SAXIFRAGA 589 



Eberm. (La urns Sassafras L.). The wood and bark yield oil of 

 sassafras, used in medicine. 



Sassafridium Meissn. Lauraceae (i). 3 trop. Am., W.I. 

 Satanocrater Schweinf. Acanthaceae (iv. A). 2 trop. Afr. 

 Satinwood, Chloroxylon Swietenia DC. 

 Sativus (Lat.), cultivated or planted. 

 Sattadia Fourn. Asclepiadaceae (n. i). i C. Brazil. 

 Satureia L. (incl. Calainintha Lam.). Labiatae (vi). 130 warm 

 regions. Fls. gynodioec. S. hortensis L. and S. montana L. 

 (summer and winter savories) cult, condiments. 

 Saturna Nor. Euphorbiaceae (inc. sed.). Nomen. 

 Satyria Klotzsch. Ericaceae (in. 2). 4 trop. Am. 

 Satyrium L. Orchidaceae (n. i). 70 S. Afr. to trop. As. Fl. not 

 twisted, so that labellum uppermost ; it is prolonged backwards into 

 two spurs. The actual summit of the column is occupied by the 

 stigma, the anther being bent round 1 to it. 

 Sail, Albizzia stipitlata Boiv. 

 Sauerkraut, Brassica oleraceae L. 



Saundersia Reichb. f. Orchidaceae (n. 19). i Brazil. 

 Saurauia Willd. Dilleniaceae. 75 trop. As., Am. 

 Saurog-lossum Lindl. (Spiranthes p.p. Bff.}. Orchid, (n. 2). 3 trop. 



Am. 

 Sauromatum Schott. Araceae (vn). 6 palaeotrop. L. pedate (cy- 



mosely branched). 



Sauropus Blume. Euphorbiaceae (A. i. i). 20 Indomal. 

 Saururaceae (EP. ; Piperaceae p.p. BH.). Dicots. (Archichl. Piperales). 

 3 gen., 4 sp., E. As. and N. Am. Herbs with $ fls., apparently 

 primitively naked. A 6 or fewer; G 3 4 or (3 4), in the latter 

 case with parietal plac. ; ov. orthotr. Endo- and peri-sperm. Chief 

 genera: Saururus, Houttuynia. 

 Saururus Plum, ex L. Saururaceae. i Japan to Phil. Is., i in E. U.S. 



Bog pi. with spikes of fls., br. usu. adnate to axis of its fl. 

 Saussurea DC. Compositae (n). 125 N. temp. S. alpina DC. 

 alpine in Brit., with hairy 1. ; its fls. a,re blue, with sweet scent (the 

 latter unusual in the order). Many have 3 cpls. 

 Sautiera Decne. Acanthaceae (iv. A), i Timor. 

 Sauvagesia L. Ochnaceae (Viol. BH.}. 12 trop., esp. Brazil. 5 fertile 

 sta., surrounded by oo stds. Cpls. 3. This gen. and a few others 

 sometimes formed into a separate fam. or placed in Violaceae. 

 Sauvallea Wright. Commelinaceae. i Cuba. 

 Savannah, grass country broken by patches of forest or copse; -flower 



(W.I.), Echites; -wattle (W. L), Citliarexvlum. 

 Savia Willd. Euphorbiaceae (A. i. i). 4 W. Ind. 

 Savignya DC. Cruciferae (2). 2 E. Meclit. 

 Savin, fit ni penis Sabina L. 

 Savoury, Satureia. 

 Saw wort, Serratula tinctoria L. 

 Saxatilis (Lat.), growing on rocks. 



Saxegothaea Lindl. Coniferae (Taxac. 3; see C. for gen. char.). 



i Andes of Patagonia. Fr. a many-seeded 'berry' like Juniperus. 



Saxifraga Tourn. ex L. Saxifragaceae (i). 225 N. temp., Arctic, 



