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STERIGMA (from sterigma, a fork; the larger 
stamens are connected at the base and forked at the 
top). Syn. Sterigmostemon, ORD. Orucifere. A genus 
comprising five species of hardy, robust, perennial herbs, 
natives of Asia Minor, Persia, the Caspian region, and 
Siberia. Flowers yellow, rather large, in elongated, 
ebracteate racemes; sepals sub-erect; pedicels rather 
thick, spreading. Leaves entire or pinnatifid. One or 
two of the species have been introduced, but they are 
now probably lost to cultivation. 
STERIGMA. A term applied to any foliaceous 
prolongation of the blade of a leaf down on the stem 
by decurrence. 
STERIGMOSTEMON. A synonym of Sterigma 
(which see). 
STERILE. Barren. <A male or staminate flower 
is commonly said to be Sterile. 
STERIPHOMA (from steriphoma, a foundation; in 
allusion to the large fruit-stalk). Syns. Remeria (of 
Trattinick), Stephania (of Willdenow). ORD. Cappa- 
ridee. A small genus (three species) of stove, unarmed 
shrubs, natives of Peru, New Grenada, Venezuela, and 
the Trinity Islands. Flowers orange, showy; calyx two 
or four-lobed at apex, irregularly ruptured; torus very 
short ; petals four, sessile ; stamens six; racemes terminal; 
peduncles thick ; pedicels thickened at the apex, infracted 
_ or recurved, one-flowered. Leaves long-petiolate, one- 
foliolate; leaflet lanceolate, entire ; petiole thickened at 
the apex. The only species introduced is well worth 
cultivating on account.of the beauty of its flowers. It 
thrives in a compost of equal parts loam, peat, and 
sand. Cuttings should be taken from young wood, 
inserted in a pot of sand, and plunged in heat, under a 
hand glass, 
S. cleomoides (Cleome-like).* ji. with a reddish-brown calyx and 
yellow petals and stamens. April to July. J. oblong-lanceolate, 
much acuminated, scarcely longer than the foots s. A Oft. 
Caraccas, 1823. Syn. S. paradoxum (B. M. 5788; F. d. S. 554-5; 
L. & P. F. G. i. 73, p. 107.) ; 
S. paradoxum (paradoxical). A synonym of S. cleomoides. 
STERIS. Now included under Hydrolea (which 
see). 
STERNBERGIA (named in honour of Count Caspar 
Sternberg, 1761-1838, a celebrated botanist). Mount 
Etna Lily. Including Oporanthus. ORD. Amaryllidee. 
Of this genus, about twelve species have been described, 
but, according to Mr. Baker, not more than four are 
distinct as such; they are hardy, bulbous plants, inhabiting 
Eastern Europe and the Mediterranean region. Flower 
often solitary; perianth funnel-shaped, straight, with a 
short or rather long tube, and linear or lanceolate, equal, 
erecto-patent lobes; stamens equally affixed at the throat 
or the bases of the lobes; bracts membranous, hyaline, 
tubular at base; scape short, sometimes very short, solid. 
Leaves late or cotemporary with the flowers. Bulb 
tunicated. §. lutea is a popular and valuable plant, 
on account of its yellow flowers being produced in 
autumn. ‘The genus may be divided into two sections, 
viz., Sternbergia proper, having autumnal flowers, with 
a cylindrical tube, and leaves produced in spring; and 
Oporanthus, with short-tubed, funnel-shaped flowers, pro- 
duced, with the leaves, in October. To the first section 
belong 8. colchiciflora, S. macrantha, and 8. Schubertii. 
S. lutea and its forms comprise the second section. 
Only a couple of species call for mention here. They 
succeed best in soil of a good depth, and in a sheltered 
position. The bulbs may be placed from 4in. to 6in. below 
the. surface when planting. 
S. colchiciflora (Colchicum-flowered). fl. ile, erect, od ; 
perianth tube yellowish-white, straight, partly subterraneous, five 
to nine lines long ; limb yellow, erecto-patent, lin. to I4in. long, 
the segments striate-nerved ; scape subterraneous, one-flowered. 
Autumn. 7. produced in spring, rarely in autumn, usually five, 
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erect, twisted, carinate, obtuse , callous, 4in. long, one line or 
more broad, Hungary and Roumielia, 1816. (B. R. 2008.) 
S. lutea (yellow).* Winter Daffodil; Yellow Star Flower. - 
Jl., perianth yellow, lin. to 24in. long, turbinate-campanulate ; 
tube straight, funnel-shaped ; segments slightly concave, obtuse 
or emarginate, twelve to seventeen lines long; scape 2in. to 4in. 
long. utumn. l. five, six, or more, arcuate-reflexed, linear- 
lorate, obtusely carinate, canaliculate, obtuse, dark green, 6in. to 
12in. long, four to six lines broad. Central Europe, 1596, See 
Fic. 534. STERNBERGIA LUTEA. , 
(B. M. 290; S. F. G. 310). This 
Fig. 534. Syn. Amaryllis lutea 
lant is supposed ea he the “Lily of the Field,” of 
he following, often classified as species, are r 
Mr. Baker as mere varieties : 
1. exigua (mean), (jl. erect; perianth tube campanulate, 
gat equal caer scape lin. long. l. one to three, short. 
North Africa, 1820 
S. 1, Fischeriana (Fischer’s). /. pale yellow ; perianth eager 
lgin. long; scape Sin. long, mostly underground. Spring. 
erect, loriform, quite flat. Karabagh, 1868. (R. G. 576, under 
name of S. Fischeriana.) 
Saag leaves short 
ong by þin. broad. 
ture. 
by 
Ss. 1, , (Grecian). A form with short 
at flowering period, finally 4in. to Sin. 
Greece. 
S. 1, sicula (Sicilian).* A variety bearing larger flowers, with 
more acute, narrower perianth segments. Sicily. 
STEUDELIA (of Sprengel). A synonym of Erythro- 
aylon. 
STEUDNERA (named after Dr. Steudner, of Gorlitz, 
a German botanist). ORD. Aroidee (Aracew). A small 
genus (three or four species) of stove, herbaceous per- 
ennials, natives of Burmah. Flowers all perfect, dense, 
the females much shorter than the males; spathe opening, 
