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STANHOPEA 



4. Bucephalus, Lindl. (S. grn iidifldni , EeiL-hb. f.). 

 Pseudobulbs crowded, rugose; Ivs. petioled, 'J in. long, 

 pointed: the pendulous raceme bearing 4-G large, tawny 

 orange fls. marked with large crimson spots: sepals and 

 petals reflexed, thi- former broad; lower part of the la- 

 bellum curved, boat-shaped, bearing 2 curved borns and 

 a broad fleshy middle lobe; column green and white, 

 spotted with purple. Aug. Mexico, Peru. B.M. r>'I7S. 

 B.E. 31:24. -Fls. very fragrant. Distinguished by its 

 very short ovaries. 



5. platyceras, Keichlj. f. Pseudolnilbs and Ivs. as in 

 S. Btiri'iilnihn; but stouter: scape 2-Hil., with ovate 

 acute bracrs one-half as long as the ovary: lis. 7 in. 

 across, pale yellow, with numerous ring-shaped s])ots 

 and blotches of jturple; sejtals triangular oblong; jiet- 

 als broadly linear, acute; hypochil boat-shaped, 2i.j in. 

 long; horns 1 in. long. broa<l, pointing forward, pai-.-il- 

 lel with the tongut-slniped niiildle lobe; the hypochil is 

 deep i)urplish crimson inside, paler and spotted outside, 

 the ui>!ier jKirt of the labelluni colore*.! like the sepals. 

 Colombia, (in. ;i;!:(i."i2. 



G. insignis, Fmst. Figs. 2:;rin, 2.391. Pseudobulbs 

 chistered : Ivs. broadly lanceohite: scape G in. long, 

 covered with dark l-rown scales. 2— 4-tId.; fls. 5 in. 

 across, dull yellow, spotted with purple; sepals Iiroad, 

 concave; petals narrow, wavy; hy)"tocliil globose, almost 

 wholly par|de inside, heavily spotted outside, horns 1 

 in. long, falcate, middle IoJm^ cordate, keeled. July- 

 Oct. Brazil. B.:M. 2'.I4H. 2'.l4:i. B.R. 22:1837. L.B.C. 

 20:198,'). rtng. 2:117 ( from which Fig. 2290 is adapted). - 

 Distinguished l)y the broad wings of the column. 



7. Devoni^nsis, Lindl. { ,S. mncw /o.«n, Knowles & W. ). 

 Lvs. ;dn.)ut 9 in. long: scape piendnlous, 2-3tld.: fls. 5 

 in. across, ])ale brownish, with broad reddish brown 

 blotches; sepals oblong to ovate-oblong, obtuse; petals 

 narrow: hypochil rounded, saccate, purple, horns in- 

 curveil. middle lolje ovate, channeled, obscurelv 3- 

 toothed. Peru. F.S. 10:974. F.C. 3:121. 



8. Shuttleworthii, Reichb. f. Pseudobulbs large, coni- 

 cal, sulcate: lvs. broadly oblong, acute: raceme pendu- 

 lous, loose: sepals, petals and base of the labelluui 

 apricot color with dark purplish blotches, front part of 

 the lalteiluni yellowish white; hypochil semi-gloljose; 

 horns flattened, sxlberect, terminal lobe triangular : 

 coluntn whitish, green along the mid<lle and spotted 

 with purple on the inside. Colombia. 



9. tigrina, Batem. Lvs. and pseudobulbs as in the 

 genus: scai)e sh.n-t, pendulous, clothed with large, thin 

 brown scales: fls. G in. across, waxy and very fragrant; 

 sepals broadly ovate, concave; petals oblong-lanceolate, 

 both dingy yellow mottled towards the base with large 

 blotches of dull purple; hypochil broad, cup-shaped; 

 horns 1 in. long, fleshy, bent forward at right angles; 

 middle lobe rhomboid, with 3 fleshy teeth at the apex; 

 column large, spatulate. Mexico. B.M. 4197. B.R. 25:1. 

 G.M..32:.'i98; .38:149, F. 1845:.-,9. G.C. III. 4:481. -One of 



2390. Stanhopea insignis. 



the most striking forms among orchids. Var. lut^scens, 

 Hort. Brilliant yellow to orange marked with cdiocolate. 

 Guatemala. Var. sup6rba, K*>rt. Van Houtte. Fls. yel- 

 low, with the sepals :ind prt;ds heavily hlotehed with 

 reddish brown. P.S. 7:71::. Var. atrata, H<.rt., is adv. 



STAPELIA 



10. Martiana, Batem. Lvs. lanceolate: sepals broadly 

 ovate, creamy white with few purple spots on the lower 

 half; petals narrower, blotched with purplish crimson 

 hypochil saccate, white ; lateral horns broad, pointed 

 middle lube oblong, obscurely 3-toothed; column sub 

 clavate. winged. Mexico. F.y. 20:2112. Gn. i5, p. 470 

 — Var. bicolor, Lindl. Ground color of the fls. white 

 B.K. 29:44. 





2391. Stanhopea insignis (X y^i. 



11. sacc^ta, Batem. Fls. smaller than those of the 

 other species, greenish yellow, changing to deeper yel- 

 low at the bases of the segments, regularly speckled 

 with brown; lateral sepals ovate-oblong, the upper one 

 oblongdanceolate; petals narrower, oblong, all reflexed; 

 hyjtochil deeply saccate; horns Hat, a little twisted, epi- 

 chil quadrate. Guatemala. I.H. 8:270 (as S. radiosa). 



12. ecorniita, Lem. Pseudobulbs and Ivs. large: scape 

 short, clothed with green bracts, 2-fld. : sepals erect, 

 2 in. long, ovate, concave, white, petals smaller; la- 

 bellum rtMluced to a fleshy sac-like hypochil, IM in. long, 

 yellow deepening to orange at the base; column as loDg 

 as the labellum and of the same color. Cent. Amer. 

 B.M. 4885. F.S. 2:181. G.C. 1850:205. 



'S'. Amesidna^ Hort. Hugh Low, belongs to the hornless cl.nss 

 of whicli S. ecornuta is a type and is perhaps a variety of S. 

 Lowii. It has large, waxy, clear white, fragrant fls. over 4 in. 

 across, and a very thick, fleshy, saccate labellum. G.M. 3t):3.'i2. 

 Habitat? 



Heinrich Hasselbring. 



STANLEYA (Edward Stanley, Earl of Derby, 1779- 

 184! I, ornithologist, once president Linnean Society). 

 Cructfera'. Stanleya pinnatifida is a hardy perennial 

 herb about 3 ft. high with the general appearance of a 

 Cleome aud bright yellow flowers an inch across borne 

 in terminal spikes a foot or more long. The genus 

 contains 5 species of stout herbs native to the western 

 U. S. It belongs to the Sisymbium tril>e of the mustard 

 family, which tribe is characterized by long, narrow 

 pods, seeds in a single series and incumbent cotyledons. 

 Stanleya is distinguished from neighboring genera by 

 the long, club-shapi.Ml buds, cream-colored or yellow fls., 

 and long-staiked ovaries and pods. Other generic 

 characters: st'imls linear; petals narrow, long-clawed; 

 stamens (J, nearly equal; seeds numerous, pendulous. 



pinnatiEida, Nutt. (^S". piinulfa, Britton). Stems flexu- 

 ous: lvs. very variable, commonly i)innatitid : si.'y:inents 

 lanr(^ -olilong or ohlanceoiate - elliptic, rarely linear, 

 almost entire; terminal segment larger: fls. deep golden 

 yellow, according to D. M. Andi'ews. May-July. W. 

 kan. and Neb. to"Tex. and S. Calif., in dry clay or alka- 

 line soils. B.R. 2:109. — Procurable from' collectors of 

 Colorado wild flowers. w. M. 



STAPfiLIA {.J. B. Van Stapol. Dutrh i-hysieian, died 

 in the early part of the seventeenth century, who wrote 

 on the i)lants of Theox^hrastus). Asclepiaddecfc. CaR- 

 KioN Flower. Odd fleshy cactus-like plants from 

 South Africa. Schumann, in Engler and Prantl's 

 "Naturpflanzenfamilien," considers that the genus con- 

 tains 70-80 si>ecies. Decaisne, in DeCandulle's Pro- 



