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Schima — continued . 

 scarcely unequal ; petals five, much larger, connate at 

 base, closely imbricated ; stamens numerous ; peduncles 

 one-flowered, frequently erect, solitary in the axils, or 

 the upper ones clustered in a short raceme. Leaves 

 perennial. The only species introduced thrives in a 

 peaty soil, and is propagated by cuttings inserted in 

 sandy peat, in bottom heat. 



S. NoronhsB (Xoronha's). Jl. white; sepals very concave; petals 

 oliovate, spreading ; stamens very niimernus ; peduncles solitary, 

 axillary, single-flowered, shorter than the leaves. AuRust and 

 September. /. alternate, elliptic-lanceolate, acuminated, entire, 

 penninerved, tapering into a short petiole. Ilranches terete. 

 A compact-growing shrub. Tropical Asia, 1849. (B. M. 4539, 

 under name of Gordonia jananico.) SVN. S. .)!ujierba. 



S. SUperba (superb). A synonym of S. Noronha: 



ScMnus — continued. 

 sessile. '' The leaves of some of the species are so filled 

 with a resinous fluid that the least degree of unusual 

 repletion of the tissue causes it to be discharged ; thus, 

 some of them fill the air with fragrance after rain ; and 

 S. Molle and some others expel their resin with such 

 violence, when immersed in water, as to have the appear- 

 ance of spontaneous motion, in consequence of the recoil" 

 (B. El. 1580). The two species introduced require culture 

 similar to that recommended for the stove species of 

 Rhus (which see). 



S. Molle (Mulli, the Peruvian name). Australian or Californian 

 Pepper-tree ; Peruvian Mastir-tree. /I. yellowish-green. July 

 and August, fr. of a beautiful rose-colour, the size of peas. 

 I. with numerous pairs of lanceolate, serrated leaflets, the ter- 

 minal one longest, h. 20ft. Brazil and Peru, 1597. (B. M. 5339.) 



443. SCHISMATOGLOTTIS CRISPATA. 



SCHINTJS (from Schinoit, the old Greek name used 

 by Theophrastus for the Mastic-tree, Fisturin Lentiscus ; 

 applied to this genus on account of the resinous, mastic- 

 like juice which exudes from the species). Obd. Aiia- 

 cardiace{e. A genus comprising twelve species of stove 

 phrubs or small trees, inhabiting the warmer parts of 

 South America. Flowers whitish, small, dicecioua ; calyx 

 short, with five imbricated lobes ; petals five, imbricated ; 

 disk annular, rather broad ; stamens ten ; panicles axillary 

 and terminal, bracteate. Drupes globose, oily. Leaves 

 alternate, impari-pinnate ; leaflets opposite or alternate, 



S. terebinthifoliua (Terel>inf'ius-Ieaved). Jl. greenish-white, 

 racemose. July. /. composed of seven somewhat serrated, 

 almost equal leaflets, h. 20ft. Brazil, 1830. 



SCHISMATOGLOTTIS {from schisma, achismntos, 

 deciduous, and (jhilln, a tongue; the limb of the spathe 

 soon falls off). Stn. Zaiifedeschin. Obd. Aroidea- (Araceie). 

 This genus includes about fifteen species of stove, stolo- 

 niferous herbs, natives of the Malayan Archipelago. 

 Spathe cylindrical, the tube convolute, scarcely con- 

 stricted at throat, the lamina apiculato or acuminate ; 

 spadix sessile, inappendiculate, included in the spathe, 



