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Teduccio, near Naples. Others were received from the Royal 
Gardens of Dahlem and Kew, from Messrs. N. E. Brown, of Kew, 
G. Capelle, of Springe, near Hanover, the late Justus Corderoy, of 
Blewbury, Didcot, K. Dinter, of Okahandja, Pillans, of Rosedale, 
near Cape Town, Haage & Schmidt, of Erfurt, &e. 
Stapelias are fertilized by flies; many species and varieties 
flower at the same time, so that hybridization often occurs. For 
a detailed description of the Stapelias grown at La Mortola, their 
fertilization, hybrids, &c., see my handbook.% 
STATICE. 
The fine shrubby Canarian species succeed perfectly well, and 
are of great beauty when in flower, especially S. frutecans. They 
are, however, apt to suffer from frost. We owe most of them to 
the kindness of Lord Walsingham and Dr. George Perez, of 
Orotava. 
STENOLOBIUM. 
This genus differs from Tecoma by having pinnate (not 3-5- 
digitate) leaves, from Tecomaria by its free anther lobes and by 
having two rows of ovules in each cell. S. stans was grown from 
seeds received from M. Thuret, Antibes, in February, 1869. It is 
a small tree with fine yellow flowers. S. sambucifoliwm, which . 
it resembles closely, was received from Dr. F. Franceschi, of Santa 
Barbara, California. S. alatwm is, according to Mr. Sprague, the 
correct name for Tecoma Smithii, a plant said to have been grown 
from seeds of 7’. velutina fertilized with Tecomaria capensis. We 
grew it from seeds received from Messrs. Haage & Schmidt, Erfurt, 
in January, 1898. 
STIGMATOPHYLLUM. 
S. ciliatum succeeds quite well, and flowers beautifully in a 
sheltered corner. The flowers are of a fine bright yellow and 
shaped like those of an Oncidiwm. 
STRELITZIA. 
S. Augusta and S. Regine were bought from the Jardin d’Essai, 
Hamma, in Algeria, in February, 1873. They are now fine 
bushes, which flower every year. One plant of S. Augusta, on the 
south side of the house, was planted there on June 16th, 1897. 
It is now 3°30 m. high. 
S. parvifolia, as well as the hybrid S. Regine x parvifolia, 
was received in 1901 from the Botanic Garden at Genoa. 
The flowers of Strelitzva offer fine examples of fertilization by , 
birds.+ In spite of artificial impollination they have never produced 
any fruit here. 
STYRAX OFFICINALIS. 
A dozen young trees were planted near the house on Novem- 
* Stapelieen und Kleinien. 
t See G. F. Scott-Elliot, ‘‘Note on the Fertilization of Musa, Strelitzia 
Regine, and Ravenala madagascariensis” in Annals of Botany, vol. iv. No. xiv. 
(May, 1890), pp. 259-262. 
