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luran downy in the upper part.—Found on the south-west 
coast of New Holland. 
7. Stylidium tenuifolium, or slender-leaved stylidium.— 
Leaves linear, almost setaceous, sessile, slightly hairy. 
Mouth of the corolla naked; lip with appendages.—Found 
at Port Jackson. 
8. Stylidium calcaratum, or spurred stylidium.—Stem 
with few flowers. Leaves oval. Mouth of the corolla 
naked ; segments somewhat toothed; lip without append¬ 
ages.—-Discovered on the south coast of New Holland. 
9. Stylidium alsinoides, or chickweed stylidium.—Stem 
erect. Leaves ovate; the floral ones opposite. Flowers 
axillary, sessile, solitary, without bracteas.—Gathered in the 
tropical part of New Holland. 
STYLIFORM, in Anatomy, a process of the temporal 
bone. See Anatomy. 
STYLITES, [crrvAcn??, Gr. Sancti Columnares, or Pillar 
Saints ,] in Ecclesiastical History, an appellation given to a 
kind of solitaries, who stood motionless upon the tops of 
pillars, raised for this exercise of their patience, and remained 
there for several years, amidst the admiration and applause of 
the stupid populace. 
STYLOBATION, or Stylobata, in Architecture, the 
same with the pedestal of a column. 
STYLOCQRYMA [so named by Cavanilles, from o-tvXoj, 
a style, and Kogvvy, a club, because of the club-shaped 
figure of that organ], in Botany, a genus of the class pen- 
tandria, order monogynia, natural order rubiaceae (Juss.) 
—.Generic Character. Calyx: perianth superior, of one 
leaf, tubular, with five teeth, permanent. Corolla, of one 
petal, funnel-shaped ; tube thrice as long as the calyx; limb 
in five segments. Stamina: filaments five. Pistil: germen 
inferior, globose; style club-shaped, as long as the stamens; 
stigma simple, acute. Pericarp: berry spherical, pulpy, of 
two cells; seeds numerous.— Essential Character. Corolla 
funnel-shaped. Berry of two cells. Stigma simple. 
Stylocoryna racemosa, or clustered stylocoryna.—-This is 
a small tree, whose trunk is twelve feet, or more, in height, 
with a grey bark, and an ample tuft of branches. Leaves 
opposite, stalked, elliptic-lanceolate, pointed entire. Foot¬ 
stalks about half an inch in length, combined and clasping 
the stem at their base. Calyx smooth. Corolla yellowish- 
white, hairy in the throat. Berry smooth, the size of a small 
pea. 
STYLOID, from the Latin stylus, an instrument em¬ 
ployed by the ancients in writing on their tablets, a name 
applied to some bony processes, and parts connected with 
them. The styloid process of the temporal bone is the most 
remarkable of these: there is also such a process belonging 
to the radius and ulna. The styloid ligament is the slender 
thread passing from the styloid process of the temporal bone 
to the os hyoides. 
STYLO-GLOSSUS, a muscle of the tongue. See Deglu¬ 
tition. 
STYLOSANTHES [a name composed of o-rtAo?, a 
column , and av8os, a Jlower, and applied by Professor 
Swartz to the present genus, because the style, inclosed in 
the tube of the calyx, elevates the corolla above the bracteas], 
in Botany, a genus of the class diadelphia, order decandria, 
natural order of papilionaceae leguminosse (Juss.) — 
Generic Character. Calyx: perianth inferior, of one leaf; 
tube very long, bearing the corolla and stamens: limb small, 
in five deep unequal segments; the two hinder ones con- 
verging; two lateral ones obtuse; the foremost lanceolate, 
pointed, longer than the rest. Corolla, papilionaceous. 
Stamina: filaments ten, all combined in the lower part, 
separate above; anthers oblong. Pistil: germen oblong; 
style vertical, very long, running through the tube into the 
corolla, inclosed in the keel with the stamens; stigma lobed, 
downy. Pericarp: legume rather compressed. Seeds ob¬ 
long.-— Essential Character. Calyx tubular, very long, 
bearing the papilionaceous corolla. Germen below the 
corolla. Legume of one or two joints, hooked at the point. 
1. Stylosanthes procumbens, or procumbent stylosanthes. 
—The Hedysarum Hamatum of Linnaeus; which see. 
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2. Stylosanthes viscosa, or clammy stylosanthes. A va¬ 
riety of Hedysarum Hamatum ; which see. 
3. Stylosanthes mucronata, or pointed downy stylosanthes. 
—Leaflets elliptic-oblong, fringed; rather hairy beneath. 
Spikes many-flowered. Bracteas fringed. Stem finely 
downy.—Native of dry situations in Ceylon and Tranque- 
bar. 
4. Stylosanthes elatior, or taller stylosanthes.—The Tri¬ 
folium Biflorum of Linnaeus; which see. 
5. Stylosanthes Guianensis, or Guiana stylosanthes.— 
Leaves lanceolate, pointed. Spikes capitate, many-flowered, 
villous. Stem erect, branched, hairy all round.—Found by 
Aublet, in Guiana: flowering in June. 
STYLUS, the style of flowers, is the part serving to 
elevate the stigma above the Germen. See the article 
Botany. 
STYMMATA [_<rrv<pa, Gr., I thicken], a word used by 
some of the ancients, to express the stiff ointments. 
STYMPHALIA [a-Tv/.i.<pa\ia, Gr.], in Antiquity, a festival 
at Stymphalus in Arcadia, in honour of Diana, called from 
that place Stymphalia. 
STYMPHALIDES AVES, birds of an extraordinary size, 
which, in their flight, are said to have obscured the sun, and 
fed on human flesh. 
STYNSFORD, a parish of England, in Dorsetshire; 1 
mile east-north-east of Dorchester. 
STYPANDRA, in Botany. [A New Holland genus of Mr. 
Brown’s, named from c-Tviry, tow, or any similar sub¬ 
stance, and cmjy, a man, because the filaments are densely 
bearded or tufted on their upper part.] It is of the class 
hexandria, order monogynia, natural order coronarige, as¬ 
phodel! ( Juss.) 
Mr. Brown thinks this genus may possibly hereafter be 
divided; its first section being most akin to dianella, the 
second to anthericum. 
STYPHELIA [so named by Dr. Solander, from <rrv<pe\ot;, 
hard and rigid, alluding to the habit of all the species], in 
Botany, a genus of the class pentandria, order monogynia, 
natural order epacrideae (Brown.) —-Generic Character 
Calyx : perianth inferior, of five, equal, erect, lanceolate 
leaves, with four, or more, smaller, imbricated scales at the 
base, permanent. Corolla of one petal, tubular, elongated; 
tube nearly cylindrical, with five tufts of hairs near the 
base withinside; limb in five deep, revolute, equal segments, 
bearded on the upper side. Nectary of five glands at the 
base of the germen. Stamina : filaments five, thread¬ 
shaped, equal, inserted into the tube, and projecting beyond 
its orifice; anthers incumbent, oblong, of one cell, bursting 
lengthwise. Pistil: germen superior, roundish, furrowed, 
style thread-shaped, longer than the stamens; stigma obtuse, 
notched. Pericarp: drupa but slightly succulent, oval or 
globular. Seed : nut hard and solid, of five cells, with a 
pendulous kernel in each.— Essential Character. Outer 
calyx of four, or more, imbricated scales. Corolla tubular, 
elongated, with five internal tufts of hairs near the bottom ; 
limb revolute, bearded. Filaments prominent. Drupa ra¬ 
ther dry, of five cells. 
Mr. Brown, in consideration of the vast extent of the 
original genus styphelia in New Holland, has separated 
therefrom several genera. The only real Styphelia’s that 
remain to be described are therefore 
1. Styphelia longifolia, or long-leaved styphelia.—Leaves 
lanceolate, elongated, taper-pointed, smooth-edged ; rather 
concave on the upper side. Branches downy.—A native 
of the country near Port Jackson. 
2. Styphelia beta, or gay styphelia.—Leaves elliptic-ob¬ 
long, imbricated, glaucous, rough-edged, nearly flat, shorter 
than the flowers. Branches downy. Stem erect.—Ga¬ 
thered near Port Jackson. 
3. Styphelia adscendens, or diffuse styphelia.-—Leaves 
lanceolate, flat; glaucous and manifestly striated beneath; 
rough, with a tooth-like fringe at the margin. Stem diffuse, 
with ascending branches.—-Gathered in Van Dieman’s is¬ 
land. 
4. Styphelia latifolia, or broad-leaved styphelia.—Leaves 
broad-ovate, 
