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STEVIA— SW ERTIA. 
oelled, prostrate, hollow, forked, sub-pubes- 
cent; peduncles solitary, long; flowers 
small, lieptandrous; calyx erect. 1-4 f. S- 
javiesia'na, viscid-pubescent; leaves lan- 
:;eolate, sub-falcate, sessile, acute; stem 
somewhat branched, weak ; panicles lax, 
divaricate ; petals 2-Iobed, about twice the 
length of the oblong-acute 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. (Corymbiferm.) [After an 
eminent Spanish botanist.] 
r.allo'sia, (r. leaves linear, crowded, 
somewhat succulent, callous at the apex; 
upper ones alternate ; flowers divaricate, 
laijh oorytnbed ; egret about 8 leaved, erose, 
short. 
STILLIN"GIA. 19—15. {Euphorbia.) [From 
StillirYglleet, who wrote on gardening in 
175^.] 
&ylvatf'ica, (y. J. 2^.) herbaceous; leaves 
sessile, oblong-lauceolate, serrulate ; scaly 
bracts nearly as long as the staminate flow- 
ers. (S. 
sebif'era, (Ju. F).) leaves rhomboid, acu- 
minate, entire, with a gland below the base 
on the petiole ; staminate flowers pedi- 
celled. Introduced. 20 40 f. S. 
liguxtri'na, (Ju.) fruticose ; leaves lance- 
olate, tapering at each end, glabrous, entire, 
petioled ; staminate florets short-pedicelled. 
6-12 f S. 
STI'PA. 3—2. (Graminece.) 
aveiia'cea, (feather graso, M. TJ.) stem te- 
rete, glabrous ; leaves striate, glabrous ; 
panicle spreading ; branches whorled with 
branchlets; awns naked, twisting. Var. 
hi'color, fruit bearded at the base, obovate. 
stnc"ta, panicle long, narrow; peduncles 
very straight, jointed ; awns naked ; some- 
what flexuous. S. 
STrPULICI'DA. 3—1. (Amaranti.) [From 
sti^'ulcE, the stipule, and cado, to cut, tlie 
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. 
SrOKE'SIA. 17—1. {Corymbifera.) [After 
John Stoke.s, an eminent botanist.] 
cya'nea, (b, 24.-) stem leafy; leaves lance- 
o.cite ; peduncles axillary, 1-flowered. S. 
STREP*TAN"THUS. 14—2. (Crucifera.) 
sagitta'tus, (r. 0.) leaves sagittate, acute, 
Clasping, entire ; petal oblong-ovahnotmac- 
ulate. 
ovalifo'lms, (Arkansas cabbage,) leaves 
oval. Grows in Arkansas. 
STREPTO'PUS. 6—1. (Liliacece.) [From 
slieptos, twisted, pous, foot.] 
ro'aens, (r. M. 11 ■) smooth and shining; 
sitem dichotomous, terete ; leaves clasping, 
j»!rrulate, ciliate ; anthers short, 2-horned. 
12-18 i. Mountains. 
didor^'tAis, (g-y. M. IS..) pedicels distort- 
;d or twisted, and geniculate in the mid 
20* 
die ; anthers much longer than the fila 
ments. 2 f. Shady, alpine woods. 
lanugino'sns, hoai-y pubescent ; flowers 
greenish, larger than the preceding. Mouiv- 
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 ; wingn 
large, expanded. 
STUAR"TIA. 15—12. (Malvacea.) 
peiitagy'na, (w-y. Ju ) sepals lanceolate 
styles distinct ; capsules o-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. ZJ[.) sparingly pubescent; 
radical leaves inteiTuptedly pinnate ; cau- 
line ones pinnate and pinnatifid; leafets 
gash-toothed ; stem procumbent at the base 
branching above ; stipules large, roundish 
gash-toothed ; petals longer than the calyx 
awns naked ; flowers small. 
STYLOSAN"THES. 16-10. (Leguminosm.) 
[From stulos, a column, and anthos, flower.2 
ela'tior, (pencil-flower, y. Au. Zif.) 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.] 
grandifo'Unm, (w. A p. '^.) leaves obo- 
vate, acuminate, tomentose beneath ; ra- 
cemes simple, axillary, leafy near the base. 
4-12 f. S. 
heii"zoin, a tree producing a balsam, the 
preparations of which are much used for 
medicinal purposes. 
loRve, (w. A p. ^.) 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. 
pulverulen" turn, (w. Ap. ^ .) leaves oval, 
acute, tomentose beneath ; racemes lateral, 
leafy, few-flowered ; corolla very fragrant. 
18 i. (S. 
gla'h^-um, (w. Ap. ^ .) branches difFuso, 
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. {Crucifera.) [From 
subula, an awl.] 
aqnaf'tca, (w. Ju. @.) scape 1-2 inches 
high ; radical leaves entire, subulate. Wa- 
ter. 
alpi'na, [11 ) stem branching; leaves ob- 
ovate. S. 
SWER"TIA. 4—1. (Geniianea.) [Name- 
fro m Emarmpl Swert.] 
dejlex"a, (g. y. Au ^ ) stenc 4-siaed 
