SCHISMATOGLOTTIS 



SCHIZANTHUS 



1625 



■white, the total mass of green being less than the varie- 

 gation; petiole 3-4K in. long; blade 4-5 x l%-2}4 in. 

 Borneo. I.H. 31:520. G.C. II. 24:361.-6\ decora, var. 

 Wittmani(ina, was offered in 1893 by John Saul, Wash- 

 ington, D. C. 



S. Roehelinii, Pitcher & Manda, 1895, p. 138. "Lvs. beauti- 

 fully marked with silvery white in a broad feathery varieea- 

 tion. Only the center and edge of the leaves are plain light 

 green. The plant is compact, free-growing, with thick leaves 

 as enduring as those of a rubber tree. A fine house plant.'' 

 This plant is imperfectly known. It is figured in Pitcher & 

 Manda's catalogue 1895:141 as S. Roelielinii, and the same thing 

 is used in A.G. 19:589 (1898) as S. picta and in V. M. 23:71 

 (1899) as S. crispata. The plant so pictured is distinct from 

 any species described above. There is more white than green 

 in the leaf, only the edges and midrib portion being green. 

 Some growers believe it to be a sport of S. crispata.— 

 S. Seemanii, Hort. Bull., was advertised by the U. S. Nursery 

 Oo. 1895, but seems unknown to botanists.— S. Sianimsis, Hort. 

 Bull, still in cultivation, but imperfectly known to botany. 

 Possibly a species of Aglaonema. W'. M. 



SCHIZaiA (Greek, to split). Schizcedcece. A genus 

 of small ferns with twisted grass-like lvs. and sedge- 

 like sporophylls formed of a cluster of closely com- 

 pacted pinnsB, each with two rows of sporangia, which 

 in common with the family are pear-shaped, with an 

 apical ring, opening by a vertical fissure. 



pusilla, Pursh. Our only native species, growing in 

 sand barrens mainly in New Jersey. Lvs. an inch long, 

 grass-like: sporophylls 2-3 in. long, with 6-8 closely 

 compacted divisions, forming a spike at the apex. 

 Known locally as Curly-grass. The prothallus only re- 

 cently studied is found to resemble protonema, being 

 filamentous rather than thallose as in ordinary ferns. 



L. M. Underwood. 



2266. Foliaee and fruit of California Pepper-tree— 

 Schinus Molle (X 3^). 



SCHIZANDRA (Greek, schizein, to cleave, and aner, 

 andros, man, stamen; referring to the cleft or separate 

 anther-cells). Including SpJuerdstema and Maximo- 

 wicsia. Maqnoliclcece. Ornamental deciduous twining 

 shrubs, with' alternate, simple lvs., white, yellowish or 

 red, not very conspicuous fls. on slender, drooping pedi- 



cels and showy scarlet or black, berrj'-like fr. in droop- 

 ing racemes. The Asiatic jS'. Chinensis is hardy north, 

 while the native S. coccinea can only be grown south. 

 They may be used for covering rocks, trees, shrubs or 

 fences, and seem to thrive best in partly shaded and 

 somewhat moist places in a porous, sandy loam. Prop. 

 by seeds, by greenwood cuttings under glass, root- 

 cuttings or layers, and also by suckers. Six or 7 spe- 

 cies, chiefly in E. Asia, from India to N. China and 

 Japan, 1 species in N. America. Lvs. exstipulate, usually 

 ovate: fls. slender-stalked, in few-fld. axillary clusters, 

 dicEcious or monoecious ; sepals and petals 9-12, not dif- 

 fering; stamens 5-15, more or less connate; carpels 

 numerotis, imbricated in the fl., developing into berries 

 disposed on the elongated filiform receptacle, forming 

 a drooping raceme. The fruits of the Asiatic species 

 are eaten in their native countries. 



coccinea, Michx. High climbing shrub: lvs. slender- 

 petioled, ovate or oval, acuminate, entire or obscurely 

 denticulate, glabrous, 2-3K in. long: fls. monoecious, 

 crimson purplish, %-]4 in. across; stamens 5, connate 

 into a 5-lobed disk with the anther-cells widely sepa- 

 rated: berries scarlet, forming a loose raceme 2-3 in. 

 long. June. S. C. to E. Tex. B.M. 1413. 



Chinensis, Baill. (Maximowiczia Sinensis, Rupr. ). 

 Climbing to 25 ft. : lvs. broadly oval or ovate, acute or 

 acuminate, remotely denticulate, dark green and shin- 

 ing above, glabrous except at the veins beneath, 2-4 in. 

 long; petiole 14-1% in. long: fls. dioecious, pinkish 

 white, K in. across, fragrant; stamens 5, divided at the 

 apex: berries scarlet, forming a rather dense raceme 

 1-4 in. long. May, June. Japan, N. China, Amurland. 

 Gt. 12:382. F.S. 15:1594. Gn. G, p. 583. M.D.G. 

 1899:568. — The very showy fruit ripens end of August; 

 to secure it both sexes must be planted together. 



S. nigra, Maxim. Similar to the preceding: lvs. smaller, 

 qtute glabrous: fls. white: fr. bluish black. Japan. Seems 

 more tender than S. Chinensis. — S. propinqua. Hook. f. & 

 Thorn. ( Sphserostema propinquum, Blume). Lvs. ovate to 

 ovate-lanceolate, about 4 in. long on ^2-in. long petioles: fls. 

 pale yellowish: fr. scarlet, forming racemes to 6 in. long. 

 Himalayas. B.M. 4614. For cult, in subtropical regions or in 

 the warm greenhouse. ALFRED Rehder. 



SCHIZANTHUS (Greek, split and flower; from the 

 incised corolla). Solandcect. Butterfly Flower. 

 About 6 species of annual herbs from Chile, with mostly 

 finely cut leaves and terminal open cymes of variously 

 and highly colored fls. : calyx 5-cleft, the lobes linear, 

 corolla tubular; limb wide-spreading, oblique, plicate, 

 somewhat 2-lipped, laciniate; stamens 2, exserted: 

 seeds numerous, small. These dainty plants are of easy 

 culture in any good garden soil. They are also useful as 

 pot-plants for spring flowering, the seed being sown in 

 early fall and the plants kept in a light house and 

 given plenty of root room as they need it. 

 A. Corolla-tube as long as the calyx: stamens short- 

 exserted. 

 B. The middle segment of the anterior lip of the corolla 

 notched at siimmit. 



reWsus, Hook. Stem 2 ft. high : lvs. pinnatisect, with 

 the segments entire, dentate or pinnatifld: fls. in the 

 type deep rose, with the large middle segment of the 

 upper lip orange except at the tip; the lateral segments 

 of the posterior lip falcate, acute, linear, longer than 

 the middle segment. B.M. 3045. B.R. 18:1544.-The 

 portions of the flower which are rose-colored in the 

 type are white in var. ^Iba. 



BB. The middle segment of the anterior lip not notched 

 at apex. 



Gr&hami, Gill. Lvs. 1-2-pinnatisect; segments entire 

 or dentately pinnatifld: fls. typically lilac or rose, with 

 the middle half of the middle segment of the anterior 

 lip yellow or orange; the lateral segments of the pos- 

 terior lip falcate, linear, acute, shorter than the middle 

 segment. B.M. 3044. R.H. 1843:529. 



AA. Corolla-tube shorter than the calyx: stamens long- 



exserted. 



pinn^tus, Ruiz and Pav. {S. pdrrigens, Grab. S. 



Priestii, Paxt.). Fig. 2267. The most variable of the 



species, with many horticultural forms distinguished 



