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two or three years' growth, they will live in a green-house ; 

 where they will form a good variety, retaining their leaves all 

 the year. They may also be increased by layers and cut- 

 tings : the layers should be put down in the spring, and 

 by the following spring they will be rooted; the cuttings 

 should be planted in April, which will put out roots in 

 about two months, and may afterwards be treated as the 

 seedling plants. 



2. Schinus Areira ; Brasilian Mastick Tree. Leaves 

 pinnate ; leaflets quite entire, equal, petioles equal. Native 

 of Brazil and Peru. This may be propagated in the same 

 manner as the first species, but the young plants being much 

 more tender, will require to be placed in a moderate stove 

 for four or five winters, after which they may be placed in a 

 good green-house, and sparingly watered. 



Schisandra; a genus of the class Monoecia, order Pentau- 

 dria. ESSENTIAL CHARACTER. Calix: nine-leaved, disposed 

 in three series. Corolla: none. Anihera: subsessile, cover- 

 ing at the points. Berry : single-seeded, inserted upon an 



elongated filiform receptacle. There is but one species, 



Schisandra Coccinea. A twining shrub, with alternate 

 and lanceolate leaves, sometimes repandly denticulate ; flowers 

 axillary, solitary, scarlet ; acini spiked. Grows in Carolina 

 and Georgia. 



Schmidelia; a genus of the class Octandria, order Digynia. 

 GENERIC CHARACTER. Calix: perianth two-leaved ; 

 leaflets roundish, coloured, permanent. Corolla: petals four, 

 roundish, sessile, erect. Stamina : filamenta eight, simple, 

 length of the flower; antherae roundish. Pistil: germina 

 two, pedicelled, compressed, longer than the flower; styles 

 filiform, bifid at the top; stigmas simple. Pericarp: berries 

 two, subgtobular. Seeds : solitary. ESSENTIAL CHARAC- 

 TER. Calix : two-leaved. Corolla : four-petalled. Ger- 



mina: pedicelled, longer than the flower. The only known 



species is, 



1. Schmidelia Racemosa. Stem arboreous ; branches 

 round, leafy, finely downy ; leaves alternate, ternate ; leaflets 

 petioled, obovate-oblong, acuminate. Native of Java. 



Schcenus; a genus of the class Triandria, order Monogynia. 

 GENERIC CHARACTER. Calix: glumes chaffy, one-valved, 

 heaped. Corona: none. Stomna: filamenta three, capillary; 

 antherse oblong, erect. Pistil : germen ovate, three-sided, 

 obtuse; style bristle-shaped, length of the glume; stigma 

 bifid or trifid, slender. Pericarp: none. Seed: single, round- 

 ish, among the glumes. Observe. There are some species 

 in which a very few small bristles, springing from the proper 

 receptacle, surround the seed. ESSENTIAL CHARACTER. 

 Glumes : chaffy, one-valved, heaped, the outer ones b,arren. 

 Corolla: none. Seed : one, roundish, among the glumes. 



The species are, 



* With a round Culm. 



1. Schoenus Mariscus; Prickly or Long-rooted Bog Rush. 

 Culm round ; leaves prickly along the edge and back ; root 

 perennial. So common in the Isle of Ely, that it is brought 

 up to Cambridge for lighting fires and heating ovens. In 

 the Fen towns, it is frequently used instead of straw, for 

 thatching; and in pools often grows in such quantities, as to 

 form floating islands.. It is found in bogs all over England, 

 and in the fens and ditches of Europe and Africa. 



2. Schcenus Junceus; Rushy Bog Rush. Culm round, 

 almost naked ; umbel sessile, lateral. Native of Guinea. 



3. Schoenus Mucronatus ; Dagger-pointed or Clustered 

 Bog Rii-slt. Culm round, n:\ked; spikelets ovate, in bundles; 

 involucre six-le;ived; leaves channelled; root perennial, creep- 

 ing. Native of the south of France, Spain, Italy, Barbary, 

 and the Levant, on sandy sea-coasts. 



4. Schoenus Pilosus ; Hairy Bog Rush. Culm round ; sheaths 

 of the leaves hairy; flowers in bundles. Native of Guinea. 



5. Schoenus Filiformis ; Slender-stalked Bog Rush. Culm 

 round, capillary; head oblong; involucre three-leaved. 

 Native of the Cape. 



6. Schoenus Striatus ; Striated Bog Rush. Culm round ; 

 head ovate ; involucre three-leaved. Native of the Cape. 



7. Schcenus Capitellum. Culm round; head ovate; invo- 

 lucre two-leaved. Native of the Cape. 



8. Schoenus Scariosus. Culm round; head oblong; invo- 

 lucre one-leafed; glumes scariose at the edge. Native of the 

 East Indies and the Cape. 



9. Schoenus Nigric-ans ; Black Bog Rush. Culm round, 

 naked ; head ovate ; involucre two-leaved, with one of the 

 valves awl-shaped and longer ; root perennial. It flowers in 

 June. Native of Europe and Barbary, in bogs and marshes; 

 not uncommon in England. 



10. Schoenus Compressus ; Compressed Bog Rush. Culm 

 roundish, naked ; spike distich, shorter than the one-leafed 

 involucre; spikelets many-flowered ; leaves flat; root peren- 

 nial, fibrous, a little creeping. Native of the bogs of Europe. 

 Found on Hinton Moor, between Little Shelford and Whit- 

 tlesford in Cambridgeshire; near D-arsingham Bath, Norfolk; 

 at Basford Scottum in Nottinghamshire. It flowers in July, 

 and is not uncommon in many other parts of England. 



1 1 . Schoenus Ferrugineus ; Rust-coloured Bog Rush. Culm 

 round, naked ; spike double ; larger valve of the involucre 

 equal to the spike. Native of Gothland. 



12. Schoenus Rufus*, Brown Bog Rush, Culm round, 

 naked; spike distich, longer than the one-leafed blunt invo- 

 lucre ; spikelets few-flowered ; leaflets channelled ; root per- 

 ennial, creeping, horizontal. It flowers in July, and has been 

 observed in the marshes of Scotland, as in the isles of Mull 

 and Skve, and at Douglas Castle. 



13. Schoenus Trystachios; Three-spiked Bog Rush. Culm 

 round, jointed, even; heads three, terminating. This, and 

 the seven next species, are natives of the Cape. 



14. Schoenus Cuspidatus; Cusped Bog Rush. Culm 

 round ; spikes panicled, shorter than the involucres. 



15. Schoenus Aristatns ; Awned Bog Rush. Culm round, 

 leafless ; spikes aggregate ; involucre one-leafed ; glumes 

 cusped. 



16. Schoenus Compar; Equal-spi'ked Bog Rush. Culm 

 round, leafless ; spikes aggregate ; involucres one-leafed, 

 shorter; glumes acute. 



17. Schoenus Flexuosus ; Flexuose Bog Rush. Culm 

 round, leafy; spikes panicled; glumes mucronate. 



18. Schoenus Capillaceus; Hairy-leaved Bog Rush. Culm 

 round, leafy ; spikes subracemed ; glumes ciisped ; leaves 

 capillary. 



19. Schofcnus Ustulatus ; Burnt Bog Rush. Culm round, 

 leafy ; spikes peduncled, pendulous, oblong, awned. 



20. Schoenus Spicatus ; Spiked Bog Rush. Culm round, 

 capillary; heads spiked, involucred. 



21. Schoenus Bobartise ; Hop-spiked Bog Rush. Culm 

 compressed; head terminating; involucre five-leaved. Sup- 

 posed to be a native of Ceylon. 



22. Schoenus Stellatus ; Starry Bog Rush. Culm subtri- 

 quetrous; spikelets conglomerate, with a leafy involucre, 

 coloured at the base; root perennial; plant almost a foot 

 high. Native of the West Indies. 



** With a three-sided Culm. 



23. Schoenus Cephalotes. Culm leafy, three-sided ; invo- 

 lucre four-leaved, bent down ; head oblong, terminating. 

 Native of Surinam. 





