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STANHOPEA 



STAPELIA 



4. Bucephalus, Liiull. IS. grandifldra, Reichb. f. ). 

 Paeudobulba crowded, rugose: Ivs. petioled, 9 in. long, 

 pointed : the pendulous raceme bearing 4-b' large, tawny 

 orange fls. marked with large crimson spots: sepals and 

 petals reflexed, the former broad ; lower part of the la- 

 bellum curved, boat-shaped, bearing 2 curved horns and 

 a broad fleshy middle lobe; column green and white, 

 spotted with purple. Aug. Mexico, Peru. B.M. 5278. 

 B.R. 31:24.— Pis. very fragrant. Distinguished by its 

 very short ovaries. 



5. platyceras, Reichb. f. Pseudobulbs and lvs. as in 

 S. Bucephalus but stouter : scape 2-fld., with ovate 

 acute bracts one-half as long as the ovary: fls. 7 in. 

 across, pale yellow, with numerous ring-shaped spots 

 aud blotches of purple; sepals triangular oblong; pet- 

 als broadly linear, acute; hypochil boat-shaped, 2 V? in. 

 long; horns 1 in. long, broad, pointing forward, paral- 

 lel with the tongue-shaped middle lobe; the hypochil is 

 deep purplish crimson inside, paler and spotted outside, 

 the upper part of the labellum colored like the sepals. 

 Colombia. Gn. 33:652. 



6. insignia, Frost. Figs. 2390, 2391. Pseudobulbs 

 clustered : lvs. broadly lanceolate: scape 6 in. long, 

 covered with dark brown scales, 2-4-fld. : fls. 5 in. 

 across, dull yellow, spotted with purple; sepals broad, 

 concave; petals narrow, wavy; hypochil globose, almost 

 wholly purple inside, heavily spotted outside, horns 1 

 in. long, falcate, middle lobe cordate, keeled. July- 

 Oct. Brazil. B.M. 2948, 2949. B.R. 22:1837. L.B.C. 

 20:1985. (ing. 2:117 (from which Fig. 2290 is adapted). - 

 Distinguished by the broad wings of the column. 



7. Devoniensia, Lindl. (8. maculdsa, Knowles & W.). 

 Lvs. about 9 in. long: scape pendulous, 2-3 fid. : fls. 5 

 in. across, pale brownish, with broad reddish brown 

 blotches; sepals oblong to ovate-oblong, obtuse; petals 

 narrow; hypochil rounded, saccate, purple, horns in- 

 curved, middle lobe ovate, channeled, obscurely 3- 

 toothed. Peru. F.S. 10:974. F.C. 3:121. 



8. Shuttleworthii, Reichb. f . Pseudobulbs large, coni- 

 cal, sulcate: lvs. broadly oblong, acute: raceme pendu- 

 lous, loose: sepals, petals and base of the labellum 

 apricot color with dark purplish blotches, front part of 

 the labellum yellowish white; hypochil semi-globose; 

 horns flattened, suberect, terminal lobe triangular : 

 column whitish, green along the middle and spotted 

 with purple on the inside. Colombia. 



9. tigrlna, Batem. Lvs. and pseudobulbs as in the 

 genus: scape short, pendulous, clothed with large, thin 

 brown scales: fls. 6 in. across, waxy and very fragrant; 

 sepals broadly ovate, concave; petals oblong-lanceolate, 

 both dingy yellow mottled towards the base with large 

 blotches of dull purple; hypochil broad, cup-shaped; 

 horns 1 in. long, fleshy, berit forward at right angles; 

 middle lobe rhomboid, with 3 fleshy teeth at the apex; 

 column large, spatulate. Mexico. B.M. 4197. B.R. 25:1. 

 G.M. 32:398; 38:149. F. 1845:59. G.C. III. 4:481. -Oneof 



10. Martiana, Batem. Lvs. lanceolate: sepals broadly 

 ovate, creamy white with few purple spots on the lower 

 half; petals narrower, blotched with purplish crimson, 

 hypochil saccate, white ; lateral horns broad, pointed, 

 middle lobe oblong, obscurely 3-toothed; column sub- 

 clavate, winged. Mexico. F.S. 20:2112. Gn. 45, p. 470. 

 — Var. bicolor, Lindl. Ground color of the fls. white. 

 B.R. 29:44. 



2390. Stanhopea insign 



the most striking forms among orchids. Var. lutescena, 

 Hort. Brilliant yellow to orange marked with chocolate. 

 Guatemala. Var. superba, Hort. Van Houtte. Fls. yel- 

 low, with the sepals and petals heavily blotched with 

 reddish brown. F.S. 7:713. Var. atrata, Hort., is adv. 



2391. Stanhopea insignis (X %). 



11. saccata, Batem. Fls. smaller than those of the 

 other species, greenish yellow, changing to deeper yel- 

 low at the bases of the segments, regularly speckled 

 with brown; lateral sepals ovate-oblong, the upper one 

 oblong-lanceolate; petals narrower, oblong, all reflexed; 

 hypochil deeply saccate; horns flat, a little twisted, epi- 

 chil quadrate. Guatemala. I.H. 8:270 (as S. radiosa). 



12. ecornuta, Lem. Pseudobulbs and lvs. large: scape 

 short, clothed with green bracts, 2-fld. : sepals erect, 

 2 in. long, ovate, concave, white, petals smaller; la- 

 bellum reduced to a fleshy sac-like hypochil, \Vi in. long, 

 yellow deepening to orange at the base; column as long 

 as the labellum and of the same color. Cent. Amer. 

 B.M. 4885. F.S. 2:181. G.C. 1850:295. 



.S. Amesiana, Hort. Hugh Low, belongs to the hornless class 

 of which S. ecornuta is a type and is perhaps a variety of S. 

 Lowii. It has large, waxy, clear white, fragrant fls. over 4 in. 

 across, and a very thick, fleshy, saccate labellum. G.M. 36:332. 

 Habitat! 



Heinrich Hasselbeing. 



STANLEYA (Edward Stanley, Earl of Derby, 1779- 

 1849, ornithologist, once president Linuean Society). 

 Crucifera. Stanleya phnwtifida is a hardy perennial 

 herb about 3 ft. high with the general appearance of a 

 Cleome and bright yellow flowers an inch across borne 

 in terminal spikes a foot or more long. The genus 

 contains 5 species of stout herbs native to the western 

 V. S. It belongs to the Sisymbium tribe of the mustard 

 family, which tribe is characterized by long, narrow 

 pods, seeds in a single series and incumbent cotyledons. 

 Stanleya is distinguished from neighboring genera by 

 the long, club-shaped buds, cream-colored or yellow fls., 

 and long-stalked ovaries and pods. Other generic 

 characters: sepals linear; petals narrow, long-clawed; 

 stamens 6, nearly equal: seeds numerous, pendulous. 



pinnatifida, Nutt. (S. pinndta, Britton). Stems flexu- 

 ous: lvs. very variable, commonly pinnatifid; segments 

 lance - oblong or oblanceolate - elliptic, rarely linear, 

 almost entire; terminal segment larger: fls. deep golden 

 yellow, according to D. M. Andrews. May-July. W. 

 Kan. and Neb. to Tex. and S. Calif., in dry clay or alka- 

 line soils. B.B. 2:109. — Procurable from collectors of 

 Colorado wild flowers. w. M. 



STAPfiLIA (J. B. Van Stapel, Dutch physician, died 

 in the early part of the seventeenth century, who wrote 

 on the plants of Theophrastus). Asclepiadacew. Car- 

 riok Flower. Odd fleshy cactus-like plants from 

 South Africa. Schumann, in Engler aud Prantl's 

 "Naturpflanzenfamilien," considers that the genus con- 

 tains 70-80 species. Decaisne, in DeCandolle's Pro- 



