3224 



STANHOPEA 



STAPELIA 



3677. Stanhopea insignis. 



fid. : fls. 5 in. across, pale brownish, with broad reddish 

 brown blotches; sepals oblong to ovate-oblong, obtuse; 

 petals narrow; hypochil rounded, saccate, purple, 

 horns incurved, middle lobe ovate, channeled, obscurely 

 3-toothed. Peru. F.S. 10:974. F.C. 3:121. 



9. tigrina, Batem. Lvs. and pseudobulbs as in the 



enus: scape short, pendulous, clothed with large, thin 

 rown scales: fls. 6 in. across, waxy and very fragrant; 



sepals broadly ovate, concave; petals oblong-lanceolate, 



both dingy yellow mottled toward the base with large 



blotches of dull purple; 

 hypochil broad, cup- 

 shaped; horns 1 in. long, 

 fleshy, bent forward at 

 right angles; middle lobe 

 rhomboid, with 3 fleshy 

 teeth at the apex ; column 

 large, spatulate. Mex. 

 B.M. 4197. B.R. 25:1. 

 G.M. 32:398; 38:149. 

 F. 1845:59. G.C. III. 

 4:481. C.O. 7. One of 

 the most striking forms 

 among orchids. Var. 

 lutescens, Hort. Bril- 

 liant yellow to orange 

 marked with chocolate. 



Guatemala. Var. superba, Hort. Van Houtte. Fls. 



yellow, with the sepals and petals heavily blotched with 



reddish brown. F.S. 7:713-15. G.M. 51:625. Var. 



atrata, Hort., is advertised. Var. splendens, Hort., had 



deeper-colored fls. 



10. Martiana, Batem. Lvs. lanceolate: sepals 

 broadly ovate, creamy white with few purple spots on 

 the lower half; petals narrower, blotched with purplish 

 crimson; hypochil saccate, white; lateral horns broad, 

 pointed, middle lobe oblong, obscurely 3-toothed; 

 column subclavate, winged. Mex. F.S. 20:2112, 2113. 

 Gn. 45, p. 470. G. 17:187. Var. bicolor, Lindl. Ground- 

 color of the fls. white. B.R. 29:44. G.W. 15, p. 457. 



11. saccata, Batem. Fls. smaller than those of the 

 other species, greenish yellow, changing to deeper yel- 

 low at the bases of the segms., regularly speckled with 

 brown; lateral sepals ovate-oblong, the upper one 

 oblong-lanceolate; petals narrower, oblong, all reflexed; 

 hypochil deeply saccate; horns flat, a little twisted, epi- 

 chU quadrate. Guatemala. I.H. 8:270 (as S. radiosa). 



12. ecornftta, Lem. Pseudobulbs and Ivs. large: 

 scape short, clothed with green bracts, 2-fld. : sepals 

 erect, 2 in. long, ovate, concave, white, petals smaller; 

 labellum reduced to a fleshy sac-like hypochil, 1J^ in. 

 long, yellow deepening to orange at the base; column 

 as long as the labellum and of the same color. Cent. 

 Amer. B.M. 4885. F.S. 2:181. G.C. 1850:295. 



S. Amesidna, Hort.=S. Lowii. S. bettserensis=S. insignis XS. 

 oculata. R.H. 1896:232. S. convolitia, Rolfe. Sepals and petals 

 ivory-white, the latter with buff tips, the sepals elliptic-oblong, 

 spreading, 2 K~3 in. long, 1 \i-\ % in. wide, the petals connivent, 

 inclosing column, about 2 in. long, IJi in. wide; lip buff-yellow, 

 with the interior of hypochil orange, over \y z in. long, 3-lobed; 

 hypochil subglobose; epichil oblong, truncate. Colombia. B.M. 

 8507. S. costaricensis, Reichb. f . Fls. 4 }^-5 in. across, pale yellow, 

 densely purple-dotted; lip with 2 prominent keels on each side; 

 column with small triangular wing at apex. Costa Rica. S. 

 elegdntula, Rolfe. Fls. primose-yellow, with base of petals and hypo- 

 chil of lip orange, sparsely dotted with brown. Hab.(?). S. 

 florida, Reichb. f . Infl. dense, about 7-fld. : fls. white, the inside of 

 sepals and petals spotted with purple; lip with numerous small 

 purple dots, the hypochil with a large blotch on each side. S. Amer. 

 G.C. II. 16:561, 565; III. 19:265. S. graveolens, Lindl. Fls. 

 ample; sepals greenish white flushed yellowish; petals pale yellow, 

 oblong-ligulate, undulate, shortly acuminate; lip with the hypochil 

 apricot; mesochil white; epichil entire, oval, pointed, white, pur- 

 ple;dotted. Guatemala. G.W. 3, p. 472. C.O. 4. S. Haseloviana, 

 Reichb. f. Fls. 6 in. across; sepals and petals dull gray on back, 

 dull yellowish on surface, covered with annular pale rose spots; lip 

 spotted with dark purple; hypochil quadrate; epichil 3-parted. 

 Peru. B.M. 7452. S. inoddra, Lodd. Lateral sepals ovate-oblong; 

 hypochil subcompressed, short, saccate; epichil orbicular-ovate 

 entire; fls. pale flushed with yellow. Mex. B.R. 31:65. G.M. 

 57:54. G.W. 7, p. 27. S. Langlasseana, Cogn. Lip erect, rigid, 

 closely pressed against the erect column; petals ascending, pressed 



against the column; sepals extended horizontally. Trop. Amer. S. 

 Ldwii, Rolfe. Sepals and petals creamy buff, the latter brown- 

 dotted; lip ivory-white, the hypochil branded with dull maroon. 

 Colombia. G.M. 36:352. G.C. III. 14:689. J.H. III. 45: 193. 

 S. Madouxiana, Cogn. Fls. fragrant, 5-7 in. across; sepals and 

 petals cream-white, with large spots of carmine-rose, the sepals 

 triangular-oval, obtuse, the petals broadly oblong, obtuse, undulate; 

 lip fleshy, in color like sepals and petals, the inside of hypochil 

 tinged with violet-black; epichil oval, pointed. Colombia. G.C. III. 

 24: 135. C.O. 1. S. nigripes, Rolfe. Sepals and petals yellow, with 

 numerous small purple blotches, the sepals elliptic-oblong, acute, 

 the petals linear-oblong, acute, undulate; lip yellowish white, 

 purple-spotted at base and on epichil, the hypochil with a dark 

 black-purple eye-like spot on each side, the inside the same color, 

 the epichil ovate-orbicular. Origin unknown. S. peruviana, 

 Rolfe. Fls. golden yellow; sepals obtuse, the dorsal oblong, the 

 lateral obliquely and broadly ovate; petals linear-oblong, revolute; 

 lip with the hypochil suffused dark purple on sides; epichil orbicu- 

 lar-ovate, purple-spotted. Peru. B.M. 8417. S. Rdndii, Rolfe. 

 Fls. ivory-white, faintly shaded yellow on lip; sepals elliptic-oblong, 

 acute; petals lanceolate-oblong, acute, lip with the hypochil papil- 

 late inside, the epichil triangular, acute. Brazil. S. Rodigasidna, 

 Claea. Fls. about 6 in. across; sepals spreading, oblong-ovate, 

 purple-marbled below, maroon-blotched above; petals triangular- 

 lanceolate, attenuate above, pale green; lip very fleshy, the hypo- 

 chil suffused with maroon-purple below, the remainder blotched; 

 epichil reticulated, triangular, obtuse, spotted with dull purple. 

 Colombia. B.M. 7702. G.M. 41:492. G.C. III. 24:31. S. 

 Riickeri, Lindl. Resembles S. Wardii in color, but paler; hypochil 

 obovate; epichil stained pink. Mex. A. F. 6:631. S. stenochila, 

 F. C. Lehm. & Kranzl. Sepals pure white; petals apricot-colored, 

 with purplish blotches; lip ivory-white at base, middle and interior 

 parts yellow. Colombia. S. Wolteriana, Kranzl.=S. Martiana X 

 S. tigrina. Fls. dull straw-color or pale orange; sepals obscurely 

 marked with wine-red, the spots on the petals larger. G.C. III. 

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HEINRICH HASSELBRING. 

 GEORGE V. 



STANLEYA (named for Edward Stanley, Earl of 

 Derby, 1779-1849). Cruciferae. Glaucous glabrous per- 

 ennial herbs, similar to arabis in habit, suitable for the 

 flower-garden: Ivs. undivided or pinnatifid: racemes 

 elongated, strict, many-fld.; fls. yellow; buds elongated, 

 sepals short, spreading; petals narrow, elongated, long- 

 clawed: silique long-stipitate, slender, 4-cornered to 

 rather terete, compressed, valves carinately 1-nerved. 

 About 10 species, Calif . 



pinnata, Brit. (S. pinriatifida, Nutt.). Sts. flexuous: 

 Ivs. very variable, commonly pinnatifid; segms. lance- 

 oblong or oblanceolate-elliptic, rarely linear, almost 

 entire; terminal segm. larger: fls. deep golden yellow, 

 according to D. M. Andrews. May-July. W. Kans. and 

 Neb. to Texas and S. Calif., in dry clay or alkaline soils. 



3678. Stanhopea insignis. ( X 1 A) 



G.C. III. 29:381. A hardy perennial herb about 3 ft. 

 high with the general appearance of a cleome and fls. 

 about 1 in. across borne in terminal spikes a foot or 

 more long. jr. TRACY HUBBARD.! 



STAPELIA (J. B. Van Stapel, Dutch physician, died 

 in the early part of the seventeenth century, who wrote 

 on the plants of Theophrastus) . Asclepidddcex. CAR- 

 RION FLOWER. Odd fleshy cactus-like plants usually 

 grown with greenhouse succulents, both for the great 

 oddity of their forms and for the singular and often 

 large showy flowers. 



