SCAPI-IOSEPALUM 



ish, thickly epfckleU uitli o rim son ; <lors:il .^epal 

 broadly uvate. cniicave. stroTi^'ly "i-rihhrd, cndiiiL,^ in a 

 siitt" inrurvril tail; lateral s,..;i;"ils sprriiaini; h-.i-izunrallv, 

 falratelv inrurvrd. witli a lUifunu prui-rss wirdv tlir tii* 

 C'ulnmbia. B.M. 71fi:.. 



IIeixkk.h nAs^Kr.RKiNi; and Wm. Mathews. 

 SCAEBOROUGH LILY. V<,U.>t>, jn(rj>n>ra. 

 SCARLET BUSH. UanHVni, 



SCARLET LIGHTNING. L<jrln,ls Cha !r,>Joinru. 

 SCARLET PLUME. Knplio, ■}>■,<( fnhjn.s. 

 SCARLET RUNNER. A rrd-rlow,-n-d v;n-iutv of 



SCENTED VERBENA. A namr fninnl \n some 

 bnuks for tliL^ Loiiinn A'^rbeua. ^t'o Lij>j>i'/. 



SCHAUERIA taftt-r J. 0. Srbauer. nrofos^or at 

 (-irt-ifswald, 18l;i-l;^4S I . Ac<i n/ln'ictu. . jLveL-t, half- 

 shrnbby herbs, -with entire Ivs. : lis, yellow or red, in. a 

 terminal thyrse or spike: ohIvn: .Vparted, .seirnients 

 linear or setaeeou:s; corolhi-tubi.- long, yruduallv broad- 

 ened npward; limb 2-lippod, tbo npper lip interior nar- 

 row, entire or emar^inaie. erocr. lower lip cut intu .*; 

 .subequal. recurved segruionts: stamens i' each, with L' 

 parallel anthers, aljout as lon^^ as tbe upi'er lip: 

 aliorted stamens wantini^; style tilif orni : orary seated 

 ou a disk, ^-loeuled, with '2 seeds in each locule. About 8 

 species from Brazil. Closely related to Jaeobinia, from 

 which it differs by the equal parallel anther cells. It is 

 distinguished from Anisacanthus by its setaceous calvx- 

 lobes. and from Fittonia by its habit. 



ilavicoma, X. E. Bro\Yn [Jusfn-ia fh'ira, Hort., not 

 Kurz.). Fig. -1{:'A. Half-shrubl^y plants, with erect, 

 branched stem.s, up to -t ft. high: Ivs. opposite, petio- 

 late, ovate to ovate-lanceolate, shining green, undulate: 

 fls. light yellow, l^nin. long, borne in erect, feathery 

 panicles; calyx-lobes long, subulate, glanduhir-hairy, 

 persistent after the corolla has fallen. Autumn. Brazil. 

 B.Jl. 2S16 (as Justicia caUjcofviclta). B.R. 12:1027 (as 

 Justicia tlavicoma). L.B.C. 20:1921 (as Jttsticui calU- 

 ^r/e?;a ). — This plant has been confused with S. caJy- 

 cdfricha. Nees, and has long been cultivated under that 

 name. ^. cah/cotricha . Xees. has a smooth calyx and 

 broader ovate Ivs. which are very obtuse or subcrdate 

 at the base. Heixrich HASSELEKrxo. 



SCHEfiLEA I after Scheele. distinguished German 

 chemist). Palmdcft . About 10 species of pinnate palms 

 from tropical South America. They are spineless, tall 

 or dwarf: leaf-segments arranged in reirtilar series or 

 grouped, linear, in young plants unequally and obtusely 

 2-cut at the apex: ds. yellowish, <lirecious or mompcious. 

 the males very numerotis in the upper part of the 

 branches, the females few or solitary in the lower part 

 and sometimes peduncled; petals of the mab-s lun^- 

 club-shaped or cylindrical; stamens G, shurter than the 

 petals; fr. 1-3-seeded. 



butyracea, Karst. This species is cult, in S. Calif. 

 Francescbi remarks that it comes from Venezuela and 

 is a magnificent palm with the habit of Attalea. H. A. 

 Siebrecht writes that it is rare in cultivation and that it 

 is more interesting than beautiful. On account of its 

 large stem base or crown, it reqtiires so large a fiof or 

 tub for the size of the plant that it dfiCs not make a 

 ver3' ornamental subject. "\Y, ]\j;. 



SCHEERIA I Frederick Scheer presented the original 

 species to the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, he hav- 

 ing received them in 1850. through J. Fotts, from Chi- 

 huahua, ■Mexico). Gesneritcei't . A name proposed for 

 four Mexican and tropical American herbs which are 

 now referred to Achimenes (which seel. From Achi- 

 menes. 8eeman. its founder, distinguished it "by its 

 truly infundibuliform, not bilobr-d. stigma." In habit. 

 tbe genus suggests AcJ/i itimrs l>irsiif<i . A. pedfnirnlata 

 and J.. )f)}iUi. flora (see p. is. Vol. It. In the American 



SCIilXUS 



1623 



trado onp s|M-M-ics is nCfi-re.l, S. Mexictoa, .Si-i-m. {.S. nr- 

 )-/!/''s> ■ H.-^. llnrr. I , ii.iw moi-i/ [.rript-rU' kiiriwii :ls .[rhi- 

 ii,,ii,:< N.//, ./■/,, Henisl. St.iii (MF..'!-,' hairy: l\s. ovafi-, 

 bairy, .iL-utatc, stcHil -stalkril . npjiosilr: tis. sulitary in 

 the axils, stalkeil, ihr cdrclla Ll-L",, in. luni.'. tlie tui.e 



iucliiu^il rir di piiii,^ and L-nr\"(.Ml. tlie w idH-sjireadin^ 5- 



lolied limli liini.-nuriilL-. Lvs. with a metallic luster. 

 B.M. 474;;. ^^ H. B. 



2264. Schaueria flavicoma ( ~\ .-3). 



Chiefly kunwn to the tr;nb' iiDLltr the name of 



Ji'^ticia flara. 



SCHiMA (said to be an Arabian name). Tfrustromi- 

 ace(r. About 9 species of tender evergreen trees and 

 shrubs, with 5-petaled white tis. about IK in. across. 

 Here lielongs a neat little tea-like shrub about 2 ft. 

 high, known to the trade as Gordonia Javanica. Schi- 

 ma and Gordonia are closely related genera, distin- 

 guished by Bentham and Hooker as follows: Schima 

 has inferior radicles, sepals scarcely unequal, ovules few 

 in each locule and laterally athxed: (lordonia has supe- 

 rior radicles, sepals markedly unequal, ovules numerotis 

 in each locule and pendulous. 



Other generic characters of Schima: peduncles 1-fld., 

 tisually erect: fls. solitary, in the axils or the upper ones 

 crowded in a sliort raceme; petals connate at the base, 

 imbricate, com-ave; stamens numerotts; ovary 5-celled 

 (rarely 4- or 0-celledl: stigmas broad and spreadin.g: 

 capsuli- woody : seeds flat, kidney-shaped. 



Noronhae, Reinw. \(j'<r<ldnia Javauica ,'Ro\\.\. Tender 

 evergreen shrub, 2 ft. high or perhaps more, branched, 

 glabrous: Ivs. alternate, elliptic-laitceolate, coriaceous, 

 entire: ds. solitary in the axils, white, li^o in. across, 

 shorter than the Ivs. ; j'etals r.bovate. .Java. B.M. ■ifxiO. 

 — A goOil pot-plant for the warmhouse. Readily in- 

 creased by cuttings. ^_ -^i^ 



SCHINUS (Greek name for the Mastic-tree, P^^■/(fc/f^ 

 Lenlisr/is: ajiplied to this genus on account of the resi- 

 nous, mastic-like juiceof some species). Anacardi(ic€(^. 

 Resiniius, dio?cious trees, with alternate, pinnate Ivs.. 

 sessile Ifts., axillary and ternnnal bracteate panicles, 

 small whitish tis. with short. 5-lobed calyx, 5 imbricated 

 petals, broad annular disk, and 10 stamens; fr. a glo- 

 l.iose drupe. About ]7 s]ie*-ii-s, all South American ex- 

 cept one in tiie Sandwich Islands, one in Jamaica and 

 one in St. Helena. r)nly two are ctiltivated ; they are 

 semi-tropical and grown in the warmhouse at the East 

 and in north Europe, in the open at the South and in 

 Calif, as far north as the San Francisco Bay region. 



Molle. the old generic name, is from Mulli, the Peru- 



