PHACA— PHLOX. 



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aanos, dry or burning, alluding to the quali- 

 ties of the root.] 



teriKi'linn, (sulphur- wort, 2X-) leaves ter- 

 nate, long-petioled ; lealets entire, long- 

 Jinear, acute, Jilteniated below ; involucrum 

 nearly wanting ; involucel very sliort, 5-6- 

 Icaved ; fruit oblong-oval. 3 f. S. 



PIIA'CA. 16—10. (Lc gummosa:.) [A Greek 



woid signifying lentil.] 



vUlo'sa, (y. Ju. 2_f.) nearly Ptcmlcss, vil- 

 lose ; leafets oval, glabrous above ; pedun- 

 cles as long as the leaves; legumes hoary ; 

 villo.se, oblong. 



tn-phyV'la, (2/.) stemless, assurgent ; 

 leaves ternate ; leafets lanceolate, sessile ; 

 Bcape none ; legumes sessile, oblong. 

 Leaves of silvery hue. S. 



PllACE'LIA. 5—1. (BoragirfCB.) [From 



phakelos, bundle, alluding to the fascicled 



•ipikes.j 



bipi lined" ifi' da, (b. M.) erect; leaves 

 pinnatifid ; segments incisely lobed ; ra- 

 cemes mostly bifid, oblong, many-Howered ; 

 divisions of the corolla entire. 6 f 



fcmbria'ta, (b. M. %.) leaves pinnatifid, 

 the lobes undivided ; segments of the co- 

 rolla fimbriate. 6-12 i. 



parvijlo'ra, (b. M. @.) stem diffuse, pu- 

 bescent ; leaves sab-sessile, pinnatifid ; seg- 

 ments oblong, rather obtuse, entire; ra- 

 cemes solitary; pedicels short ; segments 

 of the corolla round, very entire. 6-8 i. 



inteqrifo'Ua, erect, pubescent; leaves 

 petioled, ovate, crenate-serrate ; racemes 

 numerous, dense-flowered. 



heterophyVla, (b. Ju. $ .) erect, hispid ; 

 leaves petioled, pinnatifid ; divisions lanceo- 

 late, entire, nerved, terminal one elongated ; 

 floral leaves simple, lanceolate, petioled ; 

 racemes 2-cleft, dense-flowered; divisions 

 of the corolla entire. S. 

 PIIALAN"GIUM. 6—1. (Asphodeli.) [From 



phalagx, tarantula, whose bite it was sup- 

 posed to cure.] 



esculcn"lnm, (b. M. 11.) root bulbous; 

 leaves all radical, linear, connate ; stigma 

 minutely 3 cleft. 12-18 i. 



cro'ceum, (y. 2^.) root bulbous; scape 

 much longer than the grass-like leaves; 

 spike pyramidal ; bracts short ; seed sub- 

 globose, smooth. <S. 

 PIIALA'RIS. 3—2. (GraminecE.) [From pha- 



los, shmiiig, so named from the appearance 



of its seed.] 



america' na, (riband-grass, wild canary- 

 grass, Jn. IX) panicle oblong, spiked; 

 glumes of the calyx boat-shaped, serrulate ; 

 corolla unequal ; rudiments hairy. Var. 

 p2'c'7«.leave8 variously striped. This varie- 

 ty is the riband-grass of the garden.^. 2 5 f 



caiiarien'yis, (canary-grass, Ju. 0.) pan- 

 icle sub-spiked, ovate; glumes boat-form, 

 entire at the apex; rudiments smooth. In- 

 troduced. 18 i. 



PIIASEO'LUS. 16—10. (Leguminosa.) [From 

 phasclos, a little boat, which its pods were 

 thought to resemble.] 



■pereitf'nh, (wild kidney-bean, p. Ju. 2^.) 

 cwining, pubescent; leafets ovate, acumin- 

 ate^ 3-ncrved ; racenies 13, axillary, panic- 

 ulate, longer than the leaves ; bracts mi- 



nute ; legumes pendulous, broad, falcate, 

 mucronatc ; ilowers large. Dry woods. 



lunu'tus, (Carolina bean, Lima bean, g-w 

 Ju. 0.) twining; legumes cimeter-form, 

 sub-lunate, smooth; seeds compressed. Ex. 

 vulga'ris, (common pole-bean, p. w. Ju. 

 I 0.) stem twining ; racemes solitary, short- 

 er than the leaves; peduncles in pairs; 

 bracts smaller than the calyx, spreading; 

 legumes pendulous. From the East In- 

 dies. 



na'nus, (bush-bean, six-weeks-bean, 0.) 



stem erect, smooth ; bracts larger than the 



calyx ; legumes pendulous, compressed, 



rugose ; seeds variously colored. Ex. 



iiudtijlo'rus, (.scarlet runner, r. w. Ju, @.) 



i twining, sub glabrous ; leafets ovate, acu- 



! minate ; racemes peduncled, longer than 



the leaves ; peduncles in pairs; bracts close- 



j pressed, shorter than the calyx; legumes 



6ub-scabrous. South America. 

 I rillLADEI/'PIIUS. 11—1. (Myrti) [From 

 phileo, to love, adelphos, a brother. Th.s 

 name was first given to thp Galium or bed 

 straw, becausi" by its roughness it attached 

 itself to what was near.] 

 inodo'rus, (scentless syringa, w. J. ^.) 

 leaves acuminate, oval, entire ; divi.sion3 of 

 the calyx acute ; style undivided, longer 

 than the stamens ; stigmas 4, oblong ; flow- 

 ers large. iS. 



coroiLci'i-ius, (mock-orange, false syringa, 

 w. J. ^ .) styles distinct ; leaves ovate, sub- 

 dentate. Ex. 



grandijio'rus, (w. M. Tp .) leaves short- 

 I)etioled, opposite, ovate, acuminate, den 

 ticulate, a little hairy ; segments of the ca- 

 lyx acuminate; style undivided, longer 

 than the stamens; stigmas 4, linear. Culti- 

 vated. S. 



hirsu'tus, (w. ^.) leaves oblong-ovate 

 acute, sharply angular-denticulate, hirsute 

 above, whitish-villose beneath ; style and 

 stigma undivided ; peduncles 2-bracted near 

 the summit. S. 



PiriLOX"ERUS. 15—5. [Amaranihi.) [From 

 philos, love, and xeros, dry or burnt ; allu- 

 ding to the kind of soi' in which it is found.] 

 vcrviic^'vlaris, (J. 2J!.) glabrous; stem 

 creeping ; leaves sub-terete, fleshy ; flow- 

 ers in terminal, solitary, oblong heads. iS^. 



PHLE'UM. 3— 2r (Graminca:.) 

 pralc)i"sc, (timothy gi-ass, J. 2^. and ^ .) 



spike cylindric, calyx mucronate-awned ; 



keel ciliate ; awn shoiijer than the calyx ; 



culm erect. Introduced. 2-3 f. 

 I alpi'rmm, (Au.) spike ovate or cylindric 



ovate, hirsute or villose ; spike often black- 

 ' ish or dark purple, 



PHLOX 5—1. (PoUmoneeB.) [A Greek word 



signifying flame, from the briglit color of the 



flowers of some of its species.] 



panicnla'ta, (smooth stem lichnidia, r. w. 

 J. 21.) glabrous, erect; leaves lanceolate, 

 narrowing gradually, flat; margins rough ; 

 corymbs panicled ; divisions of the corolla 

 rounded; calyx awned. Cultivated. 2-3 f, 



vxacula'tn, (spotted lichnidia, r. w. Ju. 2^.) 

 stem erect, scabrous and spotted ; loavofl 

 oblong-lancculate, smooth ; panicle oblocg, 

 many flowered ; segments of the corolla 



