SAPINDA CEAE 585 



S. minor Scop, and 6". officinalis L., anemophilous, the former with 

 long pend. sta. 



Sanhilaria Baill. Bignoniaceae (i). r S. Brazil. 

 Sanicle, Sanicula europea L. 



Sanicula (Tourn.) L. Umbelliferae (n. i). 20 cosmop. exc. Austr. 

 6". enropaea L. (sanicle) in Brit. Fls. in cymose umbels, themselves 

 arranged in dichasia. Fr. hooked, animal- distributed. 

 Sansevleria Thunb. Liliaceae (vi). 12 trop. Afr., As. Xero. with 



fleshy 1. S. zeylanica Willd. yields fibre (bow-string hemp). 

 Santalaceae (EP.; BH. incl. Grubbiaceae, Myzodendraceae). Dicots. 

 (Archichl. Santalales; Achlamydosporeae BH.}. 26 gen., 250 sp., 

 of semi-parasitic shrubs, trees and herbs, resembling Loranthaceae 

 in many ways, trop. and temp. Some are stem-parasites like mistletoe, 

 others root-parasites like Rhinanthus (e.g. Thesium). L. opp. The 

 total infl. may be a raceme, spike, head, &c., but often, instead of the 

 single fl. in each axil, there is a little cyme of 3, as in Loranthaceae. 

 Fls. $ or unisexual, with perig. or epig. disc and a simple P (sepaloid 

 or petaloid); sta. =, and inserted on, the P-leaves. G i-loc., with 

 a central placenta bearing i 3 ovules. Nut or drupe; seed i, with no 

 testa, and much endosp. Chief genera: Santalum, Thesium. 

 Santalales. The 1 4th order of Archichlamydeae. 

 Santalina Baill. Rubiaceae (i. 8). i Madag. 

 Santalodes O. Ktze., Santaloides Schellenb. = Rourea Aubl. p.p. 

 Santalum L. Santalaceae. 10 Indomal. Parasitic trees. S. album L. 

 (S. Ind., esp. Mysore) furnishes the true sandal-wood (yellow or white). 

 Oil is distilled from it. 



Santiria Blume. Burseraceae. ^,30 Malaya. 

 Santiridium Pierre = Pachylobus G. Don p.p. (Burser.). 

 Santiriopsis Engl. (Santiria p.p.). Burseraceae. i S. Thome. 

 Santolina Tourn. ex L. Compositae (7). 8 S.W. Eur. 6". Chamae- 



cyparissus L. is officinal. 



Sanvitalia Gualt. in Lam. Compositae (5). 8 warm Am. Cult. orn. fl. 

 Sap-green, Rhamnus cathartica L. ; -wood, the young outer wood. 

 Sapidus (Lat.), with pleasant taste. 



Sapindaceae (EP.~, BH. incl. Aceraceae, Hippocastanaceae, Meliantha- 

 ceae, Staphvleaceae}. Dicots. (Archichl. Sapindales). 120 gen., 1000 

 sp., trop. and subtrop. 5 gen. (Serjania, Paullinia, &c.) with 300 sp. 

 are lianes, the rest erect trees or shrubs. The liane.s climb by tendrils, 

 which are met. infl. -axes and are usu. branched or sometimes watch- 

 spring-like; their stems often show peculiar internal anatomy. L. alt., 

 slip, in the climbing sp., usu. cpcl., pinnate; in the climbing sp. there 

 is usu. a true term, leaflet, but not in the erect; in these one of the 

 last pair of leaflets often becomes term., so that the 1. is asymmetric. 

 The tissues of the plants usually contain resinous or latex-like secretions 

 in special cells. The infl. is cymose, usu. a cincinnus, with bracts and 

 bracteoles. 



Fl. unisexual (the sta. are apparently well developed in the ? so 

 that it is easily mistaken for 5, but the pollen is useless, and the anthers 

 do not open), generally monoec., reg. or often obliquely -|- , 5- or 4- 

 merous. K usu. ;, rarely (5), imbr. or rarely valvate or open, some- 

 times apparently 4-merous by union of 2 sepals; C usu. 5, imbr., with 



