Philageria
(a combination of parts of the generic names of the two parents). ORD. Liliaceae. A monotypic garden hybrid genus, raised by Messrs. Veitch, between Philesia buxifolia and Lapageria alba. The plant is a half-hardy, scrambling shrub, with slender, flexuous branches. In habit, Philageria Veitchii, is, according to Dr. Masters, "more akin to the female parent (Lapageria) than to the male. Its foliage is singularly intermediate, but at the same time nearest like that of the pollen parent (Philesia). In the characters of the flower-stalk, calyx, and corolla, it is more like Philesia than Lapageria; but in the stamens, it approximates to the mother plant, and diverges from the characters of the male. In colour it is also more like the mother plant than it is like Philesia." This, like its allies, requires a peat soil, and a moist, cool house; it is, however, so shy a flowerer as to be worthless for decorative purposes.
P. Veitchii (Veitch's). fl. solitary, pendulous; calyx of three pale rose-purple, boat-shaped, fleshy sepals; petals three, bright rose-coloured, slightly unequal, overlapping, broadly ovate, acute; stamens six, the filaments pink-spotted; pedicels axillary, bracteate. l. alternate, petiolate, oblong, acute, about 1 1/4in. long, leathery, smooth, dark shining green above, finely serrulated; petioles about 1/2in. long. Gardens, 1872. (G. C. 1872, 119.)