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STAPHYLEA-STYRAX. 
leaves sub-petioled, lanceolate, acutely serrate, very glabrous j whorls 
about 6-flowered ; calyx with spreading spines. Yar. tenuifolia , leaves 
very thin and slender. Fields. 
kysstypifo'Ua, scarcely pubescent, slender, erect; leaves sessile, lance-linear; 
whorls about 4-flowered; flowers sessile, purple; 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 whitish with dark spots ; fetid. Woods. 
STAPHYLEA. 5—3. [From staphule, a tumour.] 
trifolia , (bladder-nut, y-w. M. R.) leaves in threes ; racemes pendent; petals 
ciliate below. When 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. 
STATIC E. 5—5. (Plumb ctgines.) 
limoni'um , (marsh-rosemary, sea-lavender, An. 2R) scape 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. 
STELLARJA. 10—3. (Caryophyliece.) [From stella, a star; so called from the star-like ap¬ 
pearance of its flowers.] 
me'dia , (chickweed, w. M. to Nov. C§b) stem procumbent, with pubescent 
leaves on opposite sides; peduncles axillary and terminal, 1-flowered; pe¬ 
tals white, deeply cleft; stamens 5-10. 9-13 i. Road-sides. 
lanceo'lata , (Tj..) 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 starwort,) leaves linear, acute, spreading, with the 
margins often scabrous; panicle very long: petals 2-parted,broad-obovate. 
12-15 i. Moist woods. 
STILLINGIA. 19—15. (Euphorbia.) [From Stillingfleet, who wrote on gardening in 1759.] 
sylvati'ca , (y. J. OR) herbaceous; leaves sessile; oblong-lanceolate, serrulate ; 
scaly bracts nearly as long as the staminate flowers. & 
scbiffra, (Ju. R.) leaves rhomboid, acuminate, entire, with a gland below 
the base on the petiole; staminate flowers pedicelled. Introduced. 20- 
40 f. S. 
STREPTOPXJS. 6—1. (Liliacea.) [Erom streptos : twisted, pous, foot.] 
ro'seus, (r. M. OR) smooth and shining; stem dichotomous, terete; leaves 
clasping, serrulate, ciliate; anthers short, 2-horned. 12-18 i. Mountains. 
dis"tortus , (g-y. M. OR) pedicels distorted or twisted, and geniculate in the 
middle; anthers much longer than the filaments. 2 f. Shady, alpine 
wmods. 
languno'sus , hoary-pubescent; florvers greenish, larger than the preceding. 
Mountains. 
STROPHGSTYLES. 16—10. (Leguminosa.) 
angu'losa , (p. Au. <v>.) 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. (Malvacea.) 
virgin"ica , (w. M. R.) leaves ovale, acuminate; flowers axillary; calyx 
ovate; petals entire. 6-12f. S. 
'STYLOSANTHES. 6—10 (Leguminosa.) [From stulos, a column, and a.nthos, flower.] 
ela'lior , (pencil-flower, y. Au. OR) stem pubescent on one side; leaves glab¬ 
rous, lanceolate ; bracts ciliate; heads 2-3-fiowered. 9-15 i. 
STYRAX. 15—12. (Malvacea.) [Name from the Greek.] 
grandifo'lium , (w. An. R.) leaves obovate, acuminate, iomentose beneath; 
racemes simple, axillary, leafy near the base. 4-12 f. S. 
