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Strobile—continued. 
forms are shown in the figures referred to above, and in 
those of Pinus and Sequoia (see Figs. 553, 554, and 
555, the last being all conical). 
STROBILORACHIS (from strobilos, a cone, and 
rachis, a flower-stem; alluding to the form of the in- 
florescence). ORD. Acanthacew. A small genus (two 
species) of stove, evergreen, Brazilian shrubs, now in- 
cluded, by the authors of the “ Genera Plantarum,” under 
Aphelandra. Bracts ample, slightly coriaceous, coloured ; 
spikes long. For culture of S. prismatica, the only 
species which calls for description, see Ruellia. 
S. glabra (smooth). A synonym of S. prismatica. 
S. prismatica yrn ne jl. yellow; corolla lin. long, 
glabrous, funnel-shaped ; bracts yellow, oval, lin. long, pungent- 
poata rigid. June. l. oblong, 9in. to 12in. long, 2jin. to 34in. 
road, acute at base, attenuated at apex; petioles lłin. long, 
labrous. h. 2ft. 
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Stromanthe—continued. 
S. amabilis (lovely). Z. deflexed, oblong-ovate, acuminate, un- 
equal-sided, the surface ornamented by narrow bands of dark and 
light green in the direction of the veins, much broader spaces of 
silvery-grey intervening ; petioles rather tall ye Para 1816. 
A very ornamental foliage plant. (B. H. 1875, 5-17, f. 2.) 
S. Lubbersiana (Lubbers’. J. oblong, acuminate, irregularly 
wedge-shaped at base, smooth, greyish beneath ; upper surface 
prettily marbled with yellow, pale and dark green, in spots and 
irregular bands. 1880. A good foliage plant. (B. H. 1882, i.) 
S. Porteana (Porte’s). fl. spicate; spikes ete eae solitary or 
twin; rachis geniculate, villous; bracts distichous, imbricated. 
l. ovate or lanceolate, pubescent or villous, of a pleasing green 
above, paler beneath. 1859. A handsome, dwarf plant. 
S. sanguinea (bloody).* The correct name of plant described in 
this work as Phrynium sanguineum. See Fig. be. (F. d. S. 785.) 
S. spectabilis (remarkable). fl., bracts, pedicels, and mage bl deep 
red ; corolla whitish ; common peduncle slender, longer than the 
leaves; branchlets three to five, fascicled, sub-umbellate, com- 
pound-paniculate at apex. l. ovate-oblong, rounded at ê, 
glabrous, of a pomni green above, paler beneath. SYN. Thalia 
spectabilis (L. J. F. 401). 
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Fig. 556. STROMANTHE SANGUINEA, showing Habit and portion of detached Inflorescence. 
STROMANTHE (from stroma, a couch, and anthos, a 
flower; alluding to the form of the inflorescence). SYN. 
Maranta (in part). ORD. Scitaminee. A small Brazilian 
genus (three or four species) of handsome, stove peren- 
nials. Sepals three, free, oval-oblong, slender, equalling 
the corolla; petals three, slightly narrower than the 
sepals; bracts and bracteoles spathe-like, coloured, 
spreading; inflorescence borne on a long and rather loose 
peduncle, more or less compound, often branched from 
the base, rarely narrow and nearly racemiform, often 
wholly blood-coloured. Leaves petiolate, in very short 
sheaths. Stems leafy, erect, slightly branched, marked 
with long leaf-sheaths. For culture, see Calathea. 
STROMATOPTERIS. Now included under Glei- 
chenia. : 
STROMBULIFEROUS, STROMBULIFORM. 
Spirally twisted into a screw shape; e.g., the pods of 
some species of Medicago. 
STROPHANTHUS (from sfrophos, a twisted cord 
or rope, and anthos, a flower; alluding to the produced 
corolla segments). ORD. Apocynacee. A genus com- 
prising about eighteen species of stove or greenhouse, 
glabrous, pubescent, or villous shrubs or small trees, 
often climbing, natives of tropical Africa and Asia, one 
being found in South Africa. Flowers white, yellowish, 
