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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
Swainsona—continued. 
twenty-one or more, varying from oblong or almost linear, and 
lin. to Jin. long, to lanceolate or linear, acute, and upwards 
of lin. long. Stems procumbent, ascending, or erect. 1862. 
Perennial herb. Syn. S. violacea. 
S. os (purple), of gardens, Probably a form of S. galegi- 
ond. 
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S. violacea (violet). A synonym of S. procumbens. 
SWALLOW-WORT. See Asclepias and Cheli- 
donium. 
SWAMMERDAMIA. Now included under Heli- 
chrysum. 
SWAMP DOGWOOD. A common name for Ptelea 
trifoliata (which see). 
SWAMP HICKORY. A popular name for Carya 
amara (which see). $ 
SWAMP ROSE-MALLOW. A common name for 
Hibiscus Moscheutos. 
SWAMP SAXIFRAGE. 
sylvanica, 
SWAMP WHITE OAK. See Quercus bicolor. 
SWAN-NECK, SWANWORT. See Cyc- 
noches. 
SWAN-RIVER DAISY. A common name for 
Brachycome (which see). 
SWARTZIA (named in honour of Olaf Swartz, M.D., 
of Stockhòlm, 1760-1818, a long time resident in the 
West Indies, author of “Flora Indiæ Occidentalis”). 
ORD. Leguminose. A genus comprising nearly sixty 
species of unarmed, stove trees; one is a native of 
tropical Africa, and the rest inhabit tropical America, 
. Flowers racemose, or one to a peduncle; calyx firmly 
closed, but ultimately splitting; corolla sometimes want- 
ing, when present consisting of only one petal (standard), 
or rarely two or three; stamens indefinite. Pods ovoid 
or elongated, turgid or sub-terete. Leaves imparipinnate 
or one-foliolate. Only two species call for description 
here.. They should be grown in a mixture of sandy 
loam and peat. Cuttings, with the leaves intact, will 
root in-sand, under a glass, in heat. 
See Saxifraga penn- 
or 
grandiflora (large-flowered). jl. yellow, three to five in a 
corymb, the one petal lin. or more in diameter. June. l, leaflet 
single, din, to Sin. long, elliptic-oblong, with a bluntish point, 
glabrous, undulated ; petioles short. h. 6ft. West Indies, 1821. 
SYN. S. simplicifolia. 
S. (pinnate-leaved). fi. yellowish, the one petal roundish 
irom. half as long again as the calyx; pedicels fascicled : 
Smeg rag 3 
ive, din. to 12in. long, elliptic-oblon, inted 
Weet Indies, 1817, ETR T 
S. simplicifolia (simple-leaved). A synonym of S. grandiflora. 
SWEDISH JUNIPER. See Juniperus com- 
munis fastigiata. 
SWEET ACORN OAK. See Quercus Ballota. 
SWEET ALYSSUM. See Keniga maritima, 
SWEET AMBER. 
sæmum. 
SWEET BASIL. See Basil, Sweet. 
SWEET BAY-TREE. See Laurus nobilis. 
SWEETBRIAR. Se Rosa rubiginosa, 
SWEET BROOM. See Scoparia dulcis. 
SWEET CALABASH. ‘See Passiflora 
formis. 
See 
mali- 
SWEET CASSAVA. See Manihot Aipi. 
SWEET CHESTNUT. See Castanea sativa. 
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SWEET CICELY (Myrrhis odorata). <A hardy 
perennial, native of Southern Europe, sparingly culti- 
vated-for the use of its leaves in salads, &c. It grows 
almost anywhere, and may be increased by seeds, sown 
in autumn, or by divisions. The leaves have a strong 
flavour of aniseed. : 
SWEET FLAG OR SEDGE. See Acorus Cala- 
mus. 
SWEET GALE, or SWEET WILLOW. 
Myrica Gale. 
See 
SWEET GUM. See Liquidambar styracifiua. 
SWEET LIME. See Citrus Limetta. 
SWEET ORANGE. See Citrus Aurantium. 
SWEET POTATO. See Batatas edulis. 
SWEET SCABIOUS. See Scabiosa atropur- 
purea. 
“SWEET-SCENTED CRAB. See Pyrus coro- 
naria. ` 
SWEET-SCENTED VERBENA. See Lippia 
citriodora. 
SWEET SOP. The 
(which see). 
SWEET SULTAN. 
species of Centaurea. 
SWEET WILLIAM. See Dianthus barbatus. 
SWERTIA (named after Iman. Swert, a famous cul- 
tivator of bulbs, &c., in Holland, author of “ Florilegium,” 
1612). Felwort. Syns. Agathotes, Henricea, Monobo- 
thrium, Ophelia. Orv. Gentianee. A genus comprising 
about forty species of greenhouse or hardy, erect, annual 
or perennial herbs, inhabiting Europe, Asia, and Africa, 
mostly in mountainous regions. Flowers blue, rarely 
yellow, clustered, cymose, or loosely pedicellate, disposed 
in racemiform, thyrsoid, or loosely corymbose panicles ; 
calyx four or five-parted; corolla rotate. with a very 
short tube, the lobes twisted to the right; stamens four 
or five, affixed at the base of the corolla. Leaves oppo- 
site, or in the perennial species radical, on long petioles; 
cauline ones occasionally alternate. The species described 
below are—with the exception of S. perennis—all Indian 
annuals, Seeds should be sown on a hotbed, and the 
seedlings, when frosts are well over, transplanted where 
they are intended to remain. S. perennis was once re- 
ported as having been found growing wild in Wales, but 
this has never been confirmed. 
S. alata (winged). jl. lurid green-yellow, veined with purple, four- 
parted, in large panicles; corolla lobes often shorter than the 
calyx. Summer. Z., caaline ones sub-sessile, ovate, acute. Stem 
four-angled, often four-winged. h. 1ft. to 2ft. 1868. (B. M. 5687, 
fig. 12, under name of Ophelia alata.) 
angustifolia (narrow-leaved). fl. usually white, dotted with 
blue or black; sepals often longer than the corolla. Summer. 
l. narrow-lanceolate, narrowed at base. h. lft. to 2ft. 1868. 
(B. M. 5687, figs. 3, 4, under name of Ophelia angustifolia.) 
5. corymbosa (corymbose).* jl. pale blue, or white with blue 
nerves ; cymes forming a level-topped corymb. May. J., lower 
cauline ones jin. long, spathulate-obovate, obtuse, slightly 
petioled ; upper ones sessile, ovate or oblong, jin. long, sub- 
acute, Stem 8in. to 20in. high, quadrangular or four-winged. 
18356. (B. M. 4489, under name of Ophelia corymbosa.) 
S. paniculata (panicled).* fl., sepals oblong, acute ; corolla lobes 
white above, with two purple or lurid-green marks at base ; 
ise ae ee Summer. 1, oblong or lanceolate. A, Ht. 
lata. 
fruit of Anona squamosa 
A common name for several 
. M. 5687, figs. 5, 6, under name of Ophelia panicu- 
S. perennis (perennial). Marsh Felwort. f. erect ; corolla blue, 
with dark spots, the segments elliptic-oblong and slightly acute. 
July. l., lower ones oblong-elliptic, on long petioles; cauline 
ones opposite, ovate-oblong, somewhat obtuse. Stem ascending, 
many-Howered, +. Sin, Europe. Hardy perennial, requiring 4 
moist, half-boggy position. (F. D. 2047; R. G. 1885, 274.) 
