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each into a large bud whose central axis is swollen with reserve- 

 materials; in spring this develops into a new plant. The diclinous 

 racemose infl. projects above water; the S fls. are lower down than 

 the <? . The <J contains oo sta. , the $ oo cpls. 



Sagittate (1.), with two lobes at base projecting towards stem. 



Sagittipetalum Merrill. Rhizophoraceae. i Phil. Is. 



Sago, Metroxylon, and Arenga, Caryota, Cycas, Oreodoxa, &c. 



Sagotanthus Van Tiegh. (Heisteria p.p.). Olacaceae. i Guiana. 



Sagotia Baill. Euphorbiaceae (A. n. 5). i N. Brazil, Guiana. 



Sagraea DC. (Clidcmia p.p. EP.). Melastomaceae (i). 20 trop. Am. 



Saguerus Adans. = Arenga Labill. (Palm.). 



Sagus Runipb ex Gaertn. = Metroxylon Rottb. (Palm.). 



Sahagunia Liebm. (Acanthinophyllitm Allem.). Moraceae (n). 3 trop. 

 Am. S. stref>itans Engl. (Braz.), good timber. 



Sails, cf. Bamboos. 



Sainfoin, Oiiobrychis sativa Lam. 



St Dabeoc's heath, Daboeda ; - Ignatius' beans, Strychnos Ignatii Berg.; 

 - John's oread, Ceratonia; -- wort, Hypericuin. 



Saintpaulia H. Wendl. Gesneriaceae (i). 3 E. Afr., incl. S. ionantha 

 H. Wendl. (Afr. violet). The fl. is like that of Exacum, with similar 

 dimorphic symmetry. In some the style projects to the left over the 

 C, in others to the right (cf. Exacum, Cassia). 



Sakersia Hook. f. Melastomaceae (i). i Cameroons. 



Sal, Shorea robusta Gaertn. f. 



Salacia L. Hippocrateaceae. 100 trop., often lianes with dimorphic 

 branches, one form suited for climbing. 



Salacicrater Loes. Hippocrateaceae. t New Guinea. 



Salacistis Reichb. f. (Hetaeria BH.). Orchidaceae (n. 2). i Java. 



Salad oil, nominally olive oil, Olea europea L. 



Salaxis Salisb. Ericaceae (iv. 2). 24 Cape Colony. 



Salazaria Torr. Labiatae (iv). i S.W. U.S., Mexico. 



Saldanhaea Bur. Bignoniaceae (i). 2 Brazil. 



Saldania Sim. Leguminosae (in. 8). i S.E. Afr. 



Saldinia A. Rich. Rubiaceae (n. 5). 2 Madag. 



Salep, the dried tubers of some sp. of Orchis and (in India) Eulo- 

 phia. 



Salicaceae (EP., BH.). Dicots. (Archichl. Salicales; anom. Incom- 

 pletae BH.). 2 gen., 180 sp., N. temp., trop. and subtrop. Shrubs 

 or trees with stip. 1. and much veg. repr. by suckers. Fls. naked, in 

 catkins or spikes, dioec. (many hybrids exist). The catkins arise in 

 autumn and remain as buds through the winter, developing in early 

 spring. The i fl. consists of 2 30 sta. in the axil of a bract, the ? usu. 

 of (2) cpls. transv. placed, syncarpous with parietal plac. ; ovules oo , 

 anatr. Seeds exalbum. with basal tufts of hairs. Genera: Salix, 

 Populus. 



Salicales. The 3rd order of Archichlamydeae. 



Salicaria Tourn. ex Mill. = Lythrum L. (Lythr.). 



Saliciflorae (Warming). The ist order of Choripetalae. 



Salicornia (Tourn.) L. Chenopodiaceae (A). 10 on sea-coasts. S. 

 herbacea L. (saltwort) cosmop., incl. Brit. Succulent herbs, with the 

 habit of a cactus, leafless and with jointed nodes. Fls. in groups of 3 



