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STANHOPEA 



4. Bucephalus, Lindl. IS. grandiflora, Reichb. f.). 

 Pseudobulbs crowded, rugose: Ivs. petioled, 9 in. long, 

 pointed : the pendulous raceme bearing 4-(i large, tawny 

 orange fls. marked with large crimson spots: sepals and 

 petals reflexed, the former broad; lower part of the la- 

 bellum curved, boat-shaped, bearing 2 curved horns and 

 a broad fleshy middle lobe; column green and white, 

 spotted with purple. Aug. Mexico, Peru. B.M. 5278. 

 B.R. 31:24. Fls. very fragrant. Distinguished by its 

 very short ovaries. 



5. platyceras, Reichb. f. Pseudobulbs and Ivs. as in 

 S. Bucephalus but stouter : scape 2-fld., with ovate 

 acute bracts one-half as long as the ovary: fls. 7 in. 

 across, pale yellow, with numerous ring-shaped spots 

 and blotches of purple; sepals triangular oblong; pet- 

 als broadly linear, acute; hypochil boat-shaped, 2% in. 

 long; horns 1 in. long, broad, pointing forward, paral- 

 lel with the tongue-shaped middle lobe; the hypochil is 

 deep purplish crimson inside, paler and spotted outside, 

 *he upper part of the labellum colored like the sepals. 

 Colombia. Gn. 33:652. 



6. insignis, Frost. Figs. 2390, 2391. Pseudobulbs 

 clustered : Ivs. broadly lanceolate: scape 6 in. long, 

 covered with dark brown scales, 2-4-fld. : fls. 5 in. 

 across, dull yellow, spotted with purple; sepals broad, 

 concave; petals narrow, wavy; hypochil globose, almost 

 wholly purple inside, heavily spotted outside, horns 1 

 in. long, falcate, middle lobe cordate, keeled. July- 

 Oct. Brazil. B.M. 2948, 2949. B.R. 22:1837. L.B.C. 

 U0:1985. Gng. 2:117 (from which Fig. 2290is adapted). 



Distinguished by the broad wings of the column. 



7. Devoni6nsis, Lindl. (S. maculdsa, Knowles & W.). 

 Lvs. about 9 in. long: scape pendulous, 2-3 fld.: fls. 5 

 in. across, pale brownish, with broad reddish brown 

 'blotches; sepals oblong to ovate-oblong, obtuse; petals 

 narrow; hypochil rounded, saccate, purple, horns in- 

 curved, middle lobe ovate, channeled, obscurely 3- 

 toothed. Peru. F.S. 10:974. F.C. 3:121. 



8. Shuttleworthii, Reichb. f . Pseudobulbs large, com- 

 ical, sulcate: Ivs. broadly oblong, acute: raceme pendu- 

 ilous, loose: sepals, petals and base of the labellum 

 apricot color with dark purplish blotches, front part of 

 the labellum yellowish white; hypochil semi-globose; 

 horns flattened, suberect, terminal lobe triangular : 

 column whitish, green along the middle and spotted 

 with purple on the inside. Colombia. 



9. tigrina, Batem. Lvs. and pseudobulbs as in the 

 genus: scape short, pendulous, clothed with large, thin 

 brown scales: fls. 6 in. across, waxy and very fragrant; 

 sepals broadly ovate, concave; petals oblong-lanceolate, 

 both dingy yellow mottled towards the base with large 

 blotches of dull purple; hypochil broad, cup-shaped; 

 horns 1 in. long, fleshy, bent forward at right angles; 

 middle lobe rhomboid, with 3 fleshy teeth at the apex; 

 column large, spatulate. Mexico. B.M. 4197. B.R.25:!. 

 G.M. 32:398; 38:149. F. 1845:59. G.C. III. 4:481. -Oneof 



2390. Stanhopea insignis. 



the most striking forms among orchids. Var. lutescens, 

 Hort. Brilliant yellow to orange marked with chocolate. 

 Guatemala. Var. superba, Hort. Van Houtte. Fls. yel- 

 'low, with the sepals and petals heavily blotched with 

 iredlish brown. F.S. 7:713. Var. atrata, Hort., is adv. 



STAPELIA 



10. Martiana, Batem. Lvs. lanceolate: sepals broadly 

 ovate, cream y white with few purple spots on the lower 

 half; petals narrower, blotched with purplish crimson, 

 hypochil saccate, white ; lateral horns broad, pointed, 

 middle lobe oblong, obscurely 3-toothed; column sub- 

 clavate, winged. Mexico. F.S. 20:2112. Gn. 45, p. 470. 

 Var. bicolor, Lindl. Ground color of the fls. white. 

 B.R. 29:44. 



2391. Stanhopea insignis (X 



11. saccata, Batem. Fls. smaller than those of the 

 other species, greenisn yellow, changing to deeper yel- 

 low at the bases of the segments, regularly speckled 

 with brown; lateral sepals ovate-oblong, the upper one 

 oblong-lanceolate; petals narrower, oblong, all rettexed; 

 hypochil deeply saccate; horns flat, a little twisted, epi- 

 chil quadrate. Guatemala. I.H. 8:270 (as S. radiosa). 



12. ecornuta, Lent. Pseudobulbs and Ivs. large: scape 

 short, clothed with green bracts, 2-fld.: sepals erect, 

 2 in. long, ovate, concave, white, petals smaller; la- 

 bellum reduced to a fleshy sac-like hypochil, 1% in. long, 

 yellow deepening to orange at the base; column as long 

 as the labellum and of the same color. Cent. Amer. 

 B.M. 4885. F.S. 2:181. G.C. 1850:295. 



S. Amesiana, Hort. Hugh Low, belongs to the hornless class 

 of which S. ecornuta is a type and is perhaps a variety of S. 

 Lowii. It has large, waxy, clear white, fragrant fls. over 4 in. 

 across, and a very thick, fleshy, saccate labellum. G.M. 36:352. 

 Habitat? 



HEINRICH HASSELBRING. 



STANLEYA (Edward Stanley, Earl of Derby, 1779- 

 1849, ornithologist, once president Linnean Society). 

 Cruciferce. Stanleya pinnatifida is a hardy perennial 

 herb about 3 ft. high with the general appearance of a 

 Cleome and bright yellow flowers an inch across borne 

 in terminal spikes a foot or more long. The genus 

 contains 5 species of stout herbs native to the western 

 U. S. It belongs to the Sisymbium tribe of the mustard 

 family, which tribe is characterized by long, narrow 

 pods, seeds in a single series and incumbent cotyledons. 

 Stanleya is distinguished from neighboring genera by 

 the long, club-shaped buds, cream-colored or yellow fls., 

 and long-stalked ovaries and pods. Other generic 

 characters: sepals linear; petals narrow, long-clawed; 

 stamens G, nearly equal: seeds numerous, pendulous. 



pinnatifida, Nutt. (S. pinnata, Britton). Stems flexu- 

 ous: Ivs. very variable, commonly pinnatifld; segments 

 lance -oblong or oblanceolate - elliptic, rarely linear, 

 almost entire; terminal segment larger: fls. deep golden 

 yellow, according to D. M. Andrews. May-July. W. 

 Kan. and Neb. to Tex. and S. Calif., in dry clay or alka- 

 line soils. B.B. 2:109. Procurable from collectors of 

 Colorado wild flowers. \\r_ M. 



STAPELIA (J. B. Van Stapel, Dutch physician, died 

 in the early part of the seventeenth century, who wrote 

 on the plants of Theophrastus). Asclepiaddcece. CAR- 

 KION FLOWER. Odd fleshy cactus-like plants from 

 South Africa. Schumann, in Engler and Prantl's 

 "Naturpflanzenfamilien," considers that the genus con- 

 tains 70-80 species. Decaisne, in DeCandolle's Pro- 



