SPATHODEA 



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SPEEDWELL 



Evergreen stove herbs. Seeds ; divisions. Fibrous 

 loam, lumpy peat, small nodules of charcoal and sand. 

 Water freely when in growth. 

 S. bla'ndum (pleasing). Trop. Amer. 

 ca'ndidum (white), i. Spathe white ; spadix white. 



Colombia. 1875. 

 cannczfo'lium (Canna-leaved). r. Spathe white ; 



spadix pale yellow. Trop. Amer. 1877. 

 cochleari' spathum (shell-spathed). 4. Spathe green; 



spadix white. Mexico. 

 commuta'tum (changed). 2-3. Spathe and spadix 



white. Philippines. 1870. 

 Decha'rdi (Dechard's). See S. CANNJEFOLIUM. 

 floribu'ndum (free-flowering), i. White. Colombia. 



1874. 



Gardne'ri (Gardner's). Brazil. 

 heliconiafo'lium (Heliconia-leaved). See S. COCH- 



LEARISPATHUM. 



lanceczfo'lium (lance-leaved). Spathe pale green. 

 Venezuela. 



longiro'stre (long-beaked). Mexico. 



Minaha'sstz (Minahassa's). Country unknown. 1870. 



Ortgie'sii (Ortgies's). _ i. Spathe green ; spadix 

 white. July. Mexico. 1873. 



Pati'nii (Patin's). i. White. Colombia. 1874. 



pi'ctum (painted), r. Leaves marked with yellow- 

 green. S. Amer. 1874. 



pictura'titm (pictured). Leaves dark green, spotted 

 with yellow. 1898. 



Walli'sii (Wallis's) of Regel. Colombia or Venezuela. 

 1877. 



Walli'sii (Wallis's) of gardens. See STENOSPERMA- 

 TION WALLISII. 



SPATHO'DEA. (From spathe, a sheath ; sheath, or 

 spathe- like calyx. Nat. ord. Bignoniads [Bignoniaceae]. 

 Linn. i^-Didynamia, 2-Angiospermia.) 



Cuttings of side-shoots, 3 or 4 inches in length, taken 

 off with a heel, as growth is proceeding, in spring, in- 

 serted thinly in sand, under a bell-glass, and in a sweet 

 bottom-heat ; peat and loam. Winter temp., 50 to 

 60 ; summer, 60 to 80. 



STOVE EVERGREEN CLIMBERS. 



S. bracieo'sa (large-bracted). See MACFADYENA BRAC- 



TEOSA. 



fraxinifo'lia (ash-leaved). 10. Caracas. 1822. 

 unca'ta (hooked). 10. Yellow. Guiana. 1804. 



STOVE EVERGREEN TREES. 



S. adena'niha (gland-flowered). Trop. Africa. 

 adenophy'lla (gland-leaved). See HETEROPHRAGMA 



ADENOPHYLLUM. 



campanula,' to. (bell-shaped). 30-50. Orange, red. 



Trop. Africa. 

 Cau'da-feli'na (cat's-tail). See DOLICHANDRONE 



CAUDA-FELINA. 

 corymbo'sa (corymbed). See MACFADYENA CORYM- 



BOSA. 



Ice'vis (smooth). 12. Purple. Guinea. 1825. 

 longiflo'ra (long-flowered). See DOLICHANDRONE 



RHEEDII. 



penia'ndra (five-anthered). See OROXYLON INDICUM. 

 Rheefdii (Rheede's). See DOLICHANDRONE RHEEDII. 

 Roxbu'rghii (Roxburgh's). See HETEROPHRAGMA 



ROXBURGHII. 



Serra'tula (Serratula). Siam. 1832. 

 specio'sa (showy). Pink. May. Brazil. 1850. 



SPATHOGLO'TTIS. (From spathe, a sheath, and 

 glottis, a tongue. Nat. ord. Orchids [Orchidaces]. Linn. 

 zo-Gynandria, i-Monandria. Allied to Bletia.) 

 Stove orchids, grown in pots. See ORCHIDS. 

 S. Augusto'rum (The Augusts'). See S. VIEILLARDII. 

 au'rea (golden). 2. Yellow. July. Malaya. 1849. 

 Fortu'nei (Fortune's). J. Yellow. August. Hong- 

 Kong. 1844. 

 gra'cilis (slender). 2. Bright yellow, streaked red. 



Borneo. 

 hardingia'na (Hardingian). J-iJ. Rose-purple, 



sometimes pale lilac. N. Burma. 1903. 

 ixioi'des (Ixia-like). Himalaya. 

 kimballia'na (Kimballian). Golden-yellow, with red- 

 brown lines. Borneo. 1888. 



S. Lo'bbii (Lobb's). Sulphur-yellow, streaked brown. 



Burma. 1876. 

 paci'fica (pacific). Sepals whitish-lilac; lip lilac, 



edged yellow. Pacific Islands. 1883. 

 Pe'tri (Petr's). 2. Dark lilac ; lip purple. South Sea 



Islands. 1877. 



,, plica 'ta (plaited). Purple. Penang. 1843. 

 a'lba (white). White. 

 ,, pube'scens (downy), ij. Yellow, violet. June. N. 



India. 

 Regnie'ri (Regnier's). Light yellow; callus white. 



Cochin-China. 1887. 



,, ro'sea (rosy). Rose. July. Philippines. 1837. 

 ,, soutteria'na (Soutterian). Light rose ; lip darker. 



Queensland. 1910. 

 ,, tomento'sa (felted). Crimson. June. Philippines. 



1845. 

 Vieilla'rdii (Vieillard's). 2. Pale lilac. Polynesia. 



1886. 

 ru'bra (red). 2. Dark lilac. 1892. 



SPATHO'LOBUS. (From spathis, a spoon, and lobos, 

 a pod ; the pod is thickened at the apex. Nat. ord. 

 Leguminosae.) 



Tall climbing, evergreen stove shrub. Cuttings of 

 side-shoots with a heel, in sand, and placed in a close 

 frame with bottom-heat. Fibrous loam, a little peat 

 and sand. 



S. Roxbu'rghii (Roxburgh's). 20. Scarlet. India ; 

 Burma. 1818. 



SPAWN is the white, thready matter produced in the 

 soil by Mushrooms, and by which they are propagated. 

 These threads or hyphae arise from spores produced in 

 great abundance upon the gills of the mushroom ; they 

 also constitute the vegetative part of the plant, and the 

 portion that is made to grow in the bricks made of clay 

 and horse manure and sold to gardeners under the name 

 of mushroom spawn. Pieces of these bricks are inserted 

 in beds of fermenting manure, and the mycelium or 

 hyphae grow and ramify in the manure for a space of 

 six weeks, then begin to develop the fruiting part on 

 the surface, known as the mushroom, which is the part 

 eaten. 



SPECULA'RIA. (From the ancient name, Spe'culnm- 

 Ve'neris, or Venus's Looking-glass. Nat. ord. Bellworts 

 [Campanulaceae]. Linn. ^-Pentandria, i-Monogynia.) 



Annuals and all others, by seeds in pans, in a bed 

 under glass, in March and April ; division of the herbace- 

 ous kinds in spring, and cuttings of young shoots under 

 a hand-light, in a shady place, in summer ; cuttings of 

 shrubby kinds under a glass, in sandy soil, in April ; 

 sandy loam, with a little peat, or reduced dried leaf- 

 mould, for shrubby. Winter temp., 40 to 48. 



GREENHOUSE EVERGREENS. 



S. diffu'sus (spreading). See PRISMATOCARPUS DIFFUSUS. 

 ,, frutico'sus (shrubby). See PRISMATOCARPUS FRUTI- 

 cosus. 



GREENHOUSE HERBACEOUS. 

 S. interru'ptus (interrupted). See PRISMATOCARPUS IN- 



TERRUPTUS. 



ni'tidus (shining). See PRISMATOCARPUS NITIDUS. 



HARDY ANNUALS. 



S. biflo'ra (two-flowered), i. Blue. June. N. and S. 



Amer. 1836. 



falca'ta (sickle-petaled). i. Rose. July. Mediter- 

 ranean. 1820. 



,, hy'brida (hybrid), i. Rose. July. Europe (England). 



" Corn Violet." 



, pentago'nia (five- angled), i. Blue. July. Levant. 

 1686. 



perfolia'ta (leaf-stem-pierced), i. Blue. July. N. 

 Amer. 1680. 



Spe'culum (Fenws's-looking-glass). i. Green, white. 

 July. S. Europe. 1596. 



calyci'na (la.rge-calyx.ed). July. Iberia. 



,, ,, liba'nica (Libanian). July. 



pube'scens (downy). July. France. 



SPEEDWELL. Vero'nica. 



