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SABINA. 



(JUNIPERUS SABINA.) 



Savin. 



Synonyms.— Sabina, Bod. Pempt. 854 ; Blacktv., vol. vi. p. 214. Sabina folio 

 cupressi, Bauh. Hw., p. 487 ; Bail Hist., 1415 ; Buham. Arb., vol. ii. t. 62. Juni- 

 perus Sabina, Linn. Sp. PL, 1472; Willd., vol. iv. 852 3 Woodv., vol. vi. p. 259. 

 Sabina folio Tamausii Dioscoridis, BauJi. Ulv., p. 487. Sabina sterilis, Ger. Em. 

 Sabina vulgaris, Park. Theat. 



Foreign Names.— JJr. : Sabine. Hal., Span., and Port. : Sabina. Germ. : 

 Sadebaum, Sagebaum. But.: Sevenboom. Swed. : Sapven-boom. Ban. : Seven- 

 bona. Buss. : Moggevelnich donskoi, Sabina. 



Nat. Order, Conifers, Linn., Juss.— Dtcecia, Monodelphia. 



Gen. Char.— Dioecious, rarely monoecious. Males : Catkins ovate, the 

 scales verticillate, peltate, pedicillate. Anthers four to eight, unilocular. 

 Females: Catkins globose, the three concave scales united. Stigma 

 gaping. Galbulus composed of the united and fleshy scales, and con- 

 taining three triquetrous, osseous seeds. 



Spec. Char. — Leaves ovate, convex, densely imbricated, erect, decurrent, 

 opposite; the oppositions pyxidate ; a small bushy shrub; branches 

 closely invested by the very small glandular leaves. Galbulus round, 

 purple, somewhat smaller than that of Juniper communis. 



History. — Savin has been employed in medicine since the 

 time of the Greek physicians. It is the BqzQv of Dioscorides, 

 who says, " Cum vino potu sanguinem per urinas educunt et 

 partus expellunt, id ipsum turn appjsitu, turn etiam suffitu 

 praestant." 



Pliny (op. cit.) says : " Savine, the hearbe called by the Greeks 

 Brathy. It driveth and keepeth down all swellings, impos- 

 tumes; it represseth all those ulcers which be corrosive and 

 cauterous. Made in a linament it healeth St. Anthony's fire 



