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SCHIZCLOMA. Included under Lindsaya (which 



tee). 



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

 part; alluding to the cut petals). OBD. Saxifrageae. A 

 monotypic genus. The species is an ornamental, green- 

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

 sandy peat. Propagated by cuttings. 



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

 mous cymes ; calyx five-lobed, with a short tube : petals five, 

 toothed. June. fr. a rather large, ovoid or globular drupe. 

 i._ ovate or ovate-Lanceolate, obtuse or acuminate, mostly Sin. to 

 4in. long, nearly entire, or with irregular, obtuse serratures. 

 A. (hi its native place) 50ft. Australia, 1825. 



SCHIZONEURA LANUGINOSA. See Ameri- 

 can Blight, or Woolly Aphis. 



SCHIZOPETALON (from, schizo, to cut, and 

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

 OKD. Cruciferce. 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 

 unguiculate, pinnately lobed, involute in aestivation. 

 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 be 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).* Jl. white, in long racemes ; pedicels each 

 furnished with a linear bract. May to August. I. alternate, 

 sinuatelv pinnatifid. A. 1ft. to 2ft. 182L Whole plant beset 

 with branched down. (B. M. 2379 ; B. R. 752 ; H. E. F. 74 ; 

 S. B. F. G. ser. ii. 387.) 



SCHIZOPHRAGMA (from schizo. to out, and 

 phragma, an inclosnre or wall ; the portions of the wall 

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

 OKD. Saxifragem. A monotypic genus. The species is a 

 hardy shrub, allied to Hydrangea, 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 effected by cuttings, inserted in 

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

 seeds. 



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

 fl. white or flesh-coloured ; calyx tube tnrbinate, the limb five- 

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

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

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

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

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



SCHIZOPLEURA. Included under Beaufortia. 

 SCHIZOPTERIS. Included under Cheilanthes. 

 SCHIZOSTEMMA. A synonym of Orypetalum 



(which see). 



SCHIZOSTYLIS (from schizo, to cut, and stylos, 

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

 branches). OBD. IrideoB. 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; spatb.es scattered at the sides of 

 a simple peduncle. Leaves linear or narrow-ensiform. 

 Stems fascicled on a rhizome, ebulbous or slightly 

 bulbous-thickened at base. 8. coccinea, 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 



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Schizostylis continued. 



flowers come to perfection, under such treatment, in a 

 greenhouse, and are very 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. coccinea (scariet).* Crimson Flag; Kaffir Lily. JL ten to 

 fourteen in 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. L long, 

 sheathing, sword-shaped, carinate, the longest arising from the 

 base ; upwards they gradually form bracts. A. 3ft. 1864. Half- 

 hardy. (B. M. 5422 ; F. d. S. 1637 ; F. M. 183 ; L H. 394.) 



SCHKUHRIA (named after Christian Schkuhr, 1741- 

 1811, of the University of Wurtembnrg, who published 

 some botanical works). SYNS. Mieria, Tetracarpiim. In- 

 cluding Achyropappus and ChamcBstephanvm. OBD. 

 Composites. A genus comprising about eight species of 

 annual herbs, natives of South and Central America aa 

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

 Leaves slender, dissected. The species have no horti- 

 cultural value. 



SCHLIMMIA (named in compliment to M. Schlim, 

 one of M. Linden's plant-collectors). OBD. Orchidece. 

 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, concave-carinate ; 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 the column ; pollen masses two ; bracts 

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

 Leaf coriaceous, contracted into the petiole. Pseudo- 

 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 (Jasmine-scented). Jl. white and very fragrant ; 

 dorsal sepal linear, erect ; petals reflexed ; lip fle>hy, sliorter than 

 the column, and articulated with it, with three knobs near the 

 foot of the column, another in the middle 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. L oval, long-stalked. Pseudo-bulbs long and 

 slender. New Grenada, 1852. (L. <fc P. F. G. iii. p. 115.) 

 S. triflda (three-cleft). Jl. having a delicious perfume, between 

 those of Jasmine and Bergamot; dorsal sepal turned down- 

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

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

 hypochil, trifid at apex, white, marked with rich orange ; 

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

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



elongate-ovate, clustered. 

 vii. 141.) 



I. oblong, 

 ew Grenada, 



1877. (G. C. n. s., 



SCHLUMBERGERIA (named in honour of F. 

 Schlumberger, a Belgian horticulturist). Anoplophytum 

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

 species. OBD. Bromeliacece. 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 

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

 ture similar to Tillandsia (which see). 

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



described hi this work as Massangea Lindeni. 

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

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

 bunch; scape tall, with green, adpressed bracts. L gracefully 

 recurving, 3ft long, green, marked with numerous darker gre_en, 

 transverse lines above, and with reddish lines beneath. Habitat 

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

 S. Roezlll (Roezl's). JL sessile, spirally arranged, lin. long; 

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

 long, liin. wide, spreading, unarmed, green. A. 3ft. Andes of 

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



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