OF GARDENING, 
504 THE DICTIONARY 
Stipa—continued. | 
twisted, flexuous, very slenderly pubescent, five times longer than 
the glumes. h. 3ft. Spain, 1823 
S. ee (Rush-like). ., glumes subulate, one-third longer than 
the perianth, the lower ones slightly larger; perianth nearly five 
lines long, naked above; bristles twisted, plicate, pilose, six 
times longer than the glumes; anthers bearded, A, 3ft. South- 
west Europe, 1772. 
S. Lasia tis (Lasiagrostis).* fl. shortly stipitate; spikelets one- 
flowered ; glumes two, exceeding the flowers ; panicle thickened, 
Stipa—continued. 
S. tenacissima (very tenacious). Esparto Grass. fl. stipitate ; 
palee membranous, the lower one bifid at apex; panicles 
spicate, branched, clustered or divaricate. l. convolute, filiform. 
South Europe. A tall grass. Syn. Macrochloa tenacissima. 
STIPE (from stipes, a stalk), A term used in various 
senses, viz.: 1. The erect, cylindrical stem of a Palm or 
of a Tree-fern, bearing the persistent leafstalks, or the 
leaf-scars ; in this sense it is equal in meaning to “caudex.” 
Fig. 536. ERYTHRINA INDICA PARCELLI, showing Glandular Bodies in place of Stipels. 
branched, diffuse. J. flat. 
Culm often branched. South E ; 
Plant tall, erect, showy. se ora 
Syn. Lasiagrostis Calamagrostis. 
S. pennata (feathery).* Feather Grass. ., glumes more than 
double the length of the perianth, the lower pea rather larger ; 
perianth more than jin. long, naked above; bristles twisted, 
plicate, plumed above, eight times longer than the glumes : 
anthers naked. h. 2it. gh oe (said to have been found in 
Britain, but this is doubtful). This plant has been long grown in 
gardens : according to Gerarde, the ladies used to wear the beau- 
tifully feathered beards as feathers. See Fig. 535. 
2. A prolongation of the floral axis between any two 
whorls of a flower, e.g., between the calyx and corolla 
(as in Silene), when it is better called “ Anthophore,” 
or between the stamens and pistil (as in Geum rivale), 
forming a “Gynophore,” or, when the fruit is ripe, a 
“Carpophore.” 3. The stalk that supports the pileus or 
cap of Mushrooms (which see). 4. The leafstalk in 
Ferns. 
