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STENOCAKFUS (from stenos, narrow, and tarpos. 



a fruit; alluding to the usually nearly flat follicles^. 



STNS. Agnostvf, Cybele. ORD. Proteacece. A genus com- 



prising fourteen species of stove or greenhouse trees, of 



which three are Australian and the rest New Caledonian. 



Flowers yellow, white, or red, umbellate, hermaphrodite 



slightly irregular ; perianth tube elongated, opening alont 



the lower side ; limb sub-globose, recurred, the segment- 



at length separating; anthers sessile within the concave 



lamina ; bracts small and highly caducous, or absent 



Leaves alternate or scattered, entire or deeply pin- 



natifid with few lobes. Only three of the species have 



been introduced. For culture, see Lomatia. 



S. rimTilngtiainfi (Cunningham's). A synonym of S. fiituah<f 



S. Forsteri (Forster".-). /. white ; perianth four to five line- 



long ; pedicels longer than the perianth ; umbels solitary, six ti 



eight-flowered ; peduncles terminal, equalling the leaves. June. 



t. oblong, obtuse, attenuated and slightly petiolate, entire, ten 



to eighteen lines long, three to six lines broad, almost veinless. 



Branches terete; branchlets slender. A. 3ft. New Caledonia, 



1850. (L. & P. F. G. ii. p. 166.) 



S. salignns (Willow-like). Beef Wood. jl. greenish; perianth 

 usually under iin. long ; pedicels Jin. to iin. long, irregularly 

 crowded; peduncles slender, terminal or in the upper axils, 

 usually shorter than the leaves, bearing a single umbel of ten 

 to thirty flowers. June. /. ovate-lanceolate or elliptic, acute, 

 acuminate, or rarely obtuse, 2in. to 4in. long, tapering into short 

 petioles. A. 5ft or more. Australia, 1719. (B. E 44L) 

 S. slnnatns (sinuate).* Fire-tree or Tulip-tree of 

 fl. bright red ; perianth tube Iin. or more '. 

 upwards ; peduncles terminal, 2in. to 4in. long, 

 umbel of twelve to twenty flowers, and either generally 

 late or shortly racemose. June. f. petiolate, either undivided. 

 oblong-lanceolate, and 6in. to Sin. long, or pinnatifld and above 

 1ft. long, with one to four oblong lobes on each side. k. (in 

 Australia) 60ft. to 100ft. 1830. STN. S. Cunninghamii 

 (B. M. 4263 ; F. d. S. iii. 7 ; P. M. B. xiv. 1). 



STENOCHILTJS (from stenos, narrow, and chetios, 

 a lip; alluding to the narrow lip of the flower). OKD. 

 Myoporineae. A genus comprising eight species of pretty. 

 little, greenhouse, evergreen, Australian shrubs, now in- 

 cluded, by the authors of the " Genera Plantarum," under 

 Eremophila. Calyx segments five, imbricated at base, 

 usually enlarged after flowering ; four upper lobes of 

 corolla short and acute, the fifth lowest more deeply 

 separated and sometimes narrow ; stamens four (with one 

 exception), exserted. Leaves alternate or scattered. 

 The two best- known species are here described. They 

 thrive in sandy peat, and may be increased by cutting?. 

 inserted in sand, under a glass. 



red, or with these colours 

 brous, or slightly pubescent out- 



side, nearly or quite Iin, long, the tube constricted above the 

 ovary ; pedicels solitary. April L lanceolate, or rarely elliptic- 

 oblong or cuneate, acute or obtuse, entire or slightly serrulated, 

 usually Jin. to Iin. long. A. 3ft 1803. (B. M. 1942 ; B. B. 572.) 

 SV.NS. 5. ineantu, S. viteonu (B. M. 2930). The correct name 

 lant is Er 



. glaber (glabrous). JL yellow 

 variously mixed; corolla glabrou 



of this plant is 



Mia Br 



S. incanns (hoary). A synonym of S. glaber. 

 S. maculatus (spotted). Jl. red, more or less variegated with 

 yellow, or quite yellow, solitary; corolla Iin. or more long, 

 the lowest lobe separated to below the middle. April. I. mostly 

 lanceolate, occasionally varying from elliptic-oblong to linear, 

 acute or obtuse, entire, above Iin. long. A. 3ft 1820. (B.R.647.) 

 The correct name of this plant is tremophila macutata. 

 S. vlscosus (clammy). A synonym of S. glaber. 



STENOCHLJENA Included under Acrostichum 

 and Lomaria. 



STSNOCOBiYNE (from stenos, narrow, and koryne, a 

 club; alluding to the club-shaped spur of the lateral 

 sepals). OED. Orchideci. A monotypic genus. The 

 species is a stove, epiphytal Orchid, now regarded, by 

 Bentham and Hooker, as a member of the genns Bi- 

 frenaria. For culture, see Maxillaria. 



S. longicornia (long-horned). Jl. orange, spotted with brown ; 

 lateral sepals ovate, acute, extended into a long, slender, clavate 

 spur ; lip long, unguiculate, three-lobed at apex ; raceme loose, 

 many-flowered. April. /. oblong-lanceolate, sub-plicate, shining. 

 Pseudo-bulbs elongated, tetragonal h. Ht Demerara, 1843. 



STENOOASTRA. Included under 

 (which M). 



Vol. LLL 



STENOGLOSSUM ifrom stenos, narrow, and glossa, 

 a tongue; alluding to the long, narrow labellnm). ORD. 

 Orehideee. A monotypic genus. The species is a stove, 

 epiphytal Orchid, having racemose flowers and narrow 

 leaves, allied to Epidendrum. It is a native of the Andes 

 of tropical America, and is not yet known to cultiva- 

 tion in this country. 



STENOGLOTTIS (from stenos, narrow, and glotta, 

 a tongue ; alluding to the narrow lip). ORD. Orehidece. 

 A monotypic genns. The species is a greenhouse, ter- 

 restrial Orchid, allied to Habenaria. It thrives in a 

 compost of loam and rotten leaves, with the addition of 

 small pieces of decayed wood and charcoal. The tem- 

 perature of an intermediate house is most suitable. 

 Water must be plentifully supplied during the growing 

 season. Propagation may be effected by division. 

 S. fimbriata (fringed). JL rosy -pink, rather small, scattered on 



a slender spike, sub-secund ; sepals free, sub-equal, at length 



spreading; petals similar, but smaller; lip spreading from the 



column, narrow, as long as the sepals, trifld at apex, not spurred ; 



column very short I. clustered at the base of the stem, oblong. 



Root tuberous, or consisting of fascicled, fleshy fibres. South 



Africa, 1871. (B. M. 5872.) 



STENOLOM A. Included under Davallia (which see). 



STENOMESSON (from stenos, narrow, and messon, 

 middle ; alluding to the shape of the perianth). Including 

 Callithauma, Chrysiphiala, Clitanthus, Coburyia, Necera. 

 and Sphaerothele. ORD. Amaryllidece. This genns com- 

 prises, according to Mr. Baker, nineteen species of stove 

 or greenhouse, bulbous plants, natives of tropical America. 

 Flowers many in an umbel, very rarely reduced to one, 

 often on pendulous, recurved pedicels ; perianth red, 

 orange, or fulvous, showy ; tube elongated, sub-cylindrical, 

 often slightly contracted above the base or towards the 

 middle ; lobes sub-equal, erect or more or less spread- 

 ing ; stamens erect, connected on a six-toothed corona : 

 involncral bracts two, broad or narrow. Leaves appear- 

 ing with the flowers, linear or rather broad, loriform. 

 Except where otherwise indicated, the under-mentioned 

 species require greenhouse heat. For culture, see Hip. 



S. anrantiacnm (orange). Jl. nodding ; perianth yeUow, the seg- 

 ments ovate, erect ; stamens included ; bracts shorter than the 

 pedicels ; umbels two-flowered. May. 1. ligulate, with revolute 

 margins. A. 1ft Quito, 1843. (B. R, 1844, 42, and R. H. 1883, 

 p. 296, under name of S. Harttreyii.) 



S. coccinenm (scarlet).* Jl. four to eight in an umbel, drooping ; 

 perianth bright crimson, l^in. long, the oblong-lanceolate seg- 

 ments half as long as the tul>e ; scape 1ft or more high, firm, 

 terete. May. I. four or five, 1ft or more long, moderately fleshy. 

 Peruvian Andes, 1850. (Ref. B. 309.) ST>. Cotntrgia coccinea 

 (B. M. 3865). 



S. crocemn (yellow). JL nearly erect, four in an umbel ; perianth 

 golden, IJin. long, the tube curved, the limb segments con- 

 nivent; bracts Iin. long, marcescent; scape 1ft long, terete, 

 glaucous. May. /. linear-lanceolate or oval-lanceolate, solitary, 

 green above, whitish beneath. P<*u, 1820. (B. M. 2641, under 

 name of S. Jlavum B. R. 778, under name of Ckrytiphiala 

 jlaca.) 



S. enrrtdentatum (curved-toothed). Jl. shortly pedicellate; 

 perianth golden pale greenish below, IJin. long, curved, the 

 segments reflexed, obtuse ; coronal teeth recurved ; bracts iin. 

 long, marcescent ; scape terete, 6in. long, two-flowered. Mav. 

 I. lanceolate-oval, compressed, sub-acute. Pern, 1842. (B. M. 

 2640.) 



S. Hartwegii (Hartweg's). A synonym of S. avrantiaevm. 



S. hnmilis (dwarf). /., perianth scarlet, nearly Sin. long, the 

 " limb some* 



tube cylindrical, 



above, the 



somewhat 



STN. Coburyia humilis (B. R. 1842, 46). 

 S. incarnata (flesh-coloured).* JL very shortly pedicellate; peri- 

 anth variable hi colour, usually ml, nearly Sin. long, glabrous, 

 the segments ovate-elliptic, slightly obtuse, spotted, nearly Iin. 

 lone ; scape four or five-flowered, erect about 2ft high. August 

 L linear, narrowed above, obtuse, entire, succulent, reticulate- 

 nerved, glabrous, erect lift long, Iin. broad. Quito, 1826. 

 (R. G. 1147.) STN. Oobmyia intarnata (S. B. F. G. ser. ii. 17). 

 wing so-called species are regarded, by Mr. Baker, as 

 rently only, in a broad sense, varieties differing princi- 



The following so-called species 

 " apparently only, in a broad 

 pally in the colour of the flower 



S. L fnlvmn (fulvous). JL, perianth tawny, 4$in. long; bracts 



persistent ; scape above 2ft long. L about six, linear-ligulate, 



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