SCHIZOPHRAGMA 



SCHCEXIA 



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sepal about I 1 , in. long. July. Japan. S.Z. 1:26, 100. 

 Gn. 15, p. 301;" 34, p. 281. R.H. 1881, p. 313, fig. 72. 

 B.M. 8520. The species is often confounded with 

 Hydrangea petiolaris, which is easily distinguished by its 

 marginal fls. having 4 sepals. Like Hydrangea petiolaris, 

 young plants produce small Ivs. and make little growth if 

 unsupported and allowed to trail on the ground. It has 

 been once intrp. under the name Cornidia integerrima, 

 which is a Chilian plant with entire evergreen Ivs. 



integrifolium, Oliver (S. hydrangemdes var. integri~ 

 folium. Franch.). Climbing to about 12 ft. : Ivs. ovate or 

 broadly ovate, acuminate, truncate or subcordate at the 

 base, entire or sparingly denticulate, usually pubes- 

 cent on the veins beneath, of thickish texture, 4^-6 in. 

 long: cymes to 10 in. broad; the sepals of the sterile fls. 

 ovate to ovate-oblong, l^z-2% in- long. July. W. 

 China. H.I. 20:1934. J.H.S. 28, p. 62. Var. m611e, 

 Rehd. Petioles and Ivs. beneath densely soft-pubes- 

 cent: sterile sepals 2-3 in. long. W. China. Var. 

 denticulatum, Rehd. Lvs. thinner, broadly ovate to 

 oblong-ovate, minutely or sinuately denticulate, 

 pubescent on the veins beneath: sterile sepals usually 

 ovate-oblong, broadly cuneate at the base, 1J4~2J^ in. 

 long. Cent. China. This species is showier than the 

 preceding on account of the larger sterile sepals, but is 

 less hardy. ALFRED REHDER. 



SCHLZOSTYLIS (Greek, to cut, and style, alluding to 

 the filiform segments of the style). Iridacex. Green- 

 house or half -hardy plants: sts. fascicled on the rhi- 

 zome, bulbless or slightly bulbous-thickened at the base: 

 Ivs. linear or narrow-ensif orm : spathes remote along 

 the simple peduncle, somewhat distichous, greenish, 

 lanceolate, complicate: fl. sessile in the spathe; bracts 

 narrower than the spathe, green or somewhat scarious, 

 2-keeled; perianth showy, red, the tube slender, the 

 lobes equal, oblong or ovate; ovary 3-celled: caps, 

 obovoid or oblong, the top truncate, 3-grooved, mem- 

 branaceous. Two species, S. Afr. 



coccinea, Backh. & Harv. CRIMSON* FLAG. A winter- 

 blooming tender plant: st. 1-2 ft. high, bearing 2-3 

 Ivs.: basal Ivs. 2-3, about 1}? ft. long: fls. bright red, 

 about 2 in. across. B.M. 5422. F.S. 16:1637. G.L. 

 24:208. J.H. III. 48:539. The following cultural 

 notes are taken from Garden and Forest 9:16: "The 

 species blooms from Oct. to late Dec. and is useful for 

 cut-flowers at this season. It is perfectly hardy in 

 England but of little use here except for indoor use. 

 The roots should be planted out in rich soil in spring 

 about 8 in. apart, and encouraged to make a strong 

 growth. In the fall the plants may be lifted, potted and 

 placed in a cool greenhouse, where they will flower. 

 After flowering they may be stored in a frame until 

 spring, when the fleshy roots will need to be separated 

 (leaving 3-5 buds to each root), and planted out as 

 before/' F. TRACT HUBBARD.! 



SCHLEICHERA (named for J. C. Schleicher, a 

 Swiss botanist). Sapindaceae. Tree of some economic 

 value and hardy in the far south of the U. S.: Ivs. 

 alternate, not stipulate, pinnate; Ifts. opposite (or 

 alternate), entire, repand-wavy or slightly serrate: infl. 

 simple elongated panicles or racemes: fls. small, fas- 

 cicled, regular, polygamously dioecious; calyx 4-6-cut, 

 small, cup-shaped; petals lacking; disk complete, gla- 

 brous, wavy; stamens 5-8; ovary 3-4-celled: fr. dry- 

 crustaceous-coriaceous. One species, Asia. S. trijuga, 

 Willd. A large tree: Ivs. paripinnate, 8^16 in. long; Ifts. 

 4-8, opposite, 1-10 x %-4% in., elliptic or elliptic- 

 oblong, obtuse or short-acuminate, entire, sessile or 

 subsesfeile: racemes axillary: fls. yellowish or green: fr. 

 i?-4~l in. long, ellipsoidal, glabrous, apiculate, smooth or 

 spiny. Himalaya region, south through India, Ceylon, 

 Burma, to Java and Timor. Intro, into Calif. The 

 timber is good, the bark is astringent and when mixed 



with oil is used by the natives to cure the itch, the oil 

 of the seed is of economic use, and the subacid pulpy 

 aril is edible. p\ TRACY HUBBARD. 



SCHLIMMIA (named in honor of M. Schlim). 

 Orchidocex. Epiphytic herbs, with oblong somewhat 

 spindle-shaped 1-lvd. pseudobulbs, suitable for the 

 warmhouse with cattleyas and the like: Ivs. leathery, 

 contracted to the petiole : scapes erect or recurved from 

 between the pseudobulbs, simple, few-sheathed: fls. 

 rather large, fleshy, ivory-white, few in a lax raceme, 

 short>-pedicelled; sepals, the dorsal free, narrow, con- 

 cave-keeled, the lateral very broad, connate with the 

 foot of the column, forming a helmet-like sac; petals 

 narrower than the dorsal sepal, spreading at their tip; 

 labellum variously lobed, the apex reclining on the foot 

 of the column; poilinia 2. Three species from the 

 Colombian Andes. S. josminodora, Planch. & Land. 

 Pseudobulbs long and slender: Ivs. oval, long-petioled: 

 scape about 1 ft. high bearing 3 secund fls.; fls. white 

 and very fragrant; dorsal sepal linear erect; petals 

 reflexed; labellum fleshy, shorter than the column. 

 Colombia. S. trifida, Reichb. f . Pseudobulbs elongate- 

 ovate, clustered: Ivs. oblong, acute: scape lateral, droop- 

 ing, deep purple, bearing a 1-sided raceme of about 4 

 fls. : fls. fragrant ; dorsal sepal turned downward, lateral 

 waxy white with a few purple spots inside; petals 

 linear, acute, bent outward; labellum trifid at the apex, 

 white, marked with rich orange. Colombia. G.C. II. 

 7:141. F. TRACT HUBBARD. 



SCHLUMBERGERA (named for Friedrich Schlum- 

 berger). Cactacex. Similar to Zygocactus in habit, but 

 with regular fls. and angled fr. Schumann referred 

 some of the species to Phyllocactus (Epiphyllum), but 

 such a reference can hardly be entertained. The genus 

 seems to be confined to Brazil, but little is known about 

 it in a wild condition. Its treatment should be the same 

 as zygocactus (the old Epiphyllum). Two well-known 

 species are in cult. 



Russelliana, Brit. & Rose (Epiphyttum RusseUianum, 

 Hook.). Sts. more upright, with pendent branches: 

 joints %-!% in- long by %r%in. broad, oblong or 

 elliptical to oboyate, light green; margins crenate, with 

 2-4 areoles on either side, bearing a few very short dark 

 gray bristles: fls. from the end of the youngest joints, 

 red, l%-2}4 in. long: fr. red, 4-angled or narrow- 

 winged. Brazil. B.M. 3717. 



Gaertneri, Brit. & Rose (Epiphyllum Gfrtneri, 

 Schum. E. RusseUianum var. Gaertneri, Reg.). EASTER 

 CACTUS. Sts. of more upright habit, with drooping 

 branches: joints long-oblong or elliptical to obovate, 

 %-2 $4 in. long by J-l in. broad, dark green, margins 

 crenate, with about 5 areoles on either side, bearing 

 6-12 rather stiff, long, yellow or brown bristles, which 

 are especially conspicuous on the truncated apex, where 

 they form a considerable beard: fls. from the apex of 

 the voungest joints, 2 ^-3 in. long, scarlet-red: fr. red, 

 Braz'il. B.M. 7201. J. N. ROSE. 



SCHCENIA (named in honor of Dr. Schcen). Com- 

 posite. An annual, adapted to the greenhouse in the 

 N. and outdoors in the S.: Ivs. alternate or the 

 lower ones opposite, entire: fl.-heads in a loose corymb: 

 involucre turbinate or campanulate; outer bracts 

 scarious, imbricate, inner row petal-like; receptacle 

 without scales; florets all tubular, 5-toothed; those of 

 the circumference fertile, the disk-florets sterile. One 

 species, Austral. S. Cossiniana, Steetz. An erect 

 corymbosely branched annual, 1-2 ft. high: Ivs. lanceo- 

 late or linear, or the lower oblong-spatulate : fl.-heads 

 in a loose terminal corymb: outer bracts of involucre 

 brown, the radiating laminae of the inner white or pink, 

 oblong: achenes in a single row at the circumference. 

 Austral. J.H. III. 47:7. 



