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STAPHYLEA-STYRAX. 
leaves sub-petioled, lanceolate, acutely serrate, very glabrous; whoils 
about 6-flowered ; calyx. with spreading spines. Var. tenuifolia, leaves 
very thin and slender. Fields. 
hyssopifo'lia, scarcely Tpabescent, slender, erect; leaves sessile, lance-linear; 
whorls about 4-flowered ; flowers sessile, pnrple ; corolla little hairy. 
Meadows. 
sylvati'ca, leaves cordate, ovate-acuminate, serrate, hairy; floral ones nearly 
linear ; whorls of 6 flowers ; calyx hairy, with 5 acute teeth ; flowers pur- 
ple ; lower lip of the corolla v/hitish with dark spots ; fetid. Woods, 
STAPHYLEA. &—■ 3. [From sia^/jwZe, a tumour.] 
trifolia^ (bladder-nut, y-w. M. l^.) leaves in threes ; racemes pendent; petals 
ciliate below. Wlien the fruit is ripe, it consists of 2 or 3 inflated, adnate, 
sub-membranous capsules, each containing from 1 to 3 hard, small nuts. 
6-12 f. 
STATICE. 5—5. (Plumbagtnes.) 
limoni^um, (marsh-rosemary, sea-lavender, Au. sca,pe paniculate, terete ; 
leaves radical, linear, flat, smooth ; flowers sessile, secund, in a very large 
and much branched panicle. Salt marshes. 
arme'ria, leaves all radical, linear, flat; scape bearing a round head of rose- 
coloured flowers, which are intermixed with scales, and have a 3 leaved, 
general involucre. Rocks near the sea-shore. Striped. 
STELLARIA. 10—3. {Caryojihyllecb.) [From sieto, a star; so called from the stai'-like ap- 
pearance of its fiovvei's.] 
me'dia^ (chickweed, w. M. to Nov. % ) stem procumbent, with pubescent 
leaves on opposite sides; peduncles axillary and terminal, 1-flovvered; pe- 
tals white, deeply cleft ; stamens 5-10. 9-13 i. Road-sides. 
lanceo'lata, {%.) leaves lanceolate, acute at each end; petals about as long as 
the calyx ; stigmas mostly 4, or wanting ; flowers solitary, axillary, and 
terminal, on slender peduncles. 6-18 i. 
longifo'lia, (long-leafed starworl,) leaves linear, acute, spreading, with the 
margins often scabrous; panicle very long; petals 2-parted, broad-obovate. 
12-15 i. Moist w^oods. 
STILLINGIA. 19—15. {Euphorbia.) [From Stillingfleet, who wrote on gardening in 1759.] 
sylvati'ca^ (y. J. %.) herbaceous; leaves sessile ; oblong-lanceolate, serrulate j 
scaly bracts nearly as long as the staminate flowers. S". 
sebif'era, (Ju. l^.) leaves rhomboid, acuminate, entire, with a gland below 
the base on the petiole ; staminate flowers pedicelled. Introduced. 20- 
40 f. S. 
STREPTOPUS. 6—1. (Liliacecb.) [From streptos, twisted, pons, foot] 
ro'seus, (r. M. %) smooth and shining; stem dichotom.ous, terete; leaves 
clasping, serrulate, ciliate; anthers short, 2-horned. 12-18 i. Mountains, 
dis'^tortus, (g-y. M. pedicels distorted or twisted, and geniculate in the 
middle; anthers much longer than the filaments. 2 f. Shady, alpine 
woods. 
languno'sus, hoary-pubescent; flowers greenish, larger than the preceding. 
Mountains. 
STROPHOSTYLES. 16—10. (LeguminoscB.) 
angu'losa, (p. Au. ©•) leaves ternate ; leafets angular, 2-3-lobed; peduncles 
longer than the leaves ; flowers capitate. 
helvo'la, flowers red, prostrate ; sometimes twining; leaves ternate, deltoid- 
oblong ; flowers capitate ; banner short ; wings large, expanded. 
STUARTIA. 15—12. iMalvacem.) 
mrgin"ica, (w. M. T^-) leaves ovate, acuminate ; flowers axillary ; calyx 
ovate; petals entire, 6-12 f. S. 
STYLOS ANTHES. 6—10. {Leguminos(B.) [From s«z<Zos, a column, and an;/«os, flower.] 
ela'tior, (pencil-flower, y. Au. %..) stem pubescent on one side; leaves glab- 
ious, lanceolate ; bracts ciliate; heads 2-3-flowered. 9-15 i,. 
STYRAX. 15—12. (Malvacecn.') [Name from the Greek.] 
grandifo'lium, (w. Ap. l2-) leaves obovate, acuminate, iomentose beneath ; 
racemes simple, axillary, leafy near the base. 4-12 f, S. 
