PHLOMIS 



LAVENDEB OBDEB 



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markable plant, unfortunately, is, as a 

 rule, too tender for British winters, but 

 may be grown out of doors in southern 

 parts of the country during the summer 

 months, where it is more likely to flower 

 than in more northern parts. It flourishes 

 in a rich sandy loam, and may be increased 

 by cuttings of the young shoots which root 

 freely in spring if placed in gentle bottom 

 heat. If the plants wiU not flower in the 

 open air, they wUl be worth potting and 

 placing in the greenhouse where they are 

 likely to bloom about Christmas time. 



PHLOMIS. — A genus containing 

 about 50 species of woolly, hoary, or 

 greenish perennial herbs, shrubs, or under- 

 shrubs with wrinkled leaves, becoming 

 very small up the stems. Flowers sessile, 

 yellow, purple, or white, with a woolly or 

 hairy hood, and borne in dense whorls. 

 Calyx more or less tubular, bell-shaped, 

 5-10-ribbed, often plaited, truncate or 

 equally 5-toothed. Corolla 2-lipped with 

 a ring of hairs inside the tube ; upper lip 

 broadly hooded, concave; the lower lip 

 spreading, 3-oleft. Stamens 4, didyna- 

 mous, the lower ones longest, anthers 

 united in pairs. Nutlets ovoid-triquetrous, 

 smooth, or downy at the apex. 



Culture and Propagation. — All the 

 Phlomises flourish in ordinary garden soil. 

 They are among the most showy plants 

 of the Labiate order and are well suited 

 for naturalising in shrubberies or borders 

 in warm and exposed situations. They 

 may all be increased by seeds sown under 

 glass or in the open border in spring, 

 transplanting the seedlings later on 12- 

 18 in. apart. The herbaceous kinds may 

 also be increased by dividing the crowns 

 in autumn or in spring, and the shrubby 

 ones by cuttings of the young shoots, which 

 root readily in sandy soil in cold frames 

 in spring and early summer. 



Besides those described below other 

 species occasionally seen are armeniaca 

 and lychnitis, yellow ; pungens, purple- 

 violet ; 8am%ia, greenish-white outside, 

 pink within ; and tuherosa, purple-rose. 



P. cashmeriana. — A native of N. 

 India, about 2 ft. high, having densely 

 floccose-wooUy stems and blunt ovate 

 lance-shaped leaves, crenate towards the 

 apex, broadly rounded at the base, downy 

 or hairy above, woolly white beneath. 

 Flowers in summer, pale lUac-purple, with 

 awl-shaped ciliated bracts. 



Culture dc. as above. Increased by 

 division or seed. 



P. ferruginea. — A shrubby S. Euro- 

 pean species 2-3 ft. high, having the 

 branches covered with loose rusty-purple 

 wool. Leaves 2-3 in. long, bluntly oblong 

 lance-shaped, crenulate, much wrinkled, 

 and green above, wooUy white beneath. 

 Flowers in June and July, yellow, downy 

 outside, 12-20 in a whorl. 



Culture Sc. as above. Increased by 

 seeds and cuttings. 



P. fruticosa {Jerusalem Sage). — A dis- 

 tinct shrub 2-4 ft. high, native of the 

 Mediterranean region. Leaves ovate or 

 oblong, roundly crenate at the base, 

 wrinkled and green above, woolly white 

 beneath. Flowers in June and July, 

 yellow, showy, 20-30 in a whorl ; whorls 

 solitary or in pairs at the top of the stem. 



Culture dc. as above. Increased by 

 cuttings and seeds. 



P. herba-venti. — A handsome spread- 

 ing S. European perennial 1-2 ft. high 

 with green or purphsh hairy stems. Leaves 

 6-8 in. long, leathery, oblong lance-shaped, 

 crenate, shining green and rough above, 

 greyish beneath. Flowers in summer and 

 autumn, purphsh-violet, downy outside, 

 10-20 in a whorl. Calyx hairy with 

 stifiish, awl-shaped, spreading teeth. 



Culture dc, as above. Increased by 

 division and seed. Known as ' Wind 

 Herb.' 



P. viscosa (P. limearifoUa russel- 

 liana). — A vigorous Syrian perennial 

 3-5 ft. high, with simple whitish downy 

 stems. Lower leaves 6-8 in. long, stalked 

 heart-shaped ovate, toothed, green and 

 wrinkled above, grey beneath, the upper 

 ones opposite and crosswise in pairs. 

 Flowers in summer, 30-50 in a whorl, 

 with narrow prickly pointed bracts. 



Culture dc. as above. Increased by 

 division and seed. 



EREMOSTACHYS. — A genus of 

 erect slightly branched perennial herbs, 

 with large coarsely toothed, incised, 

 pinnately cut or dissected leaves spring- 

 ing from the root, those of the stem 

 smaller and often bract-like. Flowers 

 sessile, in dense whorls, distant or clus- 

 tered on the spike. Calyx large, tubular, 

 bell-shaped or dilated above into a very 

 large membranous limb, 5-10-ribbed, and 

 having 5 equal needle-like or stiff pointed 

 teeth. CoroUa 2-lipped with or without 



