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Summer (L stalked round-oval sharply)

l. stalked, round-oval, sharply toothed, rarely entire. North-east Asia.

S. decumbens (decumbent). fl. white, in terminal corymbs. Summer. l, roundish-oval, crenately-toothed. Tyrol. A dwarf, trailing shrub, suitable for covering rocks and banks. (G. C. n. s., xii., p. 752.) S. discolor ariaefolia (discoloured, White-bean leaved). fl. dirty-white, in elegant, nodding panicles. Summer. l. rigid, cuneate at base, dark green above, silvery beneath; those on young growths about the size and shape of those of the Hawthorn. h. 4ft. to 10ft. North-west America. SYN. S. arioefolia (B. R. 1365).

S. d. dumosa (brambly). This differs from the last-named plant in its less compound panicles and much smaller stature. SYN. S. Boursierii (R. H. 1859, 519), S. dumosa.

S. Douglasii (Douglas').8 fl. rose-coloured, nearly sessile, in a dense, terminal, thyrsoid panicle, 6in. to 9in. in length. August. l. simple, oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, serrulated towards the apex, covered with a white down beneath. h. 3ft. North-west America. (B. M. 5151; L & P. F. G. ii. 178; R. H. 1846, 6.) S. D. Nobleana (Noble's). fl, purplish-red; inflorescence looser less toothed, pubescent or almost glabrous beneath. California, 1859. (B. M. 5169 and I. H. 286, under names of S. Nobleana).

S. dumosa (brambly). A s synonym of S. discolor dumosa. S. Filipendula (Filipendula).* Dropwort, fl, white, or rosy outside, 3/4in. in diameter; cymes loose, panicled; peduncles slender. June and July. l. interruptedly pinnate, glabrous, 4in to 10in. long, chiefly radical; leaflets many, sessile, deeply cut-serrate, 1/3in. to 1/2in. long, the terminal one three-lobed; stipules of cauline leaves toothed. Stem 2ft. to 3ft. high, erect, grooved, with a few small leaves. Europe (Britain), &c. Tuberous, herbaceous perennial.(Sy. En. B. 416.) There is a form of this with double flowers.

S. flagellate (white-like). A synonym of S. hypericifolia. S. flexuosa (flexuous). A synonym of S. chamaedrifolia flexuosa. S. Fortunei (Fortune's). A synonym of S. japonica.

S. gracilis (slender). fl. white, corymbose (white long, capillary pedicels); corymbs in lax, spreading, rounded, glabrous panicles. July and August. l. obtuse or orbicular, elliptic, glabrous, glaucous beneath, serrated at the apex. Branches hairy. h. 2ft. Nepaul, 1820. (L. B. C. 1403, under name of S. vaccinifolia.) S. grandiflora (large-flowered). fl. white, corymbose, July and August. l. pinnate; leaflets serrately incised. h. 2ft. to 3ft. Siberia, &c. Sub-shrub. This much resembles S. sorbifolia, but the flowers are twice as large as those of that species, and the leaves are smaller. SYN. S. Pallasii. S. grandiflora (large-flowered), of Hooker. A synonym of Exochorda grandiflora.

S. grandiflora (large-flowered), of Loddiges. A synonym of S. salicifolia grandiflora.

S. hydrangeaefolia (Hydrangea-leaved). A synonym of S. japonica splendens. S. hypericifolia (Hypericum-leaved). fl. white, in either peduncled corymbs or sessile umbels; pedicels glabrous or slightly downy. June and July. l. obovate-oblong, three or four-nerved, entire or toothed, glabrous, slightly downy. h. 4ft. to 6ft. Asia Minor to Eastern Siberia, &c., 1640. SYN S. flagellate.

S. h. acuta (acuta-leaved). fl. in sessile corymbs. l. spathulate, elongated, acute, perfectly entire or rarely three to five-toothed, rather glabrous. SYN. S. acutifolia.

S. h. Besseriana (Besser's). fl. in rather loose, terminal corymbs. l. mostly entire. Plant rather glabrous. (L. B. C. 1252.) S. h. crenata (crenate-leaved). A variety with obovate leaves. S. h. thalictroides (Meadow-rue-leaved). fl. in a few-flowered, sessile corymb; stamens as long as the petals. June and July. l. smooth, glaucous, obovate, entire; those on the barren shoots cuneate-obovate or sub-deltoid. Mongolia. SYN. S. thalictroides.

S. japonica (Japanese). fl. rosy-red, disposed in terminal, flat corymbs. June. l. glabrescent; simple, lanceolate, acute, sharply serrated; serratures thickened at the tips. h. 4ft. to 6ft. China, Japan, &c., 1859. A very handsome and desirable, greenhouse, evergreen shrub. SYNS. S. callosa (L. & P. F. G. ii. 191.), S. Fortunei (B. M. 5164 F. d. s. 871.) S. j. alba (white). fl. white, A compact, pretty bush, not more than 1ft. high. SYN. S. callosa alba.

S. j. rubra (red). A very handsome variety, having dark red flowers (R. H. 1862, p. 100.) S. j. splendens (splendid). fl. peach-colorued. A dwarf-growing, floriferous plant, adapted for forcing. Garden origin. SYNS. S. callosa rosea, s. hydrangeaefolia, S. splendens.

S. j. superba (superb). fl. deep rose-red. A fine garden form. SYN. S. callosa superba.

S. japonica (Japanese), of gardens. The plant commonly known by this name is Astilbe japonica (which see).

S. laevigata (smooth). fl. white, tinged with rose, dioecious; male panicles larger and looser, in longer, interrupted racemes; female panicles smaller and more dense, in closely-packed, continuous racemes of smaller flowers. June. l. entire, oblong-lanceolate, glaucous, glabrous. h. 2ft. to 3ft. Siberia. S. laxiflora (loose-flowered). A s synonym of S. vaccinifolia. S. Lindleyana (Lindley's).* fl. white, disposed in lager, terminal panicles. September. l. large, unequally pinnate; leaflets eleven to twenty-one, sessile, ovate-lanceolate, coarsely serrated, glaucous beneath. h. 4ft. to 8ft. Himalayas. (B. R. 33.) S. lobata (lobed). Queen of the Prairie. fl. deep peach-blossom colour, handsome; sepals and petals often in fours; panicle compound-clustered. June. l. interruptedly pinnate; terminal leaflet very large, seven to nine-parted, the lobes incised and toothed; stipules reniform. h. 2ft. to 8ft. North America, 1765. A glabrous, herbaceous perennial. The bruised foliage exhales the odour of Sweet Birch. (R. G. 397.) SYN. S. venusta (of gardens). S. L. albicans (whitish). A chance seedling, raised near Metz, differing from the type in its lighter rose-coloured flowers. SYN. S. venusta albicans. S. media (intermediate). fl. white, corymbose, stamens longer than the petals. June and July. l. elliptic-lanceolate, acute, more or less serrated, three or four-ribbed, hairy beneath, rarely entire or with a few large teeth towards the apex. Branches terete, sub-erect. h. 2ft. to 4ft. Northern Asia, &c. SYNS. S. confuse, S. oblongifolia.

S. m. rotundifolia (round-leaved), fl. pure white, scented, corymbose, abundantly produced. l. elliptic, three-toothed at apex. Japan, 1885. A handsome garden variety. (G. C. n. s., xxiii. 56.) S. Millefolium (Milfoil-leaved). fl. whitish, in many-flowered racemes at the tips of the branches. Summer. l. glabrous above, stellate-tomentose beneath, much resembling in cutting those of the common Milfoil. California, &c., 1880. A low, evergreen shrub. SYN. Chamaebatia foliolosa.

S. Nobleana (Noble's). A variety of S. Douglasii.

S. oblongifolia (oblong-leaved). A synonym of S. media. S. opulifolia (Guelder Rose-leaved). A synonym of Neillia opulifolia. S. Pallasii (Pallas'). A synonym of S. grandiflora.

S. palmate (palmate-leaved).* fl. of a brilliant crimson, disposed in large, corymbose panicles. June to August. l. palmately five to seven-lobed; lobes oblong, acuminated, acutely and doubly serrated. Stems (as well as the peduncles) crimson. h. 1ft. to 2ft. Japan, 1823. A beautiful, herbaceous perennial; it is one of the most striking and effective species in cultivation.(B. M. 5726.) S. p. alba (white). This differs form the type in its white flowers and lighter green leaves.

S. p. elegans (elegant). A very fine garden plant, having large, paniculate corymbs of white flowers with red anthers, and pinnatisect leaves. 1878. (F & P. 1878, 463) Although figured under this name, and reputed to be a hybrid between S. palmate and Astilbe japonica, this probably has nothing to do with either and Astilbe japonica, this probably has nothing to do with either of the plants named, and may, after all, only be a form of S. Ulmaria. S. p. purpurascens (purplish). A form with purplish-tinted foliage. S. paniculata alba (white-panicled). A synonym of S. salicifolia paniculata. S. Pectinata (comb-like). fl. whitish; raceme wooly, often compound, somewhat capitate, elongated in fruit. Summer. l. rigid, much attenuated and linear at the base, twice or thrice three-cleft; lobes linear, acute. Stems tufted, creeping; branches short, erect, leafy. h. 6in. to 12in. North America. Herbaceous perennial. (H. F. B. A. i. 28.) S. prunifolia flore-pleno (Prunus-leaved, double-flowered).* fl. pure white, produced in fascicles along the whole length of the branches. Spring. l. small, glabrous, connate at base, and irregularly serrated in the upper half. h. 3ft. China and Japan, 1845. One of the most familiar garden plants in the genus (S. Z. F. J. i. 70.) S. pubescens (downy). fl. white; sepals erect; corymbs hemi-spherical. March. l. ovate-oblong, incised-serrated, pubescent beneath. h. 2ft. Mongolia, 1843. S. pubescens (downy), of Lindley. A s synonym of S. chinensis. S. Reevesiana (Reeves'). A synonym of S. cantoniensis. S. reticulate (netted). A synonym of Astilbe japonica variegata. S. rhamnifolia (Rhamnus-leaved). A synonym of S. vaccinifolia. S. salicifolia (Willow-leaved). fl. rosy or pink, disposed in terminal, racemose, dense, sub-cylindric cymes. July and August. l. oblong-lanceolate, glabrous, from 2in. to 3in. long, equally or unequally serrated. Stems 3ft. to 5ft. high, stoloniferous. Europe (naturalised in Britain). S. s. alpestris (alpine). l. shorter than those of S. s. carnea. Branches very short. A small shrub.

S. s. carnea (flesh-coloured). fl. flesh-coloured; panicles consisting of more or less spicate racemes. l. lanceolate. Bark of the branches yellowish. S. s. grandiflora (large-flowered). fl. pink, twice as large as those of the type. An ornamental, free-growing shrub. (L. B. C. 1988, under name of S. grandiflora.) S. s. latifolia (broad-leaved). fl. white. l. ovate-oblong. Bark of the branches reddish.

S. s. paniculata (panicled). fl. white, in large, branching panicles. Bark of branches reddish. SYNS. S. alba (G. C. n. s., xii., p. 753; W. D. B. 33), S. paniculata alba.

S. sorbifolia (Sorbus-leaved). fl. white, disposed in a thyrse-like panicle. July and August. l. stipuled, pinnate; leaflets sessile, opposite, lanceolate, doubly and sharply serrated. h. 3ft. to 6ft. Siberia, 1759. S. splendens (splendid). A synonym of S. japonica splendens. S. thalictroides (Meadow-rue-leaved). A synonym of S. hypericifolia thalictroides.

S. Thunbergii (Thunberg's). fl. white, axillary, mostly ternate; ovary free, not inflated. Spring. l. exstipulate, linear or linear-lanceolate, attenuated and acute at both ends, mostly argutely serrulated, rarely entire, glabrous on both sides. h. 1ft. to 3ft. Japan. (S. Z. F. J. i. 69.) S. tomentosa (tomentose). fl. rose-coloured or rarely white, in short racemes, crowded into a dense panicle. July. l. simple, ovate or oblong, serrated; under surface (as well as the stems) very woolly. h. 3ft. North America, 1736. (T. S. M. 485.) S. trifoliata (three-leaved). A synonym of Gillenia trifoliata. S. trilobata (trilobed-leaved). fl. pure white; sepals ascending; corymbs numerous, compact, umbel-like. May. l. roundish, lobed, crenated, glabrous, reticulately veined. Branches ascending horizontally. h. 1ft. to 2ft. Altaian Alps, 1801. A very handsome, low, erect shrub. (W. D. B. 68, under name of S. triloba.) S. Ulmaria (Ulmaria).* Queen of the Meadows; common Meadow-sweet, &c. fl. white, 1/4in. to 1/3in. in diameter; cymes corymbose, very compound, 2in. to 6in. in diameter, pubescent. June to August. l. interruptedly pinnate, white and downy beneath; radical ones 1ft. to 2ft. long; terminal leaflet 1in. to 3in. long, acutely lobed; lateral ones entire, alternate, very small; stipules leafy, half-ovate, toothed. Stems 2ft. to 4ft. high, erect, furrowed. Europe (Britain), &c. Herbaceous perennial. (Sy. En. B. 415.) S. U. phyllantha (leaf-flowered). fl., sepals distinct, stipitate, transformed into whorled, lanceolate, sharply-serrated leaves; petals and stamens wanting, or, if present, more or less deformed.

S. vaccinifolia (Whortleberry-leaved). fl. white, in large, loose, shaggy panicles. July and August. l. smooth, ovate, crenate, on long petioles, glaucous beneath. Branches weak, round, downy. h. 1ft. to 2ft. Himalaya, 1838. SYNS. S. laxiflora (L. & P. F. G. ii. 183), S. rhamnifolia. S. venusta (charming). A garden synonym of S. lobata. S. v. albicans (whitish). A synonym of S. lobata albicans. S. vestita (clothed). fl. white, 1/4in. in diameter; calyx lobes obtuse; cymes oblong, much-branched, very many-flowered. June. l. pinnatisect, sometimes hoary with thick white tomentum beneath; lateral leaflets small or wanting; terminal one 2in. to 6in. in diameter, palmately three to five-lobed, the lobes acutely lobulate and toothed. h. 1ft. to 1 1/2ft. Himalayas, 1838. Perennial. (B. R. 1841, 4, under name of S. kamtschatica himalensis.) SPIRANTHERA (from speira, a spiral, and anthera, an anther; alluding to the spiral anthers). SYN. Terpnanthus. ORD. Rutaceae. A monotypic genus. The species is a very handsome, sweet-scented, highly glabrous, stove, evergreen shrub. It thrives in a compost of peat and sandy loam. Propagation may be effected by cuttings of half-ripened wood, inserted thinly in sand, under a glass, which must be occasionally removed in order to prevent them from damping off, which they are otherwise likely to do.

S. odoratissima (very sweet-scented). fl. white, showy, sweet-scented, corymbose, axillary and terminal; calyx five-toothed, cup-shaped; petals five, elongate-linear, pubescent, imbricated; disk thick, erect, columnar; stamens five, inserted at the base of the torus. July. l. alternate, petiolate, trifoliolate; leaflets gland-dotted, acuminate, entire, glaucous beneath. h. 6ft. Brazil, 1823.

SPIRANTHES (from speiros, a spiral, and anthos, a flower; alluding to the spiral inflorescence). Lady's Tresses. SYNS. Aristotelea (of Loureiro), Cyclopogon, Gyrostachys, Ibidium. Including Sarcoglottis, Sauroglossum, and Stenorhynchus. ORD. Orchideae. A large genus (about eighty species) of stove, greenhouse, or hardy, terrestrial Orchids, broadly dispersed over temperate and tropical regions. Flowers small or rather large, in unilateral or dense, sessile spikes; dorsal sepals and petals erect, connivent or slightly coherent in an upper lip or hood, or the ends alone spreading; lateral sepals free and more spreading, all nearly equal; lip sessile or distinctly clawed, often embracing the terete column by its broad base, spreading at apex, undivided or three-lobed. Leaves variable. Stem leafy, or leafless when flowering. Root-fibres often fascicled on a short rhizome, sometimes thickened into a tuber. The cultivated species are here described. Except where otherwise indicated, stove treatment is necessary. The hardy species thrive in turfy loam, amongst which pieces of chalk or limestone should be mixed; the stove and greenhouse ones succeed in well-drained pots filled with a mixture of turfy loam and fibrous peat, and during the season of rest these latter should be kept rather dry. Propagation is effected by carefully dividing the rootstocks of old plants, just before growth commences. S. aestivalis (summer). fl. and bracts as in S. autumnalis, but rather larger; spike slightly pubescent, slender, many-flowered. July and August. l. 2in. to 6in. long, narrowed below; lower ones on the flowering stem linear, resembling the radical leaves. Stem 6in. to 18in. high, glabrous. Western Europe (Britain). Hardy. (Sy. En. B. 1473.) S. australis (Southern). fl. generally pink, with a white lip, sessile; lateral sepals obscurely dilated at base, but not saccate; the broad base of the lip quite sessile, or sometimes appearing raised on a very short claw, with a tubercle on each side; spike spiral, very dense or rather loose. June. l., lower ones linear or narrow-lanceolate, 1 1/2in. to 4in. long; upper ones reduced to scales. Stem 6in. to 12in. or more high. Australia, New Zealand, tropical and temperate Asia, extending to some parts of Europe. 1823. Greenhouse. SYN. Neottia australis.

S. autumnalis (autumnal). fl. white, fragrant, sheathed by the cucullate, cuspidate bracts; lip channelled at the base, the tip exserted, crenate; spike slender. August and September. l. 1in. long, in lateral rosettes, ovate, acute, appearing after the flowers. Stem 4in. to 8in. high; upper part and inflorescence pubescent. Europe (Britain), &c. Hardy. (Sy. En. B. 1472.) S. bicolor (two-coloured). fl. greenish, with a white lip; sepals gibbous below the lip; lip complicated, keeled on the back, cucullate at the dilated base; spike loose, spiral, 2in. to 4in. long, densely glandular-pubescent. January. l., lowest rosulate, oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, disappearing before flowering. Stem distantly sheathed with minute leaves. h. 1ft. Trinidad, 1823. (B. R. 794, under name of Neottia bicolor.) S. bracteosa (bracteate). fl. white and yellow; lateral sepals connate at base; middle lobe of lip three-lobed; bracts linear-lanceolate, leafy, longer than the flowers; spike rarely straight. May. l. rosulate, oblong, acute. h. 1ft. Brazil, 1835. (B. R. 1934.) S. cernua (drooping). fl. pure white, sweet-scented, pubescent or nearly smooth; lip oblong and very obtuse when outspread (when not so, conduplicate, or the margins much incurved), the callosities at the base prominent; spike cylindrical, rather dense, 2in. to 5in. long. September and October. l. linear-lanceolate, the lowest elongated, 4in. to 12in. long. Stem leafy below, 6in. to 20in. high. North America, 1796. Hardy. (B. M. 5277; B. R. 823.) SYN. Neottia cernua (B. M. 1568; S. B. F. G. 42).

S. cinnabarina (cinnabar-coloured).* fl. yellowish-flesh-coloured, urceolate, slightly tomentose; segments yellowish within, approximating, reflexed at apex; lip whole-coloured; bracts coloured, acute; spike conical, thyrsoid, spirally twisted. June. l. lanceolate, sheathing, acute. Stem cylindrical, pale reddish, 2ft. to 3ft. high. Mexico, 1846. SYN. stenorhynchus cinnabarinus (B. R. 1847, 65). Greenhouse.

S. colorans (coloured).* fl. scarlet, glabrous, 2/3in. long, approximate; lip oblong-linear, shortly acuminate; bracts oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, as long as the flowers; spike 2in. to 3in. long. April. l. elliptic or elliptic-oblong, acute, 4in. to 6in. long. h. 2ft. West Indies and Mexico to Venezuela, 1790. SYNS. Neottia speciosa (A. B. R. i. 3; B. M. 1374; H. E. F. 3, 4; L. B. C. 838), Stenorhynchus speciosus. Greenhouse. S. c. maculata (spotted). l. variegated with bright green spots on a darker ground. 1883.

S. c. Ortgiesii (Ortgies'). fl. rose-coloured. l. marked with large white blotches. 1873.

S. elata (tall). fl. greenish, 1/4in. long; lip linear, blunt, entire; spike elongated, spiral, pubescent, 3in. to 8in. long; scape glabrous, sheathed with clasping-tubular, acuminate scales. July. l. rosulate, elliptic or elliptic-oblong, acute, petiolate, 2in. to 6in. long. h. 1 1/2ft. to 2ft. West Indies, 1790. SYNS. Neottia elata (B. M. 2026; L. B. C. 343), N. minor (A. B. R. 376).

S. e. Lindleyana (Lindley's). fl. greenish-white, sub-sessile, in pairs, turned to one side; lip dilated, and turned down at the apex with lateral, recurved margins. February. l. variegated. Caraccas. This resembles S. bicolor and S. cernua; from the former it may be distinguished by its much shorter leaves and scape, and from the latter by its broader leaves and blunt lip. S. Esmeralda (Esmeralda). fl. greenish-white, finally yellowish; outer perigone oblique, with glandular hairs outside the sepals; upper sepal ligulate, acute, the lateral ones nearly equal; petals lanceolate, acute, unequal-sided; lip oblong, pandurate or ovate, acute, with two conical, retrorse calli at base; spike spiral, elongated, many-flowered, glandular-hairy; scape above 1 1/2ft. high, with many sheaths. l. rosulate, cuneate-oblong, acute, dark green, blotched with white. Brazil, 1862. (Ref. B. 121.) SYN. S. margaritifera.

S. euphlebia (veined). fl. not numerous, but crowded, horizontal, shortly pedicellate; perianth white, with red and brown veins on the free portions of the sepals and petals, pubescent externally; sepals united in a tube 1/2in. long; petals semi-lanceolate, erect; scape light greenish-brown. November. l. all radical, 5in. to 6in. long, 1 1/2in. to 2in. broad, linear or obovate-oblong. h. 1ft. to 1 1/2ft. Brazil, 1882. (B. M. 6690.) S. grandiflora (large-flowered). A synonym of S. picta grandiflora. S. margaritifera (pearl-bearing). A synonym of S. Esmeralda. S. orchioides (Orchis-like). fl. lurid, puberulous; sac produced beyond the adnate portion into a bluntly conical, free spur, one-half the length of the ovary; lip oblong, pointed; spike 3in. to 5in. long. November. l. late in appearing, long, broadly lanceolate, pointed. h. 2ft. to 3ft. West Indies and Mexico to Brazil, 1826. SYN. Neottia orchioides (B. M. 1036; B. R. 701). S. picta (painted). fl. greenish-white or variegated, eight to ten lines long, distant; sepals and petals linear-oblong, the lateral sepals decurrent; lip included, oblong, channelled below the veiny summit, dilated at base; spike 4in. to 6in. long, hairy; scape glabrous below, sheathed with acuminate scales. February. l. coetaneous, lanceolate or elliptic-oblong, 4in. to 6in. long, tapering into the petioles. h. 1ft. to 2ft. West Indies, &c., 1843. (B. R. 823, under name of S. cernua.) S. p. grandiflora (large-flowered). fl., sepals, petals, and lip greenish within. l. almost unspotted. Brazil, Guiana. SYNS. S. grandiflora (B. R. 1043), Neottia grandiflora (B. M. 2730).

S. p. variegata (variegated). fl., sepals, petals, and lip white within. l. variegated. SYNS. Neottia acaulis (S. E. B. 105), N. picta (B. M. 1562; L. B. C. 214).

S. Romanzoviana (Count Romanzov's). fl. white, much larger and broader than in S. aestivalis; lip tongue-shaped, contracted below the recurved tip, the tubercles at the base smooth and shining; spike 2in. to 3in. long, stout, glandular-pubescent. August and September. l., radical ones on the flowering stem narrow obovate-lanceolate, 3in. to 6in. long. Stem from 6in. to 10in. high, leafy throughout. Europe (Britain), &c. Hardy. (G. C. n. s., xvi. p. 465; Sy. En. B. 1474, under name of S. gemmipara.) S. Sauroglossum (lizard-tongued). fl., sepals green, broader towards the apex; upper petal agglutinate, the lateral ones arcuate; lip white, parallel with the column, linear, channelled, sessile; bracts subulate; raceme 1ft. or more long, dense, cylindrical; scape nearly 2ft. long, sheathed with distant, leafy scales. April. l. radical, oblong-lanceolate, sub-erect, fleshy, not plicate, one-third the length of the scape. Brazil, 1832. SYN. Sauroglossum elatum (B. R. 1618). As the genus Sauroglossum is merged into Spiranthes, and the old specific name of plant here described was pre-occupied, it has been necessary to give a new specific name.

S. Smithii (Smith's). fl., in one variety, yellow, the lip marked with a few green veins; in another, brownish, having a yellowish lip striped with green; peduncle many-flowered. Costa Rica, 1868. This plant is allied to S. picta. S. Weirii (Weir's). fl. reddish; raceme elongated, furnished with white, cuspidate bracts. l. petiolate, oblong, acute, above dark purple, freely spotted with cream-colour, below purplish. New Grenada, 1870.