Phosphorus-3 1 NMR powder spectra and high resolution MAS spectra have been obtained for a number of solid phosphines under conditions of high-power proton decoupling and cross-polarization. The principal components of the 3'P chemical shift tensor obtained from static powder spectra or slow MAS spectra are discussed in terms of the known structures of many of the phosphines. The C P / MAS 3 1~ NMR spectra are used to determine the number of crystallographically nonequivalent molecules in thk unit cell. The NMR results are consistent with data available from X-ray diffraction. In one case there is evidence of polymorphism. Mots clis : RMN du 3 1~ de phosphines solides, composantes principales des tenseurs du dCplacement chimique du "P, non-tquivalence cristallographique St partir des spectres rmn C P / MAS du 3'P.