514 THE: DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
Strelitzia —continued. x 
cellate, with a long-exserted perianth ; sepals three, ovate- 
lanceolate, long, free ; petals unequal, the two lower or 
front ones united, each one lobed on the outer side 
towards the upper part, so that the two petals are 
distinctly halberd-shaped, and conceal within a fold‘the 
five perfect stamens, the third or posterior petal much 
smaller than the other two and somewhat hooded ; bracts 
large and spathe-like, boat-shaped, acuminate; scape 
ae terminal or in an upper axil, shortly exserted from the 
So leaf sheaths. Leaves in long, sessile or stalked sheaths, 
ample, flabellately bifarious. Rhizome sometimes hypo- 
geus, sometimes produced into an erect, woody stem. 
Strelitzias succeed in a mixture of two parts loam, and 
one part peat, with a little sand added. They require 
a liberal supply of water during summer; but very little 
need be given during winter. The principal methods of 
propagation are by suckers, and by division of old plants. 
Strelitzin eont 
posterior one nearly round, long and abruptly acuminate; 
spathes four, alternate, livid-green and purplish, at length 13ft. 
long; scape shorter than the petioles. May. J. oblong, obtuse 
at base. .h. 25ft. A superb plant, considered, by the authors.of 
the ‘‘Genera Plantarum,” to be specifically identical with 
S. augusta, (R. G. 235.) : 
S. parvifolia juncea (small-leaved, Rush-like). fl. purple and 
yellow; scape equalling the petioles. May. l, blades absent 
or nearly so (in the type they are linear-lanceolate with flat 
margins); petioles resembling the stems of large Rushes, h. 4ft. 
(B. R. 516.) The variety angustifolia has lanceolate leaf blades, 
one-seventh the length of the petioles. 
S. Reginæ (queen’s).* fl. orange and purple, large, abundantly 
produced ; scape free, equalling the leaves. April. Z. very fine, 
ovate or ovate-oblong, green, mostly equal at base, broadly 
undulate-crisped on the margins. A. 5ft. 1773. This is the most 
magnificent species of the genus. The seeds are eaten by the 
Kaffirs. See Fig. 544. (A. B. R. 442; B. M. 119-20; R. G. 1877, 
216.) S. humilis has been called a ‘‘ reduced copy” of S. Regine. 
S. R. Lemoinierii (Lemoinier’s). A variety with golden-yellow 
sepals. 1880. (F. d. S. 2370-1.) 
Fie, 545, STRELITZIA REGINE PROLIFERA, showing Habit and detached Inflorescence. 
Seeds, which are also sometimes procurable, should be 
sown in light soil, and the pots plunged in moist bottom 
S. I (majestic).* /l. whitish ; calyx and corolla both 
ow $ te mgittate petals very short and rounded, the pentatlog 
ore one very , acuminate. March. 4 dark , distic 
a f 2tt. or more long, p ie liN. broad, e toh eer an 
oo base ; petioles 3ft. to oft. ue. gc glaucous, longer than the 
we) h. 10ft, 179% A noble plant. (B. M. 4167-8; F. d. S. 
S. farinosa (mealy). /. purple and yellow; scape free, 1 
than an ype Fe . _ l. oblong, cnequal’ st base: 
petioles as long again as leaves. A. 4ft. 1795. 
E humilis (humble). A form of S. Regine, 
i Nicolai (Prince Nicolajevitsch’: , cal hitish ; 
blue, the sagittate ones ate ind, p inae vanan gara 
R. prolifera (proliferous). This only differs from the type 
in the longer petiole and shorter blade of the leaf, and in there 
being two spathes developed on the same scape. See Fig. 545. 
S. R. pumila (dwarf). A dwarf, compact variety. 1879. 
STREPTANTHERA (from streptos, twisted, and 
anthera, an anther ; alluding to the shape of the anthers). 
of dwarf, bulbous, greenhouse plants, natives of South 
Africa. Flower solitary in the spathe, sessile; perianth 
with a very short, campanulate tube, and a rotate- 
spreading limb; stamens affixed to the throat; spathes 
one, two, or three, sessile at the sides of the peduncles; 
peduncles two or three in the upper axils. Leaves 
| ensiform-lanceolate, erect or faleately spreading. The 
> ORD. Irideew. A small genus (only a couple of species): 
