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 SILK COTTON TREE. See Eriodendron Anfractuosum. 



SILK GRASS. See Furcrosa. 



SIMARUBA GLAUCA, D.C. 

 Bitter Wood, Bitter Dan. 



Native of West Indies, and Florida. 



A tree about 20 feet high, with pinnate leaves, small yellow flowers, 

 and purple berries. (Simarubacece.) 



Bark of root is a tonic, used in dysentery, after fever has abated, in 

 diarrhoea, and dyspepsia. 



SISAL HEMF. Seb Agave bigida. 



SLOANEA JAMAICENSIS. 



Greenheart. 



Native of Jamaica. 



A tree 60 to 100 feet high, leaves simple ; flowers without petals, seed 

 enveloped in scarlet pulp. 



" In the interior limestone hills of Manchester and St. Elizabeth. A 

 tall tree, with diameter rarely exceeding 18 inches. A heavy timber, 

 with dense deep-coloured heart-wood known as an ebony." (Hooper.) 



SMILAX OFFICINALIS, Kunth. 

 Sarsaparilla. 



Native of tropical America. A large perennial climber, with large 

 rootstock ; which gives off numerous roots 6 to 8 feet long ; leaves a foot 

 long, cordate ; flowers small and inconspicuous. 



Roots are the official part of the plant. Sarsaparilla is alterative, 

 tonic, diaphoretic, and diuretic. Employed in syphilitic affections, in 

 chronic forms of rheumatism, gout, scrofulous affections, and skin 

 diseases. 



" Jamaica Sarsaparilla" is alone official in the pharmacopoeias of 

 Britain and India. The name, however, does not mean that it is grown 

 in Jamaica, but only that it was exported from Central America byway 

 of Jamaica. The plant is cultivated to a small extent in the parish of 

 St. Elizabeth. 



SOAP BERRY. See Sapindus Saponaria. 



SOAP WOOD. Sep: Clethra tinifolia. 



SORREL, RED. See Hibiscus Sabdariffa. 



SOUR; SOP. See Anona muricata. 



SPANISH ELM. See Cordia gerascanthoides. 



