STURTEVANT 



30, 1898. Though holding the degree of M.D. from 

 the Harvard Medical School, Dr. Sturtevant never prac- 

 ticed the profession of medicine, but devoted his life to 

 agricultural work, first specializing on Ayrshire cattle, 

 then on pedigree corn (Waushaljum) and muslimalons 

 (New Christiana), and afterward devoting particular 

 attention to the moditications which cultivated plants 

 have undergone as shown by such records as occur in 

 the older books. In connection with these studies. Dr. 

 Sturtevant brought together a rare collection of books 

 dealing with plants published before the time of Lin- 

 naeus (say 1753), which, with his index cards and her- 

 barium, is now preserved at the Missouri Botanical 

 Garden in St. Louis, Mo. 



As first director of the New York Experiment Station, 

 at Geneva, Dr. Sturtevant drew the broad plans on 

 which the successful work of that establishment has 

 been conducted and which have served largely as mod- 

 els for subsequently organized agricultural stations 

 over the country. He was a man of active mind, and 

 his career is suggestive of worthy work to an unusual 

 degree. A biographic sketch and a list of his principal 

 writings are printed in the Tenth Report of th "' 

 Botanical Garden. -Wm. Teelease. 



STYL6PH0EUM (Greek, style and 

 bearing, in reference to the persistent 

 style). Papaverdcew . A genus of prob- 

 ably 3 species of perennial herbs, one 

 American and the others from southeast- 

 ern Asia and Japan. Herbs with stout 

 rootstocks and yellow sap: Ivs. lobed or 

 cut: fls. yellow or red, rather long- 

 stemmed, solitary or clustered ; sepals 

 2; petals 4; stamens numerous; placentae 

 2-4 ; style distinct ; stigma 2-4-lobed, 

 radiate: capsule linear or ovoid, dehis- 

 cent to the base. 



dipli:^lluin, Nutt. (PapAver Styt6- 

 phoriim, Hort.). Celandine Poppy. 

 Pig. 2438. A hardy perennial about 1 ft. 

 high, forming large clumps: stem with 

 2 Ivs. at the summit: Ivs. light green, 

 pinnately parted : fis. yellow, 2 in. 

 across, in clusters of 3-5. May, June. 

 Moist shade, W. Pa. to Wis. and Tenn. 

 B.B. 2:102. J.H. 111. 34 :475.-An attrac- 

 tive plant of easy culture in any rich, 

 rather loose, moist soil in either shade or open, but pref- 

 erably in partial shade. p, -^^ Barclay. 



Sr?BAX (ancient Greek name of Styrax officinalis). 

 StyracAceai. Storax. Ornamental deciduous or ever- 

 green trees or shrubs, with alternate, simple, serrate or 

 entire leaves and white often pendulous flowers in ax- 

 illary clusters or terminal racemes, followed by dru- 

 paceous dry or fleshy fruits. 5. Obassia, Americana 

 and Japonica are the hardiest and stand the winter in 

 sheltered positions as far north as Massachusetts; S. 

 grandifolia is hardy about Philadelphia and S. Cali- 

 fornica only south. The Storaxes are handsome shrubs 

 of graceful habit, usually loose and spreading. Their 

 flowers are numerous, white and mostly fr;ii:raiit. They 

 are well adapted for borders of shrubl., riis .,r ;,- vin^'la 

 specimens on the lawn, and thrive 1m ~t in a liL'lit, 

 porous soil. Prop, by seeds sown soon aft.r lip. niiig 

 andbylayers; sometimes grafted on i/.//. .v„( t, iru/.t, ra. 



About 60 species in the tropical. suhtroi.i.;d and 

 warmer temperate regions of America, Asia and Europe. 

 Trees or shrubs: Ivs. short-stalked, exstiitulato. nioi-c or 

 less covered, like the inflorescence, with stolhite liairs: 

 fls. white; calyx campanulato. oh~i.-ni-.l\ Tj-tootlied or 

 truncate; petals 5, connate ••u\y at tlo- lias,.; stamens 

 10, inserted at the base of th I'ilhi aiel usually some- 

 what connate below: ovary sn|M rno-, mi :, o uoii.-d at the 

 base with the calyx, 3-locuiod .i: ii ; - . 1 ■ .ii .1 imIo- 

 apex; style slender: fr. a o , i ■ i. 



fleshy or oftener dry with ill lii . ii. , i . liiil. 

 witQ large, subglobose si-cl-. ,s /, j - /,,,.,,. ^ h liis 

 the benzoin, a balsamic exuduiion ui tin- xM.uuilr.l iiee; 

 storax, a similar gum-resin, was formerly obtained from 

 S. officinalis, but the storax of to-day is a product of 

 Liquidambar. 



STYRAX 1749 



A. Fls. in many-fia. racemes: Ivs. 2-10 in. long. 

 B. I'onng branchlets, petioles and racemes grayish 



grandittlia, Ait. Shrub, 4-12 ft. high: Ivs. oval to 

 obovate, shortly acuminate, usually narrowed toward 

 the base, denticulate or almost entire, glabrous above, 

 grayish tomentose or pubescent beneath, 2]4-6 in. long: 

 fls. fragrant, in loose racemes 3-G in. long or sometimes 

 in clusters; corolla fully K in. long, with spreading, 

 oblong petals: fr. subglobose, about J'3 in. across. May. 

 S. Va. to Pla. L.B.C. 11:1010 (poor). B.B. 2:599. 

 BB. Yonng branchlets, petioles a7id racemes soon 

 glabrous. 



Ob&ssia, Sieb. & Zuce. Shrub or small tree, 30 ft. 

 high: young branchlets and petioles covered with a 



quickly disappearing floccose rusty tomentum: Ivs. or- 

 bicular to broadly obovate or oval, abruptly acuminate, 

 usually rounded at the base, remotely dentate above the 

 middle and sometimes tricuspidate at the apex, glabrous 

 above, pubescent beneath, 6-10 in. long: fls. fragrant, 

 in racemes 5-7 in. long; rachis glabrous; pedicels and 

 calyx flnely tomentose; corolla % in. long, with slightly 

 spreading obovate-oblong petals: fr. % in. long, ovoid, 

 pointed. May. Japan. S.Z. 1:46. B.M. 7039. G.C. III. 

 4:131 (not correct in regard to habit). A.F. 12:30. 

 M.D.G. 1898:16. 



AA. Fls. in few-fid. clusters or short racemes: hs. 



1-3 in. long. 



B. Petals 5-S: branchlets and Ivs. beneath pubescent. 



Califdmica, Torr. Shrub, 5-8 ft. high: Ivs. broadly 

 oval or ovate, obtuse, entire, stellate pubescent, at 

 least when young, 1-2J^ in. long: fls. in few-fld. to- 

 mentose clusters; pedicels about as long as calyx; 

 coiolla 'j in. long, with 5-8 oblanceolate petals; sta- 

 mens Iii-k;. with the filaments pubescent and connate 

 aljout une-third. April. California. 



BB. Petals 5: Ivs. almost glabrous, acute. 

 c. Pedicels about as long as calyx, puberulous. 



Americina, Lam. (S. gldbrum, Cav. S. Icevigcitum, 

 Ait. I. Shrub. 4-8 ft. high: Ivs. oval to oblong, acute at 

 111, til tn.ls ,,r a.iiiiLinate, entire or serrulate, bright 

 LTi I II :iiiil ,ilniii-t ulalirous, 1-3 in. long: fls. nodding, In 

 li ^v 111. ilo^iir-: jiodicels about as long as calyx or 

 liiil,' l,,im,i. pill,, lulous; corolla about Kin. long, al- 

 iiiust Klabrous, with spreading or reflexed, lanoeolate- 

 obloug petals; calj'x-teeth minute, acute. April-June. 

 Va. to Fla., west to Ark. and La. B.M. 921. L.B.C. 

 10:960. B.R. 11:952 (as Ralesia parviflora). 



