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PHRAGMOPEDILUM 



PHYGELIUS 



P. Ainswarthii, Rolfe & Hurst. (Cypripedium Ainsworthii, 

 Reichb. f. Selenipedium Ainsworthii, Reichb. f.). Fig. 2928. 

 Hybrid between P. longifolium x P. Sedenii. Lvs. ligulate, acumi- 

 nate, \Yi ft. long: scape shorter, pubescent, few-fld. ; upper sepal 

 oblong, acutish, undulate, whitish or yellowish green with a pale 

 purple border; lower sepaj very broad and concave with a reflexed 

 margin, shorter than the lip; petal broad, purple, with a green mid- 

 vein and a pale area near the base; side lobes of the lip yellow, with 

 numerous spots. P. albopurpureum, Rolfe & Hurst. (Cypripe- 

 dium albopurpureum, Reichb. f. Selenipedium albopurpureum, 

 Reichb. f.)=P. Dominianum X P. Schlimii. Fls. larger than those 

 of P. Sedenii; sepals oblong, acute, whitish with a purplish tinge 

 on margins; petals 5-6 in. long, pendent, twisted, purplish, lip pur- 

 plish on borders, the white infolded margin purple-spotted. Gn. 

 21, p. 332. J.H. III. 52:69. P. Brdwnii=P. longifolium X P. 

 Sedenii. P. Brdvmii leucoglossum. P. Brysa.=P. Boissierianum 



X P. Sedenii. P. Calurum=P. longifolium X P. Sedenii. Fls. large, 

 about 5 in. across petals; dorsal sepal oblong-ovate, pale green, 

 with longitudinal purplish ribs, flushed red on outside; petals lan- 

 ceolate, undulate, pale green in the center and at the base, margins 

 rose-red; labellum oblong, rose-red tinted with brown in front; 

 side lobes deeply inflexed, cream-white, with irregular spots of pur- 

 ple. G.Z. 29:241. F. 1884:145. P. cardinale, Reichb. f. (Cypri- 

 pedium cardinale, Reichb. f.)=P. Schlimii x P. Sedenii. Lvs. long, 

 straight: dorsal sepal blush-white, slightly streaked with green; 

 petals broad, ovate-oblong, undulate, white tinged with rose-pur- 

 ple near the base; labellum intense purple; staminodium white. 

 Gn. 27:520. P. Chlvrops=P. caricinumxP. longifolium. P. 

 Cleola=P. Boissierianum X P. Schlimii. P. conchlferum=P. cari- 

 cinum X P. longifolium. P. Coppinianum=P. conchiferum X P. 

 Sedenii. P. Cunia. P. Dominianum, Reichb. f. (Cypripedium 

 Dominianum, Reichb. f.)=P. caricinum X P. caudatum. Fig. 2929. 

 Lvs. numerous, about 1 ft. long, acuminate: fls. yellowish green, 

 with copper-brown shades and markings; labellum deep reddish 

 brown, reticulated in front and yellowish green behind. Gn. 3, p. 

 491. F. 1874, p. 57. P. Dominianum rubescens=sa,me. P. Ger- 

 alda=P. caudatum X P. Lindleyanum. P. Gotianum=P. cauda- 

 tum X P. macrochilum. P. grdnde (Cypripedium grande, Reichb. 

 f.)=P. caudatum x P. longifolium. Lvs. dark green, over 2 ft. 

 long: scape over 3 ft. high, with several large, shining fls. : sepal 

 long, oblong-lanceolate, yellowish white, veined with green; pet- 

 als long, pendent, yellowish green above, becoming rose-pink; 

 labellum large, greenish yellow in front, whitish behind; side lobes 

 white, spotted with crimson. G.M. 32:87. A.F. 11:1349. G. 

 27:239; 28:297. Gn.W. 4:389. Var. atrdtum. A hybrid between 

 P. longifolium, P. Roezlii and P. caudatum roseum. G.C. III. 

 15:692. P. leucorrhddum=P. longifolium X P. Schlimii. J.H. III. 

 47:119. P. macrochilum=P. caudatum X P. longifolium. A.G. 

 22:763. P. macrochilum gigant&um=P. caudatum X P. grande. 

 J.H. III. 53:543. P. Mrs. W. A. Roeblino=P. caudatum X P. 

 Sedenii. P. nitidissimum=P. caudatum x P. conchiferum. P. 

 Penclans=P. CalurumXP. caudatum. P. Perseus=P. Lindley- 

 anum X P. Sedenii. P. porphyreum (Cypripedium porphyreum, 

 Reichb. f.)=P. longifolium X P. Sedenii. Lvs. broadly strap-shaped, 

 acute, about 1 ft. long: fls. mostly purple, resembling those of P. 

 Sedenii, but without protuberances on the open sides of the lip. 

 The sepals and petals are oblong and more acuminate. P. Saun- 

 dersianum=P. caudatum X P. Schlimii. P. Schroederse (Cypri- 

 pedium Schroederse, Hort. Veitch, ex-Reichb. f.)=P. caudatum 



XP. Sedenii. Plant of the habit of P. Sedenii, with fls. resembling 

 those of P. albo-purpureum but larger: upper sepals nearly ocher- 

 cqlored, with purple veins; lower sepals very broad, ocher-colored, 

 with purple veins; petals long-lanceolate, undulate, pendent, 4 in. 

 long, greenish white in the middle, crimson-purple around the 

 margin; labellum purple outside, inflexed lobes yellow, with brown 

 blotches. P. Sedenii (Fig. 2930)=P. longifolium X P. Schlimii. 

 Lvs. numerous, crowded, 12-18 in. long, tapering to a point: scapes 

 12-18 in. high, about 4-fld. but often sending out secondary flower- 

 ing branches from the axils of the bracts after the first fls. have 

 fallen: fls. 3J^-4 in. across the petals; lower sepal oval, greenish 

 white, upper sepal oblong, Acute, with faint purplish green veins; 

 petals lanceolate, twisted, purple shading to greenish white at the 

 base ; labellum rich crimson-purple shading to paler purple behind, 

 spotted inside. A very luxuriant free-flowering plant. F.M. 1876: 

 206; 1878:302. R.H. 1879:470. G.Z. 21:1. O. 1910, p. 88. Var. 

 candidulum, Reichb. f. Sepals white; petals white tinged with rose; 

 labellum darker rose. The following names are also in the trade: 

 grandiflorum, sangutneum, superbum. P. tenellum=P. longifo- 

 lium magnificum X P. Schlimii. P. Titanum=P. Lindleyanum X 

 P. longifolium. P. Uranus=P. grande X P. Lindleyanum. P. 

 urgdndae=P. Lindleyanum X P. longifolium. P. Weidlichidnum 

 P. longifoliumxP. Schlimii. G.M. 34:274. 



GEORGE V. NASH. 



PHRYMA (one of the many names which Linnseus 

 never explained). Phrymaceae. One genus and one 

 species comprises the family. It is a hardy perennial 

 herb of little horticultural value. 



Erect, divaricately branching, with coarsely toothed 

 ovate Ivs. and small purplish or rose-colored opposite 

 small fls. borne in long slender terminal spikes. It seems 

 to have been rarely cult, in Eu. and offered in America 

 by dealers in native plants. Phryma has been con- 

 sidered an outlying member of the verbena family. 

 This is because its ovary is 1-celled, while others of 

 the Verbenacese, as a rule, have a 2- or 4-celled ovary. 

 There is some evidence for regarding it as a 2-celled 



verbenaceous plant in which only half the ovary 

 develops. This plant has the infl. of the verbena tribe 

 and the habit of Priva. Ovule solitary, erect, ortho- 

 tropous, laterally affixed at the base; seed without 

 albumen; cotyledons convolute; radicle superior; 

 stamens 4, didynamous; style slender and stigma 2- 

 lobed. 



Leptostachya, Linn. LOPSEED. Height 2-3 ft.: Ivs. 

 3-5 in. long, thin, the lower long-stalked: fls. at first 

 erect, soon spreading, and the calyx in fr. closed and 

 abruptly deflexed against the axis of the spike, the teeth 

 long, slender, and hooked at the tip. June-Aug. Com- 

 mon in moist and open woods, New Bruns. to Man., 

 south to Fla. and Kans.; also E. Asia. This very 

 widespread and relatively unattractive plant has 

 stimulated considerable speculation on the problem of 

 the distribution of plants. Horticulturally, it may be 

 worthy a place in the wild-garden for its botanical 

 interest. The mature calices adhere to clothing, like a 

 bur, by the hooked tips of the teeth. L jj_ g. 



PHRYNIUM (from Greek word for toad, because the 

 plant inhabits marshes). Marantdceae. Maranta-like 

 plants with creeping rootstocks and large oblong showy 

 radical leaves. 



The genus is closely allied to Calathea and Maranta 

 and is often confused with them. The Marantas are 

 New World plants with 1 seed-bearing locule in the 

 fruit, whereas Calathea and Phrynium have 3-seed- 

 bearing locules, or at least a 3-celled ovary. In Calathea, 

 the fl.-cluster is terminal on a leafy st. or rarely on a 

 leafless scape arising directly from the rhizome; in 

 Phrynium, the cluster is lateral from the sheathing 

 petiole. In Calathea the corolla-tube is usually slender; 

 in Phrynium it is usually short. Species 14 and a few 

 others of doubtful position are admitted to the mono- 

 graph by Schumann in 1902 (Engler's Das Pflanzen- 

 reich, iv. 48), and other species have been described 

 since then; they are native in India, Malasia to New 

 Guinea. 



Phryniums are grown the same as calatheas and 

 marantas (which see). P. variegatum, N. E. Br., is 

 probably a variegated form of Maranta arundinacea. It 

 is a stove plant of dwarf habit with ovate-lanceolate 

 acuminate green If.-blades which are marked with 

 cream-white or white stripes and bands. I.H. 33:606. 

 F.R. 3:469. Gt. 46, p. 581. J.H. III. 28:27; 61:560. 

 It is a worthy plant, now coming to be popular. P. 

 Micholitzii, Hort. Lvs. broadly oblong, about 10 

 in. long, acute, green and broadly white-striped above 

 from the midrib outward, paler beneath, midrib claret- 

 red, petiole red. New Guinea. G.C. III. 33:suppl. 

 April 18. R.H. 1903, p. 226. P. floribtindum, Lem., 

 is Calathea violacea, Lindl., a tall species with oblong 

 or oblong-lanceolate Ivs. green above and purplish 

 and glaucescent beneath and violet-colored fls., from 

 Brazil. B.R. 961. L.B.C. 12:1148. For P. eximium, see 

 Calathea eximia. L. H. B. 



PHYGELIUS (Greek, sun flight, because it was said 

 to love the shade). Scrophulariacese. Small South 

 African shrubs, hardy South and useful in greenhouses, 

 something like pentstemon. 



Plants erect, glabrous or nearly so: Ivs. opposite, 

 stalked, crenate-dentate : fls. many, long and tubular, 

 scarlet, with exserted stamens in 2 pairs, and a long, 

 filiform declined style; calyx 5-parted; corolla trumpet- 

 shaped, the limb with 5 short nearly equal blunt lobes : 

 fr. a many-seeded caps. Species 2. 



capensis, Meyer. CAPE FUCHSIA. Fig. 2931. Two 

 to 3 ft., becoming woody at the base, glabrous, the st. 

 with 4 angles or narrow wings: Ivs. ovate to ovate- 

 lanceolate, rounded at the base, firm and veiny, bluntly 

 small-toothed : fls. slender, 2 in. long, somewhat curved, 

 2-lipped, purple-scarlet, 1-4 together on the ends of 

 straight-spreading peduncles, drooping. Cape of Good 



