580 SACCELLIUM 



Saccellium Humb. et Bonpl. Boraginaceae (u). i Peru, Argentina. 



Saccharodendron Nieuwland (Acer p.p.). Aceraceae. 5 N. Am. 



Sacchamm L. Gramineae (2). 12 trop., subtrop., incl. S. officinantm 

 L. (sugar cane), a native (?) of trop. E. As., now cult, in most warm 

 regions, esp. Java, Hawaii, U.S., &c. From the rhiz. there spring each 

 year shoots which may reach 12 15 feet and a thickness of 2 inches; 

 the outer tissues have much silica in their cell-walls. The infl. is a 

 dense woolly spike, the first and second glumes of each spikelet being 

 covered with long hairs. The cult, form has always been veg. pro- 

 pagated (pieces of the haulm, each bearing a bud, are planted), but 

 recently a more vigorous race has been raised from seed. The sugar 

 is contained in the soft central tissues of the stem ; the canes are cut 

 before flowering and crushed between rollers to extract the juice; 

 afterwards it is boiled down under reduced pressure and laid out to 

 crystallise. 



Saccocalyx Coss. et Dur. (Satureia p.p. BH. ). Labiat. (vi). i Alger. 



Saccoglossum Schlechter. Orchidaceae (n. 16). 2 New Guinea. 



Saccoglottis Endl. Humiriaceae. 10 trop. S. Am., Afr. 



Saccolabium Blume. Orchidaceae (n. 20). 50 Indomal. Cult. orn. fl. 



Saccolaria Kuhlmann. Lentibulariaceae. i Upper Amazon. 



Saccolepis Nash (Panicitm p.p.). Gramineae. 5 N. Am. 



Saccoloma Kaulf. Polypodiaceae. 8 trop. Am., E. As. 



Saccopetalum Bennett. Anonaceae (2). 5 trop. As., Austr. 



Saccostoma Wall. Labiatae (inc. sed.). i Indomal. 



Sachsia Griseb. Compositae (4). 3 Cuba. 



Sack tree (Ceylon), Antiaris toxicaria Leschen. 



Sacleuxia Baill. Asclepiadaceae (n. i). i Zanzibar. 



Sacoglottis Mart. - Saccoglottis Endl. (Humir.). 



Sacred bean or lotus, Ndnmbium speciositm Willd. 



Sacrosphendatnus Nieuwland (Acer p.p.). Aceraceae. i N. Am. 



Sadiria Mez (Pimelandra p.p.). Myrsinaceae (n). 4 Indomal. 



Sadleria Kaulf. Polypodiaceae. 4 Hawaiian Is. 



Safflower, Carthanius tinctorius L. 



Saffordia Maxon. Polypodiaceae. i Peru. 



Saffordiella Merrill (Leptospermum p.p.). Myrt. (n. i). i Phil. Is. 



Saffranhout, Elaeodendron crocenm DC. 



Saffron, Crocus sativus L. ; meadow-, Colchicum autumnale L. 



Sage, Salvia, esp. S. officinalis L. ; -brush, Artemisia tridentataNutt., 

 &c. ; -rose (W.I.), Turnera; wood-, Tencriiim. 



Sageraea Dalzell (Bocagea BH.}. Anonaceae (i). 6 Indomal. 



Sageretia Brongn. Rhamnaceae. 12 warm E. As , N. Am. 



Sagina L. Caryophyllaceae (I. [). 20 N. temp.; 4 in Brit, (pearl- 

 wort). Small herbs with inconspic., sometimes apet. fls. 



Sagittaria Rupp. ex L. Alismaceae. 33 Am., temp. |-x-, incl. S. sagit- 

 tifolia L. (arrow-head) in Eur. (incl. Brit.), a water-plant with a short 

 rhiz. bearing 1. of various types, the number of each kind depending 

 on the depth of the water, &c. The fully submerged 1. are ribbon- 

 shaped, the floating ones have an ovate blade, whilst those (usually 

 the majority) that project above water are arrow-shaped (sagittate). 

 In the axils are formed the ' renewal' shoots which last over the winter, 

 short branches which burrow into the mud and swell up at the ends 



