596 SCIRPODENDRON 



Scirpodendron Zippel. Cyperaceae (u). 2 Indomal. 

 Scirpus (Tourn.) L. Cyperaceae (i). 200 cosmop. char., of wet moors, 

 bogs and marshes ; 15 in Brit. Stem usu. erect and angular, bearing 

 3 ranks of 1. reduced to sheaths, and performing assim. Its base 

 often gives rise to creeping rhiz. or to shoots ending in tubers like 

 potatoes. The racemose many-flowered spikelets are aggregated 

 into a terminal tuft. Fl. $ , with 6 P-scales in two whorls; in many 

 sp. protog. ; in all wind-pollinated. S. lacustris L., sometimes 

 termed bulrush, is used for matting, chair-seats, &c. 



Scitamineae. The roth order (EP.) of Monocots. A fam.^ (BH.) in 

 Epigynae, incl. Musaceae, Marantaceae, Cannaceae, and Zingibera- 

 ceae of Engler. The 6th order (Warming) of Monocots. 



Sclarea Tourn. ex Mill. = Salvia L. p.p. (Labi.). 



Scler-, Sclero-(Gr. pref.), hard ; -caulous, with dry hard stem ; -enchyma, 

 tissue with thick hard walls; -phyllous, with thick hard 1.; -sis, 

 hardening by lignification ; -testa, woody layer of seed coat. 



Sclerachne R. Br. Gramineae (i). i Java. 



Scleranthaceae or Illecebraceae. See Caryophyllaceae. 



Scleranthus L. Caryophyllaceae (i. 6). 10 Eur., As., Afr., Austr.; 

 S. animus L. (knawel), &c. in Brit. Fls. apet., self-fert. 



Scleria Berg. Cyperaceae (n)- 100 trop. 



Sclerocalyx Nees (Gymnacanlhus EP. ). Acanthaceae (iv. A), i Mexico. 



Sclerocarpus Jacq. Compositae (5). 7 Texas, C. Am., trop. Afr. 



Sclerocarya Hochst. Anacardiaceae (2). 3 trop. Afr. Ed. fr. 



SclerocepHalus Boiss. Caryophyll. (i. 4). i Medit., a char, plant. 



SclerocMton Harv. Acanthaceae (iv. B). 5 Afr. 



Sclerochlaena Baill. Chlaenaceae. i Madag. 



Sclerochloa Beauv. Gramineae (10). i Eur., As. 



Sclerochorton Boiss. Umbelliferae (in. 5). i W. As. 



Sclerodactylon Stapf. Gramineae (10). i Madag. 



Sclerodictyon Pierre. Apocynaceae (i. i).. i Gaboon. 



Sclerolaena R. Br. (Bassia p.p. EP. ). Chenopodiaceae (A). 6 Austr. 



Sclerolepis Cass. Compositae (2). i W. U.S. 



Sclerolobium Vog. Leguminosae (il. 8). 15 Brazil, Guiana. 



Scleromelum K. Schum. et Lauterb. Santalaceae. i New Guinea. 



Scleromitrion Wight et Arn. = Hedyotis L. (BH.} = Oldenlandia L. 



Scleronema Benth. (Catostemma BH.}. Bombacaceae. i Brazil, 

 Ecuador. 



Scleroolaena Baill. (Xylochlaena EP.). Chlaenaceae. i Madag. 



Scleropliylax Miers. Solanaceae (4). 4 Argentina. 



Scleropoa Griseb. (Festuca p.p. BH.). Gramineae (10). 2 Medit. 



Scleropogon Phil. Gramineae (10). 3 Chili, Mexico, Texas. 



Scleropyrum Arn. Santalaceae. 2 Indomal. 



Sclerosia Klotzsch. Ochnaceae (nomen). i Guiana. 



Sclerosperma G. Mann et H. Wendl. Palmae (iv. i). i W. 

 trop. Afr. 



Sclerostylis Blume Atalantia Correa (Rut.). 



Sclerotheca A. DC. Campanulaceae (in). 2 Society Is. 



Sclerothrix C. Presl. Loasaceae. i Mexico to Brazil and Peru. 



Scobedla Labill. ex Steud. Labiatae (nomen). i, habitat? 



Scoke (Am.), Phytolcuca. 



