PHYLLOCACTUS 



lanceolate, often very long and large, undulate branches : 

 Mm., including the tube, nearly 1 ft. long, 5-6 in. in ex- 

 IKUision, opening, a^'i-ording to Schumann, in the day- 

 time. Honduras; also said to be found in Ctjba. 



crenitus, Lcm. In cult, commonly not much more 

 th:in ;i It. hi-h. I'n.lv biauchiii:; fn.iu the lower part of 

 the M> in: l.iMiM.l:, , {]:].].. wi'Ii :, ^Ir..,,- 



angxihger, Lit 



deeply cut in tin' 

 of a very coais. 

 the tube very si- 

 B.M. 5100. 



PHYJIATODES 



1319 



PHYLL6STACHYS is treated under Bamboo. P. 



e.\pert could tell them apart 

 amining the wrinkled base of 

 which PJnjtlostacJnjs Marliai 



I Huuk any 

 without ex- 

 the stem, to 



Zuc- 



BWha 



acuminate: midrib ami -; i '^ ' !■ 



evident; areolie with rn ■ ■ 



and dark bristles: ll. - i ■ I 



spreailing and in full I'l-- i-ni i>: 



Mexi. ■/,.-. Much ailvertised as the Qu 



HoJkeri, SalmDyd 

 but narrow, crenate-.sci 

 bluish green, often n 

 gins; midrib strong 

 dent: fls. 6-8 in. loni 

 within, refl.-xcd in £i 



{ ' f 



like secondar> r 



teeth rather i i - - , i , 



site sides; bn . ■ • - 



fl. very long nml sn !,■ :■','■,< i ' i ■■ - 

 brownish, inn. i puj- ■ i 



opens late in tin' <\ . n n: i . i . 



fore dawn; in liill M- ■■■. ; . n. 



very strongly rLM-ur\id. >ui'i Lu -■ iml- 

 froin the island of Cuba. -Often f..und 

 in collections under the name of P. 



AA. Tiihe of n. very sJiort: fls. red. 

 Day bloomers. 



Ackermanni, Salm-Dyck. Fig. 1773. 

 Stems numerous, sometimes reaching 

 3 ft., somewhat recurved: branches usu- 

 ally less than a foot long, with evident 

 middle and side ribs; areolcB on the lower and younger 

 slioots bearing short bristles : fls. scai'let-red outside, 

 carmine-red within, the throat greenish yellow, tube 

 viry short, the limb wide-spreading, 4-fi in. in diam. 

 H.li. 16:13;!l.-Not known in the wild state. 



phyllantholdes, Link. Branches at length hanging, 



middle and side rii)s , ■^)-i. i.t: K-i-.i, - i,w: fl. -tube 2 in! 

 lotig or less, with s[>n.i': jm limb somewhat 



longer, often striate. ^ , : I 



bif6rmis, Lab. Somi p. n-lil.n , ilm branches cylin- 

 drical: short liranc-lies leaf-like, the lower egg-shaped, 

 the upper more h iigthened: lis. small, purple-red, less 

 thau 1 in. in exi>aiision: ovarv without scales or angles. 

 Honduras. B.M. Ol.'jU. V. 2:1.?.(. 



Inacl<litiontntlicsi..--i. -'!■--'.. I :';■'.■■ ":■■ •■.:-> n',. 



Ituu: r.caulorrltizus is [>irW.ii--;u. umh -:uil -l.-U nl ...i.vr uil.i r 

 species; P. Tfionifrslnntis d-^s'-rib'-.l fr.uii a ^;ir'i,'ii i.I:iiit is 

 almost certr^inlv a hybrid. £j/tphyUum Guedneyri is by some 

 referred to PhyUocactus. K\THABI>-E Braxdeoee. 



Japanese name, Shibo-chikee, 'the wrinkled bamboo,' 

 and which makes it so useful for canes and umbrella 

 sticks." 



PHYLLOTaiNIUM. See Xiinihosoma. 



PHYMATODES (Greek, a close net work). Polypo- 

 diAcem. A genus of ferns allied to Polypodium and 

 sometimes united with that genus, but differing in the 

 fine copious irregular areolae formed by the anastomos- 

 ing veinlets and the free included veinlets spreading in 

 every direction. For culture, see Fern. 

 A. Lrs. simple. 



Swirtzii, Underw. {Pohjpbdhim Sicdrtzii, Baker). 

 T.vs. L'-t in. luiiir, K-1 in. wide, narrowed gradually 

 I" Mi i "III ■nils: sori in a single row each side of the 

 I I III I v Keys and tropical America. 



innsi ii.liiim, I'.lume. Lvs. 1-3 ft. long, 3-4 in. wide, 

 A nil III; iM nh |...int,the lower part winged to the base; 

 main viitis very distinct, with numerous .small sori 

 almo.steoverinethe whole surface. East Indies. — Known 

 also as Drynuria and Polypodium musa folium. 



