180 S 1 L 



1 1. SALICORNIA. (Prom an old French word, sahcor.) 



Herla'cca, (samphire, glasswort. L. Au. cS)) herbaceous, spreading- 

 joints compressed at the apex, emarginate bifid. Var. virginica, has 

 the branches undivided, and the jointed spikes very long. The 

 fructification is very obscure ; but it may be known by its leafless 

 nearly cylindric jointed branches. It grows in salt marshes along 

 the sea-board, and at Onondaga salt springs. 12 18. i. 



202. SALIX. 



Babyloni'ca, (weeping willow. M. ?2)branchlets pendant; leaves lance- 

 olate, acuminate, serrate glabrous, upper and lower sides of different 

 colours; stipules roundish, contracted; aments flower at leafing 

 time; germs sessile, ovate, glabrous. Supposed lobe the willow on 

 vrhich the Israelites hung their harps, when captive in Babylon. In- 

 troduced. 



2 1. SAL VI A. (From salvo, to save.) 

 Exotic. 



OJficina"lis, (sage. b. J. 7|_or 1^) leaves lance-ovate, crenulate; whorls 

 few-flowered ; calyx mucroriate. 



53. SAMBUCUS. 



Canadcn"sis, (black-berried-elder. O. w. J. ^3) branchlets and petioles 

 glabrous ; leafets about in 4 pairs, oblong-oval, glabrous, shining, 

 acuminate; cyme lax, divided into about 5 parts. 8 15. f. 



& 1. SANGUINARIA. (From sajiguis, blood.) 



Canaden"sis, (blood-root. O. w. Ap. 9].) leaves sub-reniform, sinuate- 

 lobed; scape 1-flowered. A variety, has linear petals. 6 10. i. 



102. SAPONARIA. (From sapo, soap.) 

 Exotic. 



OJficina'lis, (soapwort, bouncing bet. w. J. Qj.) calyx cylindric; leaves 

 lance-ovate, opposite sub-connate, entire. Probably introduced, and 

 naturalized. 10 18. i. 



102. SAXIFRAGA. (From saxum, a stone, and/rango, to 



break.) 



Sarmentosa, (beef-st'-ak geranium, w. Au. 7J.) leaves roundish, tooth- 



ed, hairy; sendiLg off creeping shoots; 2 petals in each flower 



longer. 



131. SCtTELLARIA. (From scutella, a shield.) 

 Lateriflo'ra, (mad-dog, scull-cap, hood-wort. O. b. Ju. Tj.) branching, 



glabrous; leaves long-oetioled, ovate, toothed; cauline ones sub-cor- 



date ; racemes 1 tteral, leafy. Damp. 1 2. f. 



32. SECALE. 



Ccrca'le, (rye. J. ^) glumes and bristles scabrous-ciliate; corolla 

 smooth. Introduced. 



10 3. S1LENE. (From Siknus, a bacchanalian of ancient times.) 

 ?e?insiilva'nica, (pink-catchfly. p. M. J. IP viscidly pubescent ; radical- 



