Archive image from page 195 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture . Cyclopedia of American horticulture : comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches cyclopediaofame04bail Year: 1906 2276 SciUa Sibinca (X SCINDAPSITS (an old Greek name, transferred to these plants). Ar&cei-3H in. wide, one side half as wide as the other, coriaceous, bright green (drying black), obliquely ovate- cordate. Var. argyraeus
Archive image from page 195 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture . Cyclopedia of American horticulture : comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches cyclopediaofame04bail Year: 1906 2276 SciUa Sibinca (X SCINDAPSITS (an old Greek name, transferred to these plants). Ar&cei-3H in. wide, one side half as wide as the other, coriaceous, bright green (drying black), obliquely ovate- cordate. Var. argyraeus, Engler {S. argyraus, Hort. Pdthos argynrus, Hort.), is the cult, form, with broad, deeply cordate leaf-blades which are spotted and blotched above with silvery white. Celebes, Philippines, S. an/jtnalus, Hort. = Monstera acuminata.—.S. Cusciiiria, Presl., is uow referred by Engler to Cnscuaria marantifolia. Not known to be in the trade. It is a auestion whether the Aglaonema commutatum sometimes mentioned in horticnl- tural literature is this species or is Aglaonema marantifolium, var. commutatum. Engler.—, pertnsa. Jared G. Smith. SCOLOPENDRIUM SClRPUS (Latin for bulrush). CyperAcece. Bul- rush. Sedge. A large genus of rush-like or grass-like plants inhabiting the whole globe, and characterized by perfect flowers in spikes which are solitary, clustered or umbellate : scales spirally arranged: perianth of bristles or none, not enlarged in fruit: ovary one-loculed, with one anatropous ovule; style not thickened at the base, 2-3-cleft. Only a few species are in cultivation, and these are all perennials (except perhaps the last), suited for shallow water or damp places. The larger are important for use in aquatic gardens. The nomen- clature of those in the trade has been very much con- fused. A. Stem leafy. atrbvirens, Muhl. Stems clustered, tall and stout, 2-4 ft. high, bluntly triangular: Ivs. long, coarse and firm, 3-G lines wide, spreadi
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