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Pno'miiuai. Flax Lily, or New Zea- 

 land Flax. (From phormos, a basket; 

 one of the uses made of the fibre. Nat. 

 ord., Lily worts [Liliacese], Linn., 6- 

 Jlexan dria \.-j\Ionotjij)t ia. ) 



Hardy herbaceous perennial. Divisions of the 

 root; rich, mellow loam. 



P. te'nax (tough). 6. Green, white. August 

 New Zealand. 1798. 



PHOTI'NIA. (From pkoleinos, shining ; 

 appearance of the leaves. Nat. ord., 

 nippleworts [Pomacese], Linn., 12-Jco- 

 smidria 2-Di-pentagynia. Allied to Erio 

 fcotrya.) 



Half-hardy white-flowered evergreens. Seeds 

 when procurable, treated as the haws of the 

 Rawthom; generally by budding on the Haw- 

 thorn as a stock ; rather tender for the open air 

 north of London, but deserve a wall, owing to 

 their beautiful foliage; and where, also, when 

 established, they would generally flower freely. 

 P. urbutifo'lia (arbutus-leaved). 10. July. Cali- 

 fornia. 1796. 



du'bia (doubtful). 10. Nepaul. 1821. 



integrifo'lia (entire-leaved). 10. Nepaul. 1820. 



serrula'ta (saw-edge-/tmrrf). 10. May. China. 



1604. 



PHIIY'NIOI. (From phrynos, a frog; 

 because inhabiting marshes. Nat. ord. } 

 Marants [Marantacese]. Linn., \-Monan- 

 dria l-Monoyynia. Allied to Canna.) 



Stove herbaceous perennials ; yellow-flowered, 

 where not otherwise specified. Seeds in a hot- 

 bed in spring, or division of the roots as fresh 

 growth commences ; rich loam and a little peat. 

 Winter temp., 50 to 55; summer, 60 to 85. 

 P. capita' turn (headed). 5. White, purple. July- 

 E. Ind. 1S07. 



colora'tum (coloured). 2. Orange. May. 



Brazil. 1828. 



como'sum (tufted). 3. July. Surinam. 1828. 



grandiflo'rum (large-flowered). I.July. Brazil. 



1823. 



myro'sma (myrrh-scented). 2. Whice. July. 



S. Amer. 1820. 



obli'quum (twisted). l. June. E. Ind. 1824. 

 *- Parkefri (Parker's). 2. July. Grenada. 1823. 



ptirviflo'rnm (small-flowered). 4. July. E. Ind. 



1820. 



srt-ng'wi / rtej<Hi(blood-coloured). 6. Red. February. 



seto'sum (bristly). 2. Purple. June. Kio 



Janeiro. 1824. 



spica'tum (spiked). 1. July. E. Ind. 1825. 



villo'sum (shaggy). March. Denici-ava. 1842. 



PHYCE'LLA. (A diminutive of phycos, 

 Red Alkanet ; alluding to the colour of 

 the flowers. Nat. ord., Amaryllids 

 [Amaryllidaceas]. Linn., 6-Hexandria 

 1-Monogynia. Allied to Habranthus.) 



Half-hardy beautiful bulbs, whose old roots. 

 like those of the Tulip and Hyacinths, die yearly ; 

 and, therefore, may, like them, be taken up to 

 dry as soon as the leaves die. They flower in 

 summer after tlie leaves are fully grown; die, or 

 should die, in August, and remain dormant until 

 February; peat earth is poison to them; strong 

 loam suits them best, and a very dry bottom. 



There is a munificent Phycella in Valparaiso not 

 yet introduced; red flowers, and golden tui.es or 

 bottoms. Seeds, and offset bulbs ; warm border, 

 protected from wet and cold during winter, or 

 sheltered from frost in cold pit or frame. 

 P. biflo'ra (two-flowered). Scarlet. April. Chili. 



brevitu'bu (short-tubed). 1. Scarlet. Julv. 1836. 



chlora'cra (yellow-green). Green, crimson. 



Mexico. 1844. 



coru'sra (glittering). 1. Scarlet. September. 



Coquimbo. 1825. 



cyrtanthoi'des (cyrtanthus-like). $. Crimson. 



June. Chili. 1824. 



glau'ca (milky-green). 1. Red. June. Val- 



paraiso. 1824. 



Herbertia'na (Herbert's). 1. Red, yellow 



June. Andes. 1825. 



i'gnea (fiery). 1. Scarlet. April. Chili. 1824. 

 pu'lchrn (pretty). 1^. Red. October. 



Valparaiso. 



obtu'sa (blunt). Peru. 1844. 



PHY'LICA. (From phylUkos, leafy ; 

 abundance of evergreen leaves. Nat. 

 ord., Ehamnads ['Rhamnaceoe]. Linn., 

 6-Pentandria 1-Honoqynia.} 



Greenhouse evergreens, from the Capo of Good 

 Hope, and all white-flowered, unless otherwise 

 mentioned. Cuttings of young shoots in sand, 

 under a glass, in spring, and kept cool and shaded 

 from sunshine until they have struck ; sandy, 

 fiory peat, with nodules of freestone and char- 

 coal. Winter temp., 40 to 45. 

 P. bi'co'or (two-coloured). 2. June. 1817 



capitn'ta (headed). 1. June. 1800. 



cyli'ndrica (cylindrical). 2. Yellow, green. June. 



ericoi'des (heath-like). 3. June. 1731. 



globn'su (globose). 3. June. JSOO. 



irnbrica'ta (imbricated). 1. October. 1801. 



ni'tida (shining). November. 1//4. 



erinpho'ra (woolly). 3. November. 1/7-i. 



/>a^7/o'i-a(nippled). 3. Pale yellow. June. 1820. 



pi'nea (pine-like). November 1774. 



pinifo'lia (pine-leaved). 2. July. 17SQ. 



plumo'su (feathered). 2. April." 175Q. 



rosmurinifo'lia (rosemary-leaved). 3. 1815. 



squarro'sa (spreading). 2. September. 1800. 



PHYLLA'NTHUS. (From phyllon, a leaf, 

 and anthos, a flower ; flowers produced 

 on the edges of the leaves. Nat. ord., 

 Spurgeworts [EuphorbiaceseJ. Linn., 21- 

 Monoecia IQ-Monadelphia, ) 



Annuals and biennials, by seed in a hotbed, in 

 spring, and then flowered in stove and greenhouse 

 during the summer. Shrubby species, by cuttings 

 of the hard shoots in sandy soil, in heat; sandy 

 loam and fibry peat, with a little broken bricks, 

 charcoal, and dried cow-dung. Winter temp., 

 50 to 55 ; summer, 60 to 85. 



ANNUALS AND BIENNIALS. 

 P.gra'cilis (slender). 1. Green, yellow. Au- 

 gust. E. Ind. 1818. Biennial. 



Niru'ri (Niruri). . Green. July. E. Ind. 1693. 



obova'tus (reversed-egg-^rtccrf). 2- July- N. 



Amer. 1803. Hardy. 



urina'ria (urinary). A. Green, vellotv. August. 



E. Ind. 1819. 



STOVE EVERGBEEN SHRUBS. 

 P. fraxinifo'lius (ash-leaved). 4. Green. August. 

 E. Ind. 1819. 



grandifo'lius (large-leaved). 5. America. 1771. 



