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SFORLEDEBA. 



(which see). 



A synonym * of Ceratotheca 



, To the species described on pp. 489-90, 

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



S. Coulombieri (Coulombier's). Nearly allied to S. colchica, from 

 which it differs in its more globular flowers, with broader and 

 shorter sepals and petals, ana in its later period of flowering. 

 Really intermediate between 5. colckica and S. pinnata. 1887. 

 Garden variety. 



STATZCE. To the species described on pp. 491-3, 

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



S« superba (superb). A hardy annual, closely resembling S. 

 Suworottn, but having the spikes densely crowded into a 

 pyramidal panicle. 1887. (R. G. 1837, p. 666, f. 170.) 



STELLEKA ALBEBTI. 



trcemia AlTjerti (which see). 



A synonym of Wiks- 



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Streptocarpus — continued. 



brownirih-purple ; stems numerous, bearing ten to sixteen 

 flowers. Autumn and winter. I. solitary, similar to, but rather 

 smaller than, that of S. Tceivensis (between which and S.parvi' 

 Hora this is a hybrid), 1887. (G. C. ser. iii.. vol. ii., p. 215.) 



STROBILANTHES. To the species described on 

 pp. 516-7, Vol. III., the following should now be added: 



S. attenuatus (attenuated). /. violet-blue, marked with a 

 yellow spot in the throat, disposed in loose panicles ; corolla 

 lin. long ; peduncles axillary or terminal, tritid, hairy. I, cordate, 



serrated, caudate-acuminate, more or leas hairy, 4in. long, 2Jin. 

 broad, dark green ; petioles 3in. to 4in. long. Stem quadrangular, 

 more or less hairy. Himalayas, 1886. A handsome, greenhouse 

 herb, of shrubby habit. (R. G. 1243.) 



S. coloratus (coloured), fl. pale bluish-purple, IJin. long, 

 shortly pedicellate ; sepals erect, linear, Jin. long ; corolla with 

 a ventricose tube and short, rounded lobes ; panicles 6in. to 

 12in. high, widely spreading and profusely branched. January. 





Fig. 63. Flowering Branch of Strophanthus dichotomus. 



STREIiZTZIA. To the speciea and varieties de- 

 scribed on p. 514, Vol. III., the following should now 

 be added : 



S. Reginse oitrina (citron -coloured). A variety with citron- 

 yellow sepals. 1887. 



STE.EFTOCAI.TX 



illandsia Fnrstenbergi 



FTTII^TENBERGI 



See 



STSEPTOCABPITS. To the species described on 



p. 516, Vol. III.j the following species and hybrids should 



now be added: ^ 



S. kewensis (Kew). /., corolla bright mauve-purple, about 2in. 

 long, striped with dark brownish-purple in the throat; stems 

 numerous, six to eight-flowered, fonuing a tolerably compact 

 mass. Autumn and winter. L two or three, large, oblong- or 

 elongate-ovate, bright green, not so large as those of S. Dunnii 

 (between which and 5. Bexii this plant is a hybrid). 1887. 



S. lutea (yellow). The correct name of the plant figured in B, M. 

 6636, and described on p. 516, Vol. III., as S. parviflorcL 



S. parviflora (small-flowered). /. pale blue or purplish; calyx 

 somewhat tive-parted; corolla tube about Jin. long; pedicels 

 twin, distant ; peduncles three to ten flowered- I. dense, ovate 

 or oblong, narrowed at base, sub-sessile, 7in. long, crenate, softly 

 villous, woolly beneath. South Africa. 



S. Wfttsonl (Watson's), fl., corolla bright rose-purple, about 

 Uln. long and lie. in diameter, the white throat striped with 





L 5in. to 7in. long, ovate or elliptic, acuminate or produced into 

 a long tail, serrated, dark green above, reddish-purple beneath. 

 A. 4ft. to 6ft. Khasya, 1886. (B. M. 6922.) 



S. flaccidifolius (flaccid-leaved). Jl. lilac-purple, in loose, leafy, 

 paniculate spikes ; tube of the corolla bent, the lobes deeply 

 notched. L 2in. to 4in. long, elliptic-lanceolate, acute, narrowed 

 to the petioles, serrated, glabrous, bright green. India, China, 

 1887. A pretty shrub, yielding a blue dye. (B. M. 6947.) 



STE.OFHANTUUS. Man3^ of the plants of this genns 



possess quaintly-coloured flowers, which are rendered still 

 more strange by the long, tail-like expansions of the corolla 

 lobes. The seeds of some of the species abound in a 

 poisonous principle, which has been named Strophantin, 

 and has been found successful as a remedy in cases of 

 heart disease, principally in fatty degeneration of that 

 organ. The Komb^ arrow poison of the natives of Sene- 

 gambia, &c., is furnished by 8. hispidus, j8. dichotomus 

 (described on p. 520, Vol. III.) is shown at Fig. 63. 



S. Ledlenii (Ledien'a). Jl. borne in umbels terminating the 

 woody branches; corolla buff -yellow, star-shaped, five-lobed, 

 each lobe prolonged into a very long, narrow, ribbon-like tail ; 

 corona and stamens violet, with five white rays. I. nearly sessile, 

 obovate, suddenly drawn out into a short point, the margins 

 entire, both surfaces softly hairy. Congo. 1887. Stove shrub. 

 (K. G. 1241.) ^ 



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