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Scelochilus — continued. 

 paeudo-bulb. Only ono spccios lias been introduced. 

 For culture, see Burlingtonia. 



S. Ottonis (Otto's). Jl. yellow, purple-striped within, ahort- 

 stalkeil, compressed ; spike a little branched, slightly longer 

 than the leaf, nmud, thread-like, .smooth, covered by sessile, dry, 

 lanceolate, aciiniinate bracts. May. L obUtng, coriaceous, 

 slightly undulated, cnnduplicate, and very acute at apex, 

 recurved. Oaraccas, 1811. (L. & P. P. G. iii. p. 87.) 



SCENTED POLYPODY. See Polypodium pus- 

 tulatum. 



SCENTED VERBENA. See Iiippia citriodora. 



SCEPACEiE. Included under Euphorbiaceai. 



SCEFASMA. Included under Phyllanihus. 



SCEPTRANTHUS. Included under Cooperia. 



SCHJEFPERIA (named in bonour of James Christian 

 ScbiBfEer, 1718-17!1U, a German naturalist). Obd. Celas- 

 trinece. A genus consisting of only two species of rigid, 

 glabrous shrubs, natives of the West Indies, Texas, and 

 New Mexico. Flowers greenish or white, small, in the 

 axils of the leaves ; calyx four-parted ; petals four, 

 hypogynou.s, oblong. Drupes the size of small peas. 

 Leaves alternate or fascicled, small, coriaceous, entire, 

 exstipulate, obovate or spathulate. Only one of the 

 siiecies has been introduced, and that possesses no par- 

 ticular beauty. It thrives in the stove, in a mixture of 

 loam, peat, and sand. Half-ripened cuttings will root if 

 inserted in sandy soil, under a hand glass, in heat. 



S. n-utescens (sln-uliby). Crabwoc id-tree ; False Box. jl. white, 

 on axillary, fascicled pedicels. August. J'r. scarlet. 1. elliptic, 

 veiny, ta]iering at the base, liin. long. A. about 10ft. West 

 Indies, 1793. 



S. lateriflora (brick-flowered). A synonym of Pnjpetes crocea. 



SCHAFFNERIA. Included under Scolopendrium 



(which see). 



SCHATTERIA (named after John Konrail Schauer, 

 1813-1848. Professor at Greifswald). Oed. Aranihacece. 

 A genus comprising about eight species of stove, glabrous 

 or pubescent, erect herbs or sub-shrubs, natives of 

 Brazil. Flowers often orange or red, disposed in ter- 

 minal thyrses or spikes ; calyx nearly five-parted, the 

 segments linear or bristly ; corolla tube slender, scarcely 

 enlarged above, the limb bilabiate ; stamens two ; bracts 

 and bracteoles linear or rarely lanceolate, rather long and 

 coloured, or small. Leaves entire. The only species 

 known in gardens are described below. For culture, 

 .lee Justicia (under which these plants are often erro- 

 neously classified). 



S. calycotricha (hairy-calyxed). /., calyx segments and bracts 

 pale greenish or yellowish, minutely puberulous ; corolla of a 

 beautiful yellow, lin. long, very softly pubescent ; thyrse ter- 

 minal, sub-spicate. February, l. broadly ovate, glabrous, with 

 a very obtuse or sub-cordate base, slightly undulate-crenate. 

 Branches slightly glabrous, h. 2ft. 1824. Sv.N. Justicia calii- 

 tricha (H. E, F. 212). 



S. flavicoxna (yellow-haired). Jl., calyx ciliated, with numerous 

 gland-tipped hairs. Feliruary. I. lanceolate, proportionately 

 narrower, longer, and more acuminate, than those of ,S'. cabim- 

 tricha, acute or suit-acute at the base. (B. M. 2816, under name 

 of Justicia cali/aitricha ; B. R. 1027, under name of J. jlavicoma ; 

 L. B. C. 1921 C-O, inuler name of J, callitricha.) 



SCHEDONORUS. The species of grasses for- 

 merly classed under this heading are now removed, by 

 Bentham and Hooker, to Broma.': and Festuca. 



SCHEEIiEA (named in honour of Scheele, a cele- 

 brated German chemist). Obd. Palmw. A genus con- 

 sisting of about seven species of dwarf or tall, unarmed, 

 stove palms, natives of tropical America. Flowers yel- 

 lowish-white, dicccious, or on the same spadix monoecious : 

 spathes two, the upper one fusiform, woody, acuminate ; 

 spadices long, very shortly pedunculate, with rather short, 

 nearly erect branches. Fruit rather large, oblong or ovoid, 

 one to three-seeded. Leaves terminal, pinnatisect ; seg- 

 ments in series or aggregate, linear, in young plants ob- 

 tuse and unequally bifid at apex, with incurved lobes (in 



Sclxeelea — continued. 

 adults entire?), one-nerved, the margins recurved at base ; 

 rachis convex at back, acute above : petioles concave above ; 

 sheath short, opening. The under-mentioned species have 

 been introduced to cultivation in this country. A com- 

 post of peat and loam, in about equal parts, with the 

 addition of a little sand, is suited to their requirements. 

 The plants may be increased by seeds. 6'. unguis is 

 well adapted for room decoration, and, when older, for 

 exhibition purposes. 



S. excelsa(tall).* Ji., spathe costate ; spadix simply and sparsely 

 branclied, 3ft. long, the branches 4in. to 6in. long ; inflorescence 

 axillary. Jr. ovoid, apiculate. (. 15ft. to 24ft. long, ellijitic, pin- 

 natifid ; leaflets linear, acute, glaucous beneath, about 180 on each 

 side, aggregate in twos, threes, or fives, the upper ones solitary 

 and alterntite, 3ft. long, 2in. broad ; petioles channelled. Trunk 

 40ft. to 50ft. high, glabrous, annidate, 2ft. to 3ft. in diameter, the 

 wood reddish. Venezuela, 1826. 



S. imperialis (imperial). I. pinnate when mature ; in the young 

 state simi)Ie, linear-lanceolate, elongated, arching, of a bright 

 colour, and plaited. United .States of Colombia, 1875. This is 

 only known in the young state. 



S. insignis (remarkable). Ji., spathe spongy-woody, thick, 2ft. 

 long, terminated by a mucro 4in. to 5in. long; female spadix 

 similar to the male, but more robust. I. 8ft. to 10ft. long; lower 

 pinnfe aggregate in fours or fives ; middle ones eight or more 

 together ; upper ones nearly solitary and opposite, linear-lanceo- 

 late, obtuse with a short acumen, not crisped, l^ft. or more 

 liMig. Trunk straight, 50ft. to 60ft. high. Quito, Ac. Syn. 

 Maxiiniliitna insi(/ni.-i. 



S. unguis (clawed).* I. erect, 2ft. to 6ft. or more in length ; 

 pinn;e about 1ft. long anil lin. bro.ad, of a rich deep green, and 

 reaching nearly to the base of the jtetiole ; petioles sheathing at 

 base, .and clothed somewh.it sparingly at the edges with i>rown 

 fibres. A superb plant, described here as it appears in a young 

 state, without any stem. 



SCHEERIA. Included under Achimenes. 



SCHELHAMMERA (named after G. C. Schel- 

 hanuner, liU;i-17U>, professor at Jena). Stn. Pnrduyna. 

 Ord. Liliacete. A small genus (two species) of green- 

 house, perennial herbs, with fibrous roots and simple or 

 branched stems, natives of Eastern Australia. Flowers 

 terminal, pedicellate, solitary or umbellate, sessile within 

 the last leaves ; perianth of six distinct, deciduous seg- 

 ments, nearly equal and similar ; stamens six, shorter 

 than the segments. Leaves sessile, ovate or lanceolate, 

 membranous. These pretty flowering plants succeed in 

 a warm border, but the protection of a greenhouse is 

 necessary during winter. A mixture of peat and loam 

 is suitable for their culture. Propagation may be readily 

 effected by division. 



S. multiflora (many-flowered). /. pure white, several in a ter- 

 minal umbel, with sometimes a few bracts at the base of the 

 pedicels besides the involucral leaves ; pedicels 3in. to lin. long. 

 June. I. lin. to nearly 2in. long, firmer than in the other species, 

 but not so broail at the base, the margins quite entire. Stems 

 from a knotted rhizome, simple or branched, 6in. to nearly 12in. 

 high. 1824. (L. B. C. 1511.) 



S. multiflora (many-flowered), of Loddiges. A synonym of 

 Krc>l!,i;fia in ultijitjra. 



S. undulata (undulated), ji. pale lilac, solitary, <tr rarely two 

 together at the eiuls of the branches ; pedicels iin. to lin. long, 

 without brjicts. June. I. ovate-lanceolate, lin. to nearly 2in. 

 long, varying in breadth, the margins minutely undulated. 

 Stems slender, diffuse and braiu-hing at base, :iscending or erect, 

 rarely above 6in. in height. 1824. (B. M. 2712.) 



SCHEIiIiOLEFIS. Included under Polypodium. 



SCHELVERIA. A synonym of Angelonia. 



SCHEXTCHZERIA (named in honour of John and 

 James Scheuchzcr, Swiss botanists). Obd. Naiadacece. 

 A monotypic genus. The species, S. palustris, is a 

 curious, highly glabrous. Rush-like, marsh herb, with a 

 six-parted perianth, and erect, slender leaves. It has 

 no horticultural value, but is occasionally found wild 

 in England and Scotland. 



SCHIDOSPERMUM. A synonym of Chlorophytum. 



SCHIMA (.said to be the Arabic name). Obd. Tern- 

 stri'iniaceie. A small genus (about four species) of stove 

 trees or shrubs, inhabiting tropical Asia and the Indian 

 Archipelago. Flowers showy, bibracteolate ; sepals five, 



