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STACHYS 



date at the base, 3-6 in. long; upper leaves distant, ses- 

 sile, oblong-lanceolate, acute: lis. purple, in a dense, 

 terminal spike. July. Eu., Asia Minor. — Rarely found 

 as an escape in this country, and once cult, for use in 

 domestic medicine. Useful for ornament, and now ad- 

 vertised for that purpose. 



longiidlia, Benth. {Betdnica orientdlis, Linn.). A 

 hardy perennial herb about 1 ft. high, densely villous 

 lower Ivs. petioled, oblong-lanceolate, obtus 

 deeply cordate at the base, 4-6 in. long; the upper 1 

 similar in shape but sessile, these of the inflor 

 bract-like: fls. reddish purple to pink, in a cylindrical, 

 somewhat interrupted spike about 14 ft. long. July. 

 Caucasus. 



STADMANNIA 



without protection, so that a well-established plant takes 

 care of itself and spreads. For history, chemical analy- 

 ses, etc., see Cornell Bull. 37. 



Florid&na, Shuttlew. Slender, erect, 1-2 ft., branch- 

 ing, glabrous : Ivs. cordate-oblong-lanceolate, blunt- 

 toothed, stalked: fls. small. lit;lit red. in an open inter- 



plan 



.lly as b'uud, lur f;iUliK. -.- Uiu.a ul .i. i,„buUU. 



L. H. B. 

 STACHTTAEPHfiTA (Greek, dense spike). Verbeni- 

 t£. About 40 species of herbs or shrubs, mainly from 

 tropical America, with opposite or alternate, 

 dentate, often rough leaves and white, purple, 

 blue or red flowers solitary in the axils of 

 bracts, sessile or half sunk in the rachis of 

 the long and dense or short and lax spikes. 



mut4bilis, V;ilil. A low shrub, scabrous- 

 pubesociii : U^. .i\ ^ii.,il(iitate, scabrous above, 

 whitish |. nil, ■-nut li.ii.atli: spike long, erect: 

 bracts hnir. .,|.-,ii-, swhulate: calyx 4-dentate, 

 hispid, 4-6 lines long; corolla crimson, fading 

 to rose, %-% in. across. West Indies, Mex- 

 '<^ ICO to Guiana. Offered in S. Calif. 



P. W. Barclay. 



lbs 



grandiildra, Benth. (Betdnica rosea, Hort.). A hardy 

 perennial about 1 ft. high: lower Ivs. broadly ovate, ob- 

 tuse crcniiti'. l(lll^' pi-tioled. base broadly heart-shaped; 



theupi"' jihIuiH -III ill, 1 . Ill arh similar and sessile, 

 the ii|'i ' I i' ' 11- \ I'll' I. I.irge and showy, 



the I'M' lit I 111 |iiii_ iiiii three or four 



times -III |. I- 111^ I, ,iU\.ii, ^' , ,h-iiiii't whorls of 10- 



U.-M. 



coccinea, .Jacq. One to 2 ft., slender, soft-pubescent: 

 Ivs. ovate-lanceolate, cordate at base or somewhat del- 

 toid, obtuse, erenate: fls. scarlet-red, the narrow tube 

 much exceeding the calyx, pediceled, in an ■interrupted 

 spike, blooming in succession. Western Texas to Ariz. 

 B.M. 666. -Showy. 



BB. CoroUa-ttibe lifUc eiceedintj the calyx. 

 C. n.iha.i. <;,..». 



dspera, Michx. Erect, n-i 

 stem retrorsely hairy im ih 

 to oblong-lanceolate, niostlv 

 late: corolla small, glabrou' 

 interrupted spike. Wet pla 

 to the Gulf. — Has been offered by dealers in native 

 plants. 



CO. jEferhdiji- whiti n-i'ftlhj. 



lanita, Jacq. Wooli.s W ..i nhuout. A hardy per- 

 ennial 1-1}^ ft. high, wlm,- \m... IK tliri.iighout: Ivs. ob- 

 long-elliptical, the upper siiiiilli r, tin- uppermost much 

 shorter and whorled: fls. small, purple, in dense 30- or 

 more fld. whorls in interrupted spikes. Caucasus to 

 Persia. — Often grown as a bedding plant. Valuable for 

 its very white herbage. 



AA. Plants grown for edible subterranean tubers. 



Sieboldi, Miq. {S. afflnis, Bunge, not Fresenius. S. 

 tuberifera, Naud.). Chorogi. Chinese or Japanese 



\ -I Ml 1.3-4 ft. high, the 

 ii_'li ^ Ivs. oblong-ovate 

 ■uiiiinutH, serrate, petio- 

 ale red or purple, in an 

 , Ontario and Minnesota 



Artichoke. Knotkoot 

 Erect, hairy mint likf \ 

 ovate to deltiiiil iiMiti 

 base, obtuse-di'iiiiii', 

 light red, in ;i smull - 

 long, slender, nudosc, w 

 just under the surfa.i 



iKOSNES Du Japan. Pig. 2389. 



-IS i 



.tall: It 



2-3 



.1 .!i, I 111 great numbers 



i - China, Japan. 



G.C. III. 3: 13. -Sent, ti : i -_' from Pekin by 



Dr. Bretschneider, anil .,: in .■ n^ ago introduced 



into this country. It is mlir. aUil Im the crisp tubers, 

 which may be eaten either raw or cooked. These tubers 

 soon shrivel and lose their value it exposed to the air. 

 The tubers withstand the winter in central New York 



layas and the other from Japan, with mem- 

 branous, serrate leaves and small flowers in axillary 

 racemes or spikes: fls. 4-merous ; sepals strongly im- 

 bricated; stamens 8, free; style simple: berry 4-Ioculed. 

 praecox, Sii-li. & Ziiec. Kanililing shrub, 10 ft. high, 

 with flixil.l.- l.iaiiilHs: ivs. il.-.-iduous, ovate to ovate- 

 laiiccolaic. t-i; ill. loii^', tliiii: ]i<-tiole about 1 in. long: 

 spiki-s 2-:i ill. long, inaiiy-tld., stout: fls. 5^ in. across, 

 gloljular-hell-shaped, sessile or nearly so: fr. globose or 

 ovoid, H-H in. thick: seeds pale brown. Japan. B.M. 

 6031. G.C. III. 21:285. -Procurable from importers of 

 Japanese plants. 



STACEHOtrSIA (after John Stackhouse, an English 

 botanist). StackhousiAcecB. About 10 species from Aus- 

 tralia and sparingly from other islands of the S. Paciflc 

 ocean. Mostly perennial herbs with slender, erect stems 

 and narrow, entire, often fleshy leaves and terminal 

 spikes of flowers. The genus is the only one of the 

 order: fls. regular, hermaphrodite; calyx small, 5-lobed; 

 petals 5, perigynous, clawed, usually free at base but 

 united above in a tube with spreading lobes; disk thin, 

 lining the calyx-tube; stamens 5, inserted on tlie mar- 

 gin of the disk: ovary free, 2-5-lobed, 2-r)-lociik-(l: fr. 

 of 2-5 indehiscent cocci. Consult Flora Australiensis 

 1:405. 



mon6gyna, Labill. (S. linariifdlia, A. Cunn.). A half- 

 hardy perennial herb, usually simple, about 1% ft. high, 

 with linear or lanceolate Ivs. about 1 in. long: spikes at 

 flr.st dense, then lengthening to 4-6 in.: buds pinkish 

 when young: fls. white. B.R. 22:1917. -The plant in the 

 Californian trade is apparently not the above species, 

 for tlie catalogue says it is a tall, robust shrub with fl.- 

 lieads 1-2 in. across, surrounded by imbricated bracts 

 and bright yellow fls. with a purple-streaked keel. 



F. W. Barclay. 



STADMANHIA (named by Lamarck in 1793 after a 

 German botanist and traveler). Sajii""''' ' . TI - "iily 

 species of this genus that is well Ki liral 

 tree from the Bourbon Islands, tin n , n , / < - 'If 

 fri- or Ironwood. This is a largi' 1 1 1 . , , avy 



Kewensis, apparently all Brazilian specu-s, but one ot 

 them is a bare name and the others were first described 

 in the early sixties in Linden's catalogue. They are 



