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STEVIA— SWERTTA. 



nelled, prostrate, hollow, forked, sub-pubes- 1 die ; authers much longer than the fila- 



cent; peduncles solitary, long; flowers 

 small, lieptandrous; calyx erect."" 1-4 f. S. 



jamesia'iia, viscid-piibe.scent; leaves lan- 

 ceolate, sub-falcate, sessile, acute; stem, 

 somewhat branched, weak ; panicles lax, 

 divaricate ; petals 2-lobed, about twice the 

 length of the oblong-acute divisions of the 

 calyx. S. 



gla'bra, (w. M.) stem slender, glab- 

 rous ; leaves subulate-linear, expanding ; 

 peduncles erect, axillary, 1-flowered ; pe- 

 tals emarginate, much longer than the ca- 

 lyx. 



STE'VrA. 17—1. (Corymbiferct.) [After an 



eminent Spanish botanist.] 



caUo'sa, (r. ^.) leaves linear, cro%vded, 

 somewhat succulent, callous at the apex; 

 upper ones alternate ; flowers divaricate, 

 sub corymbed ; egret about 8 leaved, erose, 

 short. 6'. 

 STILLIN"GIA. 19—15. (Euphorbia:.) [From 



Stillingfleet, who wrote on gardening in 



1739.] 



sylvatfica, (y. J. 2^.) herbaceous; leaves 

 sessile, oblong-lanceolate, serrulate ; scaly 

 bracts nearly as long as the staminate flow- 

 ers. S. 



sebif'era, (Ju. F) .) leaves rhomboid, acu- 

 minate, entire, with a gland below the base 

 on the petiole ; staminate flowers pedi- 

 celled. Introduced. 20-40 f S. 



ligusiri'na, (Ju.) fruticose ; leaves lance- 

 olate, tapering at each end, glabrous, entire, 

 petioled ; staminate florets short-pedicelled. 

 6-1-2 f S. 

 STI'PA. 3—2. (Graminea.) 



avena'cea, (feather grass, M. 2^.) stem te- 

 rete, glabrous ; leaves striate, glabrous ; 

 panicle spreading ; branches whorled with 

 branchlets ; awns naked, twisting. Var. 

 bi' color, fruit bearded at the base, obovate. 



stric"ta, panicle long, narrow ; peduncles 

 very straight, jointed ; awns naked ; some- 

 what flexuous. S. 



STrPULICI'DA. 3—1. [Amaranti.) [From 



stipula, the stipule, and cado, to cut, tlie 



stipule being divided into niany segments.] 



seta'cea, (w. M.) erect, smooth, branched ; 



lower leaves small, opposite, spatulate; on 



the branches none ; at each fork 2 fimbriate 



stipule.s. 6-10 i. S. 



SIOKE'SIA. 17—1. (Corymbifera.) [After 

 John Stokes, an eminent botanist.] 

 cya'iiea, (b. 11.) st(.-m leafy; leaves lance- 

 olate ; peduncles axillarj', 1-flowered. S. 

 STREPTAN"THUS. 14—2. (Cruciferai.) 



sagillu'tus, (r. 0.) leaves sagittate, acute, 

 clasping, entire ; petal oblong-oval, not mac- 

 ulate. 



ovalifo'lins, (Arkansas cabbage,) leaves 

 oval. Grows in Arkansas. 

 STUEPTO'PUS. 6—1. (LiliacecE.) [From 

 streptos, twisted, pons, foot.] 

 ro'aeus, (r. M. iX-) smooth and shining; 

 stem dichotomous, terete ; leaves clasping, 

 serrulate, ciliate ; anthers short, 2-horned. 

 12-18 i. Mountains. 



distor"tjis, (g-y. M. U.) pedicels distort- 

 id or twisted, and geniculate in the mid- 



20* 



ments. 2 f Shady, alpine woods. 



layuigino'sus, hoary-pubescent; flowers 

 greenish, larger than the preceding. Moun- 

 tains. 

 STROPHOS'TYLES. 16—10. (^Leguminosm.) 



angu'losa, (p. Au. @.) leaves ternate ; 

 leafets gjogular, 2-3-lobed ; peduncles long- 

 er than the leaves ; flowers capitate. 



heho'la, flowers red, prostrate, sometimes 

 twining; leaves ternate, deltoid-oblong; 

 flowers capitate ; banner short ; winga 

 large, expanded. 

 STUAR"TIA. 15—12. {Malvacea-,.) 



pentagy'na, (w-y. Ju ) sepals lanceolate ; 

 styles distinct ; cap.sules 5-angled ; leaves 

 oval or ovate, acuminate, entire or mucro- 

 nately serrulate, somewhat pubescent be- 

 neath. N. C. to Geor. 



virgin" ica, (w. M. Tp .) leaves ovate, acu- 

 minate ; flowers axillary ; calyx ovate ; 

 petals entire. 6-12 f. S. 

 STYL'TPUS. 11—12. {Rosacea.) [From 



stulos, column, from the receptacle being 



columnar.] 



ver"na, (y. J. 2/.) sparingly pubescent ; 

 radical leaves interruptedly pinnate ; cau- 

 line ones pinnate and pinnatifid ; leafete 

 gash-toothed ; stem procumbent at the ba.se 

 branching above ; stipules large, roundLsh 

 gash-toothed ; petals longer than the calyx, 

 awns naked ; flowers smaU. 

 STYLOSAN"THES. 16-10. (Leguminosce.) 



[From stulos, a column, and anthos, flower.] 



cla'tior, (pencil-flower, y. Au. 2^.) stem 

 pubescent on one side; leaves glabrous, 

 lanceolate-; bracts ciliate; heads 2-3-flow- 

 ered. 9-15 i. 



STY'RAX. 15—12. (Malvacea.) [Name 



from the Greek.] 



grandifo'lium, (w. Ap. ^.) leaves obo- 

 vate, acuminate, tomentose beneath ; ra- 

 cemes simple, axillary, leafy near the base. 

 4-12 f. S. 



ben"zoin, a tree producing a balsam, the 

 preparations of which are much used for 

 medicinal purpo.ses. 



l(s've, (w. Ap. ^.) branches virgate, 

 slightly geniculate ; leaves lanceolate, acu- 

 minate at each end, serrate, glabrous ; ra- 

 cemes lateral, leafy; flowers axillary and 

 terminal ; corolla tomentose. 4-6 f (S. 



pulveruleri"tum, (w. Ap. ^.) leaves oval, 

 acute, tomentose beneath ; racemes lateral, 

 leafy, few-flowered ; corolla very fragrant. 

 18 i. S. 



gla'brum, (w. Ap. ^.) branches diffuse, 

 spreading ; leaves oval-lanceolate, acute at 

 each end, finely serrulate, membranaceous, 

 glabrous, thin ; racemes lateral, leafy ; co- 

 rolla large. 6-8 f. S. 



SUBULA'RIA. 14—1. (Crucifem.) [From 



suhula, an awl.] 



aqnafica, (w. Ju. 0.) scape 1-2 inches 

 high ; radical leaves entire, subulate. Wa- 

 ter. 



alpi'na, [IX) stem branching; leaves ob- 

 ovate. <b'. 

 SWER"TIA. 4—1. {Gentianem.) [Namer 



from Emanuel Swert.] 



dejlex"a, (g. y. Au ^ .} stem 4-side(I 



