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Sabbatia—continued. 
as the calyx. Z. oblong-lanceolate. Stem loosely panicled above, 
lft. to 2ft. high. 1817. 
S. paniculata — Ji. disposed in many-flowered, corym- 
bose cymes; yx lobes linear, thread-like, much shorter than 
the white corolla, Z. linear, or the lower ones oblong, obtuse. 
Stem brachiately much-branched. A. lft. to 2ft. 1817. 
S. stellaris (star-like). A. calyx lobes awl-shaped, varying from 
half to nearly the length of the bright rose-purple corolla ; 
peduncles elongated, one-flowered. l. oblong- or ovate-lanceolate, 
or the upper ones linear. Stem 6in. to 20in. high, loosely 
branched and forked. 1827. 
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SABBATIA (of Moench). A synonym of Micro- 
meria (which see). 
SABIACEZ:. A small but well-defined natural order 
of glabrous or pilose trees or shrubs, inhabiting tropical 
and sub-tropical regions, mostly of the Northern hemi- 
sphere. Flowers hermaphrodite or polygamo-diccidus, 
small or minute, rarely rather large, variably disposed, 
usually panicled; calyx four or five-parted, imbricated ; 
petals four or five, equal or unequal, alternate with or 
opposite the sepals, imbricated; disk small, annular, 
lobed, rarely tumid; stamens four or five, inserted at 
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the base or on the top of the disk opposite the petals, 
usually two perfect and three antherless. Fruit consisting 
of one or two dry or drupaceous, indehiscent carpels ; 
endocarp crustaceous or bony, one-seeded. Leaves alter- 
nate, exstipulate, simple or pinnate, entire or serrated, 
penninerved. The wood of the Indian Meliosma is of ex- 
cellent quality, and is in great demand for house-building. 
Sabiacee comprises four genera—Meliosma, Ophiocaryon, 
Phovanthus, and Sabia—and about thirty-two species. 
SABICEA (Sabisabi is the name of 
S. aspera in Guiana). Syns. Schwenk- 
felda, Schwenkfeldia. Orv. Rubiaceae. 
A genus comprising about twenty-eight 
species of stove, twining shrubs, often 
tomentose, villous, or pilose; they are 
all tropical, and inhabit America, 
Africa, and Madagascar. Flowers clus- 
tered in axillary, sessile or peduncu- 
late, corymbose cymes or heads ; calyx 
tube sub-globose, the limb long, three 
to six-lobed; corolla funnel-shaped or 
hypocrateriform, the limb of four or 
five short, valvate lobes ; stamens five. 
Leaves opposite, oblong; stipules intra- 
petiolar, usually persistent, erect or 
recurved. Only two of the species 
have been introduced to cultivation. 
They require to be grown in a com- 
post of peat, loam, and sand. Pro- 
pagated by cuttings, inserted in sand, 
under a hand glass, in heat, 
Sette’ Sine dct 
acuminate, rough above, villous beneath; 
K “eget oval-oblong, acute. A. 6ft. Guiana, 
S. hirta (hairy). 
; umbe: 
white ; involucre of four 
three-flowered, shortly 
l. ovate-lanceolate, 
SABINEA (named in honour of 
Joseph Sabine, F.R.S., F.LS., &c., 
some time Secretary of the Horticul- 
tural Society of London). ORD. Legu- 
minose. A small genus (two or three 
species) of stove trees or shrubs, na- 
tives of the West Indies. Flowers pink, 
fascicled ; calyx very shortly toothed ; 
standard sub-orbicular, spreading or 
reflexed; wings falcate-oblong, free; 
keel incurved; bracts small; bracteoles 
absent. Pods linear, flat-compressed, 
two-valved. Leaves abruptly pinnate ; 
leaflets deciduous, entire, exstipellate. 
These plants will thrive in a well- 
drained sandy loam. Propagation may 
be effected by young cuttings, in- 
serted in a pot of sand, under a 
hand glass, in heat. 
carinalis (conspicuous-keeled). A. brigh 
scarlet, three to five in a fascicle, pre- 
cocious ; wings and standard, lin. long ; keel sixteen to eighteen 
lines long. l., leaflets six to eight-jugal, distant, obtuse-mucronu- 
late, oblong, five to six lines long. 
flowery). A. rosy; wings and standard jin. long ; keel 
—— — — — i, leaflets eight to fifteen-jugal, oblong 
or elliptic-oblong, jin. long. 
SACCATE, SACCIFORM. Sac-shaped; in the 
form of a bag. 
SACCHARUM (saccharon is the old Greek name 
for sugar; it is derived from the Sanscrit carkara). 
ORD. Graminee. A genus comprising about a dozen 
species of tall, mostly stove grasses, inhabiting tropical 
