SPATHODEA 615 



Spadix, a spike with fls. sunk in tissue, enclosed in a large 1. or spathe, 

 Araceae, Cyclanthaceae, Palmae, Zostera. 



Spananthe Juss. Umbelliferae (i. 2). i trap. Am. 



Spanish bayonet, Yucca ; - berries, Rhanmiis infectoria L. ; - broom, 

 Spartiumjunceum\j.\ -dagger, Yucca ; -liquorice, Glycyrrhiza gla- 

 bra L. ; - needle, Bideiis ; - plum, Spondias. 



Spanoghea Blume. Sapindaceae (i). 2 Malay Archipelago. 



Sparattanthelium Mart. Hernandiaceae. 5 trop. Am. 



Sparattosperma Mart. Bignoniaceae (2). 3 Brazil. 



Sparattosyce Bur. Moraceae (n). 2 New Caledonia. 



Sparaxis Ker. Iridaceae (ill). 6 Cape Colony. Cult. orn. fl. 



Sparganiaceae (EP. ; Typhaceae p.p. BH.}. Monocots. (Pandanales). 

 Only gen. Sparganium (q.v.}. 



Sparganium (Tourn.) L. Sparganiaceae. 15 N. temp., Austr. , N.Z. ; 

 3 in Brit, (bur-weed), in ponds. Creeping rhiz. and stem projecting 

 above water with the 1. and fls. These in spherical heads, the i usu. 

 higher up than the ?. P 3 6, scaly, sepaloid ; <J A 3 6, alt. with 

 P when equal in number ; the ? G i or (2) ; ovule i, pend. near base 

 of ovary, with micropyle up. Fr. drupaceous, with album, seed. Fl. 

 protog., anemoph. 



Sparganophorus Vaill. ex Crantz. Compositae (i). i trop. Am., Afr. 



Sparinannia L. f. Tiliaceae. 3 trop. and S. Afr. Fls. in cymose 

 umbels (easily recognized by centrifugal order of opening). Sta. sen- 

 sitive, moving outwards when touched (cf. Helianthemum). 



Sparrow grass, Asparagus. 



Sparsus (Lat.), scattered. 



Spartina Schreb. Gramineae (n). 7 temp. ; i Brit. Halophytes. 



Spartium L. Leguminosae (in. 3). i Medit., S. junceum L. (Spanish 

 broom), resembling the broom in habit. Fls. explosive like Genista. 

 They yield yellow dye, the pi. fibre. 



Spartothamnella Briq. (Spartothamnus p.p.). Verb. (3). i Austr. 



Spartothamnus A. Cunn. Verbenaceae (3). 3 Austr. 



Spatalla Salisb. Proteaceae (i). 20 S. Afr. 



Spatallopsis Phillips (Spatalla p.p.)- Proteaceae (i). 5 S. Afr. 



Spathacanthus Baill. Acanthaceae (iv. B). 2 C. Am. 



Spathantheum Schott. Araceae (vn). 2 Bolivia. 



Spathantlius Desv. Rapateaceae. i Guiana. 



Spathe, cf. Spadix. 



Spathelia L. Rutaceae (in). 2 W.I. 



Spathicarpa Hook. Araceae (vn). 5 Brazil, Paraguay. Spadix ad- 

 nate to spathe, monoec. Down the centre run i 3 rows of $ fls., 

 each of a stalked synandrium ; at the sides are the ? fls., each of a 

 bottle-shaped ovary, surrounded by stds. 



Spathidolepis Schlechter. Asclepiadaceae (n. 3). i New Guinea. 



Spathiflorae. The ;th order of Monocots. 



Spathiger Small (Epidetidrum p.p.). Orchidaceae (n. 6). i Flo- 

 rida. 



Spathionema Taub. Leguminosae (in. 10). i trop. Afr. 



Spathiphyllum Schott. Araceae (n). 28 trop. Am., Phil. Is., Celebes. 

 Spathe partly adnate to spadix. Fl. $ , with P. 



Spathodea Beauv. Bignoniaceae (2). 3 trop. Afr. Large water-pores 



