SCHAFFNERA 591 



Sayeria Kranzl. Orchidaceae (n. 15). i New Guinea. 



Scabiosa (Tourn.) L. (/>//. incl. Knautia L., Pterocephalus Vaill., 



Sitccisa Neck.). Dipsacaceae. 60 Eur., Medit. ; 3 in Brit., incl. 



S. (A'.) arvemis L. (scabious) and S. Succisa L. (devil's-bit scabious). 



The former has a large head of fls. (class B'); the C is drawn out 



upon the outer side (cf. Compositae), and this the more the further 



from the centre of the head. Honey is secreted by the upper surface 



of the ovary, and protected from rain by hairs. The sta. are ripe 



first, while the style with immature stigmas is quite enclosed in the C; 



later the sta. wither and the style occupies their place. The stigmas 



of the various fls. on the head ripen nearly together. 

 Scabious, Scabiosa ; sheep's bit -, Jasione montana L. 

 Scabrous (dim. scabrid, scaberulous), scurfy. 

 Scaevola L. Goodeniaceae. 65 Austr., Polynes. , trop. coasts. 6". 



Koenigii Vahl furnishes a kind of rice paper; its pith is squeezed 



flat. It is a char. pi. of trop. beach jungle. 

 Scald, Cuscnta. 

 Scale leaves, the scaly 1. on the outside of buds, rhizomes, &c., 



Araceae, Casuarina. 



Scalesia Arn. Compositae (5). 15 Galapagos. 

 Scaligeria DC. (Conopodium p.p. BH.}. Umbellif. (in. 4). 10 E. 



Medit. 



Scalloped, crenate. 



Scaly bulb, one with overlapping L, Liliuin. 

 Scammony, Convolvulus Scamnionia L. 

 Scandens (Lat.), climbing. 

 Scaadivepres Loes. Celastraceae. i Mexico. 

 Scandix Tourn. ex L. Umbelliferae (in. 2). 12 Eur., Medit. S. Pecten- 



Veneris L. (Venus' comb) in Brit. The ripe mericarps separate with 



a jerk, 

 Scape, a stalk from the base of the pi. bearing only fls., Amaryllidaceae, 



Taraxacum. 



Scapha Nor. = Saurauja Willd. (Dillen.). 

 Scapruspatha Brongn. Araceae (vn). i Bolivia. 

 Scaphocnlamys Baker (Kaemffera p.p. EP.}. Zingib. (i). 'i Malay 



Pen. 



Scaphoid, boat-shaped, petals of Loasa. 

 Scaphopetalum Mast. Sterculiaceae. 5 trop. W. Afr. 

 Scaphosepalum Pfitz. Orchidaceae (11. 8). 10 N. trop. S. Am. 

 Scaphyglottis Poepp. et Endl. Orchidaceae (n. 6). 10 trop. Am. 

 Scapigerous, scape-bearing. 

 Scarious, thin, dry, not green, stiff. 

 Scarlet runner, PAaseolus multiflorns Willd. 

 Scelochilus Klotzsch. Orchidaceae (II. 19). 4 Andes. 

 Scented fls., cf. Perfumed; -orchis, Gymnadenia conopsea R. Br. 

 Scepa Lindl. = Aporosa Blume (Euph.). 

 Sceptrocnide Maxim. Urticaceae (i). i Japan. 

 Schachtia Karst. (Duroia p.p. EP.}. Rubiaceae (i. 8). i Colombia. 

 Schaefferia facq. Celastraceae. 3 Texas to Colombia, W.I. 

 Schaetzellia Sch.-Bip. Compositae (2). i Mexico. 

 Schaffnera Benth. Gramineae (3). i Mexico. 



