1716 STANHOPEA 



4. Bucephalus, Linill. (S. rjriimUfldra, Reichl). f.)- 

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

 ipointed: the pendulous raceme bearing 4-6 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. platyc^ras, Reichb. f. Pseudobulbs and Ivs. as In 

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

 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, 2H 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, 

 the upper part of the labellum colored like the sepals. 

 Colombia. Gn. 33:G52. 



6. insignia, 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 piirpli- iiisidi', heavily spotted outside, horns 1 

 in. loiiL.'. Inlr.ii. . middle lobe cordate, keeled. July- 

 ■Oct. i;i-i/.il. l;..M. i".M.S, 2949. B.R. 22:1837. L.B.C. 

 20:19H."). lin-. J: 117 ( from which Fig. 2290is adapted). - 

 Distinguished by the broad wings of the column. 



7. DeToni^DBis, Lindl. {S. maculosa, Knowles &Vf.). 

 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. SMttleworthii, Reichb. f. Pseudobulbs large, coni- 

 cal, sulcate: lvs. broadly oblong, acute: raceme pendu- 

 lous, 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. 25:1. 

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



-the most striking forms among orchids. Var. lutfiscens, 

 Hort. Brilliant yellow to orange marked with chocolate. 

 Guatemala. Var. sup^rba, Hort. Van Houtte. Fls. yel- 

 iow, with the sepals and petals heavily blotched with 

 reddish brown. F.S. 7:713. Var. atrita, Hort., is adv. 



STAPELIA 



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

 ovate, creamy 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. 



!^391. Stanhopea insienis 



11. sacc4ta, Batem. Fls. smaller than those of the 

 other species, greenish yellow, changing to deeper yel- 

 low at the bases of the segments, regularly speckle*? 

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

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

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

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



12. ecomilta, Lem. Pseudobulbs and lvs. 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 tlie same color. Cent. Amer. 

 B.M. 4885. F.S. 2:1M. (M\ l>,-,n :2'.ir). 



Hort 



of which S. ecorniit 

 Lowii. It has large 

 across, and a very tt 



ii^s to the hornless elai 

 ln-rhaps a variety of 1 



1 a; , Iragrant fls. over 4 i: 



.^uec.uo l;ibellum. G.M. 36:3.'; 



Heineich Hasselbring. 



STANLEYA (Edward Stanley, Earl of Derby, 1779- 

 1849, ornithologist, once president Linnean Society). 

 Cruciferte, Stanleya pinnatiflda 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 In rlis n.itivi- t(. the western 

 U. S. It belongs to the SisyiiilMniii irilii- of the mustard 

 family, which tribe is charii.-tiriy.e.l l.y long, narrow 

 pods, seeds in a single series and iuinimbcnt cotyledons. 

 Stanleya is distinguished from neighboring genera by 

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

 and long-stalked ovaries and pods. Other generic 

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

 stamens 6, nearly equal: seeds nuinenius, i.enilulous. 



pinnatifida, Nutt. (S.phii,,;i; . l'„-iii,.ii). sinnv Hexu- 

 ous: lvs. very variable, coTiinemly i.iiinatitid ; ^..^-inents 

 lance-oblong or oblanceobite - elliiitie, 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. \y^ ]vi, 



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

 in the early part of the seventeenth centurv, who wrote 

 on the plants of Theophrastus). Asrl. pin.ln., ., . Par- 

 KION Flower. Odd fleshy cactn-; like |.].iiiU from 

 South Africa. Schumann, in Eiiirier ami I'raiitl's 

 "Naturpflanzenfamilien," considers tliat llie i.-eims eon- 

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



