SCH1S3IAT0GL0TTIS 



white, the total mass of green being less than the varie 

 gation; petiole '6-4% in. long; blade 4-5 x l?i-2K in 

 Borneo. I.H. 31:520. G.C. II. 24:361.--S. decora, var, 

 }\'ittmanidna, was offered in 1893 by John Saul, Wash 

 ington, D. C. 



,S. Roebelinii, Pitcher & Manila, ISO.i. p. 138. "Lvs. beauti 

 fully m.irked with silvery white in ;i broad feathery varieea' 

 tion. Only the center and edge of thi 

 green. The plant is compact, free-gro 

 as enduring as those of a nibl>er tree 

 This plant Is imperfectly known. It 

 Manda's catalogue 1895: 141 as I-;. Rocbe! 



es are plain light 

 with thick leaves 

 fine house plant." 



EAgla 



W. il. 



SCEIZEA. {Greek, to split). SchizwAcea. A genus 

 of small ferns with twisted grass-like lvs. and sedge- 

 like sporophylls formed of a cluster of closely com- 

 pacted pinnte, each with two rows of spDrangia, which 

 in common with the family are pear-shaped, with an 

 apical ring, opening by a vertical fissure. 



pusilla, Pursh. Our only native species, growing in 

 sand barrens mainly in New Jersey. Lvs. an inch long, 

 grass-like: sporophylls 2-3 in. long, with 6-8 closely 

 compacted divisions, forming a spike at the apex. 

 Known locally as Curly-grass. The prothallus only re- 

 cently studied is found to resemble protonema, being 

 filamentous rather than thallose as in ordinary ferns. 



L. M. UXDERWOOD. 



SCHIZANDEA (Greek, schizein, to cleave, and aner, 

 andros, man, stamen; referring to the cleft or separate 

 anther-cells). Including Sph(erdstema and Maximo- 

 wiczia. MagnoliAeew. Ornamental deciduous twining 

 shrubs, with' alternate, simple lvs., white, yellowish or 

 red, not very conspicuous fls. on slender, drooping pedi- 



SCHIZANTHUS 1625 



eels and showy scarlet or black, berry-like fr. in droop- 

 ing racemes. The Asiatic A'. Chinensis is hardy north, 

 while the native S. coccinea can only be grown south. 

 They may be used for covering rocks, trees, shrubs or 

 fences, and seem to thrive best in partly shaded and 

 somewhat moist places in a porous, sandy loam. Prop, 

 by seeds, by greenwood cuttings under glass,_ root- 

 cuttings or layers, and also by suckers. 



chieHv in E. Am: 



India to N. China and 



Lvs. exstipulate, usually 

 fi w-ttd. axillary clusters, 



:iiid petals 9-12, not dif- 

 'I less connate; carpels 



, developing into berries 

 I.M-iii receptacle, forming 

 IS of the Asiatic species 



jLx. lliyU rlimbiiig shrub; lvs. slender- 

 petioled, ovate or oval, acuminate, entire or obscurely 

 denticulate, glabrous, 2-3K in. long; fls. monoecious. 



rated: berries scarlet, forming a loose raceme 2-3 in. 

 long. June. S. C. to E. Tex. B.M. 1413. 



Chinfinais, Baill. {Maxii 

 Climbing to 25 ft. : lvs. Ijrt 

 acuminate, remotely ibiiti. 

 ing above, glaljrnu- ,\'. i^r 

 long; petiole ^,,-1' . in. I' 



vpbitp. ^^in. ncrnss. fr:iLT:il 



Sinensis, Rupr.; 



ti.iihite. dark green and shin- 

 • I rrt till- veins beneath, 2-4 in. 

 liiiL-: Hs. dioecious, pinkish 

 am : stamens 5, divided at the 

 apex; berries scarlet, toriiiing a rather dense raceme 

 1-1 in. long. May, June. Jap.an, N. China, Amurland. 

 Gt. 12:382. F.S. 15:1594. Gn. 6, p. 583. M.D.G. 

 1899:568. — The very showy fruit ripens end of August; 

 to secure it both sexes must be planted together. 



.S. nigra. Maxim. Similar to the preceding: lvs. smaller, 

 quite glabrous: fls. white: fr. bluish black. Japan. Seems 

 more tender than S. Chinensis.-S. proptnqua. Hook. f. & 

 Thom. (Sphferostema propinquum, Blume). Lvs. ovate to 

 ovate-lanceolate, about 4 in. long on K-in. long petioles: fls. 

 pale yellowish: fr. scarlet, forming racemes to 6 in. long. 

 Himalayas. B.M. 4614. For cult, in subtropical regions or in 

 the warm greenhouse. Alfred Eehder. 



SCEIZANTHnS (Greek, split and flower; from the 

 incised corolla). SolanAcea-. Butterfly Flower. 

 About 6 species of annual herbs from Chile, with mostly 

 finely cut leaves and terminal open cymes of variously 

 and highly colored fls. : calyx 5-cleft, the lobes linear, 

 corolla tubular; limb wide-spreading, oblique, plicate. 

 somewhat 2-lipped, laciniate; stamens 2, exserted: 

 seeds numerous, small. These dainty plants are of easy 

 culture in any good garden soil. They are also useful as 

 pot-plants for spring flowering, the seed being sown in 

 early fall and the plants kept in a light house and 

 given plenty of root room as they need it. 

 A Corolla-tube ai lonq ns the calyx- stamens short- 



exseited 



B Till middle ■.eoment of the anterior Up of the corolla 



notched at stcmmit 



rettisus, Hiiok ^t. m :> ft bisrb lvs pinnatisect, with 

 the si:;nunts (in n I mil n I'liiii ititid fls. in the 

 tvi'i di Hp r<i-i I iiiiiMl' segment of the 



u].]!! 1 lip oi 171- I' 'I" 1 iteral segments 



lit tbi iii.stiii.il I J I . Hill. hij. 11, longer than 



the middle segm, lit BM iDl") BR 18 1544. -The 

 portions of the flower which are rose-colored in the 

 type are white m var 41ba. 



BB. The middle segment of the anterior lip not nofrhed 

 at apex. 



Gr&hami, Gill. Lvs. 1-2-pinnatisect; segments entire 

 or dentatelv pinnatifid: fls. tvpically lilac or rose, with 

 the middle 'half of the middle segment of the anterior 

 lip vellow or orange; the lateral segments of the pos- 

 terior lip falcate, linear, acute, shorter than the middle 

 segment. B.M. 3044. R.H. 1843:529. 

 AA. Corolla-tube shorter than the calyx: stamens long- 

 exserted. 



pinn^tus, Ruiz and Pav. (S. p6rrigens. Grab. S. 

 Priestii, Paxt.). Fig. 2267. The most variable of the 

 species, with many horticultural forms distinguished 



