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OF HORTICULTURE. 499 
Stephania—continued. 
S. hernandifolia (Hernandia-leaved). /l. in capitate umbels, on 
short or long, axillary peduncles ; petals three or four ; rays eight 
to twelve, with subulate bracts. June. Jl. ovate or sub-deltoid, 
acute, obtuse, or acuminate at apex, truncate or sub-cordate at 
base, šin. to 6in. in diameter, glabrous or thinly pubescent below 
or on both surfaces ; petioles 14in, to 4in. long. India. 
S. rotunda (round-leaved). fl. orange; umbels loosely cymose. 
June. l. broadly ovate or nearly round, irregularly sinuate-lobed 
= repand, glabrous, on long petioles. Himalayas, 1866. Green- 
ouse, 
STEPHANIA (of Willdenow). 
phoma (which see). 
STEPHANIUM. A synonym of Palicourea (which 
see). 
STEPHANOCOMA (from stephanos, a crown, and 
kome, hair; referring to the crown-like pappus). ORD. 
Compositæ. A monotypic genus, The 
species is a greenhouse, Thistle-like herb, 
requiring culture similar to Berkheya 
(which see). 
S. carduoides (Thistle-like). f.-heads yellow, 
discoid, small, at the tips of the branches, 
corymbose; involucral scales shorter than 
the disk, in many rows, subulate, margined 
with solitary, slender spines. Autumn. J. 
sparsely setulose, or glabrous on both sides, 
spiny-toothed or lobed, long-decurrent. Stem 
erect, striate, sub-glabrous. A. 24ft. South 
Africa, 1864. (B. M. 5715, under name of 
Stobeea spheerocephala.) 
STEPHANOLIRION. Asynonym 
of Tristagma (which see). 
STEPHANOMERIA (from stepha- 
nos, a crown, and meris, a part; a name 
of no particular application). Syn. 
Jamesia (of Nees). Orv. Composite. 
A genus comprising about eight species 
of hardy, glabrous, annual or perennial 
herbs, natives of North-west America. 
Flower-heads pink and white, radiate, 
sometimes terminal and erect, sometimes 
fascicled at the stdes of the branches; 
ray florets ligulate, truncately five- 
toothed at apex. Leaves alternate, nar- 
row, entire, remotely toothed, runcinate- 
pinnatifid, or the cauline ones reduced 
to short scales. Stems erect, simple or 
divaricately branched. Probably none 
of the species are now grown in this 
country. 
STEPHANOPHORUM GLA- 
BRUM VARIEGATUM. See Ste- 
notaphrum americanum varje- 
gatum. 
STEPHANOPHYSUM. Included 
under Ruellia (which see). 
STEPHANOTIS (from stephanos, 
a crown, and~ous, otos, an ear; alluding 
to the auricles of the staminal crown). 
Syn. Jasminanthes. ORD. Asclepiadee. 
A genus comprising about fourteen 
Species of glabrous, twining, often tall- : 
climbing, stove shrubs ; five are found in Madagascar, 
five in the Malayan Archipelago and South China, three 
in Cuba, and one in Peru. Flowers white, large, simple, 
in umbelliform cymes; calyx five-parted, the segments 
somewhat leafy; corolla salver-shaped or nearly funnel- 
shaped, the tube cylindrical, broader at the base, and 
dilated at the throat, the limb of five twisted lobes ; 
Coronal seales five, erect, often free at apex. Leaves 
opposite, coriaceous. Only two of the species have been 
introduced. g, floribunda is a beautiful and very popular, 
Stove plant, because of its fragrant, pure white blossoms, 
which are produced in great profusion. It succeeds best 
in turfy loam, and may be increased by cuttings of the 
A synonym of Steri- 
Stephanotis—continued. 
previous year’s growth, inserted singly in pots, in spring, 
and placed in a close frame with a temperature of 60deg. 
Established plants do best when placed in a bed of pre- 
pared soil, about 3ft. square, and the growths trained to a 
trellis beneath the roof. §. Thouarsii thrives under 
similar treatment. 
S. floribunda (bundle-flowered).* Clustered Wax Flower; Mada- 
gascar Chaplet Flower; Madagascar Jasmine. fl. of the purest 
white, highly fragrant, borne freely in large bunches; sepals 
ovate, obtuse, one-fourth as long as the corolla tube ; segments 
of the corolla ovate-oblong ; coronal scales ovate, shorter than 
the anthers; peduncles short, scarcely pe sre, Aes petioles. 
May. l. oval or ovate-elliptic, ample, of great substance, retuse 
or very shortly uncinate-acuminate. h. 10ft, Madagascar, 1839. 
See Fig. 531. (B. v. 203; B. M. 4058; G. C. n. s., xiv. p. 169; 
P. M. B. xi. 29.) The Elvaston variety is a compact-growing, 
floriferous form. (G. C. n. s., xiv., p. 169.) 
FIG. 531. FRUITING BRANCH, AND PORTION OF INFLORESCENCE, OF 
STEPHANOTIS FLORIBUNDA. 
Thouarsii (Thouars’). fl., sepals ovate-lanceolate, one-third 
Oe length of the corolla tube; coronal scales lanceolate, ex- 
ceeding the anthers; peduncles equalling the petioles, three- 
flowered. May. l. obovate or obovate-oblong, shortly acuminate. 
h. 10ft. Madagascar, 1842. 
STEPS. In gardens, these are best constructed of 
stone, which should be of a description suitable for with- 
standing frost and exposure to all weathers. Steps are 
necessary for affording a means of entering glass houses, 
when the latter are situated above the ground level, 
and for passing from one terrace walk to another, when 
the ground is too steep or inconveniently situated for 
forming a slope instead. 
Folding Steps, made of wood, and hinged at the top, 
