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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. Noronnse (Xpronha's). Jl. white ; sepals very concave ; petals 

 ohovate, 

 axillary, 



ohovate, spreading ; stamens very numerous ; peduncles solitary, 

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

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



penninerved, tapering into a short petiole. Branches terete. 

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

 under name of Gordonia jaranica.) SYN. S. nuptrba. 

 S. snperba (superb). A synonym of S. 



Schinus 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. R. 1580). The two species introduced require culture 

 similar to that recommended for the stove species of 

 Rb.ua (which see). 



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

 Pepper-tree; Peruvian Mastic-tree, rf. yellowish-gjeen. 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 A. 20ft. Brazil and Peru, 1597. (R M. 3539.) 



FIG. 443. SCHISMATOGLOTTTS CRISPATA. 



SCHINUS (from Sehinot, the old Greek name used 

 by Theophrastus for the Mastic-tree, Pistacia Lentiscus ; 

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

 like juice which exndes from the species). ORD. Ana- 

 cardiacea. A genus comprising twelve species of stove 

 shrubs or small trees, inhabiting the warmer parts of 

 South America. Flowers whitish, small, dioecious ; 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. terebinthlfolins (Terebinthus-leaved). JL greenish-white, 

 racemose. July. L composed of seven somewhat serrated, 

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

 SCHISMATOQLOTTIS (from schisma, sch\smatos, 

 deciduous and glotta, a tongue ; the limb of the spathe 

 scon falls off). SYN. Zantedesc hia (of Koch). OBD. Aroidaae 

 (Araceai). A genus of 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 apiculate or acuminate; 

 spadix sessile, inappendiculate, included in the spathe, 



