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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
Stauropsis—continued. 
incurved, the disk bearing an elevated tooth, and its base a short, 
transverse crest; scapes long, erect, many-flowered. July to 
Legs Agpreei l. lorate, obtuse, and obliquely emarginate at apex, 
light green. Stem stout. Philippine Islands. Syns, Fieldia lis- 
sochiloides, Vanda Batemanni (B. R. 1846, 59), V. lissochiloides. 
nded). ji. large, few in a spike; sepals and petals 
white, with yellowish-cinnamon bars inside, cuneate-oblong, 
acute ; lip whitish, the tips of the side plates of the anterior part 
yellow, and a few purplish spots on the keel of the under side ; 
basilar lacinie nearly dolabriform ; peduncles stalked, trigonous. 
l. cuneate-ligulate, obtusely bilobed. Eastern tropical Asia, 1872, 
Syn. Trichoglottis fasciata. 
S. gigantea (gigantic). /. 3in. across; sepals and petals deep 
ae aa riag: praga Pele Baen blotches, oblong, obovate; li 
white, fleshy, small, incurved, channelled, dolabriform, wit 
short, rounded, basal auricles ; racemes axillary, about half as 
long as the leaves. Poring l. bold, distichous, dark green, 
broadly lorate, recurved, tough, l4ft. long, very obtuse, emar- 
nate. Burmah, 1858. A = aoe plant. Syn. Vanda gigantea 
B. M. 5189; L H. 277; R. X. O. ü. 112). 
STAUROSTIGMA (from stauros, a cross, and 
stigma, a stigma; in allusion to the cross or star-shaped 
stigmas). Including Asterostigma and Rhopalostigma. 
ORD. Aroidee (Araceew). A small genus (six species) of 
stove, tuberous, stoloniferous herbs, natives of tropical 
America. Flowers all perfect, the males and females 
contiguous; spathe erect, lanceolate, convolute at base, 
opening or gaping above ; spadix moncecious, inappendicu- 
late, cylindrical, shorter than the spathe; peduncles many 
or solitary, equalling the leaves. Leaves on long petioles, 
hastate-cordate, pinnatisect, or once or twice pinnati- 
partite; pinnæ sessile, acuminate. The introduced species 
are described below. A well-drained compost of sandy 
loam and peat is most suitable. A season of rest 
must be allowed, during which the plants should be 
sparingly watered, so as not to become quite dry. Pro- 
pagation may be effected by seeds, sown in bottom heat ; 
or by division of the tubers. 
S. concinnum (neat). fl., spathe narrow-lanceolate, very acute ; 
spadix white and penis scarcely shorter than the spathe, the 
. male part dense-flowered ; peduncle livid-purple, shorter than 
the petioles. /., young ones reniform, pedatisect, the segments 
obovate-lanceolate ; adults three-parted, the middle part pinnati- 
sect, elongated-oblong, the lateral parts pe ga bi- or trisected ; 
poua nearly as long as the blades, marked with pale violet and 
k le. A. 1}ft. Brazil, 1860. (L. B.C. 1590, under name 
of hum luridum.) 
8. c. colubrinum (snake-like). jl., spathe greyish-green, marked 
with red and brownish- me a pid t at 4 jati pii and dirty- 
scarlet. Rio Janeiro, 1860. 
oh OEE Cangedcets). J., spathe glaucous-green out- 
side, livid or dirty-brown within ; Rts compe Rena ., petioles 
groen, more or less conspicuously spotted with white. A. l4ft. 
_ Rio Janeiro, 1860. 
_ §. c. lineolatum (lined). /., spathe greyish-green outside, with 
ochraceous stripes, ee ah tesa gee dix re Boar 
lowish and rose-colour. h. ly o Janeiro, 1860. 
S. Luschnathianum (Luschnath’s). /., spathe deep green within 
and speckled with brown, reticulated externally, 2in. to 4in. 
long, erect, cylindric, acute; spadix cylindric ; anthers scarlet ; 
ovaries white ; scape similar to the petiole. Z. lft. to 2ft. long, 
deep green, innatifid, broadly ovate; two lower segments 
deflexed, deeply cut into three to five lobes ; remaining segments 
four to six pairs, sessile, remote, berogaierty sinuate-lobed or 
entire; petioles 6in. to 12in. long, whitish, with black-purple 
streaks. Rio Janeiro, (B. M. 5972, under name of Asterostigma 
Luschnathianum.) z 
S. Riedelianum (Riedel’s). fl., spathe yellowish, greenish out- 
side; spadix slender, pae n paani than tba tere pe- 
_ duncles many, variegated. Z., adults three-parted; middle part 
pinnatisect, the segments linear-oblong, sessile, abruptly and 
rather long-cuspidate at apex; lower lateral ones shortly decur- 
rent ; peduncles + aches and variegated, scarcely longer than the 
blades. A. 2ft. Bahia, 1860. 
Delphinium Staphys- 
P STAVESACRE. See 
agria. i 
EAM, HEATING BY. A method of heating 
plant “structur which has been almost or entirely 
r that of hot water. Most of the systems 
w r R et in gardens, are described under 
see). 
SIREX. See Sirex. 
STEENHAMMERA. A synonym of Mertensia 
(which see). 
STEGNOGRAMME. Included under Polypodium. 
STEGOSIA. A synonym of Rottboellia (which 
see). 
STELEPHUROS. A synonym of Phleum (which 
see). À 
STELIS (the old Greek name used by Theophrastus 
for some parasitical plant). ORD. Orchideæœ. A large 
genus (about 150 species have been described) of stove, 
epiphytal orchids, inhabiting tropical America, from 
Brazil and Peru, as far as Mexico and the West Indies. 
Flowers small, sometimes minute, shortly pedicellate, 
in terminal, elongated racemes, rarely sub-distichous; 
sepals spreading, more or less connate; petals much 
shorter, broad, with thickened margins, often nearly in- 
cluding the column and lip; lip sessile at the base of 
the column, resembling the petals, or narrowed and occa- 
sionally three-lobed; pollen masses two; bracts alter- 
nate, often distichous. Leaves coriaceous, often contracted 
into the petioles. Stems tufted, or creeping with simple 
branches, one-leaved at apex, often with one to three 
sheaths below the leaves, not pseudo-bulbous. Few 
of the species have any attraction on the score of beauty ; 
but many of them are very interesting. A selection of 
those best known to cultivators is given below. For 
culture, see Pleurothallis. 
S. atropurpurea (dark purple). A synonym of S. ciliaris. 
S. Bruckmulleri (Bruckmiiller’s).* fi. yellowish-purple outside, 
pale purple within, disposed at intervals of in. along the rachis ; 
sepals broadly ovate, acute, united at base, clothed with spread- 
ing hairs within; petals and lips very minute, the latter un- 
divided ; racemes two or three times as long as the leaves. 
December. J. lin. to 2in. long. Probably Mexican Andes. 
(B. M. 6521.) 
S. canaliculata (channelled). fi. dull yellowish-green, very small, 
secund, disposed in a dense raceme ; bracts and rachis whitish. 
l. cuneate-oblong, obtuse, thick, plainly channelled in the middle, 
h. 8in. Bogota, 1872 
S. ciliaris (ciliated).* fl. deep purple, with long fringes to the 
ovate sepals; petals oblate-rhomboid, fleshy ; lip ovate, fleshy, 
channelled at base; spike naked half-way up, then closely 
covered with flowers. February. Z. broadly oblong, narrowed 
oe h. 6in. Mexico, 1842. Syn. S. atropurpurea (B. M. 
S. Endresii (Endres). #. greenish-white; sepals coalescing 
towards the base; lip fleshy, transversely sub-rhomboid, ex- 
cavated ; raceme distichous. December and July. 1. cuneate, 
tng S obtuse, emarginate and apiculate, thick. Costa 
ica, . 
papuliform. 7. cuneate, oblong-ligulate, minutely bilobed, with 
a an tooth at apex. Costa Rica, 1870. Plant densely 
(large-flowered). fl. chocolate-coloured, among 
S. grandifiora 
_ the largest of the genus; sepals equal, obtuse; petals ovate; 
lip STA gag a $ A aa dense; spathe large, aen: 
minate. July. l. oblong, petiolate, emarginate, 44in. long, lin. 
broad. Stem 3in. high, neal a. , 
S. grossilabris (large-lipped). ji. light greenish, small ; lip thick 
and fleshy ; racemes shorter than the ition l. cuneate, Spatiu- 
late, obtuse. Native place unknown. 1881. Plant tufted. 
micrantha (small-flowered). fl. whitish, red within, nodding, 
one-sided-distichous ; sepals deltoid ; petals and lip truncate; 
raceme slender, spike-formed. . _ 4. lanceolate-oblong, 
rather blunt, contracted and tapering at base, lin. to 24in. i 
- Eee Jamaica, 1805. (H. E. F. 158; L. B. C. 1011; 
S. ophioglossoides (Ophioglossum-like). fl. greenish, with a 
tinge of purple, minute ; raceme slender, cided. pedunculate. 
September. Z. 24in. to 6in. long, oblong-linear, rather blunt, long- 
tapering at the base. Stem shorter than the leaves. West 
Indies, 1791. (B. R. 935; L. B. C. 442, 
S. sesquipedalis (foot-and-a-half). . pale yellow, secund, 
large; sepals roundish-ovate, obtuse: petals oblate; lip con- 
formed, cucullate ; spike Tin. to 10in. long. August. J. broadly 
ne shortly petiolate, 14in. to 4in. long. h. 6in. Sierra Nevada, 
S. zonata (zoned). ji. light ochre ; sepals brown at the base; 
petals with a mauvè middle zone ; raceme one-sided. l. very 
thick, cuneate-oblong, blunt. Stem short. Demerara, 1884. 
