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FIG. 450. SCILLA SIBIRICA, showing Habit and detached 

 Single Flower. 



lines long ; scapes one to six, fleshy, Sin. to 6in. long. February. 

 I. two to four, ascending, narrow, lorate, at length 4in. to 6in. 

 long, four to six lines broad, slightly cucullate. European Russia, 

 Siberia, Ac., 1796. Hardy. See Fig. 450. (A. B. R. 355; 

 L. B. C. 151.) SY.NS. S. amoena sibirica (B. M. 1025), S. amamula 

 (B. M. 2408), S. uniflora. 



S. socialis (social). /., perianth greenish, rounded-campanulate, 

 Ain. lo_ng, the segments falcate ; pedicels iin. long, the lower ones 

 drooping ; raceme dense, twenty to thirty-flowered, oblong, liin. 

 to 2in. long, lin. broad ; scape firm, terete, unspotted, 2in. to Sin. 

 long. Spring. I. three or four, spreading, oblong-lanceolate, 

 acute, 2in. to 2iin. Ion;.', |in. to lin. broad, slightly narrowed at 

 base, pale glaucous-green and spotted on the face. Cape of Good 

 Hope, 1862. Greenhouse (Ref. B. 180.) 



S. spathulata (spathulate-leaved). fl., perianth greenish outside, 

 purple within, oblong-campanulate, nearly 4in. long ; pedicels six 

 to seven lines long, the lower ones drooping ; raceme dense, thirty 

 to forty-flowered, Sin. to 4in. long, liin. to l|in. broad ; scape 

 flexuous, Sin. to 4in. long. Spring. 1. five or six, lorate-spathu- 

 late, 6in. to Sin. long, IJin. to IJin. broad, pale glaucous-green, 

 with deeper green and purplish blotches. Cape of Good Hope, 

 1862. Greenhouse. (Ref. B. 187.) 



S. sub-glauca (rather glaucous). JL, perianth greenish outside, 

 purple within, oblong-campanulate, Jin. long; pedicels six to 

 seven lines long, the lower ones drooping ; raceme ratner loose, 

 thirty to forty-flowered, Sin. to 4in. long, liin. or rather more 

 broad ; scape spotted, Sin. to 4in. long. Spring. 1. five or six, 

 lorate-lanceolate, 9in. to lOin. long, lin. broad, acute, distinctly 

 narrowed at base, pale glaucous-green on the face, purple-spotted 

 at back. Cape of Good Hope, 1862. Greenhouse. (Ref. B. 186.) 



S. tricolor (three-coloured). Jl., perianth green, the segments 

 oblong ; filaments bright mauve-purple ; lower pedicels spreading, 

 Jin. or more long ; raceme dense, oblong-conical, 2in. to Sin. long, 

 IJin. to liin. broad; scape flexuous, terete, 6in. to Sin. long. 

 Spring. 1. six or seven, lanceolate, erecto-patent, glabrous, 1ft. 

 long, 2in. broad, narrowed to lin. at the channelled base, dark 

 green, blotched on the face with lighter green, and on the back 

 with claret-brown. Port Elizabeth, 1880. Greenhouse. 



S. nniflora (one-flowered). A synonym of S. gibirica. 



S. verna (spring). Sea Onion. Jl. fragrant ; perianth bright blue, 

 iin. in diameter ; bracts as long as the pedicels, or longer ; lower 

 pedicels in. long ; raceme six to twelve-flowered, sub-corymbose 

 or deltoid, Jin. to IJin. broad; scapes one or. two, shorter than 

 the leaves. April and May. I. preceding the flowers, linear, 

 sub-obtuse, Sin. to lOin. long, &in. to &in. broad, recurved, con- 

 cave. Europe (Britain). (Sy. En. B. 1527; F. D. 568, under 

 name of S. bifolia.) 



S. versicolor (various-coloured). JL, perianth whitish, tinged 

 with green, |in. long, the segments ligulate, slightly obtuse ; 

 anthers blue; lower pedicels at length spreading, Uin. to 2in. 

 long ; raceme rather dense, fifty to eighty-flowered, oin. to 8in. 

 long, Siin. broad ; scape erect, 6in. to Sin. long. Spring. I. six 

 to eight, glabrous, ascending, linear-lorate, 6in. to 9in. long, four 

 to six lines broad, green on both sides, acute and narrowed at 

 apex. Cape of Good Hope, 1872. Greenhouse. (Ref. B. 505.) 



S. villosa (villous). Jl., perianth blue, Jin. or rather more long, 

 the segments elliptic, rather obtuse ; pedicels erecto-patent, the 

 lower ones Jin. to liin. long ; raceme sub-corymbose, six to eight- 

 flowered ; scape 2in. to Sin. long. Spring. I. three or four, lorate, 

 spreading, Sin. to 5in. long, Jin. to iin. broad, ciliated, loosely 

 pilose on the face, channelled below. Barbary, 1831. Hardy. 

 (B. M. 3211.) 



S. zebrina (zebra-striped). JL, perianth greenish and purple, 

 rounded-campanulate, Jin. long; pedicels Jin. to Jin. long, the 

 lower ones drooping; raceme dense, thirty to forty-flowered; 

 scape 4in. to 6in. long, spotted below. Spring. I. nve or six, 

 ligulate-lanceolate, nearly erect, Sin. to 12in. long, lin. to IJin. 

 broad, acute, slightly narrowed at base, glaucous-green above, 

 below copiously marked with parallel, vertical bars, and towards 

 the base also with horizontal bais, passing into blotches of 

 purple. Cape of Good Hope, 1862. Greenhouse. (Ref. B. 185.) 

 SCIMITAR, PODS. The pods of Entada tcandem. 



SCIXDAPSUS (from Skindapaos, an old Greek name 

 for an Ivy-like plant). ORD. Aroidece (Aracece). A genus 

 comprising about nine species of tall, robust, climbing, 

 stove shrubs, natives of tropical Asia, the Indian Archi- 

 pelago, New Guinea, and the Fiji Islands. Flowers all 

 perfect, densely disposed on a sessile, cylindrical, inappen- 

 diculate, hermaphrodite spadix ; spathe cymbiform, thick, 

 longer than the spadix; peduncle terminal, short, thick. 

 Leaves ovate, oblong, or oblong-lanceolate, acuminate; 

 petioles elongated, sheathing at apex. S. officinalis, the 

 only species introduced, requires culture similar to 

 Caladium (which see). Some of the plants formerly 

 included here are now placed under Rhaphidophora. 



S. argyrSBa (silvery). L thickly coriaceous, of a beautiful green, 

 unspotted, or with numerous silvery spots, obliquely cordate- 

 ovate, very inequilateral, 4in. to 6in. long, 2iin. to Siin. broad, 

 shortly and acutely acuminate, the posterior lobes rounded ; 

 petioles liin. to 2in. long. Stem climbing, the internodes Sin. 

 to 4in. long. Philippine Islands, 1859. SYN. Pothos aryi/rasa 



S. officinalis (officinal). /., spathe green outside, dirty-yellow 

 within, four times as long as the thick peduncle, long-cuspidate ; 

 spadix very thick, attenuated at both ends. May. i. as long as 

 the petioles, emarginate at apex, ovate-oblong, rounded or loosely 

 cordate-emarginate at base, abruptly long-cuspidate at apex. 

 h. 4ft. IndiaT 1820. 



S. picta (painted). Jl., spathe cuspidate, about 2iin. long ; spadix 

 very shortly stipitate, cylindroid ; peduncle rather shorter than 

 the petioles. I. obliquely oblong, inequilateral, rounded or 

 slightly cordate at base, narrowed at apex into a cusp, coriaceous, 

 dark green above, clouded and irregularly spotted, paler and 

 unspotted beneath, 4in. to 5iin. long. Java. 



SCIODAPHYLLUM. See Sciadophyllum. 

 SCION. A twig employed for grafting; a young 

 shoot. 



SCIOFHYLLA. A synonym of Maianthemum 

 (which see). 



SCIRPE.2E. A tribe of Cyperacea. 

 SCIRPUS (the old Latin name used by Pliny, <Sbc., 

 for a Ensh). Club Grass or Eush. Including Holo- 

 schcenus and Isolepis. TRIBE Scirpea! of ORD. Cyperacece. 

 An extensive genus (about 300 species have been quoted) 

 of stove, greenhouse, or hardy, annual or perennial, 

 marsh or water plants, broadJy dispersed. Flowers all 

 hermaphrodite, or the upper ones rarely male, several or 

 many to a spikelet ; stamens three or fewer ; inflorescence 

 variable. Leaves few at the base of the stem, some- 

 times very long, sometimes small and grass-like, or all 

 reduced to sheaths. Nine species are found in Britain, 

 of which the best-known is S. lacustris. This grows 

 freely in any boggy soil ; it may be increased by seeds, 

 by suckers, or by divisions. The other species may be 

 similarly treated. 



S. Holoschoanns variegatns (Holoschoenus, variegated). 

 Jl., spikelets minute, crowded into heads from Jin. to iin. in 

 diameter; stigmas three. Summer. Stems erect, terete, with 

 alternate zones of whitish and green. A very ornamental, 

 hardy plant, h. 1ft. to lift. The green-stemmed type has a 

 wide distribution, and is taller and more vigorous ; it occurs 

 on sandy sea-coasts in Europe (North Devon), North Africa, 

 and Siberia. 



S. lacustris (stream-loving). Bast ; Bullrush. Jt, glumes 

 glabrous, mucronate or awned, obtusely two-lobed ; spikelets 

 red-brown, one to six, iin. to iin. long, sessile ; cymes terminal, 

 branched ; branches few, iin. to Sin. long. July and August 

 I. wanting, or short, flat, and keeled in still water, or long and 

 strap-shaped in streams. Stems terete or nearly so, 1ft. to 8ft. 

 high. Arctic Europe (Britain), Ac. This plant is extensively 

 used in making chair-bottoms, mats, &c., in most parts of 

 Europe. 



S. riparius (riverside-loving). JL, spikes numerous and clustered, 

 in a one-sided, compound, umbel-like panicle, the principal rays 

 of which mostly surpass the involucral leaf ; involucellate bracts 

 small, scale-like, ana rusty-scarions ; scales of the spike rusty- or 

 chestnut-brown, scarions, with a salient midrib extended into a 

 mucronate point Culm terete, very tall and stout, from a deep 

 running rootstock, naked ; the sheaths at the base bearing a short 

 and imperfect leaf, or none. Extra-tropical regions. A favourite 

 plant for conservatory decoration. SYN. Itolepig gracilis (of 

 gardens). 



S. setaceus (bristly), /f., spikelets one to three, lateral. *in. to 

 Jill, long, ovoid ; glumes green and brown, ovate, obtuse. J uly 



