604: 
THE DICTIONARY 
OF GARDENING. 
SPORLEDERA. A synonym of Ceratotheca 
(which see). 
STAPHYLEA. To the species described on pp. 489-90, 
Vol. IIL., the following should now be added: 
S. Coulombieri (Coulombier’s). Nearly allied to S. colehica, from 
which it differs in its more globular flowers, with broader and 
shorter sepals and petals, and in its later period of flowering. 
Really intermediate between S. colchica and S. pinnata. 1887. 
Garden variety. 
STATICE. To the species described on pp. 491-3, 
Vol. III., the following should now be added: 
S. superba (superb). A hardy annual, closely resembling S. 
Suworowi, but having the spikes densely crowded into a 
pyramidal panicle. 1887. (R. G. 1887, p. 666, f. 170.) 
STELLERA ALBERTI. A synonym of Wiks- 
tremia Alberti (which see). 
Streptocarpus—continued. 
brownish-purple; stems numerous, bearing ten to sixteen 
flowers. Autumn and winter. J. solitary, similar to, but.rather 
smaller than, that of S. kewensis (between which and S. parvi- 
fora this is a hybrid). 1887. (G. C. ser. iii., vol. ii., p. 415.) 
STROBILANTHES. To the species described on 
pp. 916-7, Vol. III., the following should now be added: 
S. attenuatus (attenuated). fl. violet-blue, marked with a 
yellow spot in the throat, disposed in loose panicles; corolla 
lin. long ; peduncles axillary or terminal, tritid, hairy. J. cordate, 
serrated, caudate acuminate, more or less hairy, 4in. long, 2}in. 
broad, dark green ; petioles Sin, to 4in. long, Stem quadrangular, 
more or less hairy. Himalayas, 1886. A handsome, greenhouse 
herb, of shrubby habit. (R. G. 1243.) “ 
S. coloratus (coloured). fl. pale bluish-purple, ljin. long, 
shortly pedicellate ; sepals erect, linear, }in. long; corolla with 
a_yentricose tube and short, rounded lobes ; panicles 6in. to 
12in. high, widely spreading and profusely branched. January. 
FiG. 63. FLOWERING BRANCH 
STRELITZIA. To the species and varieties de- 
scribed on p. 514, Vol. IIL., the following should now 
be added: 
S. Reginz citrina (citron-coloured). A variety with citron- 
yellow sepals. 1887. 
STREPTOCALYX FURSTENBERGI. 
Tillandsia Furstenbergi. 
STREPTOCARPUS. To the species described on 
p. 516, Vol. III., the following species and hybrids should 
now be added: 
S. kewensis (Kew). /., corolla bright mauve-purple, about 2in. 
long, striped with dark brownish-purple in the throat; stems 
numerous, six to eight-flowered, forming a tolerably compact 
mass. Autumn and winter. /. two or three, large, oblong- or 
elongate-ovate, bright green, not so large as those of S. Dunnii 
(between which and S. Rexii this plant is a hybrid). 1887. 
S. lutea (yellow). The correct name of the plant figured in B. M. 
6636, and described on p. 516, Vol. III., as S. parviflora. 
S. parviflora (small-flowered). jl. pale blue or purplish; calyx 
somewhat five-parted; corolla tube about jin. long; pedicels 
twin, distant; peduncles three to ten-flowered. 1. dense, ovate 
or oblong, narrowed at base, sub-sessile, 7in. long, crenate, softly 
villous, woolly beneath. South Africa. % 
8. Watsoni (Watson’s). l., corolla bright rose-purple, about 
l1jin. long and lin. in diameter, the white throat striped with 
See 
OF 
STROPHANTHUS DICHOTOMUS. 
1, Sin. to Tin. long, ovate or elliptic, acuminate or produced into 
a long tail, serrated, dark green above, reddish-purple beneath. 
h. 4ft. to 6ft. Khasya, 1886. (B. M. 6922.) 
S. flaccidifolius (flaccid-leaved). jl. lilac-purple, in loose, leafy, 
paniculate spikes; tube of the corolla bent, the lobes deeply 
notched. J. 2in. to 4in. long, elliptic-lanceolate, acute, narrowed 
to the petioles, serrated, glabrous, bright green. India, China, 
1887. A pretty shrub, yielding a blue dye. (B. M. 6947.) 
STROPHANTHUS. Many of the plants of this genus 
possess quaintly-coloured flowers, which are rendered still 
more strange by the long, tail-like expansions of the corolla 
lobes. The seeds of some of the species abound in a 
poisonous principle, which has been named Strophantin, 
and has been found successful as a remedy in cases of 
heart disease, principally in fatty degeneration of that 
organ. The Kombé arrow poison of the natives of Sene- 
gambia, &e., is furnished by S. hispidus. 8. dichotomus 
(described on p. 520, Vol. III.) is shown at Fig. 63. 
S. Ledienii (Ledien’s). f. borne in umbels terminating the 
woody branches; corolla buff-yellow, star-shaped, five-lobed, 
each lobe prolonged into a very long, narrow, ribbon-like tail ; 
corona and stamens violet, with five white rays. /. nearly sessile, 
obovate, suddenly drawn out into a short point, the margins 
entire, both surfaces softly hairy. Congo, 1887. Stove shrub. 
(R. G. 1241.) 
