Ar 
(which see). 
_ the Organ Mountains of Brazil. 
scarlet or 
OF GARDENING, 
Sophora—continued. : 
green, pinnate ; leaflets eleven to thirteen, oblong-ovate, acute. 
Naked young wood dark green. h. 30ft. to 40ft. _ China, 1763. A 
very handsome, hardy, deciduous tree. _ China and Japan. 
(A. B: R. 585,) SYN. Styphnolobium japonicum. 
S. j. pendula (pendulous). An exceedingly beautiful tree of the 
pama ” class. See Fig. 500. 
S. j. variegata (variegated). A form with variegated leaves, 
ot not particularly ornamental. 
S. severed. (arge-fruited). . yellow ; racemes short, 
axillary. April. Pods silky, wingless. Z, leaflets thirteen to 
nineteen, elliptic-oblong, obtuse, coriaceous, silky beneath. 
h, 8ft. to 10ft. Chili, 1822. An elegant, greenhouse, ever- 
shrub. (L. B. C. 1125.) Syn. Edwardsia chilensis 
(B. R. 1798). 
S. secundiflora (side-flowering).* Jl. violet, rather large, secund; 
racemes terwinal, crowded. June. J,, leaflets nine to thirteen, 
elliptic-oblong, obtuse, coriaceous, smoothish. A. 6ft. Mexico, 
1820. A beautiful, greenhouse, evergreen shrub. (R. H. 1854, 
-) 
t (four-winged),* fl. yellow, lin. to 2in. long; wings 
Jinear-oblong ; racemes axillary, pendulous, four to eight-flowered. 
May. l lin, to 6in. long; leaflets six to forty pairs, broadly 
obcordate to linear-oblong, 4in. to fin. long, rounded, retuse, 
or two-lobed at the tip, silky or densely villous on old plants, 
h. 6ft. to 12ft. New Zealand, 1772. Half-hardy, deciduous tree. 
(G. C. n. s., ix. 729.) 
t. grandiflora (large-flowered), Kowhai. jl. 2in. long, nar- 
rower than in the type. l., leaflets ten to thirty pairs, usually 
narrow. Trunk sometimes lft. to 3ft. in diameter. A large 
and robust variety. (B. M. 167, under name of S. tetraptera.) 
8. t. miorophyilia (small-leaved). New Zealand Laburnum. 
Jl. tin. to 14in, long, broader than in the species. Z., leaflets on 
old plants thirty to forty pairs, omong obcordate. Young 
branches very slender and flexuous, with few obcordate, mem. 
branous leaflets. Syns, Edwardsia Maenabiana (B. M. 3735), 
E. microphylla (B. M. 1442.) 
oblong, coriaceous, becoming smooth above. h. 4ft. to 6ft. North 
A 739. A half-hardy, deciduous, hoary-tomentose 
shrub, (B. M. 3390.) 
S. velutina (velvety). A synonym of sS. glauca. 
ANTHE. A synonym of Gratiola 
SOPHRONITIS (from sophron, modest ; in reference 
to the pretty little flowers of the original species). ORD. 
Orchidew. A small genus (four or five species) of dwarf- 
growing, tufted, cool-house, epiphytal orchids, inhabiting 
e re; pollen masses eight. 
coriaceous or fleshy, complicated, at length unfolding, 
Pseudo-bulbs celuste 
of cultivators, and have the advan 
little space. They require to be grown 
or on blocks or rafts. The material they prefer is very 
fibry peat, to which may be added a little crushed char- 
coal. Perfect drainage is necessary. All the Sophronites 
require abundance of moisture throughont the year. Pro- 
pagation may be effected by divisions, made just as 
growth commences. 
= © Paana (drooping). fl. rose-red, yellowish in the centre, small, 
in short, effuse, axillary racemes: colu i 
with dark p 3 le Ama bet tage jae gh ovato, apiniste 
i ; » A. Sin, S » M. $ . * 
L. & P. F. G. ii. p.119 : Seer? 
S. coccinea (scarlet). A synonym of S. grandiflora. 
Saah nat bt oe lant sere or cama 
agent nee ody _ Aerts = wide as the sepals ; 
cae hal tee | YNS. S. coccinea (F. d. S 1716), Cattle: 
= mes Sigh mon ye. , : "kable hybrid between this species and Cattleya 
; te thi + Cae n. s., vol. xxvi 
Lelia Batemaniana. This plant has } 
THE DICTIONARY 
Sophronitis—continued. 
Sophronitis and a short-stalked, Lielialike flower of a light 
purple rose-madder, with the very lightest mauve hue, which 
ay rs to get deeper as the flower gets older; the middle 
lacinia of the trifid lip is of the warmest Dahlia carmine, with a 
light mauve hue; the side laciniæ and disk are white, with a 
light mauve-purple border. The change in nomenclature brought 
about by this extraordinary cross is given in Prof. Reichenbach’s 
words : “Hence I must reduce Sophronitids as Lelia cernua, 
pterocarpus, militaris, purpurea, grandiflora, for those who 
accept changes, and leave alone Sophronitis violacea with a re- 
modelled character.” i 
. purpurea (purple). /l. purplish ; petals b unt. 7. cuneate- 
pi ioy acute. Folate ais very- short, thick, fusiform. 1878. 
S. g. rosea (rosy). jl. of a clear rosy-lake or carmine-rose. A 
rare form. (Gn. xxv., p. 474.) 
diflora (large-flowered), of Hooker. 
. gran A synonym of 
S. militaris. 
Fig. 501. STEM AND FLOWERS OF SOPHRONITIS MILITARIS. 
S, militaris (military).* jl. solitary, fully 3in. across ; sepals and 
ee bright cinnabar or deep crimson, the former obl ng- 
anceolate, the latter roundish-elliptic ; lip yellow, streaked wit 
bright red, three-lobed, the side lobes incurved, the front one 
flat and acuminate. November and December. 1, solitary, 
elliptic. Pseudo-bulbs oblong-cylindrical, h. 6in. 1837, The 
See Fig. 501. Syn. S. grandiflora (B. M. 3709; F. M. 329; 
L. & P. F. G. iii., p. 11, f. 237; L. S. O: 5; P M. B, ix. 193). 
S. pterocarpa (wing-fruited). jl. rosy-purple ; lip ovate, crested ; 
ovary six-winged, long-beaked ; raceme short, Sors ukose March’ 
l. coriaceous, roundish-oblong. h. 3in.: A rare plant in 
gardens. (L. & P.F. G. ii., p. 11, f. 239.) 
S. violacea (violet).* fl. vjolet, solitary ; lip obovate, acute, 
naked, gibbous at base; column with large, fleshy, obtuse, 
falcate wings; scape termin al, many-bracted at base. Winter- 
1. solitary, linear, dark green, longer than the Scape. Pseudo- 
bulbs oval, small. +. 3in. 1838. (B. M. 6880; L. & P. F. G. 
iii., p. 11, f. 238.) 
SOPUBIA (said to be a native name in the East 
Indies). Syns. Gerdaria, Raphidophyllum. Orp. Scro- 
phularinee. A genus comprising eight or nine species 
of stove, erect, usually annual herbs, natives of tropical 
and Southern Africa, Madagascar, the East Indies, the 
Malayan Archipelago, and Australia. Flowers bracteate, 
spicate or racemose; calyx campanulate, five-toothed or 
five-lobed ; corolla with a short tube and five broad, 
spreading lobes; stamens four, didynamous; pedicels 
bibracteolate. Leaves opposite, or the upper ones alter- 
nate, narrow, often laciniate. S. delphinifolia appears 
