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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
Serratula—continued. 
yields a yellow dye. None of the species are very 
ornamental, the only one calling for description being 
S. quinquefolia. This thrives in any common soil, and 
may be increased by seeds, or by divisions. Several 
species erroneously included here by garden authorities 
are now placed under Jurinea, Liatris, &c. 
S. quinquefolia (five-leaved). /.-heads intense purple ; involucral 
scales ovate, shortly mucronate, appressed, the inner ones 
elongated and scarious. July, Z. slightly glabrous, impari-pin- 
natipartite ; lobes sub-bigugate, confluent, ovate-lanceolate, 
srt ed, the terminal one large. h. 3ft. Caucasus, 1804. (B. M. 
$} 
SERRULATE, SERRULATED. 
very small or fine teeth. : 
SERRURIA (named in honour of Dr. James Ser- 
rurier, Professor of Botany at Utrecht). ORD. Pro- 
teaceew. A genus comprising about fifty-two species of 
desirable, greenhouse, densely leafy shrubs, confined to 
South Africa. Flowers solitary under the bracts, sessile, 
densely capitate, sub-regular; perianth narrow, often in- 
eurved, the limb ovoid or oblong, the.segments cohering 
towards the base; hypogynous scales four, linear or fili- 
form. Leaves scattered, very narrow, trifid, pinnatifid, 
or dissected, rarely undivided. A selection of the species 
known in gardens is given below. They require pre- 
cisely similar treatment to Protea (which see). 
S. abrotanifolia (Abrotanum-leaved), fl. pink, the segments 
>» shortly bearded ; stigma black ; heads sessile, nearly as large as a 
walnut. July. Z. lin. to lin. long, slender, biternate, bipin- 
natifid above the middle, pilose. Branches glabrous. h. 3ft. 
1803. SYN. Protea abrotant/olia hirta (A. B. R. 522), 
Serrate, with 
S. arenaria (sand-loving). /. purple, five lines long; heads 
longer than the tomentose peduncles, globose, about the size of a 
cherry. July. J. clustered, often secund, about 2in. long, slender, 
era or _trifid, the adults glabrous. Branches slender, simple. 
. 1ft. 1803. Shrub erect or decumbent. 
Burmanni (Burmann’s), f. purple, three to four lines long, 
clothed with dense, whitish or yellowish pubescence ; partial 
peduncles shorter than the globose, many-flowered heads; 
corymb much-branched, rather shorter than the leaves. July. 
l. 1jin. long, slender, bipinnate ; young ones clothed with short, 
cano-sericeous, adpre: pubescence, rarely spreading, h. 24ft. 
1786. Shrub erect, much-branched. 
S. beam a td (lengthened). fl. purple, minutely pubescent; bracts 
reddish-fuscous, jin. long; heads as large as a cherry, sixteen 
to twenty-flowered; peduncle din, to 10in. long, leafless, remotely 
te; partial ones żin., to l}in. long, few-bracted. July. 
I, in. to 4in. long, digitate, slightly wrinkled, obsoletely sulcate, 
: i as well as the erect branches, glabrous. h. l4ft. to 2ft. 
S. emarginata (emarginate). jl. pink, small, the segments 
slightly pilose ; bracts lanceolate, acute, pink at Spex heads 
terminal and springing from the upper axils, simple, as large 
as a cherry. July, Z. clustered, about lin. long, slender, acute, 
bipinnatifid above the middle (or biternate), pubescent. h. 2ft. 
1800. SYN. Protea abrotanifolia minor (A. B. R. 536). 
S, florida (flowery). 1. purple, five to six lines long, the lami 
_ bearded with golden-fulvons silk ; heads in imbricating py sion 
seven to nine lines long, approximate-corymbose, globose or 
ovoid, longer than the bracteate peduncle. July. /. spreading, 
2in. to din. long, all pinnate or bipinnate, slender; young ones 
slightly pilose; adults (as well as the ascendin branches) 
glabrous. Stem corymbosely branched. h, 2ft. 184. 
S. glaberrima (highly glabrous). jl. purple, very glabrous, or 
the young ones having a silky tube; heads, as Much e a roma 
globose, or at length ovoid, axillary or terminal, lew Bokori. 
peduncles about lin. long, the axillary ones slightly nodding 
the terminal ones erect. July. Z. remote, acute erecto-patent, 
ifd oe y yinnately pring ao or sub-pinnatitid; upper ones 
divided. Stem lft. or more long, prostrate, very slender. 7 
„Adult plant highly glabrous. aT be ee 
S. millefolia (Milfoil-like). #. purple; bracts glabrous at the 
apex ; stigma truncate ; peduncles equalling, or longer than, the 
simple heads, July, Z. bipinnatifid from the base, pilose. A. 4ft. 
1803. SYN. Protea triternata (A. B. R. 337). 
S. nitida (shining). #. purple, with very narrow claws : brac: 
nearly equalling the flowers, the outer ones glabrous, the foe 
ones very silky-villous ; heads twice as long as the peduncles, 
July. l nearly lsin. long, pinnatifid or nearly bipinnatifid, 
: a: and, as well as the branches, highly glabrous. A, 2ft. 
S. Niveni (Niven’s). 7. purple, densely bearded ; bracts Ia = 
-Jate ; heads salvpeealle as large ds a chatty. July. 7. ipitendllicg: 
nearly lin. long, bipinnatifid, channelled within, very acutely 
times called Gingelly Oil.. For culture, see Martynia. 
Serruria—continued. 
mucronate, and, as well as the branches, highly glabrous. h. 9in. 
1800. Plant decumbent, much-branched. SYN. Protea decumbens 
(A. B. R. 349). fe 
S. odorata (odorous). fl. pink, odorous, the outer ones at lengt 
fr seen ont a heads simple, terminal. July. 7. bipinnatifid- 
filiform, acute, pilose. Sterile branchlets corymbose, exceeding 
the heads. R. 2ft. 1803. Syn. Protea abrotanifolia odorata 
(A. B. R. 545). 
S. pedunculata (long-pedunculate). jf. purple, densely pubes- 
cent, slender, incurved ; heads as large as a walnut or prune, 
solitary or corymbose; peduncles lin. to Sin. long, fulvous- 
tomentose. July. J. clustered, lift. to 2ft. long, shortly pubes- 
cent, bi- or tripinnate nearly to the base. ranchlets often 
umbellate. h. Tft. 1789. SYN. Protea glomerata (A. B. R. 264). 
S. licoides (Phylica-like). f. purple, the claw highl 
BP Say the lamina snowy-bearded ; heads as large as a poe! 
nut; peduncles sub-corymbose, longer than the heads. July, 
l. spreading, 1}in. to 2in. long, once-sulcate above, bipinnatitid or 
pinnatifid, glabrous; segments jin. to lin. long, undivided_or — 
rarely bifid, rather obtuse. Branches twiggy, loose, leafy. h. Sft. 
1789. SYN. Protea abrotanifolia (A. B. R. 507). : 
S. pinnata (pinnate). j. pink, sometimes sub-areuate, clothed 
with shortly appressed, whitish pubescence; heads globose, as 
large as a walnnt, with villous-tomentose scales ; peduncles żin. 
to lin. long. July. J. erect, lin. to ldin. long, slender, once- 
suleate above, pinnately three to five-cleft, semi-terete, spreading- 
ilose, at length glabrous. Branches elongated, loosely leafy. 
1803, Shrub prostrate. (A. B. R. 512.) s 
S. Roxburghii (Roxburgh’s). fl. white, four to five lines long, 
loosely and adpressedly villous ; heads ranging in size betweena _ 
hazel nut and a plum, fnlyous-villous. July. /. spreading, five 
to seven lines long, flabelliform, bipinnate, semi-tritid ; segments 
divaricate, two or three-cleft or pinnatifid, minutely mucronulate. 
h. 3ft. to 4ft. . > 
S. rubricaulis (red-stemmed). fl. purple, adpressedly silky- 
villous ; bracts scarious ; ial heads few-flowered; common 
uncle shorter than the head, glabrous. July. l. erect, lin. 
o lin. long, bipinnate or sub-pinnate, nearly glabrous. 
Pie esaet pp reddish, glabrous or slightly spreading-pilose. 
S. triternata (triternate). jfi. purple, four to five lines lon 
densely pubescent ; heads globose, as large as a cherry, de: 
many-flowered, at length slightly recurved ; partial peduncles lin. © 
to 2in. long. July. / spreading, 3in. to 5in. long, triternate or 
bipinnate, and, as well as the branches, glabrous; segments half 
spreading, jin. to 1J5in. long. Branches twiggy. h. Tft. 1802. 
Syn. Protea argentiflora (A. B. R 447). 
S. villosa (villous). 1. purple, four to five lines long; heads as 
rd as a cherry or a walnut, sessile, or sometimes very shortly — 
pedunculate. July. J. spreading, nearly lin., li. long, 
sub-biternate, at length glabrous ; segments y diverging, 
with a slender, incurved or rarely straight mucro. Branches 
umbellate, straight. h. 2ft. or more. 1829. i ; 
SERSALISIA (in part). A synonym of Lucuma 
(which see). i FEES i 
SERTIFERA (from sertum, a garland, and fero, 
I bear; in allusion to the form of inflorescence). ORD. 
Orchidee. A monotypic genus. The species is a stove, 
terrestrial orchid, having rather small flowers borne 
rather long pedicels in short racemes, sessile 
veined leaves, and a creeping rhizome. It is a native 
of Ecuador, but is not yet grown in gardens. __ 
SERVICE BERRY. A common name for the fruit 
of Amelanchier canadensis. ; 
SERVICE-TREE. See Pyrus domestica. 
name is/also applied to several other species. 
SESAME. See Sesamum indicum. 
SESAMUM (from Sesamon, the old Greek - 
by Hippocrates). ORD. Pedalinew. A genus compr 
nine or ten species of stove, erect or prostrati 
all natives. of tropical or South Africa. WETS 
violet, solitary in the axils, shortly pedicellate 
rather small, five- parted; corolla tube decu 
sub-bilabiate, the lobes five, somewhat spreading 
mens four. Capsules oblong or ovoid, two-cell 
cell containing numerous oily seeds. Lowest _ 
posite ; uppermost ones, or nearly all, alternate, petiolate, 
entire, cut-toothed, trifid, or pedatisect. S. indicum, the 
only species in cultivation, is extensively grown in tropi 
countries for the oil contained in its seeds, which is some- 
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