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Phalaenopsis continued. 



P. Stobartiana (Stobart's). /., sepals and petals apple preen, 

 ultimately yellowish-green ; lip amethyst-colour, the lateral parl 

 titions marked with yellow and white, the amethyst-colour finally 

 changing into a nearly cinnabarine-red. 1877. Allied to P. cfne- 

 thystina. 



P. Stuartiana (Mr. Stuart-Low's).' ft. cream-coloured; the sepals 

 are outside of a light sulphur, and inside the inferior halves of 

 the lateral sepals of the same colour, with dark cinnamon 

 blotches ; side laciniae of the lip pure white at the top ; panicle 

 many-flowered. I. broad ovate, spotted when young. 1881 A 

 lovely species. (B. M. 6222; F. & P. 559; U. C. g n. s? xvi 

 pp. 748, 751 ; K. G. 1130.) 



P. sumatrana (Sumatran). fl. about 3in. wide sepals and petals 

 yellowish-white, branded or barred with streaks'of reddish-brown ; 

 lip white, spotted with orange, and streaked down the centre with 

 violet ; spike about 6in. long, from five to ten-flowered. I. acumi- 

 nated, 6in. to 7in. long, somewhat fleshy, bright green. Sumatra, 

 1865. (B. M. 5527.) 



P. s. sanguinea (bloody). A fine variety, having the lateral 

 sepals nearly wholly dark red, with very few yellowish-green 

 markings. Borneo, 1881. 



FIG. 104. PHAL.ENOPSIS SCHILLERIANA. 



P. tetraspis (four-horned). Jl. white, disposed in a rich panicle ; 

 lateral lobes of lip ligulate, with a tooth at the upper end, and a 

 conical callus in the middle, between the lobes two pairs of 

 bristle-like processes ; front lobe of lip rhomboid-ligulate, with a 

 cushion of hairs at the apex. I. very fine. East Indies, 1881. 



P. Valentin! (Valentine's), fl., sepals and petals purple, white 

 inside at the base, and having some purple bands ; lip mauve, 

 white, and yellow. 1883. 



P. Veltchiana (Veitch's).* fl. resembling those of P. Schilleriana, 

 but smaller, purplish; lip purplish- white, with dark purple 

 spots. I. cuneate-oblong, obscurely tessellated. Philippine 

 Islands fl), 1872. (F. M. n. s. 213.) 



P. V. brachyodon (short-toothed). /., sepals and petals white, 

 the base of the lateral sepals having some brown spots ; front 

 lobe of lip dark purple, side lobes with purple tips. 1884. 



P. violacea (violet).* JL rather closely set along the spike, almost 

 from its base, fully 2in. across ; sepals and petals white, delicately 

 washed with violet-rose in the lower or basal portions ; lip rich 

 violet-crimson, relieved by the golden-yellow callus ; column 

 violet-crimson. 1. light cheerful green, as large as those of P. 

 Schilleriana. 1861. A handsome species. (F. M. 1879, 342.) The 

 variety ilurtoniana (G. C. n. s., xvi. 145) is very desirable ; it has 

 fine lemon-yellow flowers, marked with a purplish colour. 



PHALANGES. Stamens joined by their filaments, 

 or arranged in bundles. 



PHALANGIUM. A synonym of Anthericum. 



PHALARIS (the old Greek name used by Dioscorides). 



OED. Graminea. A genus comprising nine or ten species 



of annual or perennial, greenhouse or hardy grasses, 



mostly found in the Mediterranean region and extra-tropil 



cal America, a few being natives of Africa and Australia. 



Inflorescence in spike-like or capitnliform panicles; the 



spikelets with one perfect flower, and generally the rudi. 



ments of two imperfect ones, which latter form minute 



scales between the outer, empty glumes ; glumes usually 



six. Leaves flat. The under-mentioned hardy species 



are of easy culture in common garden soil. Propagated 



by seeds, or by divisions of the plant. 



P. amndlnacea (Reed-like).* fl., panicle erect, loose, about 



6m. long tinged with purple. July. 1. lanceolate, striated. 



smooth. A. 3ft. to 5ft. North temperate and Arctic re-ioni 



(Britain). Perennial. (Sy. En. B. 1697. under name of Digram 



phis arundinacea.) 



P. a. variegata (variegated). Gardener's Garters ; Lady's Gar- 

 ters ; Ribbon Grass. A form with striped leaves very common 

 in gardens. P. gigantea. is a stouter and taller-growing form. 

 P. canariensls. Canary Grass. /., panicle erect, ovate, close, 

 compound, resembling an ovate spike, beautifully variegated with 

 green and white. July. I. flat, lanceolate, upper sheaths inflated. 

 A. lift. South Europe, North Africa, West Asia. Annual. Thia 

 species supplies the well-known " canary seed," so much employed 

 as food for singing cage-birds. (Sy. En. B. 1698.) 



FHALERIA (from phaleros, shining white; alluding 

 to the colour of the flowers). SYN. Drimyspermum. 

 OED. Thymeleacece. A genus comprising about eight 

 species of stove or greenhouse trees or shrubs, natives 

 of Ceylon, the Malayan Archipelago, and Australia. 

 Flowers sessile, in terminal, or rarely lateral, usually 

 numerous heads ; perianth tube cylindrical elongated j 

 lobes four or five, rarely six, spreading ; bracts leafy. 

 Leaves opposite. P. laurifolia, the only species intro- 

 duced, thrives in a compost of rich, light loam and fibry 

 peat. It may be propagated by seeds, sown on a hotbed, 

 in spring; or by cuttings of the young shoots, inserted 

 in sand, under a bell glass, in bottom heat. 

 P. laurifolia (Laurel-leaved). /. white, disposed fn terminal. 

 many-flowered heads ; peduncles two lines long, scaly-bracted. 

 1. shortly stalked, oblong or elliptic-oblong, Sin. to 5m. long, lin. 

 to liin. broad, slightly acuminate at both ends, glabrous. A. 6ft. 

 Ceylon, 1869. Stove shrub, remarkable for the delicious Daphne- 

 like scent of the flowers. (B. M. 5787.) 

 PHALLARIA. A synonym of Plectronia (which see). 

 FHALLOCALLIS PLUMBEA. A synonym of 

 Cypella plumbea, 



PHANEROGAMOUS. The same as Fhamo- 

 ganaous (which see}. 



FHANEROFHLEBIA. Included under Aspidium. 

 FHARBITIS. Included under Ipomcea (which see). 

 FHARIUM. A synonym of Bessera. 

 PHARNACEUM (named after Pharnaces, King of 

 Pontns, who lived contemporary with Caesar and Pompey). 

 SYN. Ginginsia. OED. Ficoidece. A genus comprising 

 about sixteen species of annual or perennial, low, erect 

 or decumbent, greenhouse, South African herbs, often 

 suffrutescent at base. Flowers greenish or purplish, in 

 axillary, racemiform, umbelliform, or compound or 

 terminal pedunculate cymes. Capsule membranous. 

 Leaves alternate or psendo-verticillate, linear, acicular, 

 obovate, or spathnlate, often setiferoua at base. The 

 species possess little beauty, and are more suited to 

 botanical than to horticultural collections. Those men- 

 tioned below thrive in a compost of sandy loam and 

 peat, and cuttings root readily in the same kind of soil, 

 if placed under a glass. 



P. incanum (hoary), fl. white inside, green without, disposed 

 in proliferous umbels ; common peduncles very long. May to 

 October. I. scattered, or four in a whorl, with bundles of smaller 

 leaves rising from the axilla-, smooth, linear; stipules pilose. 

 Stems erect ; branches white from stipules. A. 6in. 1782. 

 Shrubby. (B. M. 1883.) 



P. lineare (linear). /. reddish, in panicled, terminal and lateral 

 umbels. May and June. I. linear, obtuse, six to eight in a 

 whorl. Stems prostrate ; blanches dichotomous. 1795. Shrubby. 

 (A. B. R. 326.) 



