal, spreading or erect ; petals similar, 

 but narrower; lip erect, concave or cucnllate, spurred 

 at base, or curved and produced continuous with the 

 base of the column; lateral lobes large, erect, some- 

 times undulated and confluent with the middle lobe at 

 apex ; middle lobe expanded, spreading or recurved, fre- 

 quently undulated at apex ; column rather long, sub-terete, 

 two-angled or two-winged, clavate at apex; scapes or 



FIG. 101. PHAIUS GRANDIKOLIUS. 



peduncles sometimes springing from the caudex, sometimes 

 lateral or terminal. Leaves ample or elongated, folded, 

 narrowed at base or contracted into a long petiole ; sheaths 

 often atriate. The species are of tolerably easy culture. 

 They thrive best in a compost of loam, leaf mould, and 

 rotten cow-dung. Plenty of heat and moisture are 

 essential during the growing season; but when at rest, 

 the plants may be kept rather dry and in a cooler tem- 

 perature. Propagated by dividing the bulbs after 

 flowering. P. grandifolius is the best known species; 

 it may readily be grown into large specimens. 

 P. albus (white).* /. white, showy, three or four in a terminal, 

 drooping raceme, shorter than the leaves ; sepals and petals 

 oblong-lanceolate, acute ; lip nearly 2in. across, oblong, cucullate, 

 denticulate, rounded at apex, the disk yellow, veined with rose, 

 five-crested. I. oblong-lanceolate, acute, glaucous beneath, lower 

 ones smaller, the lowest scale-like. Stem nearly 2ft. high. 

 Nepaul, 1836. SYN. Thunia alba. (B. M. 3991 ; B. R. xxiv. 33.) 

 P. Bensonaj (Mrs. Benson's).* fl. of a bright rosy-purple, whitish 

 towards the centre, large and showy, from 2in. to 3in. across ; lip 



Fhaius continued. 



deep rich rosy-purple, with bright yellow crests on the disk ; 

 raceme short, produced from the top of the stem. July. I. sub- 

 distichous, linear-lanceolate, 6in. to lOin. long, slightly glaucous 

 beneath. Stems fascicled. Tubers nodose, h. 1ft. Rangoon, 

 1867. A beautiful plant. SYN. Thunia Bensonice (B. M. 5694). 

 P. Bernaysil (Bet-nays'), fl. pale yellow within, white without ; 

 lip three-lobed and white ; scape from 2ft. to 3ft. high. I. lan- 

 ceolate, plicate, dark green, h. 3ft. Queensland, 1873. This can 

 only be distinguished from P. <iran<liS<>liux by the pale yellow 

 colour of the flower inside, and the labellum being also yellow, 

 edged with white. (B. M. 6032, under name of J>. Blumei 

 fieruai/xii.) 



P. bicolor (two-coloured).* /. 4in. in diameter ; sepals and petals 

 deep bright red-brown, linear-lanceolate ; lip rose, yellow, and 

 white, much broader, oblong, rolled round the column, much 

 undulated at the edges, curved downwards at the upper end, at 

 its base lengthened into a horn. 1. l^in. long, not tapering to a 

 petiole, but rolled round each other. Stem naked below, covered 

 with flowers above, 2ft. high. Rhizome fleshy, knobby, like that 

 of an Iris. Ceylon, 1837. (B. M. 4078.) 



P. Dodgsonii (Dodgson's).* /. pure white, with the throat or base 

 of the fringed lip of a pale cinnabar-red, disposed in terminal 

 racemes. India, 1877. Probably only a tine variety of /'. albua. 

 P. grandifolius (large-leaved).* fl. from 3iu. to 4in. across ; sepals 

 and petals of a brownish colour within, and white without, 

 lanceolate : lip convolute, white, with a dark crimson-brown 

 throat ; spikes 2ft. to 4ft. high, many-flowered, well adapted for 

 cutting. January to March. I. broadly lanceolate, 2ft. to 3ft. 

 long. h. 3ft. China to Australia, 1778. A noble evergreen orchid, 

 one of the best for exhibition purposes. See Fig. 101. SYNS. 

 Bletia TankervMiat (B. M. 1924), Limatlurum TanlcertiUiat 

 (A. B. R. 426). There is a handsome variety, tsupfrbux (F. d. S. 

 vii. 738). 



P. Humblotii (Humblot's). fl. rosy, with white and red blotches, 

 large ; lip spurless, having a saddle-like callus on its disk, run- 

 ning out in a small keel ; raceme few-flowered. Madagascar, 1880. 

 A beautiful species. 



P. inquilinus (tenant), fl. cream-colour, the three keels of the 

 lip being yellowish-white. 1867. A hybrid form, the parents of 

 which are unknown. 



P. irroratus (bedewed).* fl. large ; sepals and petals rich cream- 

 colour, tipped with rosy-pink ; lip nearly round, creamy-white, 

 stained with yellow at the base ; spike erect. 1867. A very hand- 

 some form, the result of a cross between P. grandifolius and 

 Calanthe ventita. (G. C. 1867, p. 26^ ; G. C. n. s., 'xviii. 565.) 

 P. maculatus (spotted), fl. rich yellow, borne on short spikes in 

 great profusion. Spring. I. 1mm, dark niven, spotted with yellow. 

 Pseudo-bulbs large, somewhat ovate, h. 2ft. India, 1823. A 

 showy and desirable plant, not often seen in cultivation. (B. M. 

 3960 ; L. B. C. 1803.) SYN. Bletia Wuodjordii(&. M. 2719). 

 P. Marshallise (Mrs. Marshall's).* fl. white, large ; lip marked on 

 the upper part with a little yellow, the lower part beautifully 

 fringed. June. h. 2ft. Moulmein, 1871. A lovely plant, well 

 suited for exhibition purposes, and continuing to throw fresh 

 blossoms for a long time. SYN. Thunia Marshallice. 

 P. tctragonus (tetragonal), ft. reddish-brown internally, and 

 greenish externally ; sepals and petals similar in shape, &c. ; lip 

 yellow, streaked with orange-red, undivided, cucullate, parallel 

 with, and partly surrounding the column, with the lower part of 

 which it is adnate, and forms a slight protuberance at the bottom ; 

 peduncles lateral, bearing a loose spike of eight to ten rather 

 large blossoms. Winter. I. broad, membranous, long-pointed. 



Stems sharply four-angled, jointed, 1ft. or more high. Mauritius, 

 1837. (B. M. 4442, under name of Pesomeria tetragona.) 



P. tuberculosus (tubercled).* fl. snow-white ; iip very tine, 

 funnel-shaped below, with wide, yellowish lateral lobes, covered 

 over and over with brown blotches, on an anterior, obcordate, 

 wavy, middle lacinia, white, with mauve marginal spots ; spikes 

 four to six-flowered, erect. Spring. I. oblong, plicate, 1ft. long. 

 Stem slender and twisted. Madagascar, 1881. (Un., July 19, 

 1884; G. C. n. s., xviii. 565.) 



P. Wallicbii (Dr. \Valliclfs).* fl. orange-yellow, or buff tinged 

 with purple, from 4in. to Sin. across ; lip yellow, with a brown 

 throat ; spikes tall, upright, 3ft. to 5ft. high. March to May. 

 h. 4ft. to 5ft. Khasya Hills, India, 1837. A vigorous-growing 

 plant, similar in habit to P. f/randifoliitti. 



FHAJUS. See Fhaius. 



PH ALACKJE A. Included under Fiqueria (which see). 



FHALACROLOMA. Included under Erigeron. 



FHALACBOMESUS. A synonym of Tessaria 

 (which see). 



PHAL.PENOPSIS (from phalaina, a moth, and opsis, 

 resemblance ; referring to the appearance of the flowers). 

 Moth Orchid. Including Polychilos. ORD. Orchidece. A 

 genus comprising about a score species of very handsome 

 stove, epiphytal orchids, having short, leafy stems instead 

 of pseudo-bulbs, natives of the Malayan Archipelago and 

 the Eastern provinces of India. Flowers showy, loosely 



