PHCE 



PHY 



[Palmacete]. Linn., W-Ditvcia 8-7V- 

 andria.) 



Dactylifera requires a greenhouse, but all 

 the others a stove. Seeds in a hotbed, in 

 spring, or when procurable ; rich, rather stiff 

 loam, or good fibry loam, with a fourth part of 

 old cow-dung. 



P, aca'ulis (stemless). 6. White, green. E. 

 Indies. 1816. 



daftyli'fera (Common. Date-bearing). 40. 



White, green. Levant. 1597- 



farini'fera (mealy). 28. White, green. E. 

 Indies. 1800. 



Leone'nsis (Sierra Leone). 30. Sierra 



Leone. 1823. 



paludo'sa (marsh). 20. E.Indies. 1820. j 



pygmce'a (pygmy). 6. Mauritius. 1823. 



reclina'ta (leaning). 10. White, green, i 



C. of G.Hope. 1792. 



sylve'stris (wood). 14. Green. May. E. 



Indies. 1763. 



PHOLIDO'TA. Battle -snake Orchid, i 

 (From pf tolls, a scale, and otis (otis), an 

 ear; flowers arranged like an ear of 

 wheat, with scaly bracts, as the tail of 

 that snake. Nat. ord., Orchids [Orchi- I 

 rtacese]. Linn., 20-Cfynandria l-Monan- 

 dria. Allied to Coelogyne.) 



Stove orchids. Division of the plant ; in a 

 pot. See Orchids. 



P artifiula'ta (jointed). White, yellow. April. 

 Khoosea. 1837. 



Chine'nsis (Chinese). . Whitish. May. 



China. 1844. 



conchoi'dea (shell-like). Yellow. February. 



Manilla. 1840. 



undnla'ta ( waved-teamed) Pale red. April. 



E. Indies. 1828. 



PHO'RMIUM. 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- 

 Hexandria l-Monoqyma.) 



Hardy herbaceous perennial. Divisions of 

 the root ; rich mellow loam. 

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

 N. Zealand. 1798. 



PHOTI'NIA. (From pholeinos, shining; 

 appearance of the leaves. Nat. ord., 

 Appleworts [Pomacere]. Linn., 12- 

 Tcosandrin %-Di-pentn(/ynia. Allied to 

 Kriobotrya.) 



Half-hardy white-flowered evergreens. Seeds 

 when procurable, treated as the haws of the 

 Hawthorn ; 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 arbutifo'lia (Arbutus-leaved). 10. July. 

 'California. 1796. 



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



P. integrifo'lia (entire-leaved \ 10. 'Nepaul. 

 1820. 



serrula'ta (saw-edge-/erti'*d\ 10. May. 



China. 1804. 



PHRY'NIUM. (From phrynos, a frog ; 

 because inhabiting marshes. Nat. ord., 

 Mar ants [Marantaceaa]. Linn., \-Mo~ 

 nandria l-Monogynia. 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, CO to 85. 

 P. capitatum (headed). 5. White, purple. 

 July. E. Indies. 1807. 



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



Brazil. 1828. 



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



grandiflo'rum (large-flowered). 1. July. 



Brazil. 1823. 



Myro'sma (Myrrh- scented). 2. White. July. 



S. America. 1820. 



olU'quum (twisted). l. June. E. Indies. 



1824. 



Parke'ri (Parker's). 2. July. Grenada. 1823. 



purvlflo'rum (small-flowered). 4. July. 



E. Indies. 1820. 



scto'sum (bristly). 2. Purple. June. Rio 



Janeiro. 1824. 



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



, villo'sum (shaggy). March. Demerara. 1842. 

 PHYCE'LLA. (A diminutive of phycos, 

 Red Alkanet ; alluding to the colour of 

 the flowers. Nat. ord., AmaryUids 

 [Amaryllidacere]. Linn., Q-Hexandria 

 l-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 the 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 magnificent Phycella in 

 Valparaiso not yet introduced ; red flowers, and 

 golden tubes 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). 

 Chili. 



brevitu'ba (short-tubed). 



1836. 



chlora'cra (yellow-green). 



Mexico. 1844. 



corii'sca, (glittering). 1. 



tember. Coquimbo. 1825. 



cyrtanthoi'des (Cyrtanthus-like). f. Crim- 



son. June. Chili. 1824. 



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



Valparaiso. 1824. 



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



June. Andes. 1825. 



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

 pu'lchra (pretty). l. Red. October. 



Valparaiso. 



obtu'sn (blunt). Peru. 1844. 



Scarlet. April. 

 1. Scarlet. July. 

 Green, crimson. 

 Sep- 



Scarlet. 



