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S. coccinea Michx. in Atlantic N. Am. Climbing shrubs with exstip. 
leaves and spiral firs. 
Schizanthus Ruiz et Pav. Solanaceae (v). 11 sp. Chili. The fir. is 
zygomorphic; the stalk is curved, and the two really upper petals 
form the lower lip which is 3 — 4-lobed, while the lateral petals are 
4-lobed and the lowest petal forms the simple or slightly 2-lobed 
upper lip. Sta. 4, 2 fertile and 2 staminodial. The fir. has a good 
general likeness to that of the papilionate Leguminosae (cf. Collinsia), 
and is fertilised in a very similar way, usually by an explosive move- 
ment of its parts (cf. Genista). 
Schizopetalon Sims. Cruciferae (in. 12). 5 sp. Chili. 
Schizostigma Arn. Rubiaceae (1. 7). 1 sp. Ceylon. Ovary 5 — 7-loc. 
Schizostylis Backh. et Plarv. Iridaceae (hi). 2 sp. S. Afr. S. coccinea 
Backh. et Harv. is often cultivated for its handsome firs. 
Schkuhria Roth. Compositae (vi). n sp. W. Am. 
Schlechtendalia Less. Compositae (xn). 1 sp. Brazil. A plant of very 
unusual habit (for this order), and with peculiar anatomy (see Ber. 
D. Bot . Ges. 11. 1884, p. 100). 
Schleichera Willd. Sapindaceae (1). 1 sp. trop. As., S. trijuga Willd. 
It furnishes a useful timber ; the aril of the seed is edible, and an oil 
is expressed from the seed itself. 
Schoenocaulon A. Gray. Liliaceae (1). 5 sp. Am. Veratrin is made 
from the seeds. 
Schoenus Linn. Cyperaceae (11). 70 sp. Austr., a few in Afr., Am., 
Eur.; S. nigricans L. in Brit. 
Schollera Roth = Vaccinium Linn. 
Schomburgkia Lindl. Orchidaceae (13). 12 sp. trop. Am. 
Schotia Jacq. ( Theodora Medic.). Leguminosae (11. 3). 6 sp. trop. 
and S. Afr. 
Schubertia Mart. = Araujia Brot. 
Sciadopitys Sieb. et Zucc. Coniferae (Arauc. 1 c ; see C. for genus 
characters). 1 sp. Japan, S. verticillata Sieb. et Zucc., the parasol- 
pine or umbrella-fir, planted round the temples. The short shoots 
are crowded together at the ends of the annual long shoots. Each 
short shoot resembles that or Pinus except that the two green needle- 
leaves are ‘fused 5 together into a single needle grooved down the centre, 
so that at first glance in S. the short shoots seem to be whorls of ordinary 
leaves at the tip of each year’s growth. The cones take two years to 
ripen. The wood is useful for waterworks &c. 
Scilla Linn. Liliaceae (v). 80 sp. Old World temp. S. festalis Salisb. 
(.S'. nutans Sm.), wild hyacinth or English bluebell, and others in Brit. 
Bulbous plants with racemes of firs. 
Scirpus (Tourn.) Linn. Cyperaceae (1). 200 sp. cosmop. in bogs and 
marshes; 15 in Brit. The stem is usually erect and angular, bearing 
3 ranks of leaves reduced to sheaths, and performs the work of 
assimilation. Its base often gives rise to creeping rhizomes or to 
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