STREPTOSOLEN 



J&mesonii. Mifvs {liroinilHn Jiiiiiesonii, Hort., & 

 Bentli.'M- Fit,'- -4:iG. Haiiilsi>me evuryreen sscabrous- 

 pubesiTut sliiuli, 4-i; ft. liin-li, hardy and much culti- 

 vated in Caliturnia as tar north as San Francisi-o. 

 June. O.C. 11. L'l:7;i7. (In. 2«;447. R.H. 188:i::ii;. 

 B.W. 4fin.i. F.S. .5:4:;i;. P.Jl. !(;:(;. G.M. :t!l:200. V. 

 7:298; !):U7. — An old favorite in northern i;reenhou.ses. 



•T. BuRTT Davy. 



STRYPHN'ODENDRON 



1747 



*436. Streptosolen Jamesonii 



STEOBILANTHES (Greek, cone and flower, refer- 

 ring to the iuHorescence). AcantJidceie. A large genus 

 containing about 130 species inhabiting the warm re- 

 gions of Asia and the Malay Islands to Madagascar. 

 They are mostly erect, half-shrubby plants cultivated 

 for their flowers and foliage. Only young, well-grown 

 plants are attractive, the older ones becoming weedy 

 and unattractive. Some species are grown as ornamen- 

 tal foliage bedding plants, but they are not as desirable 

 for general use as the coleus, the slightest cool weather 

 changing the color of their leaves to a very undesirable 

 shade. In the greenhouse they make fine decorative 

 foliage plants but require at all times a high temperature 

 and an abundance of moisture and much syringing. 

 Under unfavorable conditions they lose their leaves and 

 become tmsigbtly. 



Lvs. opposite or rarely scattered, entire or toothed: 

 fls. blue, violet, white or yellow, in terminal or axillary 

 spikes or heads, or in loose cymes, mostly large; calyx 

 deeply 5-parted, with linear lobes; corolla-tube narrow 

 at base, straight or curved, enlarged above, limb of rt 

 spreading ovate or rotund equal lohes, or the dorsal 

 pair united; stamens 4, perfect, or only the 2 lower per- 

 fect and the upper pair sterile and aborted, included; 

 anthers with 2 parallel cells ; capsule oblong or linear, 

 slightly contracted at the base, 2-loculed; ovules 2 

 (rarely 3 or 4) in each locule. 



Dyeritaus, Masters. An erect, branching, soft-wooded 

 stove shrub: stem hirsute: lvs. opposite, 0-8 in. long. 



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elliptic-lanceolate, serrulate, cordate at base, sessile, 

 variegated with iridescent tints of blue .-niil lilac, rose- 

 purple beneath: Us. in erect sjiikcs, i;.^ in. long, pale 

 vi<det; calyx uneiiually r,-lolioii, lobes linear, ol.tuse; 

 i'orolla-tulj(! curved, ventricosi'. limb of :"> short 

 rrxdiute lobes. Burma. K.IM. 7.^74. R. P.. 211 : b;: 

 111. 2i;::J5'J. A.G. 17:297. V. 19 :i;7. -Used f^.r b 



calieisua.Nees. Shrub, i;-8 ft. high: lvs. elliptic 

 late, acuminate, ]nibci'ulous, narrowed into a Ion 

 der peti.ilr whicli is winded t<. the middle: lis. ii 

 oblong spikrs, large, pale violet-blue; corolla-tulic ve 

 short, dilati-d into a subcaniiianul.ate throat and expand- 

 ing into a limb 2 in. across; lobes (jrbirular, undulate. 

 B.M. 7,".:i8. — A native of western India, where it forms 

 a shrub 0-8 ft. high; saiil to flower in its lljird year. 



isophyllus, T. Anders. {OoliJfiUsia isojihylla , Nees). 

 A low, much-branched, bushy shrub, 2-3 ft. high, 

 swollen at the joints: lvs. short-jietioled. opposite, nar- 

 rowdy lanceolate, distantly serrulate or entire : peduncles 

 axillary, shorter than the lvs., bearing several fls.: 

 corolla 1 in. long, funnel-shaped, blue and white; limb 

 5-lolied; lobes emarginate. India. B.M 4:!i;3. B. 5:244. 



— Used either for bedding or for pots. Blooms pro- 

 fus(dy either in winter or summer, according to treat- 

 ment. 



anlsophyllus, T. Anders. {Gohlfiisxia anisophfjlla, 

 Nees). Branches somewhat zigzag: lvs. broadly lanceo- 

 late, acuminate, serrulate, opjjosite but one of each pair 

 much smaller than the other: fls. purplish and wdiite; 

 corolla funnel-shaped, very broad at the mouth, with a 

 somewhat irregular 5-lobed limb. India. B.M. .3404. 

 B.R. Il:9.'i5 (as linellia persicifolia). Similar to the 

 preceding inhabit and use. Heinkich Hasselbking. 



STEOMANTHE (co«c7i. and flower: said to allude to 

 form of inflorescence). tScitaniini)cecp. Five tropical 

 American plants (according to Petersen in Engier & 

 PrantPs Naturpflanzenfamilien), closely allied to Cal- 

 athea, Maranta, Phrynium and Thalia. It agrees with 

 Maranta and Thalia in having a I-loculed capsule, and 

 thereby differs from Calathea and Phrynium, which 

 have 3 locules. From Maranta it differs in having a 

 very short perianth-tube and the segments not stand- 

 ing opposite each other. From Thalia it differs, as does 

 Maranta, in having 2 side stamimKlia rather than one. 

 For culture, see remarks under Oahttfiea. 



Porteana, Griseb. {Blnrnnfa. Porfedtia, Horan.). 

 Two to 4 ft. high, with maranta-Iike lvs., the blades 

 long-elliptic or ovate-lanceolate, varying from acumi- 

 nate to almost obtuse, purple beneath, bright green 

 above with transverse stripes or bars of silvery white: 

 fls. solitary or twin on the rachis, blood-red. the in- 

 florescence simple or compound. Brazil. Lowe 20. 



sangnlnea, Sender (Maranta sangni-nea, Hort.). 

 Leaf-blades about 1 ft. long, oblong-acuminate, ]iurple 

 beneath and green above: scape 12-20 in. tall, red to- 

 wards the top, bearing a panicle of bright red and red- 

 bracted fls. Probably Brazilian. B.M. 4040. F.S. 8:785. 



— An old garden p)iant. Thrives in an intermediate 

 house and freqitently attains a height of 5 ft. when 

 planted in a border. l_ jj_ b_ 



STEOPHOLtKION (Greek for tiristed rope and lilji, 

 referring to the twining stem). lAViaceee . Very like 

 Brodiaea, and sometimes referred to that genus, but 

 differing in always having 3 stamens and a perianth 

 which is contracted at the throat and saccate at the 

 b;isc. The only species is S. Calif6rnlcum, Torr. 

 {Uroduva voluhilis, Baker). In many ways it resem- 

 bles Brodi(i?a coceinca, except that the scape is clitnb- 

 iiig to a height of 3 or 4 feet, and bearing an umbel 

 of delicate rosy pink flowers. The scape twines readily 

 about any stick or bush that stands near it. Lvs. 1 ft. 

 or more long, keeled, % in. or less broad: corm about 

 1 in. in diam. Central Calif. B.M. 0123. G.C. III. 

 20:087. — Culture as for Brodiaa rncfiiien. 



Caul Pt'iuiv. 



STEYPHNODENDEON is a genus of tropical Ameri- 

 can nnarmeil trees Ijelonging to the legume f.-unily. 

 Ten species are known, one of which is a native of 

 Guiana, the others of Brazil. They are u.sually small 



