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SCHIZOLOSIA. Inclufled umlor Iiindsaya (which 

 see). 



SCHIZOMERIA (from schizo, to out, and meris, a 

 part; alluiliiif,' to tho cut petals). Obd. Sa.i'ifr<ujece. A 

 raonotypic {^eiius. The species is an ornamental, green- 

 house, evergreen tree, thriving in a mixture of loam and 

 sandy jteat. Propagated by cuttings. 



S. ovata (ovate-leaved). jL white, small, in terminal, trichoto- 

 mous cymes ; calyx tive-iubed, with a short tube ; petals five, 

 toothed. June. /r. a rather large, ovoiil or globular drupe. 

 L ovate or ovate-lanceolate, obtuse or acuminate, mostly Sin. to 

 4in. long, nearly entire, or with irregular, obt\ise serratures. 

 h. (iu its native'phice) 60ft. Australia, 1825. 



SCHIZONEUBA LANUGINOSA. See Ameri- 

 can Blight, or Woolly Aphis. 



SCHIZOPETAIiON (from schizo, to cut, and 

 pelalun. a petal ; alluding to the cut or divided petals). 

 Ord. Cniriferce. A genus comprising five species of 

 erect, slightly-branched, half-hardy, annual herbs, natives 

 of Chili. Flowers purple or white, in terminal, leafy- 

 bracted racemes : sepals erect, sub-equal at base : petals 

 ungniculato, pinnately lobed. involute in ajstivation. 

 Leaves alternate, sinuate -toothed or pinnatifid. S. Walkeri^ 

 the only species introduced, is a singular plant, thriving 

 in a compost of loam, peat, and sand. Specimens should 

 be raised in pots, in a greenhouse, during spring ; some 

 of them may then be planted out in the borders ; others 

 may he kept in pots, and placed in an airy part of 

 the greenhouse, where they will produce seeds, although 

 sparingly. When transplanting, care must be taken not 

 to injure the roots. 



S. Walkeri (Walker's).* fi. white, in long racemes ; pediiels each 

 fuini.shed with a linear bract. May to August. /. alternate, 

 siuuatflv pinnatifid. h. 1ft. to 2ft. 1821. Wliole plant liisd 

 with branched ihnvn. (B. M. 2379; B. H. 752; H. K. F. 74; 

 S. 1!. F. li. ser. ii. 387.) 



SCHIZOFHBAGMA (from schizo, to cut, and 

 jthrinjma, an inclosure or wall; the portions of the wall 

 between the ribs of the fruit fall away when it is ripe). 

 Ord. Saxifniijem. A raonotypic genus. The specie.s is a 

 hardy shrub, allied to Hijdranrjea, which it much re- 

 sembles in its flowers. It will thrive in any garden 

 soil, but succeeds best when planted against a wall. 

 Propagation may be eft'ected by cuttings, inserted in 

 sand, under a bell glass, in slight bottom heat ; or by 

 seeds. 



S. bydrangeoides (Hydrangea-like). Climbing Hydrangea. 

 fi. white or flesh-coloured ; calyx tube turbinate, the limb five- 

 toothed ; petals five, valvate ; cyme corymbose, nearly flat at 

 top, terminal, upwards of 6in. in diameter. Autumn. I. de- 

 ciduous, opposite, often reddish, 2in. to 4in. long, ov.ate-cordate, 

 deeply toothed, long-acuminate, long and slenderly petiolate. 

 A tall chmber. Japan, 1879. (R. H. 1881, p. 313; S. Z. F. J. 26.) 



SCHIZOFIiEUBA. Included under Beaufoiiia. 



SCHIZOFTEBIS. Included under Cheilanthes. 



SCHIZOSTESIMA. A synonym of Oxypetalum 



(which .see). 



SCHIZOSTYIiIS (from schizo, to cut, and stylos, 

 a style ; the stylo is divided into three long, filiform 

 branches). Ord. Iridew. A genus consisting of a couple 

 of species of greenhouse or half-hardy, South African 

 plants. Flowers sessile in a spathe ; perianth red, showy, 

 the tube slender, very shortly enlarged at the throat, 

 the lobes equal, oblong or ovate, spreading ; stamens 

 affixed to the throat : spathes scattered at the sides of 

 a simple peduncle. Leaves linear or narrovv-ensiform. 

 Stems fascicled on a rhizome, ebulbous or slightly 

 bulbous-thickened at base. /S. corriiien. the only species 

 introduced, is a very handsome inhabitant of our gardens. 

 It grows freely in a warm, sunny border, such as may 

 often be found in front of a glass structure. The shoots 

 are produced in abundance, and the flowers, which appear 

 in autumn, retain their beauty for a considerable period. 

 The plant is also well adapted for pot-culture, as the 



Voh III. 



Schizostylis — continued. 

 flowers come to perfection, under such treatment, in a 

 greenhouse, and are vjry useful for cutting. Propagation 

 may be readily effected, in spring, by dividing the 

 plants, and inserting pieces, consisting of from four to 

 six shoots, in prepared soil, about 9in. apart. Sandy 

 loam and peat, or leaf soil, forms a good compost. 



S. cocclnea (scarlet).* Crimson Flag ; Kaffir Lily. Jl. ten to 



fourteen iu a distichous spike ; perianth tube shorter than the 

 bracts ; limb 2in. across, of six spreading, uniform, ovate-oblong, 

 very acute lobes ; anthers yellow. October and November. I. long, 

 sheathing, sword-shaped, cariuate, tlie longest arising from the 

 base ; upw;irds they graduidly form Ijracts. h. 3ft. 1864. Half- 

 hardy, (li. .M. 5122 ; F. d. S. 1637 ; F. .M. 183 ; 1. H. 394.) 



SCHKUHBIA (named after Christian Schkuhr, 1741- 

 1811, of the University of Wurtemburg, who published 

 some botanical works). Stns. Mieria, TefracarpK^n. In- 

 cluding AcJiyropni^piis and ChanKesfej^haniuin. Ord, 

 Com2yositis. A genus comprising about eight species of 

 annual herbs, natives of South and Central America as 

 far as Mexico. Flower-heads yellow, small, long-stalked. 

 Leaves slender, dissected. The species have no horti- 

 cultural value. 



SCKIflMMIA (named in compliment to M. Schlim, 

 one of M. Linden's plant-collectors). Ord. Orchidew, 

 Three species have been referred to this genus ; they 

 are closely-related, stove, epiphytal orchids, natives of 

 the Columbian Andes. Flowers rather large, fleshy, 

 few in a raceme, shortly pedicellate : posterior sepal 

 free, conoave-oarinate ; lateral ones very broad, connate 

 with the foot of the erect column ; petals narrower, 

 spreading at apex ; lip variously lobed, the apex reclining 

 on the foot of tho column ; pollen masses two ; bracts 

 oblong ; scapes erect or recurved, simple, few-sheathed. 

 Leaf coriaceous, contracted into the petiole. Pseitdo- 

 bulbs oblong, somewhat fusiform, one-leaved. Two of 

 the species have been introduced. They should be grown 

 in a pot with good drainage, and placed in the Cattleya 

 house. 



S. jasminodora (Jasniine-scented). Jl. white anil very fr.'igrant ; 

 dnr.sal sepal linear, erc<-t ; petals reflexed ; lip fleshy, sliorter than 

 tile coUnuu, and articulated with it, witli three knobs near the 

 foot of the column, another in the nnddle of its length, and a 

 fifth, which is concave, at its extremity, which is prolonged 

 into a thin, trowel-shaped limb ; scape 1ft. high, bearing three 

 secund flowers, t. oval, long-stalked. Pseudo-bulVts long and 

 slender. New Grenada, 1852. (L. & P. F. U. iii. p. 115.) 

 S. trifida (three-cleft). Ji. having a delicious perfume, between 

 those of Jasmine and Bergamot ; dorsal sepal turned down- 

 wards ; lateral ones waxy- white, with a few pm-ple spots inside ; 

 petals linear, acute, bent outwards ; lip having a pandurate 

 hypnchil, tritid at apex, wlnte, marked with rich orange; 

 peduncle lateral, drooping, deep purple, bearing a one-sided 

 raceme of .about four flowers. I. oblong, acute. Pseudo-bidbs 

 elongate-ovate, clustered. New Grenada, 1877. (G. V. n. s., 

 vii. 141.) ■ 



SCHLUMBBBGEBIA (named in honour of P. 

 Schlumberger, a Belgian horticulturist). Aiioploplnjtmn 

 has been used as a generic name for one or more of the 

 species. Ord. Bromeliacew. A rather doubtful. South 

 American genus, comprising two or three species of stove, 

 perennial herbs. Flowers mediocre or rather large, dis- 

 posed in rather loosely-branched spikes ; sepals erect, 

 convolute-imbricated, free : petals connate in a tube, the 

 limb free, spreading or at length reflexed ; stamens adnate 

 to the tube ; bracts shorter than the calyx. Leaves 

 rosulate, entire, long-ligulate. The species require cul- 

 ture similar to Tillaudsia (which see). 

 S. Lindeni (Linden's). This is the correct name of tlie plant 



described in this work as Matitiant/ea Lindeni. 

 S. Morreniana (.Morren's). /. yellow ; bracts dark purple ; 

 spikes several, dense-flowered, congested into a short, compact 

 bunch ; scape tall, with green, adpiessed bracts. (. gracefully 

 recurving, 3ft. kuig, green, marked with numerous darker green, 

 transverse lines above, and with reddish lines beneath. Habitat 

 unknown. 1883. A noble plant. (B. 11. 1883, 4-6.) 

 S. Roezlil (Koezl's). rf. sessile, spirally arranged, lin. long ; 

 calyx green ; corolla white and green, salver-shaped. I. lift, 

 long, l.Un. wide, spreading, unarmed, green. A. 31t. Andes of 

 Peru, 1879. A plant of bold habit. (B. H. 1879, 19.) 



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