STELLARIA 



of the growing seasou and in frames, etc., during 

 winter. Lvs. 2 lines to 1% in. long, the lower petioled, 

 the upper sessile: fls. axillary or in terminal leafy 

 cymes; sepals longer than the petals. Eu., Asia. B.B. 

 2:21. — It is considered to be a good fall and winter cover- 

 plant in orchards and vineyards, but is never cultivated. 

 It is an indication of good soil. f. W. Barclay. 



STENACTIS. See Hiigeron. 



STENANDEIUM (Greek, narrow anthers). Acan- 

 tMcem. About 25 species of tropical or subtropical 

 American herbs, with or without short stems, and usu- 

 ally variegated leaves which are radical or crowded at 

 the base of the plant. Fls. usually small, solitary in the 

 axils of bracts on a scape-like peduncled spike, which is 

 either dense and has broad imbricated bracts or is in- 

 terrupted and has smaller bracts; calyx .')-parted; 

 corolla-tube slender, enlarged at the top, 5-lobed; sta- 

 mens 4; anthers 1-celled ; style shortly 2-lobed: capsule 

 4-seeded, or by abortion fewer-seeded. 



Lindeni, N. E. Br. A low-growing, compact plant, 

 with broadly elliptical lvs. rounded at the apex and 

 long-attenuate on the petiole, velvety in appearance, of 

 a dark green with a feathering of white or yellow along 

 the veins, somewhat purplish underneath: Hs. not 

 showy, about % in. long, yellow: bracts ovate, acute, 

 serrate, green: spikes 2-3 in. long, narrowly cylindrical. 

 I.H. 38:1.S6; 40:173 (4). -Tender foliage plant offered 

 1893-1895 by John Saul and Pitcher & Manda. 



F. W. Barclay. 



STENANTHITTM {Greek, narrow flower; referring to 

 perianth-segments). Lili&cew. Stenanthiumoccidentale 

 is a rare, hardy, summer -blooming bulb from the 

 Pacific coast, with nodding, greenish purple, 6-lobed, 

 bell-shaped fls. about K across, borne in a slender pani- 

 cle. Generic characters: fls. polygamous; perianth nar- 

 rowly or broadly bell-shaped, persistent; segments con- 

 nate at the base into a very short tube, narrow or lanceo- 

 late, 3-7-nerved: seeds 4 in each looule. About 5 species; 

 one native to the island of Sachaline, another Mexican, 

 the rest west American. 



occident41e, Gray. Stem slender, 1-2 ft. high: lvs. 

 linear to oblanceolate : raceme simple or branched at 

 base: bracts shorter than pedicels. Oregon to British 

 Columbia. W. M. 



STENOCAKPUS {Greek, narrow fruit; referring to 

 the follicles, which are long and narrow). Proteicew. 

 About 14 species, of which 11 are New Caledonian and 

 3 are endemic to Australia. Trees with alternate or 

 scattered lvs. entire or with a few deep lobes and red 

 or yellow flowers in pedunculate, terminal or axillary, 

 sometimes clustered umbels: perianth somewhat irregu- 

 lar, the tube open along the lower side, the limb nearly 

 globular; anthers broad, sessile: ovary stipitate, with a 

 long, tapering style dilated at the top; seed winged at 

 the base. 



salignus, R. Br. A medium-sized tree, with willow- 

 like, ovate-lanceolate lvs. 2-4 in. long, with short peti- 

 oles: fls. usually less than H in. long, greenish white, 

 in umbels of 10-20 fls.: peduncles shorter than the lvs. 

 B.R. e:441.-Cult. in Calif. p. w. Barclay. 



STENOLdMA (Greek, narrow -frim,ed]. Polypodi- 

 ctcea. A genus of ferns formerly included withOavallia; 

 characterized by the decompound lvs. with cuneate ulti- 

 mate segments, and the compressed suborbicular or 

 cup-shaped indusiuni which is attached at its sides and 

 open only at the top. For culture, see Fern. 



tenuifdlia, Fee. Lvs. 12-18 in. long, G-9 in. wide, 

 quadripinuatifld, on polished dark brown stalks which 

 rise from stout creeping fibrillose rootstocks ; ultimate 

 divisions with toothed cuneate lobes; sori terminal, 

 usually solitary. Tropical Asia and Aus-Polynesia. — 

 Var. strlcta, Hort.,has a more upright habit and nar- 

 rower leaves. L. jl. Underwood. 



STENOMfiSSON (Greek, small and middle; alluding 

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

 middle). AmarylUdhcem. About 19 species of tropical 



STEPHANANDRA 



1721 



linear to bro.idly strap- 

 yellow or yellow flowers, 

 bel: perianth-tube long, 

 ort, erect or spreading: 

 V :\ membrane: capsule 

 :: l,HM,l...l: .,.,-,ls black. 



at rest compar;iti\ ._■ lr, im -- i- n... .-i.i). Tin- offsets 

 should be removed from the ol.l bulbs before growth 

 commences. The plants continue in bloom a number of 

 weeks. 



a. Style shorter than the perianth. 

 incam^tum, Baker [('••hn r,ii,i iiir.inictta, Sw.). A 

 tender plant: bulb c.vai., L' :: in. ihiv.ugh: lvs. thick, 

 glaucous, obtuse, aliout r li. I.hil'. -^trap-shaped: scape 

 2 ft. high: fls. 4-5 in. I..ii^'. f.w t„ many in an umbel, 

 variable in color but typically crimson, with a green 

 spot on each segment. August. Peru. I.H. 38:123 

 (perianth-limb light yellow). Gn. 50:1076. 



AA. Style longer than the perianth. 

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

 bose, 1 in. through: lvs. about 1 ft. long, obscurely 

 petioled, at first compressed on the margin : scape 1 ft. 

 high: Hs. yellow, about 2 in. long, usually few in an 

 umbel. B.M.2G41. B.R. 10:778 (as Chrysiphiala flava). 

 F. W. Barclay. 



STENOTAPHRTJM (Greek, stenos, narrow, and taph- 

 ros, a trench; the spikelets being partially embedded 

 in the rachis). Graminew. About 3 species of tropical 

 regions, one of which is found along the Gulf coast, 

 especially in Floriila, where it is utilized as a lawn 

 grass. In this respect it is similar to Bermuda grass, 

 being naturally adapted to a san.lv ^nil, whiih it binds 



by its rhizomes and creeping lial.it a- .1 tliai u'las-. 



Spikelets 2-fld., the lower stannnair ..,• ,m nlial .'-l in 

 a short spike, which is emhr.l.l.-cl in tin. alternate 

 notches of the broad rachis, thus forniiTii; a sj. ike-like 

 panicle. Creeping grasses with compressed miliiis and 

 flat, divergent leaves. 



Ameiic^num, Schrank. (S. secundtttiiin. Kuntze. .S. 

 glclbrum, Trin.). St. Augustine Grass. Flowerius; 

 branches erect, 6-12 in. high. Var. variegatum has 

 leaves striped with white, and is used as a basket 

 plant. A. S. Hitchcock. 



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 in. 

 high and r.-.tnire littlr mowing. This grass does not 

 beconii ar^. . ,In, s }ii,t In. Id dew or rain, and is par- 

 ticularly t.'..c.d fc.r li..n^.- |..ts and lawns. It does not 

 need :is min/li wat. i- as ['..rmuda or St. Lucie grass. 

 It is mostly propagated by cuttings. 



E. N. Reasoner. 



STEPHANANDRA (Greek, Stephanos, crown, and 

 aner, andros,ma\e stamen; alluding to the persistent 

 crown of stamens ) . /-,'.. "r->,-.-,-r < irnnmnitril «mall d.i-i.l- 

 uous shrubs with alt.-.''- ..,,.;i,i, i.i..,! i.- ..id 

 with small white tl-- i, , , 



plants, with handsmn. , _ , , . , ' 



so. Well adapted for r.ii.i.i- ..i ini.l.i .-r i,.- , 



banks on account of their grai'cful hal.ii and Imnd-. m.- 

 foliage. Prop, easily by greenwood cuttiim-; iind.a- irla--; 

 and by seeds; probably also by hard w I .uttiii^s. 



Four species in China and Japan, all unil.-rshrnl.s 

 with slender more or less zigzag branches: fls. slender- 

 pediceled, small, with cup-shaped calyx- tube; sepals 

 and petals 5; stamens 10-20: carpel 1; pod with 1 or 2 

 shining seeds, dehiscent only at the base. Closely allied 

 to Neillia and distinguished chiefly by the cup-shaped 

 calyx-tube and the incompletely dehiscent 1-2-seeded 

 pod. 



flexudsa, Sieb. & Zucc. f.S 



Zabel). Shrub, 



