PHAL.«NOPSIS 



8 ametlijstina K hb f \ s uall sj ecie« with 

 I 1 Ue 1 s lis small cream colored 1 



tl t labellum sepals cuueate obloi t. 

 J t lis subequal or a little smaller I 

 It- t tl e labellum uneate middle lobe ol 

 t 1 1 Malay & C 18 1 31 

 <) Tiolicea Teijsm & Binn Lv I 



1 Df, light shinmg green flo 

 t,er tl an the Ivs fls few ' m 



I pet 1 broa lly lanceolate \ell I 

 aug ng to rose violet towar 1 tl e 1 



I e of the lal ellum tie h deep p irple with i 



callu Ic 1 b s mall erect purple 1 



e Ma5 O t S r P M 18 9 34 



II 10 14 II II f habit The H 

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10 Cornu cc I 



and Sum tr i E 



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1293 



Reichb f Lvs al o it 



a H 



How SI le lobe 

 Idle lobe endii 

 lids (Bay ot Beni, 



C C U 18 4 



1 Sumatrina Korth &, Reichb f Lvs pomte 1 

 abo t n 1 1 " 11 florescence al out as long as tl e 

 1 >-I til 1 lb oblong pointed 1 m or more 



m 1. 11-111. j.i f;.K more cuneate; all yellowish white 

 biirr.i!, wiih han.ls of reddish brown; labellum 

 sli.Mt. cliv, ( i! ; lull lal lobes erect, meeting and each 

 bavin- a sh.iri rurved tooth pointing backwards: 

 miilille lol.f .ililuiig, fleshy, white, streaked with 

 viol-t, very hairy in front. Sumatra and Borneo. B.M. 

 5527. F.S". 10:1044. G.C. 1805:507. 



13. Luddemannl&na, Reichb. f. A small plant, with 

 tbi<-k, oblong fleshy lvs. 6-8 in. long: inflorescence 

 about as long as the lvs., with few handsome fls. near 

 the top; fls. 2-3 in. across; sepals and petals oblong- 

 Hditc, white, marked with transverse bars, those at the 

 base being amethyst, wliilf thr u|ii'<*r ones are brown; 

 labellum deep violet, \\im, \. II. a l.h.tc-hes on the side 

 lobes; middle lobe "'- .Im-s erect, ligulate, 

 deeply 2-toothed. F.l. , M . . i I ■. i li|.,.ines. B.M. 5523. 

 F.S. 10:1636. B,H. I~7J:;:"'. I . IM15:257.-The old 

 flower-.stems of this plant proiluce young plants by 

 which the species may be easily increased. 



Var. ochricea, Reichb. f. A form with yellowish fls. 

 and ochre-colored bars. R.H. 1872:390. 



14. F&rishii, Reichb. f. Dwarf: lvs. oblong-lanceo- 

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

 scarcely longer than the lvs., crowded; dorsal sepals 

 oblong, lateral broadly ovate, white ; petals obovate- 

 spatulate, white; lateral lobes of the labellum small, 

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

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

 semilunar, broken up into subulate filaments in front; 

 the disk has a peculiar apiif-iidaci' ending in 4 long 

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



15. rtsea, Lindl. Lvs, ..l,l.,ii-, dark green, obliquely 

 retuse: scape about :i ft, ion-, irndding, dark purple, 

 bearing 12-14 fls.: sepals and pitals 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. 1848:071, 



1737, Phaleenopsis Schilleriana ( > 



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P. a 



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Adv. 



IIeisuicu Hasselbrixg. 

 PHALANGIUM Liliistrum. See Paradisea Lili- 



FHALABIS (old Greek name used by Dioscorides, 

 probably from phalos, shining; in allusion to the shin- 

 ingseed). Graminece. Ten species, mostly of southern 

 Europe, one native throughout the northern part of 

 North America, a variety of which is the Ribbon Grass. 

 P. Canariensis, Canary Grass, which is cultivated in 

 Europe for bird-food or sometimes as a cereal, is occa- 

 sionally found in this country along roadsides. This 

 annual species, on account of its variegated ovate 

 spikes, is worthy of cultivation as an ornamental grass. 

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

 Empty glumes 4, but the second and third minute. 

 Outer glumes boat-shaped, awnless. 



anmdind,cea, Linn. Reed Canary Grass. A tall per- 

 ennial (2-6 ft.) with flat K in. wide lvs. and an elongated 

 spike-like panicle (open in anthesis) of whitish spikelets, 

 native through northern America in wet ground, where 

 it is an important forage grass. Recommended for 

 planting in parks and grounds along the banks of 

 streams or artificial ponds. A very striking native 

 grass. 



Var. varieg&ta (var. pida). Ribbon Grass. Gar- 

 dener's Garters. Fig. 17.38. Lvs. longitudinally striped 

 with white. Commonly cult, for ornament and some- 

 times run wild about old places. 



A. S. Hitchcock. 



PHALOCALLIS (Greek words referring to the delicacy 

 of the cone formed by the crests). Iriddcea. Referred 

 by Baker to Cypella. ' The plant offered as P. phtmben, 

 Herb., by Dutch bulb-growers is CypfiUa pliimbea, 

 Lindl., a South Brazilian species diilering from those 

 described at p. 429 as follows: corm large: lvs. lanceo- 

 late: stem stout, 2-4 ft. long: fls. dull lilac; outer seg- 

 ments l>^-2 in. long; inner with a small obovate blade 

 and long claw; style-branches 2-fid, each fork with 1 

 erect and 2 spreading spurs. B.M. 3710 (fls. chiefly 

 lilac). F.S. 4:395 (chiefly light blue). F.S. 14:1466 

 {flnre striata, veined and flushed with rich purple 

 shades on a white ground). 



FHABBITIS. See Ipomma. 



