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lertved Euphorbia — Medusa's TTead Euphorbia — 

 Tithvmcloid Euphorbia, or Bastard Spurge. 

 . one species. 

 Stapetkt, Variegated Stapelia — Hairy Stapelia. 



1:1 l.HOl S KINDS. 



yinlhohjza, Ethiopian Corn Flag ; several 

 spc< 



Cnmim. ' I Lily — American Asphodel 



Lilv — Asiatic Asphodel Lily. 



/ ttodorttm, Limodorum. 



Manama, Broad-leaved — Narrow- leaved. 



Pancratium, (Pancratium Lilv) Sea Daffodil — 

 Ceylon EJuiflorons Pancratium — Mexican Biflo- 

 rous Pancratium — Caribbaun Multiflorous Pan- 

 cratium — Ambovna Broad -leaved Pancratium. 



Sonic of tb fse sorts of plan's are also inserted 

 in the green-house list ; as, where there is no 

 stove, they mav lx- preserved tolerably well id a 

 good green ho - 



STRAWBERRY. Sec Fragarm. 



STRAWBERRY BLITE. See Bt.itpm. 



STRAWBERRY SPINACH. See Blitum. 



STRAWBERRY TRICE. See Arbutus. 



STRELITZ1A, a genus affording a plant of 

 the herbaceous exotic perennial kind. 



It belongs to the class and order Pentavdria 

 yfonogynia, and ranks in the natural order of 

 Sc'/aminece. 



The characters are: that the calyx is an uni- 

 versal spathe, terminating, one-leafed, chan- 

 nelled, acuminate, from spreading declining, 

 manv-flowered, involving the base of the flowers; 

 partial spathes lanceolate, shorter than the 

 flowers: perianth none: the corolla is irregular : 

 petals three, lanceolate, acute ; the lowest boat- 

 shaped ; the two upper bluntlv keeled : nectary 

 three-leaved : the two lower leaflets a little shorter 

 than 'he petals, from a broad base awl -shaped, 

 waved at the edge, forded together, including 

 the genitals, towards the tip behind augmented 

 with a thick appendix, in form of half an arrow 

 head ; the lowest leaflet short, ovate, compressed, 

 keeled: the stamina have five filaments, filiform, 

 placed on the receptacle: three in one leaflet of 

 the nectarv; two with the stvle inclosed in the 

 other leaflet : anthers linear, erect, commonly 

 longer than the filaments, included: the pistil- 

 lum is an inferior germ, oblong, obtusely three- 

 cornered : style filiform, length of the stamens : 

 stigmas three, awl-shaped, higher than the 

 petals, erect, at the beginning of flowering time 

 glued together: the pericarpium i- asubcoriaeeous 

 capsule, oblong, obtuse, indistinctly three- 

 cornered, three-celled, three-valved : the seeds 

 numerous, adhering in a double row to the cen- 

 tral receptacle. 



The species is S. Regitue, Canna-leavcd 

 Strclitzia. 



It has all ttM leaves radical, petioled, oft 

 quite entire, with the margin a: bottom 

 and curled, viry 



coriaceous, a FoOl long, permanent ■■ the ■ .■. 

 somewhat compressed, three tea lulls ami 

 more, the thickness of the thumb, sheathing,, 

 erect, smooth: the scape the length and tl 

 ness of the peti'iKs. erect, round, covered With 

 alternate, remote, acuminate sheaths, green v\ith 

 a purple margin : the general spathe a span 

 long, green on the outside, purple at the edge ; 

 partial spathes Whitish ; the petals yellow, I ut 

 inches long: the nectary blue: according to 

 Curtis, the spathe contains about six ,;r eight 

 flowers, which becoming vertical as they spring 

 forth, form a kind of crest, which the glowing 

 ornngt of the corolla, and fine azure of the nec- 

 tary, render* truly superb. A native of the ( 



Cii'hn i .- -These plants are raised from St 

 brought t their native situation, and sown 



in pots of • oil line mould, plunged in a hot- 

 bed to get them up; the plants when of some 

 growth should be removed into separate pots, 

 and be replunged in the tan-pit of the stove ; 

 afterwards, when the plants are large, they should 

 have plenty of mould, that the roots mav be ex- 

 tended into the rotten tan, and in that way ren- 

 der them more strong for blowing their flowers: 

 it may likewise sometimes be raised from the 

 roots, when they are suffered to strike in the 

 above manner; it is said to succeed best in the 

 drv stove and conservatory- 



It is highlv ornamental among stove plants. 



STUA'RTIA, a genus Furnishing a plant o£ 

 the hardy deciduous flowering shrubbv kind. 



It belongs to the class and order Mtmadeiphla 

 Polyandria, and ranks in the natural order of 

 Cbhmrtiferet. 



The characters are : that the calvx is a one- 

 leafed perianth, half-live-eleft, spreading; seg- 

 ments ovate, concave, permanent : the corolla 

 has live petal-', obovatc, spreading, equal, large: 

 the stamina have numerous filaments, filiform, 

 united into a cylinder below, shorter than the 

 corolla, connecting the petals at the base: an- 

 thers roundish, incumbent: the pistillum i- a 

 roundish germ, hirsute: stvle simple, lihl'oim, 

 length of the stamens : stigma five-cleft : the 

 pericarpium is a juice' re, five-lobed, 



five-celled, soluble into live close! puts : the 

 seeds solitary, ovate, compressed. 



The species cultivated is S. "Maiacodendron, 

 tin- Malacodendron. 



I i- a ibrrrb, rtsingwitlTstrbng ligneous stalks 

 to the height often or twelve feet, sending out 

 branches on every side covered with a brown 

 bark, and garnished with oval spear-shaped 

 leaves, about two inches and a half broad, jawed 



