STREPTOSOIiEN 



J&mesomi, Miers (BrowdlUa Jdmesonii, Hort., & 

 Benth.?). Fig. 2i36. Handsome evergreen scabrous- 

 pubescent shrub, 4-6 ft. high, hardy and much culti- 

 vated in California as far north as San Francisco. 

 June. G.C. II. 21:797. .Gn. 26:447. R.H. 1883:30. 

 B.M. 4605. F.S. 5:436. P.M. 16:6. G.M. 39:200. V. 

 7:298; 9:147.— An old favorite in northern greenhouses. 

 J. BURTT Daw. 



STRYPHNODENDRON 



1747 



2436. Streptosolen Jamesonii (X ^). 



STKOBILANTHES (Greek, cone and flower, refer- 

 ring to the inflore.scence). AcantMce<x. A large genus 

 containing about 130 species inhabiting the warm re- 

 gions of Asia and the Malay Islands to Madagascar. 

 They are mostly ei-ect, half-shrubby plants cultivated 

 for their flowers and foliage. Only young, well-grown 

 plants are attractive, the older ones becoming weedy 

 and unattractive. Some species are grown as ornamen- 

 tal foliage bedding plants, but they are not as desirable 

 for general use as the coleus, the slightest cool weather 

 changing the color of their leaves to a very undesirable 

 shade. In the greenhouse they make fine decorative 

 foliage plants but require at all times a high temperature 

 and an abundance of moisture and much syringing. 

 Under unfavorable conditions they lose their leaves and 

 become unsightly. 



Lvs. opposite or rarely scattered, entire or toothed: 

 fls. blue, violet, white or yellow, in terminal or axillary 

 spikes or heads, or in loose cymes, mostly large; calyx 

 deeply 5-parted, with linear lobes; corolla-tube narrow 

 at base, straight or curved, enlarged above, limb of 5 

 spreading ovate or rotund equal lobes, or the dorsal 

 pair united; stamens 4, perfect, oronlythe 2 lower per- 

 fect and the upper pair sterile and aborted, included; 

 anthers with 2 parallel cells ; capsule oblong or linear, 

 slightly contracted at the base, 2-loculed; ovules 2 

 (rarely 3 or 4) in each locule. 



Dyeriiuus, Masters. An erect, branching, soft-wooded 

 stove shrub: stem hirsute: lvs. opposite, 6-8 in. long. 



elliptic-lanceolate, serrulate, cordate at base, sessile,^ 

 variegated with iridescent tints of blue and lilac, rose- 

 purple beneath: fls. in erect spikes, 1% in. long, pale 

 violet; calyx unequally 5-lobed, lobes linear, obtuse; 

 corolla-tube curved, ventricose, limb of 5 short, broad, 

 revolute lobes. Burma. I1..M. 7.j74. U.B. 20:133. J.H. 

 111.26:359. A.G. 17:2y7. \'. I'.i :(;?.- ^^ed for bedding. 



calWsus, Nees. Shrub. i;-s ft. hiu-h : lvs. elliptic-lanceo- 

 late, acuminate, puberuhms, narmwid into a long, slen- 

 der petiole which is winged to the middle: fls. in short, 

 oblong spikes, large, pale violet-blue; corolla-tube very 

 short, dilated into a subcampanulate throat and expand- 

 ing into a limb 2 in. across; lobes orbicular, undulate. 

 B.M. 7538.— A native of western India, where it forms 

 a shrub 6-8 ft. high; said to flower in its third year. 



isophyllus, T. Anders. (Goldhissia isophi/Ua, Nees). 

 A low, much-branched, bushy shrub, 2-3 ft. high, 

 swollen at the joints: lvs. short-petioled, opposite, nar- 

 rowly lanceolate, distantly .serrulate or entire: peduncles 

 axillary, shorter than the lvs., bearing several ^s. : 

 corolla 1 in. long, funnel-shaped, blue and white; limb 

 5-lobed; lobes emarginate. India. B.M. 4363. B. 5:244. 

 — Used either for bedding or for pots. Blooms pro- 

 fusely either in winter or summer, according to treat- 



anisoph^llns, T. Anders. {Goldfussia anisophylla, 

 Nees). Branches somewhat zigzag: lvs. broadly lanceo- 

 late, acuminate, serrulate, opposite but one of each pair 

 much smaller than the other: fls. purplish and white; 

 corolla funnel-shaped, very broad at the mouth, with a 

 somewhat irregular 5-lobed limb. India. B.M. 3404. 

 B.R. 11:955 (as liuellia persicifolia). Similar to the 

 preceding in habit and use. Heinrich Hasselbrikg. 



STEOMANTHE (couch and flower; said to allude to 

 form of inflorescence). Scitaminiiceie. Five tropical 

 American plants (according to Petersen in Engler & 

 Prantl's Naturpflanzenfamilien). closely allied to Cal- 

 athea, Maranta, Phrynium and Thalia. It agrees with 

 Maranta and Thalia in having a 1-loculed capsule, and 

 thereby differs from Calathea and Phrynium, which 

 have 3 locules. From Maranta it differs in having a 

 very short perianth-tube and the segments not stand- 

 ing opposite each other. From Thalia it differs, as does 

 Maranta, in having 2 side staminodia rather than one. 

 For culture, see remarks under Calathea. 



Porteftna, Griseb. (Mardnta Porte&na, Horan.). 

 Two to 4 ft. high, with maranta-like lvs., the blades 

 long-elliptic or ovate-lanceolate, varying from acumi- 

 nate to almost obtuse, purple beneath, bright green 

 above with transverse stripes or bars of silvery white: 

 fls. solitary or twin on the rachis, blood-red, the in- 

 florescence simple or compound. Brazil. Lowe 26. 



sangulnea, Sonder (Mardnta sangitlnea, Hort.). 

 Leaf-blades about 1 ft. long, oblong-acuminate, purple 

 beneath and green above: scape 12-20 in. tall, red to- 

 wards the top, bearing a panicle of bright red and red- 

 bracted fls. Probably Brazilian. B.M. 4646. F.S. 8:785. 

 —An old garden plant. Thrives in an intermediate 

 frequently attains a height of 5 ft. when 



planted in a border. 



L. H. B. 



STEOPHOLlEION (Greek for twisted rope and lily, 

 referring to the twining stem). Lilideece. Very like 

 Brodiaea, and sometimes referred to that genus, but 

 differing in always having 3 stamens and a perianth 

 which is contracted at the throat and saccate at the 

 base. The only species is S, Calif6micum, Torr. 

 (Brodllea voliihilis, Baker). In many ways it resem- 

 bles Brodicea coccinea, except that the scape is climb- 

 ing to a height of 3 or 4 feet, and bearing an umbel 

 of delicate rosy pink flowers. The scape twines readily 

 about any stick or bush that stands near it. Lvs. 1 ft. 

 or more long, keeled, % in. or less broad: corm about 

 1 in. in diam. Central Calif. B.M. 6123. G.C. III. 

 20:687. — Culture as for Brodicea coccinea. 



Carl Pcrdv. 



STEYPHNODfiNDEON is a genus of tropical Ameri- 

 can unarmed trees belonging to the legume family. 

 Ten species are known, one of which is a native of 

 Guiana, .the others of Brazil. They are usually small 



