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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 



Fhyllocladus continued. 



introduced, succeed in a strong, loamy soil. They may 

 be increased by means of cuttings of the ripened shoots, 

 inserted in sand, under a bell glass, in spring. Bottom 

 heat should be withheld until the cuttings commence 

 swelling at the base. 



P. 



Phyllodes narrow, ovate-rhomboid 

 cuneate at base, scarcely attenuated 

 d ; lobes oblong, obtuse, crenulated, 

 h. 10ft. to 30ft. Borneo. Tree. 



Adventure Bay Pine. I., real 



, hypophylla (under-leaf). ] 

 or ovate-oblong, obliquely cui 

 into a petiole, crenate-lobed ; 

 glaucous beneath, h. 10ft. to , 



P. rhomboidalis (rhomboidal). 



ones, or scales, very small and subulate or fine-pointed. Cla- 

 dodia, or deciduous leaf-like branchlets, cuneate or rhomboidal, 

 obtuse, obtusely toothed or lobed, Jin. to 2in. long. New 

 Zealand, 1825. A slender tree, 60ft. in height, or reduced to a 

 shrub on the tops of mountains. SYN. Podocarpus asplenifolitu. 



P. trichomanoides (Trichomanes-like). Phyllodes distichous, 

 with scales (rudimentary leaves) at their base, Jin. to lin. long, 

 obliquely rhomboid, cuneate, or ovate, simple or pinnatifidly 

 lobed ; lobes truncate, erose. cones compressed, solitary on the 

 margins of the phyllodes. h. 40ft. New Zealand, 1840. A 

 slender tree. 



PHYLLOCYCLUS. Included under Canscora. 



FIG. 136. PHYLLOCLADUS GLAUCA, showing Habit, detached 

 Branch, Phyllode, and Cluster of Fruits. 



P. glauca (glaucous). Male catkins terminal, cylindric, anthers 

 yellow ; female catkins at the extremities of the phyllodes, sessile, 

 narrow. Phyllodes fan-wedge-shaped, irregularly lobed, thick, 

 coriaceous, rusty-green above, light shining green beneath. Seeds 

 shining, about the size of a grain of Hemp. Tasmania, 1853. 

 Shrub or small tree. See Fig. 136. 



PHYLLODES. A synonym of Phrynrom (which 

 see). 



PHYLLODES. Flattened leaf-like petioles (with- 

 out blades). A large number of the Australian Acacias 

 bear no true leaves, but Phyllodes, which perform the 

 same functions. 



PHYLLODIUM. Included under Desmodium 

 (which see). 



PHYLLODOCE (name of a nymph mentioned by 

 Virgil ; with an allusion to the shining leaves in the deriva- 

 tion phyllon, a leaf, and dolcein, to shine). OED. Ericaceae. 

 A genus comprising only three species of small, hardy, 

 Heath-like shrubs, inhabiting the mountainous and frigid 

 regions of Europe, Asia, and North America. Flowers 

 pink, blue, or purple, drooping, long-stalked, sub-um- 

 bellate at the tips of the branchlets; calyx five-parted, 

 persistent ; corolla ovoid, with five erect or recurved 

 lobes; pedicels bracteate and bibracteolate at the base. 

 Capsules erect. Leaves articulated with the branchlets, 

 clustered, linear or linear - oblong, obtuse, entire or ser- 

 rulated, coriaceous, persistent, shining, with revolute 

 margins. The two species described below should be 

 grown in peat, and propagated by layers. 

 P. ceerulea (blue). A synonym of P. taxifolia. 

 P. empetriformls (Empetrum-like). See Bryanthus em- 



P. taxifolia (Yew-leaved). /. lilac, few, drooping, in terminal, 

 umbellate corymbs ; corolla urceolate; pedicels iin. to lin. long. 

 May. I. shortly petioled, crowded, spreading, linear, obtuse, 

 denticulate, Jin. to iin. long. Branches tubercled. h. 2ft. 

 Europe (Britain), North America, <fec. SYNS. P. coerulea, Menziesia 

 ccerulea (L. B. C. 164 ; Sy. En. B. 886). 



PHYLLOMA. A synonym of Lomatophyllnxn 



(which see). 



PHYLLOMANIA. An unusual production of leaves. 



PHYLLOPERTHA HORTICOLA. See May 

 Bugs. 



PHYLLOSTACHYA. Included under Habenaria 

 (which see). 



PHYLLOSTACHYS (from phyllon, a leaf, and 

 stachys, a spike ; alluding to branchlets being furnished 

 with leaves). OED. GraminecB. A genus comprising four 

 or five species of arborescent, Chinese and Japanese 

 grasses, with semi-terete stems, prominent lobes, and 

 sub-verticillate, fascicled, leaf-bearing branchlets. Spike- 

 lets few (one to four) flowered, shortly sub-spicate, 

 inclosed by one or two spathaceous bracts ; spikes dense 

 or loose, in loose, often numerous panicles. Leaves 

 shortly petiolate, articulated with the sheaths, flat, tessel- 

 lately veined. Whangee Canes appear to be the produce 

 of P. nigra, the stems of which, " although slender, 

 are nearly solid, and appear to be generally used for 

 such purposes as require great strength and toughness. 

 Chairs, pipe-stems, and walking-sticks are often seen 

 in England made from the culms of this species " 

 (T. L. S. xxvi. 35). 



P. bambusoides (Bambusa-like). ft., fertile spikelets three to 

 five-flowered, ten to twelve lines long ; spikes lin. to 2in. long ; 

 inflorescence very variable, usually with the aspect of a panicle, 

 2ft. long. I. oblong-lanceolate, rounded or attenuated at base, 

 petiolate, very acute at apex, usually Sin. to 4in. long, and 4in. to 

 |in. broad. Culms reed-like, 10ft. to 12ft. high, unarmed, semi- 

 terete, yellow, very smooth above, the nodes prominent, highly 

 glabrous. Japan. 



P. nigra (black).* I. linear-lanceolate, acuminate at apex, rounded 

 or attenuated at base, shortly petiolate, usually 2in. to 3in. long, 

 and four to six lines broad, one or both margins bristly ciliated, 

 glabrous above, pale and almost pubescent beneath. Culm some- 

 times dwarf, 4ft. to 5ft. high, sometimes (in cultivation, e.g., a 

 fine specimen in the Crystal Palace, Sydenham, which was, 

 unfortunately, destroyed by fire there) 25ft. high. China and 

 Japan. SYN. Bambusa nigra. 



PHYLLOSTICTA. See Spliaeropsidese. 

 PHYLLOTA (from phyllon, a leaf, and ous, otis, an 

 ear j referring to the shape of the leaves). OED. Legu- 



