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Schima—continued. 
searcely unequal; petals five, much larger, connate at 
base, closely imbricated; stamens numerous; peduncles 
one-flowered, frequently erect, solitary in the axils, or 
the upper ones clustered in a short raceme, Leaves 
perennial. The only species introduced thrives in a 
peaty soil, and is propagated by cuttings inserted in 
sandy peat, in bottom heat. 
S. Noronhz (Noronha’s). fl. white; sepals very concave; petals 
obovate, spreading ; stamens very numerous ; peduncles solitary, 
axillary, single-flowered, shorter than the leaves. August and 
September. l. alternate, elliptic-lanceolate, acuminated, entire, 
penninerved, tapering into a short petiole. Branches terete. 
A compact-growing shrub. ‘Tropical Asia, 1849.. (B. M. 4539, 
under name of Gordonia javanica.) SYN. S. superba. 
S. superba (superb). A synonym of S. Noronhe. 
Schinus—continued. 
sessile. “The leaves of some of the species are so filled 
with a resinous fluid that the least degree of unusual 
` repletion of the tissue causes it to be discharged ; thus, 
some of them fill the air with fragrance after rain; and 
5. Molle and some others expel their resin with such 
violence, when immersed in water, as to have the appear- 
ance of spontaneous motion, in consequence of the recoil” 
(B. R. 1580). The two species introduced require culture 
similar to that recommended for the stove species of 
Rhus (which see). 
S. Molle (Mulli, the Peruvian name). Australian or Californian 
Pepper-tree ; Peruvian Mastic-tree. jl. yellowish-green. July 
and August. fr. of a beautiful rose-colour, the size of peas. 
l. with numerous pairs of lanceolate, serrated leaflets, the ter- 
minal one longest. h. 20ft, Brazil and Peru, 1597. (B. M. 3339.) 
Fic. 443. SCHISMATOGLOTTIS CRISPATA, 
SCHINUS (from Schinos, the old Greek name used 
by Theophrastus for the Mastic-tree, Pistacia Lentiscus ; 
applied to this genus on account of the resinous, mastic- 
like juice which exudes from the species). : ORD. Ana- 
cardiaceœ. A genus comprising twelve species of stove 
shrubs or ‘small trees, inhabiting the warmer parts of 
South America. Flowers whitish, small, dicecious ; calyx 
short, with five imbricated lobes ; petals five, imbricated ; 
disk annular, rather broad; stamens ten ; panicles axillary 
and terminal, bracteate. Drupes globose, oily. Leaves 
alternate, impari-pimnate ; leaflets opposite or alternate, 
J 
mthifolius (Terebinthus-leaved). fl- greenish-white, 
priem July. & —* nosed of seven somewhat serrated, 
almost equal leaflets. A. 20ft. Brazil, 1830. 
SCHISMATOGLOTTIS (from schisma, schismatos, 
deciduous, and glotta, a tongue; the limb of the spathe 
soon falls off). Syn. Zantedeschia. ORD. Aroidee (Aracee). 
This genus includes about fifteen species of stove, stolo- 
niferous herbs, natives of the Malayan Archipelago, 
Spathe cylindrical, the tube convolute, scarcely con- 
stricted at throat, the lamina apiculate or acuminate ; 
spadix sessile, inappendiculate, included in the spathe, 
