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Swainsona Salisb. Leguminosae (in. 6). 30 Austr., N.Z., N. As. 



Swamp cypress, Taxodium. 



Swartzia Schreb. (Tottnatea EP.). Legum. (n. 9). 65 trop. Am., Afr. 



Swede turnip, Brassica campestris L , var. 



Sweertia L. = Swertia L. (Gentian.). 



Sweet bark, Cascarilla bark; -basil, Ociinuni hasilicum L.; -bay, 



Lauras nobilis L. ; - briar, Rosa rubiginosa L. ; - calabash, Passiflora 



inaliformis L. ; -cicely, Myrrhis odorata Scop.; -clover (Am.), Meli- 



tottis; -cumin, Pitnpinella Anisum L.; -cup, Passiflora edu/t'sSims.; 



-fern, Myrica aspleni folia L. ; -flag, Acorns Calamus L. ; -gale. 



Myrica Gale L. ; -gum, Liquidambar; -leaf (Am.), Symplocos\ 



-lime, Citrus Medico. L. var. Limetta; -maudlin, Achillea Ageratum 



L. ; -pea, Lathyrus odoratus L.; -potato, Ipomoea Batatas Lam.; 



-sop, Anona squamosa L.; -sultan, Cenlaurca moschata L., &c.; 



-vernal grass, Anthoxanthnm odoratnm L.; -William, Dianthus 



barbatus L.; -wood (W.I.), Nectandra, &c. 

 Sweetia Spreng. Legnminosae (in. i). 10 S. Am. 

 Sweetiopsis Chodat et Hassl. (Riedeliella EP.). Leguminosae (in. i). 



i Paraguay. 

 Swertia L. Gentianaceae (i). 90 cosmop., exc. Afr. S. perennis L. 



often cult. The corolla-segments bear each i nectaries on the upper 



side, consisting of little pits covered with hairs. 

 Swertopsis Makino. Gentianaceae (i). i Japan. 

 Swietenia Jacq. Meliaceae (11). 3 trop. Am., W.I. , incl. S. Mahogoni 



Jacq., the mahogany, a valuable timber tree. Cf. Tropenpflanzer, XV. 



479- 



Swinburnia Ewart (Tysoma p.p.). Compositae (4). i Austr. 



Swine cress (Am.), Senebiera. 



Swintonia Griff. Anacardiaceae (i). 8 Malaya. Pets, form wings 

 to fr. 



Sword bean, Canavalia ensiformis DC. ; - sedge, Lepidosperma. 



Swynnertonia Sp. Moore. Asclepiadaceae (11. 3). r Rhodesia. 



Syagrus Mart.=Cocos L. p.p. (Palm.). 



Sycamore, Acer pseudoplatanus L. 



Sychnosepalum Eichl. (Sciadotaenia Miers). Menispermaceae. i N. 

 trop. S. Am. 



Sycocarpus Britton. Meliaceae' (in), i S. Am. 



Sycomore fig, Finis Sycomorus L. 



Syconium, a fig fruit. 



Sycopsis Oliv. Hamamelidaceae. 5 Khasias to China. 



Sylitra E. Mey. Leguminosae (in. 6). 2 W. and S. Afr. 



Sylvestris (Lat.), growing in woods. 



Sym- (Gr. pref.), with, together, &c.; -biosis, Cecropia, Myrmecophily; 

 -metry, cf. Actinomorphic, Zygomorphic, Asymmetrical, Enantio- 

 styly, &c. ; -petalous, with concrescent C; -physis, coalescence; 

 -podium, a shoot in which the successive lat. branches in turn super- 

 sede the relatively main axis, which turns off to one side and looks 

 like a branch, Acorns, Aglaonema, Ant/itiriitni, Araceae, Eichhornia, 

 Iridaceae, Liliaceae, Junctts, Narthecinin, Orchidaceae, Peferomia, 

 Ulmaceae, Vitis, &c. And cf. Syn-. 



Symbegonia Warb. Begoniaceae. 4 New Guinea. 



