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America. It grows about six inches in 

 height, and has a tuberous root, and two 

 leaves about half the length of the stem ; 

 the flowers are few small and racemose. Tt 

 is a native of some of the south-eastern 

 counties of England. [W. B. HJ 



STURTIA. A genus of Malvacece, named 

 in compliment to an Australian explorer, 

 and founded upon a somewhat shrubby 

 species, with smooth stalked leaves, and 

 solitary stalked flowers, the outer calyx of 

 which consists of three entire leaves, the 

 inner being five-toothed, the petals wedge- 

 shaped, the ovaries five many-seeded, the 

 styles united, and the stigmas linear. The 

 plant is a native of Central tropical Aus- 

 tralia. [M. T M.] 



STTL APTE RTTS. A genu s of Pen ceacece, 

 comprising a small number of heath-like 

 small-flowered undershrubsfrom Southern 

 Africa, chiefly distinguished from Pencea 

 by the want of the large persistent colour- 

 ed bracts of that genus. 



STYLATE. Having a persistent style. 



STYLE. The narrowed upper end of a 

 carpellary leaf ; the part which bears the 

 stigma. 



STYLETVORT. StyUaium. 



STYLEWORTS. Lindley's name for the 

 Slylidiacece. 



STYLIDIACE.E. A small order of mo- 

 : nopetalous dicotyledons, nearly allied to 

 the irregular-flowered Campanulacece or 

 Lobeliacece, of which ithas the inferior two- 

 celled ovary and capsular fruit, with nu- 1 

 merous albuminous seeds ; but it is remark- 1 

 able for the stamens, two in number, being 

 united with the style in a highly irritable ] 

 j column of curious structure, the stigma | 

 lying in a cavity at the apex, surrounded | 

 and concealed by the anthers. It consists 

 of small herbs or undershrubs, chiefly \ 

 Australian, with a few species from New '' 

 Zealand, the Straits of Magelhaens, or Tro- j 

 pical Asia ; and is divided into three four ! 

 or five genera, of which Stylidium itself j 

 contains the great majority of the species. 



STYLIDIUM. A genus of Stylidiacece, \ 

 having an adherent two-lipped calyx of 

 from two to five divisions ; a monopeta- j 

 lous corolla, with an irregular limb and a 

 twisted tube ; two stamens, united with | 

 the style into a column longer than the j 

 limb of the corolla; the stigma lying in a ; 

 cavity at the apex of the column, sur- j 

 rounded and concealed by the anthers, j 

 This column is extremely irritable ; it | 

 hangs down on one side of the flower 

 until it is touched, when it instantly 

 springs np, and shifts at once to the oppo- 

 site side with great force. The seed- 

 vessel is two-celled, and contains nume- 

 rous small seeds, which are sometimes | 

 stalked. The species are herbaceous plants I 

 or small shrubs, with scattered entire 

 leaves, sometimes in whorls, and pink 

 White or violaceous (rarely yellow) flowers. I 

 They are natives of most parts of Aus- 

 tralia, particularly the south-western por- 



tion, and also of Tasmania. Two species, 

 S. Kunthii and S. tenellum, are found in 

 India ; and S. uiiginosum is a native of 

 Ceylon. [R. h.] 



STYLINE. Of or belonging to the 

 style. 



STYLISCES. The channel which passes 

 from the stigma through the style into 

 the ovary. 



STYLOBASITJM. The name of an Aus- ! 

 tralian shrub, with entire smooth leaves, 

 and polygamous flowers, in the axils of the 

 upper leaves; the calyx is five-lobed, 

 coloured; the corolla absent; stamens 

 ten, hypogynous; ovary one-celled, with 

 two ovules; style lateral or basal; fruit 

 drupaceous. The genus is included in the 

 order Chrysobalanacece. [M. T. H.] 



STYLOCERAS. A genus of American 

 trees of the Euphorbiacece. The leaves 

 resemble those of the cherry-laurel, 

 Cerasus Laurocerasus ; and the flowers are 

 either monoecious or dioecious : when mo- 

 noecious, arranged in solitary or double 

 axillary spikes, the lower flowers of which 

 are male, the terminal female; when dioe- 

 cious, the males in spikes, and the females 

 solitary, stalked. The fruit is capsular 

 globose, surmounted by the persistent 

 horn-like styles, from which latter organs 

 the genus derives its name. The fruit is 

 said to be edible. [M. T. M.] 



STYLOCORYFTE. One of the genera of 

 Cinchonacece, consisting of trees, with 

 flowers on axillary stalks. The limb of the 

 calyx is short tubular five-toothed; the 

 corolla salver or funnel-shaped, its limb 

 five-parted ; stamens five, inserted on to 

 the throat of the corolla; the anthers 

 linear and very long ; the style projecting 

 beyond the corolla, and terminated by a 

 club-like stigma; the fruit succulent, sur- 

 mounted by the limb of the calyx. The 

 name is expressive of the club-like stigma 

 surmounting the style. [M. T. M.] 



STYLODISCUS. A genus of Euplior- 

 biacecz, represented by a large tree, native 

 of India, the leaves of which are pinnate, 

 and the flowers dioecious, very numerous, 

 small, and arranged in axillary panicles. 

 The calyx has five concave sepals, encir- 

 cling as many stamens, which are united 

 below into a column ; ovary rudimentary; 

 in the female flowers there is a five-parted 

 calyx, with five glands opposite to the seg- 

 ments, and representing the stamens. 

 Fruit baccate three-celled, each cell with 

 two seeds. [M. T. M.] 



STYLOGYNE. A genus of Myrsinaceee, 

 including a Brazilian shrub, whose leaves 

 are entire, marked by pellucid spots ; and 

 whose flowers are in terminal panicles. 

 The calyx is five-parted, its segments con- 

 volute; corolla five parted, twisted in the 

 bud like the calyx, ultimately reflected ; 

 stamens five, the anthers nearly as long as 

 the filaments ; style as long as the corolla ; 

 fruit drupaceous. The unusual length of 



