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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
SCHMIDELIA (named after C. C. Schmidel, 1718- 
1792, Professor of Botany at Erlangen). Syns. Allo- 
phyllus, Aporetica, Ornitrophe. ORD. Sapindacee. A 
large genus (about eighty species) of stove, erect or sub- 
erect shrubs or small trees, mostly tropical American; 
several are found in tropical and South Africa, tropical 
Asia, the Pacific Islands, and Australia. Flowers small 
or minute, globose, in simple or loosely-panicled, axillary 
racemes ; sepals and petals four, the latter rarely absent. 
Leaves alternate, exstipulate, one to three (rarely five) 
foliolate ; leaflets usually ample, entire or serrated, mem- 
branous, often dotted or lined. A few of the species 
have been introduced, but they are probably lost to cul- 
tivation. 
SCH NIA (named in honour of Dr. Scheen, a botanist). 
ORD. Composite. A monotypic genus, differing from 
Helichrysum chiefly in the flat achenes of the circum- 
ference. The species is an erect, corymbosely-branched, 
scabrous-pubescent or more or less cottony-woolly, green- 
house annual. It requires culture similar to that re- 
commended for Helichrysum. 
S. Cassiniana (Cassini’s). /.-heads yellow, disposed in a loose, 
terminal corymb; outer involucral bracts usually brown, the 
radiating laminæ of the inner bracts white or pink. April. 
l. lanceolate or linear, or the lower ones oblong-spathulate, the 
longest above — — — few and small. h. lft. to 2ft. 
Australia, 1845. 49; B. M. 4650 and F. d. S. 630, 
- under name of S. oppositifolia.) 
SCHC:NOPRASUM. Included under Allium. 
SCHÆNORCHIS (from schoinos, a rush, and Orchis ; 
in reference to the Rush-like leaves). ORD. Orchidee. 
A monotypic genus. The species — a stove, epiphytal 
orchid, with rather small, racemose flowers, linear-terete, 
sub-distichous leaves, and elongated, leafy stems—has 
not yet been introduced to cultivation. It is a native 
of Java. : 
SCHCENUS (from Schoinos, an old Greek name for 
a Rush or Sedge as far back as Homer). Including Cheto- 
spora. ORD. Cyperacee. A genus comprising about sixty 
species of stove, greenhouse, or hardy, usually perennial, 
Rush-like herbs, chiefly inhabiting temperate regions. 
Spikelets few-flowered, often fascicled; fascicles forming 
a dense, terminal head, or variously apicate or paniculate. 
S. ferrugineus and 8. nigricans are British plants. 
Several exotic species have been introduced, but they 
possess no interest from a garden standpoint. 
SCHGPFIA (named in honour of John Schepf, a 
German botanist). Syns. Codoniwm, Henkea. ORD. 
Olacinew. A. genus comprising about ten species of 
stove or greenhouse, glabrous shrubs or small trees, 
natives of tropical Asia and America. Flowers pale 
yellow or white, often comparatively large, disposed in 
short, sometimes very short, axillary, solitary or fascicu- 
late racemes; calyx small, cyathiform; disk hypogynous, 
adnate with the ovary; petals four to six, coalescing in 
a tubular-campanulate corolla. Leaves entire, coriaceous. 
S. fragrans, the only species introduced, thrives in a 
compost of peat,loam, and sand. Rooted cuttings should 
be inserted in sand, under a hand glass, in heat. 
S. (fragrant). A. yellow, fragrant, 4in. in diameter ; 
racemes half the length of the leaves; rachis slender; pedicels 
six to eight, Jin. to lin. long. June. Jl. narrow-lanceolate, 
acuminate, scattered, 2in. to 3in. long, acute at both ends; 
etioles tin. long, channelled above, Branches terete, smooth. 
. 15ft, Nepaul, 1827. 
SCHOLLERA. A synonym of Oxycoceus (which 
see). = 
SCHOLLIA. A synonym of Hoya (which see). 
SCHOMBURGEIA (named after Sir R. Schomburgk, 
1804-1865, a traveller in Guiana, and other parts of 
South America). ORD. Orchideæ. About a dozen species 
have been referred to this genus; they are stove, 
epiphytal, pseudo-bulbous or caulescent orchids, natives 
of tropical America. Flowers showy, pedicellate; sepals 
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and petals free, spreading, undulated; lip erect, shortly 
connate with the base of the straight or incurved column, 
the middle lobe rounded or broadly two-lobed and flat, 
or narrower and undulated, the side lobes loosely in- 
folding the column; pollen masses eight; bracts per- 
sistent; raceme borne on an elongated peduncle. Leaves 
ovate, oblong, or elongated, thickly coriaceous or rigidly 
fleshy. The most desirable species are described below. 
“They succeed in the Cattleya house on blocks, or in 
baskets suspended from the roof, in moss, or moss and 
peat mixed together; or they may be grown in pots 
equally well, if that system is preferred. A liberal supply 
of water is necessary during the growing season; but 
after they have completed their growth, water should 
be withheld until they begin to show flower. 
is effected by parting the stems” (B. S. Williams). 
S. crispa (curled). #., sepals and petals brown, oblong, having a 
yellow, undulated margin ; lip white, ovate-oblong, obtuse, ob- 
securely three-lobed; raceme broad, crowded; peduncle arising 
from the base of the upper leaf, 3ft. to 4ft. long. Winter. ¿. two 
or three at the tip of the stem, oblong-lanceolate. Stems fusi- 
form, lft. high. Demerara, 1844. This species does best in a 
t or basket; the flowers are sometimes wholly of a dull 
rick-red. (B. R. 1844, 23; L. S. O. 10.) ; 
(large-flowered). A synonym of S. tibicinis 
grandiflora. : 
S. Lyonsi (Lyons’). fi. on long pedicels ; se and petals white, 
spotted and transversely barred with pag ovate, obtuse, 
erapr ; lip white, yellow-edged, scarcely spotted, 
broad, many-flowered ; scape 3ft. to 4ft. long. August. J. like 
those of S. crispa. Stems about 1ft. high. Jamaica, 1853. This 
species, which has been called ‘“‘the prettiest of the genus,” 
— — either in a basket or on a block. G. M. 5172; F. d. 8. 
S. marginata (margined). fl., sepals and petals dull brick-red, 
oblong, spreading, remarkably crisped or undulated ; lip nearly 
white, tinged with pink, yellow at base, oblong-ovate, less 
waved than the sepals ; stalk 1ft. to 1}ft. high, bearing a broad 
raceme or corymb. 
oblong-lanceolate, coriaceous. Pseudo-bulbs oblong, furrowed, 
stipitate, and sheathed with pale brown scales. Surinam, 1838. 
(B. M. 3729; L. S. O. 13.) 
S. tibicinis (cow-horn). Cow-horn Orchid. fi. 2in. to 3in. across, 
many, in a terminal panicle ; sepals and petals pale mauve-purple, 
flushed with crimson, oblong, obtuse, wavy; lip white, rose- 
coloured on the large, erect side lobes ; scape 5ft. or more long. 
May and June. Jf. two or three, oblong tg Stems 
conical in outline, horn-shaped, annulate, furrowed, 1ft. long, 
hollow, of ample size. Honduras, 1834. A truly noble plant, 
succeeding best on a block, with plenty of heat and moisture. 
(W. O. A. 205.) SYN. Epidendrum tibicinis. — 
S. t. grandiflora (large-fiowered).* M. more handsomely coloured 
and larger than in the type ; sepals and petals rather pale purple, 
deeper and redder , especially towards the ends; side 
lobes of the lip purplish towards the edges outside, orange 
streaked with gl agg the disk white, the tront lobe 
white stained with yellow, and bordered with purple. 1844. 
Syn. S. grandiflora (B. M. 4476; B. R. 1845, 30 ; F. d. S. 49). 
Propagation ` 
l. two or three to a pseudo-bałb; large,” 
acute ; raceme ` 
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S. undulata (waved).* /. densely racemose ; sepals and petals © 
rich brownish-purple, rounded and crisped, longer than the lip; 
lip clear violet-purple, cucullate, the middle Jobe oval, acute or 
obtuse, the lateral ones rounded ; bracts very long, spathe-like. 
January. Pseudo-bulbs fusiform. La Guayra, New Grenada, 
1843. (W.S. O. ser. ii, 21; B. R. xxxi. 53, under name of Bletia 
undulata.) : 
SCHOTIA (named in honour of Richard Van der 
Schot, a travelling companion and friend of Jacquin; 
he died in 1819). Kaffir Bean-tree. ORD. Leguminosae. 
A genus comprising four species of greenhouse, unarmed 
shrubs or small trees, confined to Southern and sub- 
tropical Africa. 
showy, panicled; calyx segments four, closely imbricated ; 
petals five, nearly equal, sub-sessile, imbricated; stamens 
ten, free or very shortly connate at base; bracts and 
bracteoles ovate or oblong, highly caducous. Pods oblong 
or broadly linear, often falcate, flat-compressed, Leaves 
abruptly pinnate; leaflets coriaceous or small; stipules 
short. The species, the best-known of which are de- 
scribed below, are very handsome subjects when in flower. 
They require similar treatment to Schmidelia (which 
see). À 
S. latifolia (broad-leaved). Elephant Hedge Bean-tree. fl. rose 
or flesh-colour, sub-sessile, in excessively branched, axillary and 
Flowers crimson, pink, or flesh-coloured, - 
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