174 STEVIA- 
nelled, prostrate, hollow, forked, sub-pubes- 
cent; peduncles solitary, long; flowers 
small, heptandrous; calyx erect. 1-4 f. S. 
jfimesia'na, viscid - p ubescent ; leaves lan- 
ceolate, sub-falcate, sessile, acute; stem 
somewhat branched, weak ; panicles lax, 
divaricate ; petals 2-lobed, about twice the 
length of the oblong-acate divisions of the 
-calyx. S. 
gla'bra, (w. M.) stem slender, glab- 
rous ; leaves subulate-linear, expanding ; 
peduncles erect, axillary, 1 -flowered ; pe- 
tals emarginate, much longer than the ca- 
lyx. 
STE'VIA. 17—1. {Corymbifera.) [After an 
eminent Spanish botanist.] 
callo'sa, (r. ^.) leaves linear, crowded, 
somewhat succulent, callous at the apex; 
upper ones alternate ; flowers divaricate, 
sub-corymbed ; egret about 8 leaved, erose, 
short. S. 
STItLIN"GIA. 19—15. {Euphorbim.) [From 
Stillingfleet, who wrote on gardening in 
1759.] 
sylvat''ica, (y. J. 2^.) herbaceous; leaves 
sessile, oblong-lanceolate, serrulate ; scaly 
bracts nearly as long as the staminate flow- 
ers. S. 
sebif'era, (Ju. ^).) leaves rhomboid, acu- 
minate, entire, with a gland below the base 
on the petiole ; staminate flowers pedi- 
celled. Introduced. 20-40 f S. 
ligustri'na, (Ju.) fruticose ; leaves lance- 
olate, tapering at each end, glabrous, entire, 
petioled ; staminate florets short-pedicelled. 
6-12 f. 8. 
STI'PA. 3—2. (Graminece.) 
avena'cea, (feather grass, M. 2^.) stem te- 
rete, glabrous ; leaves striate, glabrous ; 
panicle spreading ; branches whorled with 
branchlets ; awns naked, twisting. Var. 
bi'color, fruit bearded at the base, obovate. 
S. 
stricf'ta, panicle long, narrow ; peduncles 
very straight, jointed ; awns naked ; some- 
what flexuous. S. 
STI'PULICI'DA. 3—1. (Amaranti.) [From 
stipulcE, the stipule, and cczdo, to cut, the 
stipule being divided into many segments.] 
seta'cea, (w. M.) erect, smooth, branched ; 
lower leaves small, opposite, spatulate ; on 
the branches none ; at each fork 2 fimbriate 
stipules. 6-10 i. S. 
SI'OKE'SIA. 17—1. (Corymbifera.) [After 
John Stokes, an eminent botanist.] 
cyalnea, (b. li) stem leafy; leaves lance- 
olate ; peduncles axillary, 1-flowered. S. 
STREPTAN"THUS. 14—2. (Crucifera.) 
sagitta'tiis, (r. @.) leaves sagittate, acute, 
clasping, entire ; petal oblong-oval, not mac- 
ulate. 
ovalifo'liux, (Arkansas cabbage,) leaves 
oval. Grows in Arkansas. 
STREPTO'PUS. 6—1. (LiliacecB.) [From 
slieptos, twisted, pous, foot.] 
rc/seus, (r. M. 2^.) smooth and shining; 
stem dichotomous, terete ; leaves clasping, 
serrulate, ciliate ; anthers short, 2-horned. 
12-18 i. Mountains. 
didoi/'tus, (g-y. M. 11. ) pedicels distort- 
ed or twisted, and geniculate in the mid- 
-SWERTIA. 
die ; anthers mtich longer than the fila- 
ments. 2 f. Shady, alpine woods, 
lanugino'sus, hoary-pubescent; flowers 
greenish, larger than the preceding. Moun- 
I tains. 
STROPHOS"TYLES. 16—10. (LeguminoscB.) 
angu'losa, (p. Au. @.) leaves ternate; 
leafets angular, 2-3-lobed ; peduncles long- 
er than the leaves ; flowers capitate. 
helvo'la, flowers red, prostrate, sometimes 
twining ; leaves ternate, deltoid-oblong ; 
flowers capitate ; banner short ; wings 
large, expanded. 
STUAR"TIA. 15—12. (Malvacea.) 
pentagy'na, (w-y. Ju.) sepals lanceolate ; 
styles distinct ; capsules 5-angled ; leaves 
oval or ovate, acuminate, entire or mucro- 
nately serrulate, somewhat pubescent be- 
neath. N. C. to Geor. 
virgin" ica, (w. M. 1? .) leaves ovate, acu- 
minate ; flowers axillary ; calyx ovate ; 
petals entire. 6-12 f. S. 
STYL'TPUS. 11—12. {Rosacem.) [From 
stulos, column, from the receptacle being 
columnar.] 
ve/'na, (y.J.ll-) sparingly pubescent ; 
radical leaves interruptedly pinnate ; cau- 
line ones pinnate and pinnatifid; leafets 
gash-toothed ; stem procumbent at the base 
branching above ; stipules large, roundish 
ga.sh toothed ; petals longer than the calyx, 
awns naked ; flowers small. 
STYLOSAN"THES. 16-10. (LeguminoscB.) 
[From stulos, a column, and anthos, flower.] 
ela'tior, (pencil-flower, y. Au. 11') stem 
pubescent on one side; leaves glabrous, 
lanceolate ; bracts ciliate ; heads 2-3-flow- 
ered. 9-15 i. 
STY'RAX. 15—12. (MalvacecB.) [Name 
from the Greek.] 
graudifo'lium, (w. Ap. ^.) leaves obo- 
vate, acuminate, tomentose beneath ; ra- 
cemes simple, axillary, leafy near the base. 
4-12 f. S. 
ben"zoin, a tree producing a balsam, the 
preparations of which are much used for 
medicinal purposes. 
Ice've, (w. Ap. ^.) branches virgate, 
slightly geniculate ; leaves lanceolate, acu- 
minate at each end, serrate, glabrous ; ra- 
cemes lateral, leafy; flowers axillary and 
terminal ; corolla tomentose. 4-6 f. S. 
pulvemlen"tum, (w. Ap. Tp.) leaves oval, 
acute, tomentose beneath ; racemes lateral, 
leafy, few-flowered ; corolla very fragrant. 
18 i. S. 
gla'brvm, (w. Ap. ^ .) branches diff'use, 
spreading ; leaves oval-lanceolate, acute at 
each end, finely serrulate, membranaceous, 
glabrous, thin ; racemes lateral, leafy ; co- 
rolla large. 6-8 f. S. 
SUBULA'RIA. 14—1. (CrucifertB.) [From 
subula, an awl.] 
aquaf ica, (w. Ju. 0.) scape 1-2 inches 
high ; radical leaves entire, subulate. Wa- 
ter. 
alpi'na, (If.) stem branching; leaves ob- 
ovate. S. 
SWER"TIA. 4—1. (Gentianece.) [Named 
from Emanuel Swert.] 
dejlex"a, (g. y. Au t •) fits'" 4-8ided 
