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terminal panicles ; petals longer than the calyx. Jane. Jr., pods 

 liin. to 4in. long, edible when roasted. I two to four-jugate ; 

 leaflets variable in shape, Hin. to 2in. long, Ain. to lin. broad, 

 rigid and thick. A. 20ft. to 30ft. 1816. Tree. (H. E. F. 159.) 



S. speciosa (showy). /. crimson, pedicellate; petals much 

 longer than the calyx ; panicles terminal, fasciculate-corymbose, 

 many-flowered. Summer. 1. polymorphous, four to sixteen- 

 jugate ; leaflets variable in shape, pubescent or glabrous, h. 8ft. 

 to 12ft. 1759. A large shrub or small tree. 



S. tamarindifolia (Tamarind-leaved). I, leaflets eight to ten 

 pairs, linear-oblong, oblong, or elliptic, mucronate or obtuse, un- 

 equal, sub-truncate or rounded at base, four to five lines long. 

 1795. (B. M. 1153 ; A. B. B, 348, under name of S. tpeciota.) 



SCHOTJSBCEA, A synonym of Cacoucia. 



SCHOUW1A (named in honour of J. P. Schonw, 

 1787-1854, a celebrated Danish botanist). OED. Cru- 

 ciferae. A genus consisting of three species of tall, 

 branched, highly glabrous, hardy herbs, natives of Arabia. 

 Flowers purple, at first corymbose, afterwards racemose, 

 slenderly pedicellate; sepals sub-erect, the lateral ones 

 broader; stamens free. Leaves entire. S. arabica is a 

 pretty annual ; it only requires sowing in the open border. 

 A light, sandy soil is most suitable. 

 S. arabica (Arabian). JL rose-purplish. June. JL, upper ones 



deeply auriculate-amplexicauL A. lit. 1837. 



SCHR&DERA (named in honour of Henry Adolf 

 Schrader, 1767-1836, a German botanist.) STNS. Fuchsia 

 (of Swartz), Urceolaria (of Cothenius). ORD. RubiacecB. A 

 penns of about five species of stove, sub-epiphytal, highly 

 glabrous shrubs, with thick, rooting branches, natives of 

 Brazil, Guiana, the "West Indies, and the Gorgona Islands. 

 Flowers in compact, globose, terminal heads; calyx tube 

 turbinate or hemispherical, produced above the ovary; 

 corolla thickly coriaceous, hypocrateriform, the limb of 

 five to ten narrow, spreading or reflexed lobes; stamens 

 five to ten. Leaves opposite, petiolate, thickly coriaceous, 

 oblong ; stipules large, connate in a sheath. 8. cephalotes, 

 the only species introduced, thrives in a compost of sandy 

 loam and peat. Propagated by cuttings, inserted in sand, 

 under a glass, in heat. 



S. cephalotes (headed). JL white ; corolla salver-shaped, eight 

 to tn-lobed, the tube twice as long as the calyx. July. L el- 

 liptic or lanceolate-oblong : stipules spathulate-oblong, blunt, as 

 long as the petioles, h. 4ft Jamaica, 1820. 



SCHRANCXIA (named after F. P. Schrank, 1747- 

 1835, a German botanist). Sensitive Briar. Including 

 Leptoglottis. ORD. Leguminosce. A genus comprising 

 about half-a-score species of stove or hardy herbs or 

 sub-shrubs, often prostrate, armed with recurved prickles, 

 natives of America. Flowers rose or purplish, in globose 

 heads or cylindrical spikes; calyx small; petals connate 

 in the middle, and forming a funnel-shaped corolla. Pods 

 linear, acute or acuminate, prickly. Leaves bipinnate, 

 often sensitive ; leaflets small ; stipules bristly. The 

 under-mentioned species merit attention on account of 

 their leaves, which fall at the slightest touch. The 

 plants thrive in a mixture of loam, peat, and sand. 

 Propagation may be effected by young cuttings, in- 

 serted in sand, under a bell glass, in heat; or by 

 separating the root tubers. 



S. aculeata (prickly), fl. red, in solitary heads. July. L with 

 two or three pairs of pinna, each pinna bearing numerous pairs 

 of leaflets. Stem tetragonal. Roots creeping, h, 1ft. to 2ft. 

 Vera Cruz, 1733. Stove, herbaceous perennial. 

 S. uncinata (hooked). Sensitive Briar. /. rose-coloured, in 

 round heads. June to August Pods 2in. long, densely prickly. 

 L, leaflets elliptic, reticulated with veins beneath ; partial 

 petioles four to six pairs. Prickles hooked, h. 2ft. South 

 United States, Ac., 1789. Half-hardy, herbaceous perennial. 



SCHREBERA (of Thunberg). A synonym of Har- 

 togia (which tee). 



SCHTJBERTIA (of Martins). A synonym of Phy- 

 sianthns (which see). 



SCHUBERTIA (of Mirbel). A synonym of Tax- 

 odium (which tee). 



SCHULTESIA (of Both). A synonym of Wahleu- 

 bergia (which see). 



SCBTWJEGRICHEXIA. A synonym of Anigo- 

 zanthos (which see). 



SCHWANNIA (named in honour of Theodor Schwann, 

 a physician at Bonn). SYN. Fimbriaria. OBD. Mal- 

 pighiacecB. A small genus (five species) of stove, evergreen, 

 climbing shrubs, confined to Brazil Flowers red; calyx 

 deeply five-cleft, with eight glands ; petals shortly clawed, 

 fringed; stamens six, unequal, all fertile; filaments un- 

 equally monadelphous, glabrous ; umbels or racemes four- 

 flowered, often paniculate, terminal; peduncles bracteate 

 at base, bibracteolate at apex. Leaves opposite, entire, 

 petiolate, glandless ; stipules inconspicuous. 8. elegant, 

 the only species introduced, is a desirable shrub, thriving 

 in a compost of loam, leaf mould, and sand. It may 

 be increased by ripened cuttings, inserted in sand, under 

 a glass, in heat. 



S. elegans (elegant), .it., petals pubescent ; umbel paniculate ; 

 stamens scarcely exserted ; peduncles and calyx silky. June. 

 L ovate or sub-orbicular, acuminate, beneath softly and densely 

 pubescent ; petioles having i our to six glands. Branchlets silky. 



SCHWARTZIA. A synonym of Norantea (which 

 see). 



SCHWEIGGERIA (named in compliment to Aug. 

 Frid. Schweigger, 1783-1821, Professor of Botany at 

 Konigsburg, one of the authors of a Flora of Erlangen). 

 Foreign Violet. SYN. Glossarrhen. ORD. Violarieae. A 

 genus comprising only a couple of species of beautiful, 

 erect, stove shrubs ; one is Brazilian, the other Mexican. 

 Three outer sepals larger than the two narrow, inner 

 ones; petals spurred at base; peduncles axillary, one- 

 flowered, articulated above the bracts. Leaves alter- 

 nate; stipules minute. S. pautijlora, the only species 

 introduced, succeeds in a mixture of loam, peat, and 

 sand. It may be increased by young cuttings, which 

 will strike readily, if inserted in sand, under a hand 

 glass, in heat. 



S. panciflora (few-flowered), fl. white. December. I. tapering 

 much to the base, obovate-spathulate, obtuse, crenate-serrated. 

 h. 4ft. to 6ft Brazil, 1838. (B. B. 1841, 40.) 



SCHWENKFELDA. A synonym of Sabicea 

 (which see). 



SCHWENEIA (named after J. T. Schwenck, 1619- 

 1671, a Professor of Medicine at Jena). SYNS. Chato- 

 chilus, Mathea, Matthisonia. OBD. Solanacece. A genus 

 comprising about a score species of stove herbs or sub- 

 shrubs, natives of South America, one being also found 

 in tropical Africa. Flowers yellowish-green or whitish ; 

 calyx five-toothed or five-cleft; corolla with an elongated 

 tube, its limb five-toothed, with two to five club-shaped 

 glands placed between the teeth; stamens exserted or 

 included ; peduncles one-flowered or simply few- flowered, 

 paniculate. Leaves entire, ovate or narrow. S. omri- 

 cana, probably the only species in cultivation, is an 

 annual, thriving in any light soil It may be multiplied 

 by seeds. 



S. americana (American). JL lilac ; corolla 4in. long ; pedicels 

 scarcely longer, or shorter, than the calyx ; panicle slender, many- 

 flowered. August. L petiolate ; lower ones ovate, lin. to liin. 

 Ions, narrowed at base ; upper ones oblong ; floral ones minute. 

 h. 2ft Brazil, Ac., 178L 



SCHWEYCXERTA. A synonym of Limnantlie- 

 mum (which see). 



SCIATJOCALYX. Included under Isoloma. 

 SCIADOPHYLLUM (from slcias, tkiados, a shade 

 or canopy, and phyllon, a leaf ; the leaves are large, and, 

 consequently, afford much shade). Sometimes erroneously 

 spelt Sciodaph-.llum. SYN. Actinophyllum. OBD. Ara- 

 liacece. A genus comprising about twenty-two species of 

 stove or greenhouse trees or shrubs, inhabiting tropical 

 America. Flowers hermaphrodite or polygamous; petela 



