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STERIPHOMA 



STEWARTIA 



STERIPHOMA (Greek, foundation, alluding to the 

 large peduncle of the fruit). Capparidacese. Unarmed 

 shrubs with the branches and inn. stellate-pubescent, 

 grown in the warmhouse: Ivs. long-petioled, with 1 

 1ft. which is lanceolate, entire; the petiole thickened at 

 the top: fls. showy, orange, in terminal racemes; the 

 pedicels bent or curved down, 1-fld.; calyx cylindrical- 

 campanulate, 2-4-lobed at the top; receptacle very 

 short, expanded into a ring-like disk; petals 4, sessile; 

 stamens 6; ovary ovate or oblong: berry globose or 

 angulate, corticate, pulpy. Four species, Trop. Amer. 



paradoxum, Endl. (/S. deomoides, Spreng.). Leafy 

 shrub, 4-10 ft. high: branches erect or ascending, slen- 

 der: Ivs. alternate, crowded toward the ends of the 

 branches, 4-7 in. long, oblong or ovate-oblong: raceme 

 terminal, dense-fld., 1-3 in. long: fls. abruptly deflexed 

 from the apex of the orange-yellow pedicels; calyx 

 bright orange, oblong-cylindric, irregularly split half- 

 way down; petals linear-oblong, pale yellow: fr. said to 

 be cylindrical. Venezuela. B.M. 5788. F.S. 6:564-565. 

 Gt. 57, p. 242. 



STERNBERGIA (named for Count Caspar Stern- 

 berg, a botanist and writer, 1761-1838). Amarylli- 

 dacese. Low-growing bulbous herbs, hardy and used for 

 outdoor planting. 



Leaves produced after or with the fl., strap-shaped or 

 linear: scape short: fls. frequently solitary, rarely 2, 

 bright yellow; perianth funnel-shaped, erect, tube short 

 or rather long, lobes linear or lanceolate, erect-spread- 

 ing; filaments filiform, free; ovary 3-celled: fr. fleshy, 

 ovoid or oblong, scarcely dehiscent; seeds subglobose. 

 About a dozen species, E. Eu. to Asia Minor. The 



3692. Sternbergia lutea. 



bulbs should be planted rather deeply, about 6 in. J. N. 

 Gerard says of their culture in G.F. 10:158 that they 

 require a rather heavy soil, in a somewhat dry sunny 

 position where they will be well ripened in summer. 



A. Fls. and Ivs. appearing together. 



B. Blooming in fall. 



l&tea, Ker-Gawl. (Amaryllis lutea, Linn.). Fig. 3692. 

 Bulb about 1J^ in. through: Ivs. 6-8 to a bulb, strap- 

 shaped, becoming 1 ft. long: fls. yellow, 1-4 to a bulb; 

 tube less than J^in. long; perianth-segms. about !}/ 

 in. long. Medit. region of Eu. and Asia. B.M. 290. 

 Gn. 44, p. 365; 47, p. 114. G.C. II. 13:21. J.H. III. 

 45:227. Var. major, Hort., has fls. much larger than 

 those of the type. 



BB. Blooming in spring. 



Fischeriana, Roem. Has the habit of S. lutea, but 

 differs in season of bloom and stipitate ovary and caps. 

 Wm. Watson says (G.F. 8:144) that the fls. are a 

 brighter yellow and as large as the largest forms of S. 

 lutea. Caucasus. B.M. 7441. Gn.W. 22:307; 24: 131. 



AA. Fls. and Ivs. appearing at different seasons. 



B. Lvs. linear: fls. small. 



colchicifldra, Waldst. & Kit. Bulb about J^in. 

 through: Ivs. appearing in spring, 3-4 in. long: fls. yel- 



low, in fall; segms. about 1 in. long by 2 lines broad. 

 E. Eu., Asia Minor. B.R. 2008. 



BB. Lvs. strap-shaped: fls. large. 



macrantha, J. Gay. Bulb globose, 1^ in- through, 

 with a long neck: Ivs. becoming 1 ft. long, nearly 1 in. 

 wide, fully developed in June: fls. bright yellow, 3-5 in. 

 across; segms. about 1 in. broad. Oct. Asia Minor. 

 G.C. III. 23:97; 28:265. Gn. 47:114. B.M. 7459. 

 G. 24:497; 25:297. G.M. 44:47. H.F.II. 3:248 (as 

 Oporanthus macranthus, Hort.). A handsome species. 



F. W. BARCLAY. 



STEUDNERA (bears the name of Steudner, a 

 German botanist). Aracese. About 5 or 6 perennial 

 herbs of E. Asia, sometimes seen under glass in choice 

 collections, requiring the treatment of other aroids. 

 Plant with a mostly short ascending sheathed caudex, 

 and ovate-oblong long-stalked peltate Ivs. : spathe ovate- 

 lanceolate, recurving above the middle and convolute 

 at base, much surpassing the spadix: fls. imperfect, 

 the female with a subglobose 1-loculed ovary and 2-5 

 short staminodia: fr. a many-seeded berry. S. colocasiae- 

 folia Koch. St. short and fleshy: Ivs. green above and 

 paler beneath, the petioled often colored: spathe yel- 

 lowish, purple or reddish inside; spadix whitish, erect, 

 one-third as long as the spathe. S. discolor, Bull (S. 

 colocasiaefblia var. discolor, Hort.), has purple-blotched 

 Ivs., and spathe yellow on both surfaces but reddish at 

 base. These plants are warmhouse subjects, grown for 

 the foliage and interesting habit, as well as for the infl. 



STEVENS ONIA (named after one of the governors 

 of Mauritius). Palmdcese, tribe Areceae. A monotypic 

 genus of tropical palms from the Seychelles. Tall trees, 

 spiny throughout or at length nearly smooth, with 

 ringed caudex: Ivs. terminal, spreading-recurved, the 

 cuneate-obovate blade convex, bifid, oblique at the 

 base, plicate-nerved, the margins split, segms. deeply 

 cut, the midnerves and nerves prominent, scaly 

 beneath; petiole plano-convex; sheath deeply split, 

 scaly, spined; spadix erect: peduncle long, compressed 

 at the base: branches thickish : spathes 2, the lower one 

 persistent, prickly, the upper one smooth, woody, club- 

 shaped, deciduous: fr. ellipsoidal, small, orange-col- 

 ored. For cult., see Palm. 



grandifSlia, Duncan (Phoenicophorium sechelldrum, 

 Wendl.). Caudex 40-50 ft. high, very spiny when 

 young, less so when old; petiole 9-18 in. long, pale 

 green; blade cuneate-obovate, shortly bifid, about 

 6-7 ft. long and nearly as broad: spadix 3-6 ft. long, 

 bearing many yellow fls. Seychelles. I.H. 12:433. 

 B.M. 7277. Gn. 23, pp. 173, 320. Probably not cult. 

 in Amer. The name Phoenicophorium (THIEF- 

 PALM) commemorates the alleged theft of one of 

 the original plants from Kew by a gardener in 1857. 

 Phcenicophorium is antedated by Stevensonia, al- 

 though a nomen nudum. J ARED G SMITH. 



N. TAYLOR.f 



STEVIA: for the Stevia of florists, see Piqueria. True 

 Stevias are described in horticultural literature, but it 

 is not known that any of them are now in the Ameri- 

 can trade. 



STEWARTIA (in honor of John Stuart, Earl of Bute, 

 a patron of botany; 1713-1792). Sometimes spelled 

 Studrtia. Ternstroemiacese. Ornamental woody plants 

 chiefly grown for their large and showy flowers. 



Deciduous shrubs or trees with smooth flaky bark: 

 Ivs. alternate, short-petioled, serrate: fls. axillary or 

 subterminal, short-stalked, with 1 or 2 bracts below 

 the calyx; sepals and petals 5 or sometimes 6, the latter 

 obovate to almost orbicular, usually concave, with 

 crenulate margin, connate at the base with each other 

 and with the numerous stamens; styles 5, distinct or 



