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STENOCHL^NA 



STENOTAPHRUM 



palustris, Bedd. (S. scdndens, J. Smith). Rootstock 

 widely climbing: Ivs. 1-3 ft. long, with pinnae 4-8 in. 

 long; fertile pinnse slender, 6-12 in. long; texture 

 leathery. India. S. 1:224. A vigorous grower and 

 coarse feeder, much used in cooler houses of large 

 ferneries. It will form a mass of rootstocks several 

 feet long if grown on a fern stem, producing a large 

 number of the rather pale Ivs. 



sorbif&lium, Linn. Rootstock climbing, often prickly: 

 Ivs. 12-18 in. long, 6-12 in. wide, with close veins; fer- 

 tile pinnse 2-4 in. long, narrow. E. and W. Indies to 

 Brazil. R. C. BENEDICT. 



STENOGLOTTIS (Greek, narrow and tongue, refer- 

 ring to the narrow lip). Orchidacese. Terrestrial herbs, 

 with short sts. and tuberiferous or thickened fleshy 

 fasciculate roots, which are suitable for the intermediate 

 house, but not commonly cult. : Ivs. radical, numerous, 

 rosulate or tufted: fls. small, short-pedicelled, arranged 

 in loose somewhat 1-sided racemes; bracts small; sepals 

 free, subequal; petals somewhat narrower than the 

 sepals and suberect; lip continuous with the base of the 

 column, cuneate-oblong without a spur, 3-5^cleft at the 

 apex; column very short and broad; pollinia granular: 

 caps, oblong, erect. Three species, Trop. and S. Afr. 

 S. fimbridta, Lindl. Lvs. numerous, oblong or narrowly 

 lanceolate-oblong, acute, bright green, usually with 

 few or numerous blackish or purple-black blotches: 

 scapes erect, slender, 6-12 in. high: racemes 1H-6 in. 

 long, lax, many-fld.: fls. light purple with a few elon- 

 gated dark purple blotches on the lip; sepals broadly 

 ovate, obtuse or subacute; petals ovate, subacute; 

 lip linear-oblong, 3-cleft or 3-parted: caps, narrowly 

 oblong. S. Afr. B.M. 5872. S. longifolia, Hook. f. 

 Lvs. numerous, ensiform, or linear-oblong, acuminate, 

 uniformly light green, 3-7 in. long: scapes erect, often 

 stout, 9-21 in. high, with numerous linear-lanceolate, 

 somewhat recurved sheaths; racemes 4-10 in. long, 

 many-fld.: fls. light purple with a few minute darker 

 dots on the lip, occasionally white; sepals broadly 

 ovate, subobtuse; petals ovate, subacute; Up linear- 

 oblong, 5-fid or 5-parted. B.M. 7186. G.C. III. 16: 

 563. G.W. 14, p. 653. p. TRACY HUBBARD. 



STENOLOBIUM: Tecoma, 



STENOLOMA (Greek, narrow-fringed). Polypodi- 

 acese. A generic name for a group of tropical ferns now 

 referred to Odontosoria, which see. 



STENOMESSON (Greek, small and middle, alluding 

 to the corolla-tube, which is usually contracted near the 

 middle). Amarylliddcese. Bulbous herbs grown in the 

 warm- or coolhouse. 



Leaves developing with the fls., linear or broadly 

 strap-shaped: fls. in several umbels, rarely reduced to 

 one, pedicels often recurved, making the fls. pendulous; 

 involucral bracts 2; perianth red, golden, or tawny, tube 

 elongated, subcylindrical, slightly contracted above the 

 base or toward the middle, lobes erect or more or less 

 spreading; ovary 3-celled: caps, subglobose or 3- fur- 

 rowed, loculicidally 3-valved; seeds black. About 22 

 species, Trop. Amer. 



Stenomessons require a good soil and a sunny house 

 with a temperature never below 45. During the grow- 

 ing season they should have plenty of water, but when 

 at rest comparative dryness is necessary. The offsets 

 should be removed from the old bulbs before growth 

 commences. The plants continue in bloom a number of 

 weeks in spring and summer. 



A. Style shorter than the perianth. 



incarnatum, Baker (Cobtirgia incarnata, Sweet). A 



tender plant: bulb globose, 2-3 in. through: Ivs. thick, 



glaucous, obtuse, about 1 Y"i ft. long, strap-shaped : scape 



2 ft. high: fls. 2J^-3 in. long, few to many in an umbel, 



variable in color but typically crimson, with a green 

 spot on each segm. Aug. Peru. I.H. 38 : 123 (perianth- 

 limb light yellow). Gn. 50 : 62. 



AA. Style longer than the perianth. 

 flavum, Herb. A tender plant: bulb somewhat glo- 

 bose, 1 in. through: Ivs. about 1 ft. long, oblanceolate, 

 obscurely petioled, at first compressed on the margin: 

 scape 1 ft. high: fls. bright yellow, 1 Mr2 in. long, usually 

 few in an umbel. B.M. 2641. B.R. 778 (as Chrysiphiala 



F> \y. BARCLAY. 



STENORHtNCHUS (Greek for small and beak). 

 Orchiddcex. Terrestrial plants: soape arising from a 

 rosette of Ivs., bearing a raceme or spike: fls. with a 

 distinct chin ; dorsal sepal and petals forming a helmet, 

 parallel; lip with a broad base and narrower apex, the 

 base surrounding the column; beak narrow and long. 

 About 10 species, in Trop. and warm Temp. Amer. 



specidsus, Rich. (Spirdnthes colordta, N. E. Br. S. 

 colorans, Hemsl.). Lvs. elliptic, green: bracts acumi- 

 nate, oblong-lanceolate, as long as fls.: fls. crimson. 

 Trop. Amer. B.M. 1374 (as Neottia speciosa). 



GEORGE V. NASH. 



STENOSPERMATION (Greek for small and male 

 element). Sometimes written Stenospermdtium. Aracese. 

 Climbing warmhouse plants: Ivs. with long-sheathed 

 petioles; blades elliptic or lanceolate, inequilateral, the 

 primary lateral nerves numerous, ascending: peduncles 

 rather long, at first nodding at apex, later erect: 

 spathe convolute, at length expanding; spadix stipi- 

 tate, cylindric, white: fls. perfect; stamens 4. About 

 20 species, natives of the Andes of Peru and of N. 

 Brazil. 



multiovulatum, N. E. Br. Three to 6 ft. tall: blades 

 12-16 in. long, 4-6 in. wide, oblong or narrowly ellip- 

 tic-oblong, coriaceous, opaque green, paler beneath: 

 peduncle 12-18 in. long: spathe 5-6 in. long; spadix 

 in- long. Colombia. GEORGE V. NASH. 



STENOTAPHRUM (Greek, stenos, narrow, and 

 taphros, a trench, the spikelets being partially embedded 

 in the rachis). Gramineae. 

 Creeping grasses with com- 

 pressed culms, flat divergent 

 blades and narrow flat 

 spikes: spikelets as in Pani- 

 cum, imbedded in the sur- 

 face of a broad rachis form- 

 ing terminal spikes. About 

 3 species of tropical regions, 

 one species found along the 

 Gulf coast, especially in 

 Fla., where it is utilized as 

 a lawn grass. In this respect 

 it is similar to Bermuda- 

 grass, being naturally 

 adapted to a sandy soil, 

 which it binds by its rhi- 

 zomes and creeping habit as 

 does that grass. 



The introduced form of 

 St. Augustine grass is one 

 of the most valuable lawn 

 grasses for the extreme 

 South. It will grow on 

 almost any soil and thrives 

 even in shade. The leaves 

 are rather broad, never over 

 6 inches high and require 

 little mowing. This grass 

 does not become coarse, does 

 not hold dew or rain, and is 



3687 Stenotaphrum particularly good for house 



secundatum. (XM) lots and lawns. It does not 



