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STEPHANANDBA 



suallj 3 



green, %-iyi in. long: fls. white, about % in. across, ii 

 terminal short, 8-12-Hd., usually panioled racemes; sta 

 mens 10. June. Japan, Korea. Un. 55, p. 141. 



Taniks, Franch. & Sar. Fig. 2397. Shrub, 5 ft. high 

 almost glabrous hs triangular ovate slightly cordati 

 at the base il r iptly an 1 long acum 

 lobed and doubly serrate or lobulate 

 pubescent onl\ on tl e \ cii s beneath 

 IH S in long fls II teim 

 panicles slei ier pedicele 1 



\LFI ED P 



StepJanandia flexuosa is closelj 

 Spirsea and has the fepiraja t,t\le 

 It grows It 1 1 i 1 1 



branche 1 I 

 terwov 

 growth 



STERCULIA 



Iloribiinda, Brongn. Fig. 2.398. Glabrous, 8-15 ft.: 

 Its. elliptic, with a short point, thick and shining green, 

 entire: Hs. 1-2 in. long, of waxy consistency, white or 

 cream color, very fragrant, in many umbels, ihe ca- 

 lyx one fourth or less the length of the corolla-tube- 

 fr 3-4 in long ellipsoid glabrous fleshy containing 



rioef ill 

 altho igb 

 lies very 

 f herba 

 I rubs Its 

 1 in early 



J398 Stephanot s (lonbunda (X H) 



melon like see is wl ich are provided "^ 



thicklj set 1 ranches is el 



stephanophVsum 

 stephanotis 



1 1 i 1 R H \\ 



4 b 4JJ -This IS a *^ 



1 I e twmei bloom 



r In winter it 



M 1 a t at a ten 



( ij 50 60°) 



I ropagate 1 



1 in spring 



Hrge 1 I 

 a\ Is 1 



form tl 

 ba e a I 

 mo th 1 

 adnate t 

 inflexed tip 



ous fls 

 from the 

 r salver 



lol es 5 crown 

 free at the apex and 

 the anthers with an 

 fle hy fol 



lb 



2397. Stephanand 



sepals about one thir 1 the length ot the corolla tube 

 L H B 

 StepI ot s floi lundi is one of the handsomest of 

 oir n ui 1 1 e climbers blooming in spring ajd sum 

 mer In the days when short blooms were used in 

 I ouq It it was one of the mo t valuable flowers that 

 tl e Hor t ha 1 its large vaw 1 1 els hi\ t g i lelicious 



lor It si U I 1 1 1 1 t 1 I winter 

 \ ith less \ t r I 1 111 tl e tern 



1 erat ire f r w I I I I 1 yring 



g Wl I t, en t I ws very 



ipai t a 1 1 1 1 t tl Ih refore a 



t 1 r 1 1 1 t roots ate icstricted is better 



th a 1 1 t 1 Ire s 1 ^ of good n anure Its great 



t p \ tl I e Iv 1 ug wl ch if allowed to get a 



1 i I 1 I t tit Seed pods are 



II 1 I isily propagated 



I r s growth and 



tl one of the most 



1 I I I ts When grown 



a 1 1 1 1 t r t In ned on a balloon 



trellis It makes splendii specimens and is often seen it 



o ir horticultural exhibitions and when in 1 loom there 



is nothing finer for the conservatory. -Wm. Scott. 



STEBCtTLIA (StercuUus of Roman mythology, from 

 sli-rnis. manure; applied to these plants because of the 

 odor of the leaves and fruits of some species). Ster- 

 riilii)cra'. 8ome 50 or 60 .species of tropical trees or 

 slirul>s, most .abundant in Asia, a few of which are 

 planted in the southern states and California. Fls. 

 mostly polygamous, apetalous, the calyx tubular, 4-5- 

 ok'ft, otliii' colored; stamens united in a column which 

 bears a head of 10-15 sessile anthers; pistil of as many 

 carpels as calyx-lobes and opposite them, each carpel 

 2- to many-ovuled, the stigmas free and radiating: fr. 



