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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
Scelochilus—continued. 
pseudo-bulb. Only one species has been introduced. 
_ For culture, see Burlingtonia. 
S. Ottonis (Otto’s) A. yellow, p P ae within, short- 
- stalked, compressed; spike a little branched, slightly longer 
_ than the leaf, round, thread-like, smooth, covered by sessile, dry, 
lanceolate, acuminate bracts. May. J. oblong, coriaceous, 
slightly undulated, conduplicate, and very acute at apex, 
recurved. Caraccas, 1841. (L. & P. F. G. iii. p. 87.) 
SCENTED POLYPODY. See Polypodium pus- 
tulatum. : 
SCENTED VERBENA. See Lippia citriodora. 
SCEPACEZ:. Included under Euphorbiacee. 
SCEPASMA. Included under Phyllanthus. 
SCEPTRANTHUS. Included under Cooperia. 
named in honour of James Christian . 
SCHÆFFERIA ( 
Scheffer, 1718-1790, a German naturalist). ORD. Celas- 
trinee. A genus consisting of only two species of rigid, 
glabrous shrubs, natives of the West Indies, Texas, and 
New Mexico. 
axils of the leaves; calyx four-parted; petals four, 
hypogynous, oblong. Drupes the size of small peas. 
Leaves alternate or fascicled, small, coriaceous, entire, 
exstipulate, obovate or spathulate. Only one of the 
species has been introduced, and that possesses no par- 
ticular beauty. It thrives in the stove, in a mixture of 
loam, peat, and sand. Half-ripened cuttings will root if 
inserted in sandy soil, under a hand glass, in heat. 
- S. frutescens (shrubby). Crabwood-tree ; False Box. fl. white, 
on axillary, fascicled pedicels. August. ir. scarlet. 7. elliptic, 
veiny, tapering at the base, ldin. long. A. about 10ft. West 
Indies, 1793. 
S. lateriflora (brick-flowered). A synonym of Drypetes crocea. 
SCHAFFNERIA. Included under Scolopendrium | 
(which see). 
= SCHAUERIA (named after John Konrad Sohier, 
1813-1848, Professor at Greifswald). ORD. Acanthateæ. 
A genus comprising about eight species of stove, glabrous 
or pubescent, erect ` herbs or sub-shrubs, natives of 
Brazil. Flowers often orange or red, disposed in ter- 
minal thyrses or spikes; calyx nearly five-parted, the 
segments linear or bristly ; corolla tube slender, searcely 
enlarged above, the limb bilabiate ; stamens two; bracts 
and bracteoles linear or rarely lanceolate, rather long and 
coloured, or small; Leaves entire. The only species 
known in gardens are described below. - For culture, 
see Justicia (under YN geo? Frid are often erto- 
neously classified). * 
hai ed. it and bi 
“pale greenish ot Charente tely —— corolla * 
utiful yellow, lin. long, very softly ‘pubescent ; thyrse ter- 
minal, sub-spicate. February. /. broadly ovate, glabrous, with 
a very obtuse or sub-cordate base, slightly undulate-crenate, 
—— ey — h. att. 1824. SYN. Justicia ah 
S. flavicoma (yellow-haired). fl., — ciliated, with numerous 
gland-tipped hairs. February. i lanceolate, proportionately 
narrower, longer, and more acuminate, than these of S. calyco- 
tricha, acute or sub-acute at the base. (B. M. 2816, under name 
of Justicia calycotricha ; B. R. 1027, under name of J. Jlavicoma ; 
L. B. C. 1921 (2), under name of J. callitricha. ) 
SCHEDONORUS.~ The species of grasses for- 
merly classed under this heading are now removed, by 
Bentham and Hooker, to Bromus and Festuca. 
SCHEELEA (named in honour of Scheele, a cele- 
brated German chemist). “ORD. Palme. A genus con- 
sisting of about seven species of dwarf or tall, unarmed, 
stove palms, natives of tropical America. Flowers yel- 
lowish-white, dicecious, or on the same spadix moncecious ; 
spathes two, the upper one fusiform, woody, acuminate ; 
spadices long, very shortly pedunculate, with rather shorti 
nearly erect branches. Fruit rather large, oblong or ovoid, 
one to three-seeded. Leaves terminal, pinnatisect; seg- 
ments in series or aggregate, linear, in young plants ob- 
tuse and unequally bifid at apex, with incyrved lobes (in 
Flowers greenish or white, small, in the | 
Scheelea—continued. 
adults entire ?), one-nerved, the margins recurved at base ; 
rachis convex at back, acute above; petioles concave above; 
sheath short, opening. The under-mentioned species have 
been introduced to cultivation in this country. A com- 
post of peat and loam, in about equal parts, with the 
addition of a little sand, is suited to their requirements. 
The plants may be increased by seeds. S. unguis is 
well adapted for room decoration, and, when older, for 
exhibition purposes. 
* 
S. excelsa (tall).* f., spathe costate ; spadix simply and sparsely 
branched, 3ft. long, the branches 4in. to 6in. long; inflorescence 
axillary. fr. ovoid, apiculate. J. 15ft. to 24ft. long, elliptic, pin- 
natifid; leaflets linear, acute, glaucous beneath, about 180 on each 
side, aggregate in twos, threes, or fives, the upper ones solitary 
and alternate, 3ft. long, 2in. broad ; petioles channelled. Trunk 
40ft. to 50ft. high, — annulate, 2ft. to 3ft. in diameter, the 
wood reddish, Venezuela, 1 
im (imperial). l —— when mature; in the young 
state simple, linear-lanceolate, elongated, arching, of a bright 
colour, and plaited. United States of Colombia, 1875. This is 
only known in the young state. 
S, insignis (remarkable). fl., spathe spongy-woody, thick, 2ft. 
long, terminated by a mucro țin. to in. long; female spadix 
similar to the male, but more robust. Z. 8ft. to Ioft. long; lower 
pinne aggregate in fours or fives; middle ones eight or more 
together upper ones nearly solitary and opposite, linear-lanceo- 
late, o btuse with a short acumen, not crisped, 14ft. or more 
“Tong. Trunk straight, 50ft. to 60ft. high. Quito, &e. SYN. 
— (clawed).* l. erect, 2ft. to 6ft. or more in length; 
pinne about lft. long and lin. broad, of a rich deep green, and 
reaching nearly to the base of the petiole ; : J—— sheathing at 
base, and clothed somewhat sparingly at the edges with brown . 
fibres. "A superb plant, described here as it — ina young 
state, without any stem. 
SCHEERIA. Included under Achimenes. 
SCHELHAMMERA (named after @. C. Schel- 
hammer, 1649-1716, professor at Jena). Syn. Parduyna. 
Orp. Liliacew. A small genus (two species) of green- 
house, perennial herbs, with fibrous roots and simple or 
branched stems, natives of Eastern Australia. Flowers 
terminal, pedicellate, solitary or umbellate, sessile within 
the last leaves; .perianth of six distinct, deciduous seg- 
ments, nearly equal and similar; stamens six, shorter 
than the segments. Leaves ‘sessile, ovate or lanceolate, 
membranous. These pretty flowering plants succeed in 
a warm border, but the protection of a greenhouse is 
necessary during winter. A mixture of peat and loam 
is suitable for their culture. Propagation may be readily 
effected by division. * 
S. multifiora (many- flowered). fl. “pure white, several in a ter- 
- minal umbel, with sometimes a few bracts at the base of the 
pire besides the involucral leaves ; pedicels Zin. to lin. long. 
l. lin. to nearly 2in. long, firmer than in the other species, 
Piet gt so broad at the base, the margins quite entire. Stems 
from a knotted rhizome, simple or branched, 6in. to nearly 12in. 
high. 1824. (L. B. C. 1611.) 
S. multiflora (many-flowered), of Loddiges, A synonym of 
Kreysigia multiflora. 
S. undulata (undulated). M. pale lilac, solitary, or rarely two 
together at the ends of the branches ; pedicels żin. to lin. long, 
without bracts. June. i. ovate-lanceolate, lin. to nearly 2in. 
long, varying in breadth, the margins minutely undulated. 
Stems slender, diffuse and branching at base, ascending or erect, 
rarely above 6in. in height. 1824. (B. M. 2712.) 
SCHELLOLEPIS. Included under Polypodium. 
SCHELVERIA. A synonym of Angelonia. 
SCHEUCHZERIA (named in honour of John and 
James Scheuchzer, Swiss botanists). ORD. Naiadacee. 
A monotypic genus. The species, S. palustris, is a 
curious, highly glabrous, Rush-like, marsh herb, with a 
six-parted perianth, and erect, slender leaves. It has 
no horticultural value, but is occasionally found wild 
in England and Scotland. 
SCHIDOSPERMUM. A synonym of Chlorophytum. 
SCHIMA (said to be the Arabic name). ORD. Tern- 
strémiacee, A small genus (about four species) of stove 
trees or shrubs, inhabiting tropical Asia and the Indian 
Archipelago. Flowers showy, bibracteolate; sepals five, 
