6i6 SPAIHODEA 



on backs of leaflets near midrib. In S. campanula/a the K is inflated 

 and water secreted between it and the C. 



Spathoglottis Blume. Orchidaceae (n. 9). 15 Indomal. 



Spatholirion Kidl. Commelinaceae. i Malay Peninsula. 



Spatholobus Hassk. Leguminosae (lit. 10). 20 trop. As. 



Spathulopetalum Chiov. Asclepiadaceae (n. 3). i Erythraea. 



Spatterdock (Am.). Nuphar. 



Spatularia Haw. (Saxifraga p.p. EP.). Saxifrag. (i). 8 N. Am., 

 arctic. 



Spatulate, spoon-shaped, 1. of daisy. 



Spear grass, Stipa, Poa, &c. ; -mint, Mentha; -wort (Am.), Ranun- 

 culus. 



Species, see Nomenclature. 



Speciosus (Lat.), handsome. 



Specklinia Lindl. = Pleurothallis R. Br. (Orchid.). 



Spectabilis (Lat.), remarkable. 



Spectans (Lat.), opposite. 



Specularia Heist. Campanulaceae (i. i). 10 N. temp., S. Am. S. Spe- 

 culum A. DC., Venus' looking-glass, cult. orn. fl. 



Speedwell, Veronica. 



Speirantha Baker. Liliaceae (vu). i Shanghai. 



Speirostyla Baker. Tiliaceae (Stercul. auct.). i Madag. 



Spelt, 'J'riticum Spelt a L. 



Spenceria Trimen. Rosaceae (in. 5). i W. China. 



Spennera Mart, ex DC. Aciotis D. Don (Melast). 



Sperauskia Baill. Euphorbiaceae (A. n. 2). i N. China. 



Spergula L. Caryophyllaceae (i. 2). 3 temp. S. arvensis L., spurry, 

 a general weed. The axillary shoots do not lengthen their internodes, 

 so that the 1. seem to be tufted. Fls. in cymes, gynomonoec. or 

 gynodioec. Sometimes used as fodder. 



Spergularia J. et C. Presl (Buda Adans., Lepig<.wm Wahlb., 

 Tissa Adans.). Caryophyllaceae (i. 2). 20 cosmop., mostly halo- 

 phytes. 



Sperm- (Gr. pref.), seed or male; -aphytes, seed-plants; -atozoid, a 

 swimming i sexual cell. 



Spermabolus Teijsm. et Binn. Magnoliaceae. i Moluccas. 



Spermacoce Dill, ex L. (BH. incl. Borrerid). Rubiaceae (n. 10). 

 2 warm Am. 



Spermaphyta or Phanerogamae. One of the great divisions of the 

 Vegetable Kingdom, comprising all those plants which produce seeds. 

 Divided into Gymnospermae and Angiospermae. 



Spermolepis Brongn. et Gris. Myrtaceae (n. i). 2 New Caledonia. 



Sphacele Benth. Labiatae (vi). 20 warm Am., Hawaiian Is. 



Sphacophyllum Benth. Compositae (4). 5 Madag., Afr. trop. 



Sphaeralcea A. St Hil. Malvaceae (2). 28 Cape Col., Am. 



Spliaeruntluis Vaill. ex L. Cmnpositae (4). 20 palaeotrop. 



Sphaerocardamum S. Schau. Cruciferae (4). i Mexico 



Sphaerocodon Benth. Asclepiadaceae (n. 3). 5 Afr. 



Sphaerocoma T. Anders. Caryophyllaceae (i. 4). 2 Arabia, Persia. 



Sphaerodendron Seem. (Cussonta p.p.). Araliaceae (i). i Angola. 



Sphaerolobium Sm. Leguminosae (in. 2). 12 Austr. 



