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FIG. 134. PHYLLOCACTUS ASGULJGEK. 



what he terms Epiphyllum splendidut, but which is presumably 

 some scarlet foim of Phyllotactus. They were raised about 

 the year 1870 ; their flowers, which often measure from Sin. to 

 12in. across, are very profusely produced. The best are as follows : 

 ALICE WILSON, orange-scarlet ; MAUVE QUEEN, purplish-pink ; 

 ORANGE GEM, shining orange; PINK QUEEN, mauve-pink; BE- 

 FULGE.NCE, dark scarlet; and SUNSET, rich crimson. 

 P. Hooker! (Hooker's). /. agreeably fragrant, produced on the 

 margin of the stems ; tube long, narrow ; petals white, tapering, 

 2in. to Sin. long, and about Jin. broad. July to September. 

 Branches and stems flat, and deeply crenated, 2ft. to 3ft high. 

 South America. SYS. Cactut Phyllanthus (under which name it 

 is figured in B. M. 2692). 



P. latlfrons (broad-stemmed).*/, very large, 7in. to Sin. long, about 

 6in. in diameter ; petals of a delicate creamy-white ; sepals and 

 tube of a reddish hue. Stems stout, flattened, 4in. to 5in. broad, 

 deeply crenated, 8ft. to 10ft. high. Mexico. A very strong-grow- 

 ing species. SYNS. Cereus latijront (B. M. 3813), C. oxypetalvs. 

 P. phyllanthoides (Phyllanthus-like).* /. 2in. to Sin. long, Sin. 

 to 4m. across at the mouth ; petals ovate or lanceolate, and 

 coloured rose and white, in irregular streaks. June. Stem flat, 

 the margin crenated, and the centre reddish, h. 1ft to 3ft. 

 Mexico, 1810. A very beautiful species, and one of the most 

 floriferous of the family. SYNS. Cactus phyllanthoides (B. M. 

 092), C. sj,eciomm (B. B. 304). 



P. Phyllanthus (leaf-flowering). JL white or creamy-white, 9in. 

 to Ian. long, tubular, opening at night and exhaling a peculiar 

 odour. June. Branches flattened and crenated. h. 1ft. to 3ft. 

 South America, 1710. This species is inferior to many others of 

 the genus. Svss. Cereu* Phyllanthus, Epiphyllum Phyllanthut. 

 The following forms are also worth growing : P. caulorrhizus, 

 flowers handsome, 6in. in diameter, the petals white and the sepals 

 pale green ; P. Jenkinstmi. a hybrid, or seedling, with large, hand- 

 some, brilliant crimson flowers ; /'. multijlorus, flowers reddish- 

 crimson, the surface of the petals having a peculiar, satm-l:ke 

 lustre. 



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FHYLLOCALYX (from phyllos, a leaf, and Italy x, 

 calyx; alluding to the leafy calyx). OBD. Myrtacece. 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. eilulis, 

 the only species which calls for description here, see 

 Myrtns. 



P. edulis (edible).* A. axillary or lateral, solitary, with four 

 oblong, leafy sepals, four perigynous petals, and numerous 

 stamens, jr. yellow, oblong, about Ijin. long, exhaling a strong, 

 Pine-apple odour, and with a fine aromatic taste. I. distichous, 

 oval or obovate-oblong, coriaceous, acuminate, shortly stalked. 

 Brazil, 1884. A very interesting stove or greenhouse shrub. 

 (B, H. 1884, p. 348.) 



PHYLLOCEREUS. A synonym of Phyllocactua 

 (which see). 



PHYLLOCULDUS (from phyllon, a leaf, and klados, 

 a branch ; alluding to the phyllodia, which are charac- 

 teristic). Celery - leaved Pine-tree. SYN. Thalamia. 

 OBD. Conifera. 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 monoecious (or dioecious ?), 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 



FIG. 135. PHYLLOCACTUS UIIOKMIS. 



