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Stove, white-flowered, West Indian, evergreen 

 shrubs. Cuttings of half-ripened shoots in sand, 

 under a glass, in a sweet bottom-heat ; peat and 

 loam. Winter temp., 50 to 55 ; summer, 6l> to 

 80. 



S. lu'cidum (shining). May. 1818. 

 tomento'sum (downy). May. 1823. 



STEPHANO'TIS. (From se/>/iaH0s, a crown, 

 andototis, eared; the ear-like processes on 

 the crown of the stamens. Nat. ord., As- 

 clepiads [Asclepiadacese]. Linn., 6-Pen- 

 tandria I-Monogynia.) 



Stove, white-flowered, evergreen twiners. Cut- 

 tings of the points of shoots, but best by small, 

 stiff side-shoots, in sand, under a bell-glass, and 

 plunged in bottom-heat; fibry loam and fibry 

 peat, with a littls silver sand and dried leat-mould. 

 Winter temp., 45 to 55, and rather dry ; summer, 

 60 to 85, and plenty of moisture when growing. 

 Would answer, probably, in a warm conservatory 

 when once it reached the top of the roof. 

 S. floribu'nda (copious-flowered). 20. May. Ma- 



dagascar. 1839. 

 Thoua'rsii (Thouar's). May. E. Ind. 1842. 



STERCU'LIA. (Named after Stercus, a 

 heathen god. Nat ord., Sterculiads [Ster- 

 Liim., 21-Moncecia 10-ZJecau- 



Violet. 



culiacese] 

 dria.) 



Stove evergreens. Cuttings of ripe shoots in 

 sand, under a bell-glass, in moist bottom-heat ; 

 fibry loam and peat. . Winter temp., 45 to 58 ; 

 summer, 60 to 80. Tragaca'ntha produces the 

 gum of that name. Platanifo'liu* stood for years 

 in the open air at Chelsea, and it is likely that 

 many of the East Indian and New Holland spe- 

 cies would thrive with greenhouse treatment. 

 S, Bala'nghas (Balanghas). 20. Purple. August. 

 E. Ind. 1787- 



cocci'nea (sca.rlet-fru>ted). 20. E. Ind. 1817- 



cjlora'ta (coloured). 30. Scarlet. E. Ind. 1818. 



grandiflo'ra (large-flowered). 6. E. Ind. 1820. 



heli'cteres (helicteres-like). 8. Yellow, purple. 



Carthagena. 1820. 



macrophy'lla (large-leaved). Yellow. July. E. 



Ind. 1822. 



no'bilis (noble). 20. Pale buff. E. Ind. 1787- 



pube'scens (downy). 20. White. Guinea. 1793. 



tragaca'ntha (tragacanth). 40. Red, brown. 



May. Sierra Leone. 1/93 



STERILE. See BARREN. 



STERNBE'RGIA. (Named after Count 

 Sternberg, a German botanist. Nat. ord., 

 AmaryUids [Amaryllidacese]. Linn., 6- 

 Hexandria ]-Monogynia. Allied to Opo- 

 ranthus, ovAmary'llis lu'teaofihe gardens. 



Hardy autumnal- flowering bulbs, with one 

 yellow flower on a stalk, open before the leaves 

 rise ; offsets ; good, sandy loam and leaf-mould. 

 S. Clusia'na (Clusius's). $. Constantinople. 



colchicifto'ra (colchicum-flowered). . Hun- 



gary. 1816. 



exi'gua (small). $. N.Africa. 1820. 



STE 'VIA. (Named after P. J. Esteve, a 

 Spanish botanist. Nat. ord., Composites 

 [Asteracese]. Linn., IQ-Syitgenesia 1- 

 ^Equalis.) 



Greenhouse herbaceous perennials, from Mexico, 

 Where net otherwise mentioned. They all bloom 



in August. Seeds and division in spring ; sandy, 

 loamy soil. The protection of a cold pit in winter. 

 S. adeno-'phnra (gland-bearing). 2. White. Chili. 

 1822. 



angustifo'lia (narrow-leaved). l. Pink. 1823. 



6rewiam-a'ta(short-awned}. 3. Rose. July. 



Tucuman. 18S6. 



Eupato'ria (Eupatoria.) 2. Pink. 1798. 



/ai-czcwto'm (clo*e-headed). 1. White. Sep- 



tember. 1830. 



fastigia'ta (peaked). 1$. White. New Spain. 

 1826. 



hyssopifu'lia (hyssop-leaved). l. Pink. 



incane'scens (hoary). 1. White. New Spain. 



1827. 



ivafo'tia (iva-leaved). 2. White. 1816. 



lanceola'ta (spear-head-tefflfed). I. Purple. 1822. 



luxiflu'ra (loose-flowered). Purple. 



tu'cidu (shining). 2. Pink. New Spain. 1824. 



microphy'lla (small-leaved). 2. Blush. Sep- 



tember. 1828. 



mo'llis (soft). White. 1834. 



Munardafo'lia (Monarda-leaved). 1 J. 



1826. 

 - Nepetaefo'lia (Nepeta-leaved). 1*. White. 1824. 



ovu'ta (egg- leaved). 2. White. 1816. 



panicula'ta (panicled). l. White. New 



Spain. 1824. 



pilo'sa (shaggy). 1$. Pink. 1820. 



pube'scens (downy). l. Purple. 1823. 



purpu'rett( purple). l. Purple. 1812. 



rhombifo'lia (diamond-leaved). l^AVhite. 1827. 



salicifo'lia (willow-leaved). l. Pink. 1803. 



salviatfo'lia (sage-leaved). 14. White. 1827. 



serru'ta (saw- leaved). l. Flesh. 1799- 



suave'olens (sweet-smelling). l. White. New 



Spain. 1823. 



subo'cto - arista' ta (slightly - eight - awned). 



White. Peru. 1824. 



subpube'scens (slightly-downy). 2. Pink. New 



Spain. 1820. 



ternifo'lia (three-leaved). 1$. White. 1824. 



tomento'sa (woolly). l. Violet. 1824. 



trachelioi'des (trachelium-like). 3. Purple.1839. 



tri'Jida (three-cleft). 1$. White. New Spain. 1827- 



viola'cea (violet-coloured). 3. Violet. 1829. 



visco'sa (clammy). Purple. 1821. 

 STIGMAPHY'LLON. (From stigma, the 



female organ, and phyllon, a leaf ; leafy- 

 like stigma. Nat. ord., Malpighiads [Mal- 

 pighiacefle]. Linn., IQ-Decandria 3-Tri- 

 1 gynia. Allied to Banisteria.) 



Stove, yellow - flowered plants. Cuttings of 

 ripened shoots in sand, under a glass, in bottom- 

 Winter temp., 48 to 55 ; 



July. Brazil. 



heat ; peat and loam, 

 summer, 60 to 80. 

 S. arista' turn (awned-teaued). 

 1832. Twiner. 



auricula 1 turn (eared-feaued). 10. Brazil. 1820. 



Twiner. 



cilia'tum (hair-fringed-teawed). May. Brazil. 



1/96. Herbaceous. 



heterophy'llum (various-leaved). 10. December. 



Buenos Ayres. 1842. Climber. 



jatrophcBfo'lium (jatropha-leaved). 3. May. 



Uruguay. 1841. Twiner. 



mucrona'tum (spine-pointed). 10. September. 



Mexico. 1844. Twiner. 

 STILLI'-NGIA. (Named after Dr. B. Stil- 

 lingfleet, an English botanist. Nat. ord., 

 Spurgeworts [Euphorbiaceae]. Linn., 21 



Woncecia IQ-Decandria. 

 lanthus.) 



Allied to Oma- 



