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or more, one group sunk in the tissue on either side of each internode. 

 P fleshy; sta. i or 2. 



Salisburia Sm. = Ginkgo L. (Ginkg.). 



Salix (Tourn.) L. Salicaceae. 160 cosmop. The sp. are difficult to 

 separate and there are many hybrids (cf. Ruhus, Rosa), 12 in Brit, 

 (willow, sallow, &c.). Branching monopodial, but the term, bud usu. 

 dies, and the next lat. bud continues the axis. Some have collateral 

 buds in the axils. There is extensive veg. repr. by suckers. Some, 

 e.g. S. alba L., are often pollarded, or cut off at a height of 8 feet or 

 so; from the callus formed upon the wounds new shoots spring, and 

 thus the 'crown' of shoots is produced. Among the Brit. sp. are S. 

 herbacea L., the dwarf or arctic willow, a creeping alpine and arctic 

 form, and S. Janata L., &c. alpine forms with very woolly 1. The fls. 

 contain honey, and as they appear in early spring, before the L, and 

 when they have but few competitors, they receive a great many visits 

 from insects, especially from bees. S. viminalis L. is the osier, whose 

 twigs are used in making baskets, &c. S. babylonica L. is the weeping 

 willow. S. caprea L. useful wood. 



Sallal, Gaultheria Shallon Pursh. 



Sallow, Salix. 



Salmea DC. Compositae (5). 12 Mexico, W.I. 



Salmeopsis Benth. Compositae (5). i S. Brazil, Paraguay. 



Salmia Willd. = Carludovica Ruiz et Pav. (Cyclanth.). 



Salomonia Heist. (Polygonatum p.p.). Liliaceae (vn). 2 N. Am. 



Salomonia Lour. Polygalaceae. 5 E. As. Some are parasitic. 



Salpichroa Miers. Solanaceae (2). 12 warm Am. 



Salpiglossis Ruiz et Pav. Solanaceae (5). 8 S. Am. Cult. orn. fl. 



Salpinga Mart. Melastomaceae (i). 3 S. Brazil. Cult. orn. fl. 



Salpingacantlius Sp. Moore (Ruellia p.p. EP.). Acanth. (iv. A), i 

 Brazil. 



Salpingia Torr. et Gray (Oenothera p.p.). Onagr. (2). 4 Mexico, 

 Texas. 



Salpinxantha Hook. f. (Geissomeria BH.}. Acanthaceae (iv. B). i 

 Jamaica. 



Salsify, Tragopogon porrifolius L. 



Salsola L. Chenopodiaceae (B). 40 cosmop., maritime or on salt 

 steppes. S. Kali L. (glass-wort) in Brit., a very fleshy plant with 

 1. ending in spines. A var. tragus Moq. of this sp. (Russian thistle) 

 has in recent years become a pest of agriculture in N. Am. 



Salsuginosus (Lat.), growing where inundated by salt water. 



Salt-bush, A triplex, &c. ; -wort, Salsola; -steppe plants (halophytes), 

 Chenopodiaceae, Frankeniaceae, &c. 



Saltia R. Br. Amarantaceae (2). i S. Arabia. 



Salvador tea, Gaultheria. 



Salvadora Garcin. ex L. Salvadoraceae. 2 W. As., Afr. S. persica 

 L. is said to be the mustard of the Bible. Its 1. taste like mustard. 



Salvadoraceae (EP., BH.). Dicots. (Sympet. Contortae ; Gentianales 

 BH.}. 3 gen., 6 sp., As., Afr. Shrubs and trees with opp. entire 

 slip. 1. and racemose infls. Fls. $ or unisexual, reg. K (2 4); 

 C (4 5) or 4 5, with teeth or glands on the inner side; A 4 5, 

 epipet. or not; G (2), i 2-loc. with 12 erect anatr. ov. in each. 



