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STEPHANANDRA 



green, V^-VA in. Ions: fls. white, about ',. in. across, in 

 terminal short, 8-12-ld., usually panicled racemes; sta- 

 linns in. June. Japan, Korea, Gn. 55, p. 141. 



Tanakae. Franch. & Sar. Fig. 2397. Shrub, 5 ft. high, 

 almost glabrous: lvs. triangular-ovate, slightly cordate 

 al the base, abruptly ami long-acuminate, usually 3- 

 lobed an. I .1.. ul.lv serrate or lobulate, 

 pubescent onlv on the veins beneath, 

 I 1 ..-:; in. long: Us. in terminal loose 

 panicles, sleuder-pedieeled, '.. in. 

 across; stamens 15-20. June, Julv. ~fe;' *%» 



Japan. B. M. 7593. Gt. 15: 1431.- 

 Haudsome shrub much resembling 

 Neillia in foliage hiring in fall bril- 

 liant orange and scarlet or yellow. 



Alfred Rehdek 



Strphanandra flerunsn is closeh allied 

 Spiraa and has the Spiriea style of beaut\ 

 li grows 2-3 it. high and has long, slender 

 branches which are densely and regularly in- 

 terwoven in a fan-iik. ■ manner. Its habit of 

 growth is fountain-like, the branches being gracefulh 

 pendent. Its (lowers are snowy white and, although 

 minute, are so numerous that the plant becomes very 

 showv. It is especially fitted foi the back of herba- 

 ceous borders or for the front of larger shrubs. Its 

 foliage, which is deeply toothed, is tinted red in early 



\ ~ In the autumn 'it puis on unusual tints of red- 

 dish purple. This species ran be increased by cuttings, 



but it is usually propagated bv layers, which r 



readily an. I are easily transplanted. The foliage be- 



s so dense that the growth ..I' weeds beneath its 



thickly set branches is effectually prevented. 



J. W. Adams. 

 STEPHANOPHYSUM. See ttutWa. 



STEPHANdTIS (from Greek words for crown and 

 eric- alluding to the 5 i ar-hke appendages on the starui- 

 nal crown I. A.iclepindtlceie. Twining glabrous shrubs 



of the ' H. I World tropics, of about fourteen species, i 



of which, N. ftmibumla, is I the best of green- 

 house climbers. I, vs. opposite and -n, is: Hs. 



large and showy, white, in umbel-like cymes from the 

 axils calvs 5-parted; corolla funnelform or salver- 

 form, the tube cylindrical and usually enlarged at the 



base and some s at the tin. .at. tin- lobes .">: crown 



mostly of ."■ scales that are usually free at the apex 1 



adnate to the anthers on the l k, the anthers with an 



inflexed tip or membrane: fr. a more or less fleshy fol- 

 licle. 



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STERCULIA 



floribiinda, Brongn. Fig. 2398. Glabrous, 8-15 ft.: 

 lvs. elliptic, with a short point, thick and shining green, 

 entire: fls. 1-U in. long, of waxy consistency, white or 

 cream color, very fragrant, in many umbels, he ca- 

 lyx one-fourth or less the length of the corolla-tube: 

 fr. .'t— t in. long, ellipsoid, glabrous, fleshy, containing 



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2397. Stephanandra Tanakse (X ,';,). 



23J8 Stephanot.s Moribunda ( v V 



melon-like seeds which are providi 

 with a tuft of hair. Madagascar. 

 B.iM. 1058. Gn. 21, p. 411 (showing 

 a pygmy plant blooming in a small pot ami 

 not climbing); 4b. p. 208; 55, p. 150. (i. 

 ('. II. 14:169 in dwarf variety, the Elves- 

 ton); 24:817; 25:137 : III. 17:50. R.H. 

 1S74, p. 368; 1885, p. 438, 439. — This is a 

 m. .si useful old greenhouse twiner, bloom 

 in:: in spring ami summer. In winter il 

 should be kept partially dormant at a tem- 

 perature suited t.i carnations (say 50-60°). 

 Enrich the soil every year. Propagated 

 by cuttings of last year's growth in spring. 

 Good s.-e.ls arc rarely produced under 

 glass. When planted in the open in warm countries, it 

 thrives best in partial shade. Very liable to mealy bug. 



S. Thoudrsii, Brongn., from Jladagasear, appears to 



lie the only ether s| ies iii cult., but it is n.. i iii the 



American trade. It has obovate lvs., Ms. in ::'s. and 

 sepals about one-third the length of the corolla-tube. 



L. H. B. 



Steplianotis floribiinda is - of the handsomest of 



our warmhouse climbers, 1.1. ...nun- in spring and sum- 

 mer. In the .lavs when short blooms were used in 

 bouquets it was one of the most valuable flowers that 

 the ll.-rist had, its large waxy umbels having a delicious 

 odor. It should be kept about 60° during the winter, 

 with less water. In the summer it delights in the tem- 

 perature of .air wannest houses with plenty of syring- 

 ing. When given t<>.. much root renin il grows very 

 rampant and is less inclined to flower. Therefore a 



tub or a border where its i ts are restricted is better, 



with an annual top-dressing of good manure. Its great- 

 est enemy is the mealy bug, which, if allowed to get a 

 lodgment on the plain, is a great pest. Seed pods are 

 occasionally seen on the plant, but it is easily propagated 

 by cuttings from pieces of the last year's growth and 

 they strike freely in sand. This is also one of the most 

 valuable plants for private establishments. When grow n 

 in a 12- or 15-inch pot or tub and trained on a balloon 

 trellis it makes splendid specimens and is often seen at 

 our horticultural exhibitions; and when in bloom there 

 is nothing finer for the conservatory. Wm. Scott. 



STEKCtlLIA (Sterculius of Roman mythology, from 

 stercus, manure; applied to these plants because of the 

 odor of the leaves and fruits of some species). Ster- 

 culi&cece. Some 50 or 60 species of tropical trees or 

 shrubs, most abundant in Asia, a few of which are 

 planted in the southern states and California. Fls. 

 mostly polygamous, apetalous, the calyx tubular, 4—5- 

 cleft, often colored; stamens united in a column which 

 bears a lead of 10-15 sessile anthers; pistil of as many 

 carpels as calyx-lobes and opposite them, each carpel 

 2- to many-ovuled, the stigmas free and radiating: fr. 



