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————— er * — — (from schizo, to cleave,. and aner, 
, covered with irregular, silvery-green spo rneo, 5 andros, a male ; the stam $ it). ding i- 
a — charming —— foliage plant. (I. i. 520.) SYN. S. decora. mowiczia and A aha. . aaora Beerts 
y . rupestris (rock-loving). f., spathe yellow, the tube - ; i ori . sa tie 
i * ovoid, the eine ——— te ay mp Bem se Ae — Magnoliacew. A genus comprising six species “of orna- 
acute, deeply cordate, the lobes semi-ovate; petioles longer than mental, stove, greenhouse, or hardy, sarmentose shrubs; 
the blades, sheathing about one-third their length, slightly terete one is a native of North America, and the rest are 
above. Caudex thick. Java, 1882. Syn. S. latifolia. found in tropi ; : 
: : g : ropical or Eastern Asia. Flowers red, yel- 
$ S. siamensis (Siam). l. ovate, acuminate, glossy- , spotted ; re A * 
pt with white. This — from its ———— Snail es anal lowish, or whitish, unisexual ; sepals and petals nine to” 
4 neat habit, is very useful for decorative purposes. Siam, 1884. twelve, passing gradually the one into the other; sta- 
ae — ata ie 1 * JIG; poe haring a piavonus-greon mens of the males five to fifteen, more or less united 
ube, and a e yellowish-green, t shaped lamina ; peduncles i l ing; : 
» short, but longer than the spathe. J. ahlongJanconlats. obtuse —— —J —— eg ena eae —— 
or scarcely rounded at base, narrowed and long-cuspidate at apex, P COR BOLONII OSAN ee See E 
a dark Krog: with a broad, silvery, central band beneath ; petioles pellucid-dotted, exstipulate. The under-mentioned spe- 
x= t — —— rather broadly sheathing at base. cies are those best known in gardens; they thrive in a 
TEOR Plant stemless. : mixture. of sandy loam and peat. Ripened cuttings will 
SCHISMUS (trom schisma, a cleft; alluding to the | root readily if inserted in sand, under a glass. 
+ divided outer palea). Syns. Electra, Hemisacris, : ORD. S. chinensis (Chinese). fl. pale rose. Summer. fr. scarlet, 
Graminee. A small genus (three or four species) of persistent during a great part of the winter. J. simple. h. 20ft. 
tufted, annual, usually dwarf, hardy grasses, inhabiting | Northern China, 1860. A handsome, hardy, climbing shrub. 
the Mediterranean region. Flowers in a narrow, dense 
or rather loose panicle, with erect branchlets. Leaves : 
narrow, sometimes bristly. `S. marginatus has’ been 
. introduced, but it has no horticultural interest. 
, SCHISTACEOUS. Slate-grey. 
á SCHIVERECKIA. Included under Alyssum. 
SCHIZÆA. (from schizo, to split; in allusion to the 
fan-shaped or dichotomously-multifid fronds). Comb or 
Rush Fern. Including Actinostachys and Lophidium. 
Orp. Filices. A genus comprising about sixteen species 
of ornamental, stove, greenhouse, or hardy ferns, widely 
diffused. Capsules sessile, two-valved, in two to four 
— rows, covering one side of close, distichous spikes, which 
` form separate fertile segments at the tips of the fronds, 
The introduced species are described below ; they are 
rather difficult Subjects to grow. A compost of rough 
~ peat and loam, ample drainage, and an abundance of 
* . water, are necessary. For general culture, see Ferns. 
S. bifida (twice-cleft).* sti. dense, chestnut-brown, panditi + 
ù dually into the fronds, which are 6in. to 18in. long, forked 
ihe generally below the middle, sometimes forked again, casually 
simple, very wiry and Rush-like, with a prominent, scabrous 
midrib and two narrow, thick wings ; fertile segments sub-erect 
or recurved, -unilateral, in. to jin. long, with ten to twenty 
erecto-patent spikes on each side. Australia, &c., 1822. Green- 
house. 
S. dichotoma (dichotomous). sti. 6in. to 18in. long, firm, erect, 
channelled on the face above. fronds fan-like, 6in. to 9in. each 
way, many times dichotomously forked, the ultimate divisions 
with one fertile segment to each; rachis with four to ten close- 
spreading spikes on each side. West Indies, &c. Stove. 
eE 2 tata (digitate). sti. dense, lin. to 2in, long, brownish, 
sub-terete, passing gradually into the fronds, whieh are lft. or 
more long, one to two lines broad, flattened, the midrib beneath 
rominent, crowned at the apex with six to fifteen sub-triquetrous, 
‘fertile spikes which are lsin. long. Malay Isles, &c. Stove. 
(H. G. F. 54.) 
S. elegans (elegant). sti. 6in. to 12in. long, firm, erect, naked. 
- fronds V-shaped, 4in. to 8in. each way, dichotomously forked or 
cleft, the divisions varying greatly in number and breadth (jin. 
to 2in.); fertile segments copious, distinctly stalked, jin. to gin. 
long, the rachis often recurved, with six to fifteen close-spreading, 
linear-cylindrical spikes on each side. West Indies, &c., 1819. 
Stove. (H. G. F. 34.) latifolia is a form with broad fronds, ; 
S. penicillata (pencil-like). A synonym of S. pennula. Fic. 445. PORTION OF FLOWERING BRANCH OF SCHIZANDRA 
S. pennula (small-winged). sti. piers 24 to — brosa COCCINEA. 
passing gradually into the fronds, which are lft. or more long, . i 
nearly one line thick, triquetrous, with three sharp angles, — —— eee von — 
crowned at the apex with six to twelve sub-triquetrous, fertile fame 
spikes, which are Pin. to lyin. long, pilose beneath, with the cap- — E aE one — ag = — 
eap A in four rows. South America, 1816. Stove. SYN. eles 1806. Greenhouse. See Fig. 445. (B. M. 1413.) 
i ; . l of a bold character, acuminately 
S. pusilla (dwarf). sti. dense. barren fronds much shorter than S. marmorata (marbled). l. of a s 
the fertile —* much twisted and slightly flattened. fertile oped tage” POPISNI — with sa — — 
fronds 3in. to 4in. long, terete, wiry, very slender; fertile seg- — ar e p aiea a ace. — a * 
ments sub-erect, Jin. long, unilateral, with about six rather stout, climber. SYN. Sphærostema marmoratum. i E 
erecto-patent spikes on each side, the lowest din. long. United S. pinqua (related). f. pale yellow, at length orange, 
States. Hardy in the South of England. ; s0 itary, or twin, drooping a little. ae. L ——— 
S. rupestris (rock-loving).* sti. lax, about lin. long, sub-terete, roun or cuneate at base, long-a nated —— 
* paming — into the fronds, which are grass-like and Nepaul, Beto Stove. (B. M. 4614, under name of 4083 — 
attened, 3in. to 4in. long, one line broad, with a slender midrib ; POP. ii — 
¥ — segments — solitary, on ~ to — i SCHIZANDREZ. A tribe of Magnoliacee. 
+> with six to ten slender, spreading, serra spikes on each side. i ; 
Australia, 1822. Greenhouse. (H. G. F. 42.) SCHIZANTHES. Included under Narcissus. 
