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STENOCARPUS (from stenos, narrow, and karpos, 
a fruit; alluding to the usually nearly flat follicles), 
Syns. Agnostus, Cybele. ORD. Proteacee. A genus com- 
prising fourteen species of stove or greenhouse trees, of 
which three are Australian and the rest New Caledonian. 
Flowers yellow, white, or red, umbellate, hermaphrodite, 
slightly irregular; perianth tube elongated, opening along 
the lower side; limb sub-globose, recurved, the segments 
at length separating; anthers sessile within the concave 
lamina; bracts small and highly caducous, or absent: 
Leaves alternate or scattered, entire or deeply pin- 
natifid with few lobes. Only three of the species have 
been introduced. For culture, see Lomatia. 
S. Cunninghamii (Cunningham’s). A synonym of S. sinuatus. 
S. Forsteri (Forster’s). fl. white; perianth four to five lines 
long ; pedicels longer than the perianth ; umbels solitary, six to 
eight-flowered ; peduncles terminal, equalling the leaves. June, 
l. oblong, obtuse, attenuated and slightly petiolate, entire, ten 
to eighteen lines long, three to six lines broad, almost veinless. 
Branches terete; branchlets slender. dh. 3ft. New Caledonia, 
1850. (L. & P. F. G. ii. p. 166.) : é 
S. salignus (Willow-like). Beef Wood. fl. greenish; perianth 
usually under jin. long; pedicels }in. to din. long, irregularly 
crowded ; peduncles slender, terminal or in the upper axils, 
usually shorter than the leaves, bearing a single umbel of ten 
to thirty flowers. June. l. ovate-lanceolate or elliptic, acute, 
acuminate, or rarely obtuse, 2in. to 4in. long, tapering into short 
petioles. A. 5ft. or more. Australia, 1719. (B. R. 441.) 
S. sinuatus (sinuate).* Fire-tree or Tulip-tree of Queensland. 
Jl. bright red ; perianth tube lin. or more long, straight, tapering 
upwards ; peduncles terminal, 2in. to 4in. long, each bearing an 
umbel of twelve to twenty flowers, and either generally umbel- 
late or shortly racemose. June. J. petiolate, either undivided, 
oblong-lanceolate, and 6in. to 8in. long, or pinnatifid and above 
lft. long, with one to four oblong lobes on each side. Ah. (in 
Australia) 60ft. to 100ft. 1830. Syn. S. Cunninghamii 
(B. M. 9266.5 F dS. H 7+ P. M. B riv l} 
STENOCHILUS (from stenos, narrow, and cheilos, 
a lip; alluding to the narrow lip of the flower). ORD. 
Myoporineæ. A genus comprising eight species of pretty, 
little, greenhouse, evergreen, Australian shrubs, now in- 
cluded, by the authors of the “ Genera Plantarum,” under 
Eremophila. Calyx segments five, imbricated at base, 
usually enlarged after flowering; four upper lobes of 
corolla short and acute, the fifth lowest more deeply 
separated and sometimes narrow; stamens four (with one 
exception), exserted. Leaves alternate or scattered. 
The two best-known species are here described. They 
thrive in sandy peat, and may be increased by cuttings, 
inserted in sand, under a glass. 
S. glaber (glabrous). fl. yellow, red, or with these colours 
variously mixed; corolla glabrous, or slightly pubescent out- 
side, nearly or quite lin. long, the tube constricted above the 
ovary ; pedicels solitary. April. J. lanceolate, or rarely elliptic- 
oblong or cuneate, acute or obtuse, entire or slightly serrulated, 
usually ĝin. to lin. long. h. 3ft. . (CB. M: 1942; B. E. 572.) 
SYNS. S. i 8 S. vă (B. M. 2930). The correct name 
of this plant is Eremophila Brownii. 
S. incanus (hoary). A synonym of S. glaber. 
S. maculatus (spotted). fi. red, more or less variegated with 
yellow, or quite yellow, solitary; corolla lin, or more long, 
the lowest lobe separated to below the middle. April. /. mostly 
lanceolate, occasionally varying from elliptic-oblong to linear, 
acute or obtuse, entire, above lin. long. h. dft. R. 647.) 
The correct name of this plant is Eremophila 
S, viscosus (clammy). A synonym of S. glaber. 
STENOCHLZEINA. Included under 
and Lomaria. . 
STENOCORYNE (from stenos, narrow, and koryne, a 
club; alluding to the club-shaped spur of the lateral 
sepals). Orp. Orchidew. A monotypic genus. The 
Species is a stove, epiphytal orchid, now regarded, by 
Bentham and Hooker, as a member of the genus Bi- 
frenaria, For culture, see Maxillaria. 
S. (long-horned). f. orange, spotted with brown; 
Acrostichum 
spur ; lip long, unguiculate, three-lobed at apex ; raceme loose, 
many-flowered. April. /. oblong-lanceolate, sub-plicate, shining. 
Pseudo-bulbs elongated, tetragonal. h. lft. Demerara, 1843. 
STENOGASTRA. Included under Sinningia 
(which see). 
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lateral sepals ovate, acute, extended into a long, slender, clavate | 
STENOGLOSSUM (from stenos, narrow, and glossa, 
a tongue; alluding to the long, narrow labellum). ORD. 
Orchidee. A monotypic genus. The species is a stove, 
epiphytal orchid, having racemose flowers and narrow 
leaves, allied to Epidendrum. It is a native of the Andes 
of tropical America, and is not yet known to cultiva- 
tion in this country. ‘ 
STENOGLOTTIS (from steios, narrow, and glotta, 
a tongue; alluding to the narrow lip). ORD. Orchidew. 
A monotypic genus. The species is a greenhouse, ter- 
restrial orchid, allied to Habenaria. It thrives in a 
compost of loam and rotten leaves, with the adcition of 
small pieces of decayed wood and charcoal. The tem- 
perature of an intermediate house is most suitable. 
Water must be plentifully supplied during the growing 
season. Propagation may be effected by division. 5 
S. fimbriata (fringed). /l. rosy-pink, rather small, scattered on 
a slender spike, sub-secund; sepals free, sub-equal, at length 
spreading; petals similar, but smaller; lip sprea from the 
column, narrow, as long as the sepals, trifid at apex, not spurred ; 
column very short. l. clustered at the base of the stem, oblong, 
Root tuberous, or consisting of fascicled, fleshy fibres. South 
Africa, 1871. (B. M. 5872.) 
STENOLOMA. Included under Davallia (which see). 
STENOMESSON (from stenos, narrow, and messon, 
middle; alluding to the shape of the perianth). Including 
Callithauma, Chrysiphiala, Clitanthus, Coburgia, Neæra, 
and Spherothele. Orv. Amaryllidew. This genus com- 
prises, according to Mr. Baker, nineteen species of stove 
or greenhouse, bulbous plants, natives of tropical America. 
Flowers many in an umbel, very rarely reduced to one, 
often on pendulous, recurved pedicels; perianth red, 
orange, or fulvous, showy; tube elongated, sub-cylindrical, 
often slightly contracted above the base or towards the 
middle; lobes sub-equal, erect or more or less spread- 
ing; stamens erect, connected on a six-toothed corona; 
involucral bracts two, broad or narrow. Leaves appear- 
ing with the flowers, linear or rather broad, loriform. 
Except where otherwise indicated, the under-mentioned 
species require greenhouse heat. For culture, see Hip- 
S. aurantiacum (o ). fl. nodding; th yellow, the seg- _ 
ra ag He oe i a as 
i ; umbels two-flowe ay. A revolute 
ae ttt. Quite, 195. (BK. 184 4a and E H. 1880, 
p. $96, under name of S. Hartwegii.) 4 
S. coccineum (scarlet).* fl. four to eight in an umbel, drooping ; 
perianth bright crimson, lżin. long, the oblong-lanceolate seg- 
ments half as long as the tube; scape lft. or more high, firm, 
terete. May. l. four or five, lft. or more long, moderately fleshy. 
ea a poe 1850. (Ref. B. 309.) SYN. Coburgia coccinea 
(B. M. ‘ 
S. croceum (yellow). jl. nearly erect, four in an umbel ; perianth 
golden, i lone: the tube curved, the limb segments con- 
, marcescent ; sca, long, terete, 
nivent ; bracts lin. long, 
glaucous. May. J. linear-lanceolate or oval-lanceolate, solitary, 
green above, whitish beneath, Peru, 1820. (B. M. 2641, under 
name of S. flavum B, R. 778, under name of Chrysiphiala 
flava.) ris 
S. curvidentatum (curved-toothed). nA shortly pedicellate; 
perianth golden, pale greenish below, 1jin. long, curved, the 
segments reflexed, obtuse ; coronal teeth recurved ; + 
long, marcescent; scape terete, 6in. long, two-flowered. ay 
i. lanceolate-oval, compressed, sub-acute. Peru, 1842. (B. M. 
2640.) 
S. Hartwegii (Hartweg’s). A synonym of S. aurantiacum. 
humilis (dwarf). /., perianth Mna, nearly 3in. long, the 
wae niai, eod shire: the limb somewhat ; 
scape one-flowered. March. J. TE glabrous, shining, sub- 
acute, slightly channelled, nearly Ift. long, and about din. broad. 
Cordilleras, 1841. Syn. Coburgia humilis (B. R. 1842, 46), 
incarnata (flesh-coloured).* fl. very shortly pedicellate; peri- 
© an variable Ta colour, usually red, nearly Sin. long, glabrous, 
the segments ovate-elliptic, slightly obtuse, 4 Sgr nearly lin 
long ; scape four or five-flowered, erect, about 2ft. high. A t 
i. linear, narrowed above, obtuse, entire, succulent, reti te- 
nerved, glabrous, erect, 1sft. long, lin, broad. Quito, 1826. 
(R. G. 1147.) SYN. Coburgia incarnata (S. B. F, G. ser. ii. 17). 
The following so-called species are regarded, by Mr. Baker, as 
“ apparently only, in a broad sense, varieties differing princi- 
y in the colour of the flower” ; 
i, fulvum (fulvous). j., perianth tawny, 44in. long; bracts 
pag a cae scape above 2ft. long. J. about six, linear-ligulate, 
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