SPA 



[ 838 ] SPH 



Linn., Sl-Monada l-He^iandria. Al- 

 lied to Caladium.) 



Stove herbaceous perennial. Division of the 

 plant; loam and peat. Winter temp., 50 to 

 CO" ; summer, 60 to 80. 



5. Aas/o'taz(halbert-leaved). White. July. 

 S. America. 



SPATHO'DEA. (From spat lie, a sheath ; 

 sheath, or spathe-like calyx. Nat. ord., 

 Biynoniads [Bignoniacere]. Linn., 14- 

 Didynamia 2-Atif/iospermla.) 



Cuttings of side-shoots, three or four inches 

 in length, taken off with a heel, as growth is 

 proceeding, in spring, inserted thinly, in sand, 

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

 peat and loam. Winter temp., 50 to 60 ; 

 summer, 60 to 80. 



STOVE EVERGREEN CLIMBERS. 



S.fraxinifo'lia (Ash - leaved). 10. Caraccas. 

 1822. 



unca'ta (hooked). 10. Yellow. Guiana. 1804. 



STOVE EVERGREEN TREES. 



S. corymbo'sa (corymbed). 6. Yellow. Tri- 

 nidad. 1824. 



la:' vis (smooth). 12. Purple. Guinea. 1825. 



longifio'ra (long-flowered). 12. Red. East 



Indies. 1810. 



penta'ndra (five*anthered). 20. Yellowish. 



June. India. 



Rhce'dii (Rheede's). 16. Cream. East 



Indies. 1794. 



Roxbu'rghii (Roxburgh's). 12. Pink. East 



Indies. 1820. 



SPATHOGLO'TTIS. (From spathe, a 

 sheath, and (/lottis, a tongue. Nat. ord., 

 Orchids [Orchidacese], Linn., 20- Gy- 

 nandria 1-Monandria. Allied to Eletia.) 



Stove Orchids, grown in pots. See Orchids. 

 S. Fo'rtuni (Fortune's). . Yellow. August. 



Hong Kong. 1844. 

 ^-plica'ta (plaited). Purple. Penang. 1843. 



SPAWN is the white thready matter 

 produced in the soil by mushrooms, 

 and hy which they are propagated. It 

 is doubtful whether it arises from their 

 seed, or whether it is a mass of under- 

 ground runners. See Mushroom. 



SPECULA 'RIA. (From the ancient 

 name Speculum Veneris, or Venus 's 

 Looking-glass. Nat. ord., Bellworts 

 [ Campari ulacea?]. Linn., b-Pentandria 

 1-Monogynia.) 



Annuals, and all others, by seeds, in pans, in 

 a bed, under glass, in March and April ; 

 division of the herbaceous kinds, in spring, and 

 cuttings of young shoots, under a hand-light, 

 in a shady place, in summer ; cuttings of 

 shrubby kinds, under a glass, in sandy soil, in 

 April; sandy loam, with a little peat, or re- 

 duced dried leaf-mould, for shrubby. Winter 

 temp., 40 to 48. 



GREENHOUSE EVERGEEENS. 

 S. diffu'sus (spreading). Blue. August. Cape 



of Good Hope. 1787. 

 ffutico'sus (shrubby). 1. Blue. August. 



Cape of Good Hope. 1/87. 



June. 



GREENHOUSE HERBACEOUS. 



S. interru'ptus (interrupted). 1. Blue. 



Cape of Good Hope. 1S18. 

 ni'tidus (shining). . White. June. Cape of 

 Good Hope. 1787. 



HARDY ANNUALS. 



I S.biflo'ra (two-flowered). 1. Blue. June. 

 Russia. 1836. 



falca'ta (sickle-petaled) . $. Rose. July. 



Mediterranean. 1820. 



hy'brida (hybrid). 1. Rose. July. England. 

 ' pentago'nia (five-angled). 1. Blue. July. 



Levant. 1686. 



perfolia'ta (leaf-stem-pierced). 1. Blue. 

 : July. North America. 1680. 



spe'culum (P r e/w.>Vlooking-glass). 1. Green, 



white. July. South Europe. 1596. 



catyci'na (tergr-calyxed). July. 

 Iberia. 



-- Liba'nica (Libanian). July. 

 -- 2iube'scens (downy). July. France. 



SPEEDWELL. Vcro'nica. 



SPENNE'RA. ( Named after M, Spenn cr, 

 a German botanist. Nat. ord., Melas- 

 lomads [Melastomacea^]. Linn., 8-Oct- 

 atulrial-Monoyynia. Allied to Rhexia.) 



Stove evergreens. Seeds, and cuttings of the 

 young shoots, in sand, under a bell-glass, and 

 in heat; sandy peat and fibry loam. Winter 

 temp., 50 to 60 ; summer, 60 to 85. Aciotis 

 afjuatica should be added to this genus. 

 : 5. fra'gilis (brittle). 3. White. June. Tri- 

 nidad. 1822. 



glandulo'sa ( glanded) . i. White. March. 



Guiana. 1824. 



paludo'sa (marsh). J. Rose. June. Brazil. 



1825. 



pendulifo'lia (hanging -leaved). . Rose. 



March. Guiana. 1826. 



SPERMADI'CTYON is Hamilto'nla azu'- 

 rca. 4. Pale blue. January. Nepaul. 



SPERMA'XYEUM is O'lax sir i' eta. 4. 

 White. New Holland. 1820. 



SPH^RA'LCEA. (From sphaira, a globe, 

 and alcea, the Marsli Mallow; the seed- 

 \>ods, or carpels, in globular heads. 

 Nat. ord., Mallow-worts [Malvaceiv]. 

 Linn., \(>-Monaddphia$-Polyyijnia. Al- 

 lied to Mallow.) 



Annuals, by seed, in a hotbed, in April, 



Slanted out at the beginning of June ; -shrubs, 

 y cuttings of young shoots, in sandy soil, under 

 ;i hand-light, in summer ; loam and peat. 

 Winter temp., 40 to 48. 



S.abutiloi'des (Abutilon- like). 4. Purple. 

 August. Bahamas. 1725. 



