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SCHAUERIA 



lobes long, subulate, glandular-hairy, persistent after the 

 corolla has fallen. Autumn. Brazil. B.M. 2816 (as 

 Justicia calycotricha). B.R. 1027. L.B.C. 20:1921 (as 

 Justicia callitricha). J.H. III. 61 : 277. This plant has 

 been confused with S. calycotricha, Nees, and has long 

 been cult, under that name. S. calycotricha, Nees, has 

 a smooth calyx and broader ovate Ivs. which are very 

 obtuse or subcordate at the base. 



HEINRICH HASSELBRING. 



SCHEELEA (after Scheele, distinguished German 

 chemist). Palmacese. Pinnate palms from Trop. S. 

 Amer. They are spineless, tall or dwarf: If.-segms. 

 arranged in regular series or grouped, linear, in young 

 plants unequally and obtusely 2-cut at the apex: fls. 

 yellowish, dicecious or monoecious, the males very 

 numerous in the upper part of the branches, the females 

 few or solitary in the lower part and sometimes pedun- 

 cled; petals of the males long-club-shaped or cylindrical; 

 stamens 6, shorter than the petals: fr. 1-3-seeded. 

 About 10 species. Almost unknown in Amer. Cult, hi 

 hot moist house. Prop, by rarely obtainable imported 

 seeds. Considered by some the same as Cocos buty- 

 racea. The following species has never been described 

 as a Scheelea and it is only by inference on Karsten's 

 part that it can be placed there. S. butyracea, Karst. 

 This species was once cult, in S. Calif. Franceschi 

 remarks that it comes from Venezuela and is a magnifi- 

 cent palm with the habit of attalea. H. A. Siebrecht 

 states that it is rare in cult, and that it is more inter- 

 esting than beautiful. On account of its large st.-base 

 or crown, it requires so large a pot or tub for the size 

 of the plant that it does not make a very ornamental 

 subject. N. TAYLOR.f 



SCHEERIA (Frederick Scheer presented the original 

 species to the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, he hav- 

 ing received material in 1850, through J. Potts, from 

 Chihuahua, Mex.). Gesneriacese. A name proposed for 

 4 Mexican and Trop. American herbs which are now 

 referred to Achimenes (which see). From Achimenes, 

 Seeman, its founder, distinguished it "by its truly 

 infundibuliform, not bilobed, stigma." In habit, the 

 genus suggests Achimenes hirsuta, A. peduncidata, and 

 A. mvltiflora . In the American trade one species is 

 offered, S. mexicana, Seem. (S. cserulescens, Hort.). 

 St. erect, hairy: Ivs. ovate, hairy, dentate, stout- 

 stalked, opposite: fls. solitary in the axils, stalked, the 

 corolla 2-2^ in. long, the tube inclined or drooping 

 and curved, the wide-spreading 5-lobed limb blue- 

 purple. Lvs. with a metallic luster. B.M. 4743. H.F. 

 11.3:160 (as Shuria mexicana}. Gt. 2:354. This will 

 be found under its accepted name Achimenes Scheerii, 

 Hemsl., in the supplementary list, Vol. I, p. 208. 



L. H. B. 



SCHEFFLERA (named after G. C. Schemer). In- 

 cluding Heptapleiirum, Paratropia, and Sciadophyllum. 

 Araliacese. Glabrous or pubescent trees or shrubs or 

 sometimes climbing by means of switch-like branches, 

 grown in the greenhouse or hardy in the far South. 



Leaves various, mostly digitately compound, rarely 

 simple and then usually mixed with compound Ivs., 

 very seldom double digitately compound: fls. in umbels, 

 heads, or racemes, these mostly arranged . *, 



racemosely, seldom in whorls; calyx-limb 

 weakly developed, obscurely and shortly 

 toothed or almost lacking; petals 5 or more 

 (-15), mostly 5-6; stamens as many as 

 the petals: fr. globose to ovate or elongated, 

 silicate or angled. About 150 species in 

 the tropical regions of the world. Para- 

 tropia Stelzneriana, Barb.-Rodr., belongs 

 to this genus. See under Paratropia. 



odorata, Merr. & Rolfe (Polyscias odorata, 

 Blanco). A glabrous vine 6-18 ft. high: 



SCHINUS 



petioles longer than the Ifts.; Ifts. 5. or 6, smooth and 

 shining, coriaceous, elliptic to broadly ovate, obtuse or 

 very shortly acuminate: panicles lax, terminal: fls. 

 greenish, 6-merous: fr. globose, fleshy. March, April. 

 Philippines. Occasionally cult. 



S. acuminata, Harms (Actinophyllum acuminatum, Pav. 

 Sciadophyllum acuminatum, Poir.), has climbing sts. 10 ft. high, 

 7-11 oblong, obliquely acuminate, coriaceous Ifts. and yellow fls. 

 in small heads. May. Peru. S. conica, Harms (Actinophyllum 

 conicum, Pav. Sciadophyllum conicum, Poir.), has shrubby sts. 

 10 ft. high, 7-13 oblong, abruptly acuminate, coriaceous Ifts., and 

 small heads of whitish red fls. May. Peru. S. polyb6trya, Viguier 

 (Paratropia polybotrya, Miq. Heptapleurum polybotryum, Seem.), 

 is a sparingly branched shrub, 6-7 oblong-ovate to obovate-oblong, 

 caudate-acuminate Ifts. and long racemes of small green fls. Winter. 

 Java. B.M. 6238. S. Sciadophyllum, Harms (Aralia Sciadophyl- 

 lum, Sw. Sciadophyllum Brownii, Spreng.), has tree-like sts. 10-15 

 ft. high, 7-11 nearly umbellate oblong-lanceolate, glabrous unequal 

 Ifts. and white fls. in heads which are in long compound racemes. 

 Peru. S. venuldsa, Harms (Paratropia venulosa, Wight & Am. 

 Heptapleurum venulosum, Seem.), is a small glabrous tree or climb- 

 ing shrub with glabrous entire acuminate Ifts. and small compound 

 S articles of greenish fls. India. Var. erythrostachya, Hort., differs in 

 aving very large Ivs., with broad Ifts. and very tiny deep red fls., 

 borne in a branched terminal panicle. Trop. Asia. B.M. 7402. S. 

 vitiensis, Seem. (Aralia vitiensis, Gray. Agalma vitiensis, Seem.), 

 has digitate Ivs., obovate-oblong, obtuse entire Ifts., with horizon- 

 tally spreading veins and 3-7 fls. in an umbel. Fiji Isls. 



F. TRACY HTJBBARD. 



SCHIMA (said to be an Arabian name). Ternstrcemi- 

 dcese. Evergreen trees or shrubs, suitable for the warm- 

 house: peduncles 1-fld., solitary in the axils or above 

 crowded in a short raceme: fls. showy; sepals 5, slightly 

 unequal; petals 5, much larger, connate at base, strongly 

 imbricate, the outermost concave or somewhat hooded ; 

 stamens numerous; ovary 5- (rarely 4-6-) celled: caps, 

 ligneous, commonly depressed-globose. About 9 spe- 

 cies, Trop. Asia. Here belongs a neat little tea-like 

 shrub about 2 ft. high, known to the trade as Gordonia 

 javanica. Schima and Gordonia are closely related 

 genera, distinguished by Bentham and Hooker as fol- 

 lows: Schima has inferior radicles, sepals scarcely 

 unequal, ovules few in each locule and laterally affixed ; 

 Gordonia has superior radicles, sepals markedly un- 

 equal, ovules numerous in each locule and pendulous. 



Noronhse, Reinw. (Gordonia javdnica, Rollison). 

 Tender evergreen shrub, 2 ft. high or perhaps more, 

 branched, glabrous: Ivs. alternate, elliptic-lanceolate, 

 coriaceous, entire: fls. solitary in the axils, white, lJ/ 

 in. across, shorter than the Ivs.; petals obovate. Java. 

 B.M. 4539. J.F. 1 :46. A good pot-plant for the warm- 

 house. Readily increased by cuttings. 



F. TRACY HuBBARD.f 



SCHINUS (Greek name for the mastic-tree, Pistacia 

 Lentiscus; applied to this genus on account of the resi- 

 nous mastic-like juice of some species). Anacar diocese. 

 Resinous dicecous trees, one much planted in California. 



3567. Schinus Molle, the California pepper-tree. 



