686 
Stanhopea—continued. 
not recorded, 1894. Allied to S. Warditi, which it 
in all parts but the lip. 4 
S. Rodigasiana (Rodigas’). 1. 6in. across, solitary on per 
scapes; sepals creamy-white, spotted with rose 
lip dark purple, 
on 
. 1898, xxiv., 
column green, spotted with purple; 
ivory-white blotch and numerous eu oa 
June. Colombia, (B. M. 77 
vA " 
1898. 702; 
Fic. 
702. 
This beautiful basket-Orchid, 
is shown in both flower and bud 
described 
at I 
S. tigrina. 
IIL., p. 486, 
STAPELIA. African 
now included hereunder. 
the Species deseribed on pp. 
should be added. 
on the 
S. albicans (whitish). 
S. cupularis (cup-like). A new species, resembling S. va 
from which it is distinguished by the erect, 
corona. 1897. 
S. Desmetiana (De Smet’s).* j., corolla 44in. 
pubescent and pale green or purplish at back, 
purplish-red with transverse pale yellowish lines, 
surface clothed with long, purple hairs; eymes 
Stems din. to Yin. high, lin. 
angled, sinuate-toothed. Before 1874, 
S. erectiflora (erect-flowered). jl. purplish-brown, 
white-hairy, very small; corolla Turk’s-cap-like ; cymes 
one- to four-flowered. Stems 4in. to Tin. high, . thie 
angled, branching at base, flowering from their sides. 
1877. 
S. Gussoniana is synonymous with 
(deseribed in Vol. I. as B. ewropcea). 
S. Hystrix (spiny). A synonym of Huernia Iystriz. 
S. longidens (long-toothed). jl. greenish-yellow, 
purple, disposed in sessile cymes lin. 
long, four-angled ; ang 
teeth lin. long. 1895. 
Pits) 
S. marmorata (marbled). jl. blood-red, 
foetid; corolla very spreading, half- -quinquefid, 2in. in dis 
peduncles solitary in the forks of the young branchlets. 
Branches numerous; branchlets glabrous, glaucous, th 
ones procumbent, tetragonal, with approximate, very 
but mucronate teeth. fh. 1ft. 1820. 
S. pedunculata is the correct name of S. devis. 
S. picta is the correct name of S. anguinea. 
8S. pilifera (hair-bearing). 
Serum. 
S. pulchella (rather 
purplish-brown ; corolla 
Toad Flower. 
See 
488-9; Vol. 
III., the fol 
““TIndex Kewensis.”’ 
This is an albino form of S. a7 
to 54in. 
Boucerosia Gus 
in diameter, 
2s furnished with long, : 
Allied to S. 
Woodtt. (G. ©. 
pretty).* fl. 
five-cleft, 
dotte 
tria 
light yellow, 
the segments 
corona small, ré d about half a line above the 
surface. Stems resembling those of S, normatis, 1882, 
and purple ; 
with an 
the mesochil. 
also Diplocyatha. 
the 
the 
sub- 
“or more thick, pubescent, 
yellow-striped, 
resembles 
idulous 
pp. 14, 
STANHOPEA TIGRINA. 
in Vol. 
702. 
Podanthes is 
To 
lowing 
The changes in nomenclature are based 
wulata. 
rieqgata, 
acute margin to the 
across, 
inside 
entire 
sessile. 
four- 
densely 
usually 
k, four- 
‘Al rut 
soniana 
spotted with 
Ste 
nding, 
ms 6in. 
stout 
898, xxiv., 
very 
umeter ; 
July. 
e older 
obtuse 
A synonym of T'richocaulon pili- 
xd with 
neular ; 
general 
THE DICTIONARY 
OF GARDENING, 
~ Stapelia—continued. 
S. pulla (dark), A synonym of Boucerosia mammillaris. 
S. Scilla (Scilla). Sce S. variegata, 
S. variegata is the correct name of S. Curtisii. S. Scilla is 
a form similar to this, but the spots are confluent into longi- 
tudinal stripes. 
S. Woodii (J. M. Wood's), /. three or four in sessile cymes; 
corolla dark purplish-brown, l4in. across, nearly flat, with 
a few yellowish dots. Stems lin. to 
Sin. long, mottled with purple, four- 
angled, stoutly toothed, 1892. 
S. annulata, S. atrata, S. trifida, and 
S. trisulca (S. scutellata) have been 
introduced, but are not in general 
cultivation. 
STAPHYLEA. 
To the species 
described on pp. 489-90, Vol. IIL, the 
following should be added : : 
S. Coulombieri (Coulombier’s). Nearly 
allied to S. colchica, from which it differs 
in its more globular flowers, with broader 
and shorter sepals and petals, and in its 
later period of flowering. Really inter- 
mediate between SS. colchica and S. pin- 
nata. 1887. Garden variety. 
S. elegans Hessei (Hesse’s). Prebably 
a hybrid between S. Coulombieri and 
S. pinnata. 1898. 
STAR GRASS. Sec Aletris. 
STAR HEAD. See Scabiosa. 
STAR OF JERUSALEM. See 
Tragopogon pratensis. 
STAR THISTLE. 
taurea. 
STARWORT, ITALIAN. See 
Amellus Lyehnitis. 
STATICE. To the species de- 
scribed on pp. 491-3, Vol. III., the following should be 
added. See also Acantholimon and Armeria. 
S. arborescens is a variety of S. 
S. australis (Southern). The correct name of S. sinensis. 
S. Candelabra (candelabra). A synonym of S. Suworowi. 
S. caspia (Caspian). jl. pale blue; spikelets two- or three- 
flowered, in spikes at. ihe ends of the crowded branchlets. 
July. 2. obc e or lanceolate-spathulate, narrowed to the 
petioles. Caspian region. Plant granular-scabrous, varying in 
height to 1ft. Rockery. 
See Cen- 
Sruticans. 
S. eximia turkestanica (Turkestan). #. lilac, in short, 
dense, terminal spikes. 7. lanceolate, acute, 6in. to 8in. long, 
lsin. to 2in. broad, forming a rosette. Stems 2ft. to 2sft. 
high. Turkestan, 1888. 
S. Gmelini (Gmelin’s).* 
two-flowered, in short, de 
(R. G., t. 1270, f. d-m.) 
fA. dark blue, small; spikelets about 
imbricated spikes ; scape terete 
below, angled above, bearing a corymbose panicle. June to 
August. 7. glibrous, broadly ovate or obovate, one-nerved, 
very obtuse, nearly or quite sessile. h. 14ft. to oft. Eastern 
Europe and Russian Asia, 1796, 
S. Limonium (Limonium). Common Sea Lavender. fl. bluish- 
purple, numerous, in short, rather loose spikes at the ends of 
the branches; panicle corymbose; scape erect, leafless, 6in. 
to 12in. or more in height. Summer and autumn. J. 2in. to 
6in. long, obovate or oblong, entire, glabrous, narrowed to a 
long stalk. Stock short and thick. Europe (Britain), &c. 
S.L. alba (white). This white variety is a desirable garden plant. 
S. minuta (minute). jl. red; spikelets two or three, in a 
terminal, erect spike. June. J. rosulate, small, obovate or 
lanceolate-spathulate, obtuse or retuse. Mediterranean region, 
1658. A very tiny, rockery species. 
S. minutiflora (minute-flowered). /., spikelets about two- 
flowered, in short spikes, disposed in a short panicle. Summer. 
1. small, densely rosulate, obovate or oblong-spathulate, very 
obtuse or retuse. Mediterranean region. Rockery. 
S. monopetala (one-petaled). A synonym of Limoniastrum 
articulatum. 
S. sinensis. name is S. australis. 
5. sinuata. Of this species there are now several very pretty 
and useful colour varieties. 
S. superba (superb). A hardy annual, closely resembling 
S. Suworowi, but having the bikes densely crowded into a 
pyramidal panicle. 837. (R. G. 1887, p. 666, f. 170.) 
STATICE ARARATI ee Ararat’s). This plant, 
regarded by some as identical with Acantholimon 4g gluma- 
cewm, is accorded specific rank in the ‘* Index Kewensis.” 
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