PHAL^NOPSIS 



PHALARIS 



2573 



2889. Phalanopsis Schilleriana. 



hair,- cushion. Andaman Isls. (Bay of Bengal). G.C. 

 II. 18: 745; 26: 277. 



12. sumatrana, Korth. & Reichb. f. Lvs. pointed, 

 about 6 in. long: infl. about as long as the Ivs., 6-10-fld.; 

 sepals oblong, pointed, 1 in. or more in length; petals 

 more cuneate; all yellowish white barred, with bands 

 of reddish brown; labellum short, clawed; lateral lobes 

 erect, meeting and each having a short curved tooth 

 pointing backward; middle lobe oblong, fleshy, white, 

 streaked with violet, very hairy in front. Sumatra and 

 Borneo. B.M. 5527. F.S. 16:1644. G.C. 1865:507. 



13. Lueddemanniana, Reichb. f. A small plant, with 

 thick, oblong fleshy Ivs. 6-8 in. long: infl. about as long 

 as the Ivs., with few handsome fls. near the top; fls. 

 2-3 in. across; sepals and petals oblong-acute, white, 

 marked with transverse bars, those at the base being 

 amethyst, while the upper ones are brown; labellum 

 deep violet, with yellow blotches on the side lobes; 

 middle lobe oblong; side lobes erect, ligulate, deeply 

 2-toothed. Feb., March. Philippines. B.M. 5523. 

 F.S. 16:1636. R.H. 1872:390. F. 1865:257. G.C. III. 

 39:259. R.B. 26:169. The old fl.-sts. of this plant 

 produce young plants by which the species may be 

 easily increased. Var. ochracea, Reichb. f. A form 

 with yellowish fls. and ochre-colored bars. R.H. 

 1S72:390. 



14. Parishii, Reichb. f. Dwarf: Ivs. oblong-lanceo- 

 late, acute, 2-4 in. long: fls. in 6-10-fld. racemes 

 scarcely longer than the Ivs., crowded; dorsal sepals 

 oblong, lateral broadly ovate, white; petals obovate- 

 spatulate, white; lateral lobes of the labellum small, 

 horn-like, yellow, with purple spots, middle lobe broadly 

 triangular, red-purple, often white on the disk; crest 

 semi-lunar, broken up into subulate filaments in front; 

 the disk has a peculiar appendage ending in 4 long 

 subulate filaments. Burma and Moulmein. B.M. 5815. 



15. rosea, Lindi. Lvs. oblong, dark green, obliquely 

 retuse: scape about a foot long, nodding, dark purple, 

 bearing 12-14 fls.; sepals and petals ovate, obtuse, 



white, tinged with pink in the center; labellum rose- 

 colored, scarcely longer than the sepals; lateral lobes 

 small, lunate, middle lobe ovate. Philippines. B.M. 

 5212. F.S. 16:1645. G.C. 1848:671. J.F. 3:283. 



P. BMii. Natural hybrid resembling P. amabilis, which is one 

 of its parents. P. gigantea, 3. 3. Smith. Habit like that of P. ama- 

 bilis, but Ivs. larger and thicker: fls. in a raceme, whitish, with 

 numerous brown spots. Borneo. G.C. III. 45:306. P. Kunstleri, 

 Hook, f . Lvs. up to 4 in. long and 1 in. broad, bright green : raceme 

 loosely 5-8-fkL, pendulous; fls. about 2 in. across; sepals and petals 

 similar, spreading, linear to oblong-obovate, yellow, the upper sur- 

 face marked with brown; lip small, white, streaked with red. Perak. 

 B.M. 7885. P. Listeri, of doubtful authenticity. P. Mdnnii, 

 Reichb. f. Fls. about 2 in. across; sepals and petals yellow, blotched 

 and barred with brown, linear-oblong, acute; lip light yellow, the 

 front lobe anchor-shaped, saccate at base; near the side lobes is a 

 2-horned slender upright plate and a purplish tooth. Assam. 

 J.H. III. 43:97. P. Schilltriano-Stuarttina, see P. Wiganis. P. 

 Vdlentinii, Reichb. f. Plant with habit of P. violacea: sepals purple, 

 cuneate-oblong, the lateral ones white at base; petals like lateral 

 sepals or purple-barred; lip short, clawed, mauve, white and yellow. 

 Malaysia. P. TTi0onia?=P. Schilleriana X P. Stuartiana. G.C. III. 

 27:83. G.M. 43:63. HEINRICH HASSELBRING. 



GEORGE V. XASH.f 



PHALANGIUMLILlASTRUM: Paradisea. 



PHALARIS (old Greek name for a grass). Gramineae. 

 Stout hardy ornamental grasses. 



Spikelets 1-fld., in heads or spike-like panicles; 

 glumes boat-shaped, awnless; 2 minute sterile lemmas 

 at base of perfect floret. Ten species, mostly of S. Eu., 

 one native throughout the northern part of N. Amer., 

 a variety of which is ribbon-grass. P. canariensis, 

 CANARY-GRASS, which is cult, in Eu. for bird-food or 

 as a cereal, sometimes escapes along roadsides. This 

 annual species, on account of its variegated ovate 

 spikes, is worthy of cult, as an ornamental grass. 



arundinacea, Linn. REED CANARY-GRASS. A tall 

 perennial (2^-6 ft.), with flat Hin.-wide Ivs. and an 

 elongated spike-like panicle (open in anthesis) of whi- 

 tish spikelets, native throughout northern Amer. in wet 

 ground, where it is an important forage grass. Recom- 

 mended for planting in parks and grounds along the 

 banks of streams or artificial ponds. 



2890. Ribbon-grass. Phalaris arundinacea var. picta. 



