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SCILLA 



SCOLOPENDRIUM 



several small, erect blue fls. in a short, terminal raceme, 

 almost flattened into a corymb: perianth segments 

 scarcely above 3 lines long, spreading. Spring. A 

 plant occurring in stony and sandy wastes near the sea 

 in western Europe, reappearing farther east in Den- 

 mark, on the Rhine and Sardinia. — Hardy. 



John W. Harshberger. 



2276. Scilla Sibirica (X H). 



SCINDAPSUS (an old Greek name, transferred to 

 these plants). Ard,cecB. Climbing perennials, differing 

 from Monstera in floral characters and in the long- 

 petioled, long-sheathed, ovate-lanceolate or ovate-acu- 

 minate Ivs. Species 9 or 10. East Indies. Scindapsus 

 comprises one popular and worthy warmhouse plant, 

 that known to gardeners as S. argyrmis. For culture, 

 follow directions given under Philodendron. 



pictus, Hassk. Internodes of the stem 3-4 in. long, 

 2 in. thick; petioles 13^-2 in. long; blade 4-6 in. long, 

 2%-,iyi in. wide, one side half as wide as the other, 

 coriaceous, bright green (drying black), obliquely ovate- 

 cordate. Var. argyrseus, Engler (S. argyrmis, Hort. 

 PdtJios argyrmis, Hort.), is the cult, form, with broad, 

 deeply cordate leaf -blades which are spotted and 

 blotched above with silvery white. Celebes, Philippines, 

 Java, etc. 



2277. Scilla amoena ( X >;'i) 



S. aiwtanlHS, TTort. = Monstera acuminitta.— .S'. Ciiscnaria, 

 Presl., is now referred by Engler to Cnscuaria marantifolia. 

 Not known to bo in the trade. It is a question whether the 

 Aglaonema coinmutatuin sometimes mentioned in liorticul- 

 tural Hterature is this species or is Aglaonema marantifolium, 

 var. commutatum, Engler.— S.pertusus, Hort.=Rhaphidophora 

 Pe'^tusa. Jared G. Smith. 



SClRPUS (Latin for bulrush). Cyperdcece. Bul- 

 rush. Sedge. A large genus of rush-like or grass-like 

 plants inhabiting the whole globe, and characterized by 

 perfect flowers in spikes which are solitary, clustered 

 or umbellate : scales spirally arranged: perianth of 

 bristles or none, not enlarged in fruit: ovary one-loculed, 

 with one anatropous ovule; style not thickened at the 

 base, 2-3-cleft. Only a few species are in cultivation, 

 and these are all perennials (except perhaps the last), 

 suited for shallow water or damp places. The larger 

 are important for use in aquatic gardens. The nomen- 

 clature of those in the trade has been very much con- 

 fused. 



A. Stem leafy. 



atrovirens, Muhl. Stems clustered, tall and stout, 

 2-4 ft. high, bluntly triangular: Ivs. long, coarse and 

 firm, 3-6 lines wide, spreading: involucre foliaceous: 

 umbel sparingly compound; rays stiff, very unequal: 

 spikes ovoid-oblong, acutish, dai-k greenish brown, in 

 dense heads of 5-25; scales oblong, cuspidate; perianth 

 bristles 6, downwardly barbed above; styles 3. Eastern 

 U. S., in mud or damp soil. 



Holoschoenus, Linn. Stiff and rush-like, from stout 

 I'ootstocks : stems clustered, slender, cylindrical, 1-3 

 ft. high: Ivs. 1-2, basal, stiff, erect and narrow, fur- 

 rowed: bracts several, the larger one appearing as a 

 continuation of the stem; spikes very numerous and 

 small, closely packed in 1- several globular, light brown 

 heads, 3-5 lines in diam. ; scales ovate, mucronate, cili- 

 ate; perianth bristles none; styles 2-3-cleft. Eu., Asia, 

 —The form in cultivation is var. varieg^tus. Hort., with 

 stems alternately banded with green and yellowish 

 white. Damp or dry soil. 



AA. Stems ivitli very short basal leaves, or none, 



laciistris, Vahl. Great Bulrush. Rootstocks very 

 stout: stems scattered, terete, smooth, tall, stout and 

 flexible, 3-9 ft. high : Ivs. reduced to a few basal 

 sheaths: bracts very short, erect: umbel compound, 

 flexuous: spikes in heads of 1-5, oblong-conical, pale 

 brown, 23^-8 lines long ; scales ovate-oblong obtuse, 

 rarely mucronate; perianth bristles 4-6, downwardly 

 barbed throughout; styles 2-3. In shallow quiet water, 

 N. A., Eu., Asia. In Europe the 3-styled form is com- 

 mon; the 2-styled form is often referred to as var. di- 

 gynus, Godr. (S. Taberncemontdniis, Gmel., and Hort.), 

 but is scarcely distinct. Var. zebrina, Hort., is a form 

 with alternate bands of green and yellowish white; 

 often known as Jtmcus zebrinus. 



c6rnuus, Vahl (S. ripctrius, Spreng., not Hort. Is6l- 

 epis gracilis, Hort. /. setdceus, Hort.). Fig. 2278. 

 Densely cespitose, forming turf: stems 3-12 in. long, 

 very slender or filiform, cylindrical, erect or more often 

 drooping; basal sheaths leafless or with a very short 

 filiform blade; involucral bract subulate, about equal- 

 ing the spikelet, the latter usually solitary, oblong-lan- 

 ceolate. 1-3 lines long; scales oblong-oval, obtuse, pale 

 brown or whitish; bristles none ; styles 3; akene in 

 greenhouse plants rarely maturing. Almost cosmopoli- 

 tan, except in eastern U. S. and very variable. — Grows 

 well in damp pots, the drooping stems producing a very 

 graceful effect. Synonomy much confused. 



K. M. Wiegand. 



SCLEROCAEPUS (Greek, hard and fruit; referring 

 to tlie bony, fructiferous bracts). Compdsitce. A genus 

 of about 11 species of mostly Mexican herbs, with branch- 

 ing stems and terminal pedunculate radiate heads of 

 yellow flowers in summer. 



uniseri^lis, Benth. & Hook. (GymuSpsls uniseridlis, 

 Hook.). An annual herb 1 ft. or so high, loosely 

 branclied, with alternate, deltoid or rliombic-ovate, den- 

 tate, petioled Ivs. and fragrant fl. -heads, with 5-9 oval 

 or oblong, orange-yellow rays. Moist or sliady ground, 

 Texas and south. R. H. 1853:261. p_ tjy. Barclay. 



SCOKE. A name for Phytolacca decandra. 



SCOLOPENDRIUM. See PhylUtis. Many garden 

 forms are cultivated under a variety of names, all de- 

 rived from PhylUtis Scolopendriuni '{the Scolopendrium 

 vulgare or the S. officinaruni of Europe). 



