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To the species and varieties described on 

 pp. 345-7, Vol. III., the following should now be added: 



S. laslandra lanoifolia (hairy-anthered, lance-leaved). Jly 

 catkins greenish-yellow, about 2in. long, borne on short, lateral 

 shoots. L lanceolate, acuminate, 6in. to lOin. long, finely ser- 

 rated; stipules reniform. California. (B. G. 1887, pp. 409-10, 

 f, 98.) 



S. repens. Creeping Willow, ji,, catkins cylindrical, usually 

 about iin, long, sessile, at length pedunculate and lin. long. 

 Spring. /. oblong or lanceolate, less than lin. long, rarely shortly 

 ovate, or in luxuriant shoots narrow-oblong and l^in, long, nearly 

 or quite entire, silky, Europe (Britain) and Asia. A low, strag- 

 gling shrub. A series of forms of this species is figured in 



. Sy. En. B. 1356-62. 



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SALVIA. To the species described on pp. 349-53, 

 Vol. IIL, the following- should now be added : 



S, scaplformls (scape-formed). /., calyx iin. long; corolla pale 



amethystine -blue, the limb ^in. in diameter; whorls numerous; 

 Bcapes 6in. to lOin. high, ascending. June. I. all radical (rarely 

 with an opposite pair towards the base of one or more of the 

 scapes), 2in. long, spreading, broadly ovate- or oblong-cordate, 

 obtuse, coarsely crenate or lobulate, reddish-purple beneath. 

 Formosa. Greenhouse perennial. (B. M. 6980.) 



SAMBUCUS. To the species and varieties described 

 on p. 354, Vol. III., the following should now be added : 



S, raoemosa serratifolla (serrated-leaved). I. rather narrower 

 than in the form plumosa, and not so deeply pinnatifld. 1886. 



SANSEVIEBA. To the species described on p. 356, 

 VoJfe III., the following should now be added : 



8* anreo-varlegata (golden-variegated). L oblong-obovate, 

 thick, leathery, pale green in the centre, with two broad bands 

 of creamy-white, and a narrow, pale green margin. 



SABCOCHIIiUS. To the species described on 

 pp. 3G0-1, VoL IIL, the following should now be added : 



S. induslatum (smocked). Jt. small, disposed in short, dense 

 racemes; sepals and petals yellowish, spotted red; lip white; 

 spur cylindric, witli "a kind of bucket" at its apex. 



Sunda Isles, 1886, 



I. soft, 

 Syn. Thrix- 



shining, oblong, 3in. broad. 

 iperrtium indubiatum, 



8. purpurens (purple), ft, pale rose-coloured ; lip of a deeper 

 rosy-crimson than the sepals and petals, hollowed out near the 

 tip somewhat in the form of a slipper ; spikes about Sin. long, 

 many-flowered. I. distichous, oblong-linear, emarginate, 3in. to 



4in. long. India. Syn. Camarotis purpurea (L. S. O. 19 : 

 P. M. B. vii. 25). 



S. nngulculatus (clawed). ^, sepals and petals light straw- 

 colour ; lip clawed, three-lobed, the side lobes white, streaked 

 crimson, the middle lobe rounded, fleshy, dotted crimson ; raceme 

 three or four-floweTed. Manilla, 18^8. Syns. Phalcenopsis 

 Ruclceriana (of gardens) and Thrixspermum unguiculatum . 

 (W. O. A. vi. 266.) 



SABOTHAMNUS SCOPABIUS ANBBEANUS. 



A synonym of Cyiisus Andreanns (which see), 



SABBAGENIA. To the species and hybrids de- 

 scribed on pp. 363-7, Vol. III., the following should now 

 be added: 



8. porphyronenra (purple-nerved). /. erect, with a large, 

 circular lamina, which, as well as the upper portion of the pitcher 

 itself, is traversed by purple veins. 1882. 



8, Wllaonlana (Wilson's). 2. erect, with deep purple-crimson 

 ribs, more or less united by cross veins ; wing and lid veined and 

 reticulated deep purple-cnmson. A distinct and pleasing hybrid 

 between S. fiava and S. purpurea. 



. To the species and variotiea de- 

 scribed on pp. 371-6, Vol. III., the following should now 

 be added: 



8. aretloides micropetala (small-petaled). A synonym of 



S. luteapurpurea, 



8. £nsleri (Engler's), /. white, small. 7. thick, deep green, 

 gradually changing to golien-yellow in winter, with slight 

 cmstaceous margins. North America. 



8* Frederici-Augusti (Frederick Augustus*), of gardens, A 

 synonym of S. lutea-ptirpnrea, 



8. Huguenlnl (Huguenin's). Jl. white, solitary, shortly stalked. 

 L imbricating, oblong, ciliate-toothed, iin. to Jin. long. Eastern 

 Swiss Alps, 1^. A neat little plant, of creepinc:, ti5ted habit. 

 (R, G. 1250 B.) 



8* Iiapesrronsei (Lapeyrouse's). A synonym of ^S*. lutea-pur* 

 purea, 



8. lutea-pnrpnrea (yellow and purple). fl. lemon-yellow, 



numerous, corymbose, borne on short, leafy stalks. Spring. 

 L bright green, narrow-lanceolate, disposed in small rosettes. 

 Pyrenees. Plant very dwarf. Syns. S, aretioides micropetala. 



Saxifraifa — continued, 



S, Fred erici- Aug usti (of gardens), S. Lapeyrousei, The true 

 S. Frederici'Avgusti is a rare and distinct plant, withaspicate 

 inflorescence and purple flowers, and is not at present in culti- 

 vation in this country. 



SCHIZANTHITS. To the species described on p. 384, 

 Vol. III., the following variety should now be added: 



S. Grahaml lilaciuus (lilac). A fine variety, having lilac- 

 coloured flowers, with a dark golden-yellow, brown-veined 

 upper lip, and lilac tips. (R. G. 1887, p. 665, f. 169,) 



SCHIZOCASIA (from schizo, to cut or split, and 

 casta ; in allusion to its divided leaves and its relation- 

 ship to Colocasia), Ord. Aroideoe (Aracece), A small 

 genus (three or four species) of stove herbs, with a thick 

 caudex, natives of New Guinea, Siam, and the Philippine 

 Islands. Flowers monoecious, on an appendiculate spadix, 

 the males and females remote ; perianth none ; spathe 

 tabe convolute, the blade linear-oblong, obtnse, thrice as 

 long as the tube, the throat constricted ; peduncle short, 

 sheathed. Leaves ovate- cordate, pinnatipartite ; petioles 

 elongated, terete. According to Mr. N. E. Brown, there 

 are no real characters to separate Schizocasia from 

 Alocasia (which see, on p. 50, Vol. I., for culture). 



S. Portei (Porte's). I. oblong-triangular, sagittate, pinnatipartite ; 

 lateral divisions semi-ovate or oblong, obtuse, with a deep sinus ; 

 stalks half as long again as the leaves. Caudex thick. 



S. Regnieri (Regnier's). Jl. unknown. L large, pinnatifld, lOin. 

 to 12in. long, peltate, repand, dark green above, the midrib 

 and principal nerves much paler, glaucescent beneath, the 

 margins undulated ; pinnae costate, mucronate at apex, cordate- 

 lanceolate ; petioles l|ft. long, sheathing at base, terete, 

 yellow, with reddish, hieroglyphic markings. Siam, 1887, 

 ^I. H. ser. V. 6.) 



SCH(ENOCAXTLON (from Schoinos, a Eush, and 

 Icaulos, a stem ; in allusion to the Rush-like scape). 

 Stns. Asagrcea^ Sahadilla. Ord. LUiaceoe. A small 

 genus (five species have been enumerated) of half-hardy, 

 bulbous plants, natives of the Mexico-Texan region. 

 Flowers rather small, in long, dense, terminal, sub-sessile 

 spikes; perianth persistent, the segments distinct, sub- 

 equal, narrow-lanceolate or linear, erecto-patent; stamens 

 siXj hypogynous, longer than the segments; bracts small; 

 scape simple, tall, leafless. Leaves radical, long'-linear. 

 The culture of the only species introduced is not yet 

 understood ; the plant is, however, only of botanical 



interest. - 



S. officinale (officinal). /., perianth yellowish, iin. to ^in. long, 

 the segments lanceolate ; spike cylindrical, 6in. to 12in. long, Jin. 

 in diameter ; scape 2ft. to 3ft. long. September, I. six to twelve, 

 firm, IJft. to 4ft, long, three to six lines broad. Bulb ovoid, lin. 

 to 2in. in diameter. Syn, Asagrcea officinalis (B. B. 1839, 55). 



SCHOMBUBGKIA. To the species described on 

 p. 386, Vol. Ill,, the following should now be added: 



8. chionodora (snow-gift), fl, white, with a purple spot on the 

 lip, numerous ; sepals ligulate, acute ; petals spathulate, blunt ; 

 Up large, four-lobed, toothleted and wavy, with five entire keels 

 on the disk. I. cuneate-oblong, obtuse, 4in. to Sin. broad. 

 Pseudo-bulbs many-angled, 1ft. long or more, having but a single, 

 central cavity. Central America, 1886. 



8. c. Kimballiana (W, S. Kimball's). /. light purple ; inflores- 

 cence with numerous branches. 1888, 



S. Huzulioldtii (Humboldt's), fl. resembling those of a Lselia ; 

 sepals and petals wavy, pale lilac, the petals tinted purple 

 towards the apex ; lip with triangular, amethyst-purple side 

 lobes, and a bilobed, fringed and crisped front lobe, of a bright 

 purple, with paler streaks, the disk yellow, with five to seven 

 keels, purple towards their base, Venezuela. 



S. marglnata Iznmarginata (not margined). This is chiefly 

 dependent for its character on the absence of yellow margins on 

 the sepals and petals. 1887. 



S* Thomsonlana (Thomson's). /. light yellow and sulphur, with 

 purple markings ; sepals and petals ligulate, acute, undulated ; 

 lip trifid, the lateral segments triangular, extrorse, obtuse, the 

 middle one ligulate, emarginate, much crisped. 1887. Allied 

 to S. tibicinis. Syn. Bletia TkoTnaoniana, 



SCHXJBBBTIA GBANDZFLOBA. A synonym 

 of Arauja grandiflora (which see), 



SCZLIiA. To the species described on pp. 388-91, 

 Vol. III., the following should now be added : . 



S. Belli! (Bell's). ^., perianth brownish-blue, campanulate, 4in. 

 long, the segments oblong-spathulate ; bracts white ; raceme 



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