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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING. 
Scilla—continued. 
short, ten to twelve-flowered ; scape slender, terete, 3in. to 4in. 
long. Spring. J/., produced ones two or three, oblong-lanceolate, 
3in. to 4in. long, acute, erect, fleshy. Laristan, Central Persia, 
1884. 
S. lingulata (tongue-shaped). /l., perianth blue, campanulate, 
star-like, about jin. long; raceme oblong, rather dense, six 
to fifteen-flowered ; scape 2in. to 4in. long. Spring. /. six to 
eight, fleshy-herbaceous, glabrous, ascending, lingulate-lorate, 
embracing the scape at base, 2in to din. long, four to six lines 
broad. Bulb six to eight lines thick. Algeria, Morocco, 1887. 
(R. G. 1261, f. 2.) The variety alba (R. G. 1261, f. 4) has white, 
and lilacina (R. G. 1261, f. 3) lilac, flowers. 
SCOLOPENDRIUM. To the varieties of S. vulgare 
described on pp. 393-4, Vol. III., the following should now 
be added: 
S. vulgare ramo-marginatum (branched, margined). Similar 
to the form lato-digitatwm, but with the contracted and lined 
character of marginatum in the leafy portion and elsewhere. 
S. v. Valloisii (Vallois’). A strong-growing variety, having the 
fronds dilated and irregularly divided and crested at their 
summit, forming large, bunch-like tufts. (R. H. 1886, p. 447, 
f. 114.) i 
SEDUM. To the species and varieties described on 
pp. 403-7, Vol. ILI., the following should now be added: 
S. edulis (edible). A synonym of Cotyledon edulis. 
S. formosanum (formosa). /l. bright yellow, mostly sessile, 
bracteate; petals lanceolate, acuminate, spreading. Summer. 
l, one to three, whorled, lin, to 1jin. long, }in. broad, flat, spathu- 
late, obtuse, recurying towards the apex, softly succulent. Stem 
repeatedly branched from near the base. h. about 6in. Formosa, 
1885. A glabrous, half-hardy or greenhouse annual. 
SELAGINELLA. To the species described on 
pp. 409-12, Vol. ILI., the following should now be added: 
S. gracilis (slender). stems 2ft. to 3ft. long, sub-erect, pinnately 
branched, rather rough; pinnz narrow-lanceolate, 4in. to 5in. 
long; pinnules simple, the lower ones lin. long, Jin. broad. 
l. bright green, ovate-falcate; stipular ones narrow-lanceolate, 
cuspidate, parallel and close-set. spikes terminal, tetragonal, 
jin. to lin. long. South Sea Islands, 1886. An elegant, stove 
species. 
S. perelegans (very elegant). The correct name of this plant 
is S. inwqualifolia perelegans (under which it is described on 
p- 411, Vol. III.) See Fig. 61, p. 601, for which we are in- 
debted to Messrs. W. and J. Birkenhead. 
S. tassellata (tasselled). stems erect; branches and branchlets 
flat, closely pinnate, the tips furnished with fertile, quadrangular 
spikelets about l}in. long, giving the plant a tasselled appearance. 
Brazil, 1887. Stove. See Fig. 62, p. 603, for which we are in- 
debted to Mr. Wm. Bull. 
S. viridangula (green-angled). stems sub-erect, sarmentose, 
3ft. to 4ft. long; pinne deltoid, 1ft. long, erecto-patent ; pinnules 
with simple upper and compound lower erecto-patent tertiary 
divisions; ultimate segments usually jin. to lin. long, bright 
green at base. Jl. of the lower plane contiguous or nearly so 
on the branchlets, lanceolate -falcate, acute, gin. to lin. long 
(jin. long and much spaced on the pinne), bright green, dilated ; 
leaves of the upper plane very small, distinctly cuspidate. spikes 
square, lin. to 2in. long; bracts strongly keeled. Mountains 
of Fiji, 1884. Stove. 
SELENIPEDIUM. To the species and varieties 
described on pp. 413-4, Vol. IIL, the following should 
now be added: 
S. Boissierianum (Boissier's). jl. yellow, veined and tinged 
with bright green, marked brownish-crimson on the edges of 
the sepals and in other places; petals curiously twisted and 
horizontally extended, the edges erose; lip rounded. 1887. 
(G. C. ser. iii., vol. i., p. 143.) 
S. leucorrhodum (white and rose). jl. white, nearly like those 
of S. Roézlii in shape; upper sepal washed purple; petals 
beautifully margined purple, and having very stiff, purple 
hairs at the base inside ; lip marked purple and sulphur, and 
with brown spots inside at the bottom, the sac purple; 
peduncle hairy. Jl. very broad and firm. 1885. A hybrid 
between S. Roézlit and S. Schlimii albiflorum. 
S. Saundersianum (Saunders’). jl. large; dorsal sepal white, 
striped purple and green, oblong-triangular, the lateral ones 
white, green at top, broad and wavy; petals reddish-purple, 
broad, ligulate, undulated; lip bright reddish-mauve, hemi- 
spheric in front. Jl. bright green. 1888. A hybrid between 
S. caudatum and S. Schlimii. 
S. Schroderz splendens (splendid). A very brilliant variety. 
1887. (L. ii. 69.) 
SILENE. To the species described on pp. 432-3, 
Vol. III., the following should now be added: 
Silene—continued. 
S. pusilla (dwarf). A tiny plant, rarely exceeding 1}in. in 
height, forming a dense mass; the flowers, which are about 
jin. in diameter, are so profusely produced as to almost 
entirely hide the foliage. It is a charming little subject, 
either for pot culture or for growing on the rockery. 1887. 
(G. C. ser. iii., vol. ii., p. 44.) 
SILPHIUM. To the species described on p. 435, 
Vol. IIL, the following should now be added: 
S. albiflorum (white-flowered). (/l.-heads sessile in the axils or 
stoutly pedunculate, 54in. across; involucre sub-globose ; ray 
florets pale straw-coloured or creamy-white, narrowly oblong, 
bifid. September. J. ovate, pinnatifid or bipinnatitid, coria- 
ceous, the uppermost ones linear; lobes linear, 2in. to din. 
long. Stem simple, 2ft. to 4ft. high. Texas. Plant clothed 
with short prickles. (B. M. 6918.) 
SOLANUM. ‘To the species and varieties described 
on pp. 452-6, Vol, LIT., the following should now be added: 
S. albidum Poortmanni (Poortmann’s whitish), #. white, 
small, produced in numerous cymes, towards the end of the 
season, on the young, white-tomentose shoots. Jl. large, 
pinnatifid, 2ft. long, bright green above, white-tomentose 
beneath. Andes, 1886. A noble, half-hardy perennial. (R. H. 
1886, p. 232, f. 67.) 
S. jasminoides floribundum (abundant-flowered). A more 
floriferous plant than the type, and having smaller and less 
pinnatifid leaves. 1886. Garden variety. 
SOPHROCATTLEYA BATEMANNIANA. A 
synonym of the hybrid Lelia Batemaniana (described 
on p. 460, Vol. III., under name of Sophronitis grandi- 
flora). 
SOPHRONITIS. To the species and varieties de- 
scribed on p. 460, Vol. III., the following should now 
be added: 
S. grandiflora aurantiaca (orange). A variety with dark 
orange-red flowers. 1886, (R. H. 1886, p. 492.) 
SPAENDONCEA. A synonym of Cadia (which see). 
SPATHOGLOTTIS. To the species described on 
p. 467, Vol. ILI., the following should now be added: 
S. Augustorum (named in honour of Auguste Linden and 
Auguste de Rhonne, two travellers and collectors). A synonym 
of S. Vietllardii. 
S. Regnieri (Regnier’s). This is closely allied to S, Lobbii. It 
differs as follows: fl. smaller, having no stripes on the lateral 
sepals ; stalked ovaries shorter; side partitions of the lip 
shorter and broader; callus standing more backwards ; 
peduncle having shorter hairs. ¢ much broader. Cochin 
China, 1887. 
S. Vieillardii (Vieillard’s). /. pale lilac, disposed in a nearly 
capitate raceme; lip tripartite, the side lobes rectangular, 
retuse, the mid-lobe long-clawed, oblong, two-lobed at apex. 
l. broadly cuneate-oblong, acute. Pseudo-bulbs ovoid, tinted 
brown. Sunda Isles, 1886. Syn. S. Augustorwm (L. 25), 
SPIRZA. ‘To the species and varieties described 
on pp. 474-8, Vol. III., the following should now be 
added : 
S. bullata (inflated). /. dark pink or claret-coloured, in much- 
branched, dense, terminal corymbs; pedicels short, villous, 
bracteolate. Summer. J, sub-sessile, }in. long, coriaceous, 
glabrous, dark green and bullate above, paler beneath, ovate- 
oblong, crenate ; nerves pinnate, very prominent on the under 
surface. Branches erect, wiry, cylindric, densely clothed with 
reddish-brown down. Japan. A dwarf shrub, lft. to lft. high. 
(R. G. 1215). Syn. S. erispifolia (of gardens). 
S. crispifolia (crisped-leaved). A garden synonym of 8S. bullata, 
S. gigantea (gigantic), of gardens. A robust-growing form of 
S. kamtchatica. 
S. kamtchatica (Kamtchatkan). jl. white, sweetly scented, 
larger than those of S. Ulmaria, corymbose; sepals reflexed, 
pilose; carpels very hairy. J. palmately lobed; upper cauline 
ones somewhat hastate or lanceolate; petioles appendiculate. 
h. 6ft. to 9ft. MKamtchatka and Behring’s Island. 
S. k. himalensis (Himalayan). J. white-downy beneath; 
segments often acuminate. (B. R. 1841, 4.) 
SPIRANTHES. To the species and varieties de- 
scribed on p. 478-9, Vol. III., the following should now 
be added: 
S. leucosticta (white-spotted), /l. green, with a brown-tipped 
lip, hairy ; sepals lanceolate ; petals linear, forming, with the 
dorsal sepal, the galea ; lip ligulate, dilated in front, the apex 
obtusely triangular; raceme few-flowered. J. petiolate, oblong, 
acute, spotted white. Columbia, 1885. 
