PHILODENDRON 



DD. Petioles glabrous. 



giganUam, Schott. Climbing: petioles 3 ft. long, 

 thick, cylindrical; blade cordate-ovate, 24-28 in. long, 

 l(i-2U in. wide, the basal lobes slightly introrse, semi- 

 ovate or obliquely semicircular, one-fourth as long as 

 the apical one, separated by a broad parabolic sinus; 

 spathe tube 2 in. long, oblong, purple; spadix very 

 thick. Trop. America. 



tmbe, Schott (P. Sellotriamim, Kunth). Branches 

 rusty purple: petioles of young plant semicylindrical, 

 terete, sparsely brown-spotted, lK-2 times longer than 

 tlie midrib; blade like parchment, cordate-oblong, the 

 oblong basal lobes one-half as long as the apical, sepa- 

 rated by a widi- parabolic sinus, retrorse or sub-introrse; 

 apical lobe cuspidate; spatbe green outside, red within, 

 its broadly ovate lilade dirty yellow; spadix shaped like 

 a finger. Rio du Janeiro.— According to Engler, the 

 Mexican P. san.juineutn has been called P. Imbe in 

 gardens. P. sannKinenm differs in having more elon- 

 g.ited Ivs. which are red beneath. 



spectAbile, Linden. Large, of vigorous habit: Ivs. 

 12-l.j in. long, nearly as broad, silky or velvety green. 

 Hab.? 



Andreinum, Devans. Lvs. rather large, cordate-ovate, 

 with short basal lobes, bronzy green. Colombia. R.H. 

 188(;:.'!6. — Sparingly grown. Looks like a narrow-lvd. 

 Anthurium. 



PHLOMIS 



1305 



\V. Oliv 



PHLEBODIUM (Greek, a rein). Polypodidceie. A 

 ;etius of ferns rela'ted to Poli/podium, and sometimes 

 inited with it, but differing widely in the venation, 

 chich is broken up into ample areolae, each of which 

 ontain 2 or more free veinlets which bear the sori on 



their . 



aurcnin. !'- I'.r, \ Pajyphdium ati»'ct*m, Linn.). Lvs. 

 -:; I , - J I II iiu large, scaly wide-creeping root- 



Ill -.1 in. long, nearly an inch wide, with 



<i|.m:i . i:.i_i. iiri-lit yellow sori. A rich ornamental 

 pi'i-iis troTu tnipic-al America, with glaucous green 

 eaves. lu Florida it grows on palmettos. 



P. glancum,TOX. MayiiorP. Zlayii. See Phjrmatodes. 



L. M. Underwood. 



PHLfiUM iph 



kiiiil of 



wncd: II. -t'lume shorter, delic 

 prat^nse, Linn. Timothy. 



te, awnless. Perennials. 

 ITerd's Grass. Pigs. 

 I7.")ii, 17.'i7. Commonly cult, for hay and for pastures, 

 either alimr i>r in company with red clover or other 

 grasses, li a,! inir limiii into Maryland about 1720, 

 from Enrii|ii , ■ hi in i- nitive. by Timothy Hanson, and 

 hi-niie iMlli I I : 1 ': i 111- other name is said to come 



from a in;i!i \'\ i li'- imnii - >f Herd, who found it growing 

 in New Hampshire and li<i.'an its cultivation. It is bet- 

 ter adapted for hay than for pasture, and for the latter 

 is suited to temporary rather than permanent pasture. 

 A. S. Hitchcock. 



FHLOO&CANTHUS (Greek for (lame, and acanthus). 

 Acanthai-ew. Tall half-shrubby herbs with entire or 

 somewhat toothed lvs. : fls. white, red or greenish in 

 long terminal or short lateral Spikes; calyx 5-parted, 

 segments linear, awnlike, acuminate; corolla-tube long, 

 broad, curved, limb 2-lipped, upper lip 

 erect, entire or2-lobed; lower lip 3-parted ; 

 perfect stamens 2, inserted on the lower 

 part of the tube, anthers with 2 parallel 

 cells; ovary many-ovuled; capsule round or 

 obtusely 4-angled. 



Used like the others of the family as deco- 

 rative pot-plants in the greenhouse. They 

 require a rather warm, damp atmosphere 

 and a soil rich in humus. Propagated by 

 cuttings or seeds 



thyrsifWrus, Nees Shrub, 3-7 ft. high: 

 lvs 7\1''4 line oHte, glabr 

 in I t \ - 11 us thryses ; corolla % 



11 111 ped India. Cult, in 



1756. 

 Phleum 

 Timothy ( 



PHLOMIS fn 

 LabiAI., .lri;T 



densi- :•■ 



y Dioscorides). 



-pecies of herbs 

 111 region with 



I How, purple or 

 liien cult., but 

 wild gardening 

 I Msiest culture. 



they an t.niu i ii.ai.,r |.:.... - 

 and among .shrubbery, i' 



The genus is placed bv I. :i iioouer next to 



Leonotis (Lion's Earl. \ i. lias an exces- 



sively long upper lip. Til i III- more or less 



woolly, and some of the ^i ■ ■ i' - n i ■ iM. in America are 

 conspicuously white-wool I . I,\.. ;iil iiliko, or the up- 

 permost reduced to brari-: wlimU }ii;iiiy- or few-fld.: 

 fls. sessile; calyx usually iiIhu. . n uiii :iti- or with 5 equal 

 teeth; upper lip of the inrnlhi i-ili .h broad and com- 

 pressed or .strongly com-uvi . i-in ly narniw and falcate; 

 stamens 4, didynamous. Tin- lii-i ihn i- siucies described 

 below belong to the seetimi Eu|ihli.iiiis. in which the 

 galea (upper lip of the coruUu) i.s only shortly bearded 

 and the lateral lobes of the lower lip are small and 

 appendaged ; the last species belongs to the section 

 Phloraidopsis, in which the galea is long-bearded in- 

 side and at the margins and the lateral lobes of the 

 lower lip are nearly as large as the middle one. P. 

 tuberosa has run wild sparingly in the East. It is a 

 vigorous and hardy species, propagating by subter- 

 ranean tubers. 



