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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING. 
SALIX. ‘To the species and varieties described on 
pp. 345-7, Vol. III., the following should now be added: 
S. lasiandra lancifolia (hairy-anthered, lance-leaved). //., 
catkins greenish-yellow, about 2in, long, borne on short, lateral 
shoots. J. lanceolate, acuminate, 6in. to 10in. long, finely ser- 
rated stipules reniform. California. (R. G, 1887, pp. 409-10, 
S. repens. Creeping Willow. /., catkins cylindrical, usually 
about 4in. long, sessile, at length pedunculate and lin. long. 
Spring. JU. oblong or lanceolate, less than lin. long, rarely shortly 
ovate, or in luxuriant shoots narrow-oblong and liin. long, nearly 
or quite entire, silky. Kurope (Britain) and Asia. A low, strag- 
gling shrub. A series of forms of this species is figured in 
Sy. En. B. 1356-62. 
SALVIA. To the species described on pp. 349-53, 
Vol. III., the following should now be added: 
S. seapiformis (scape-formed). /l., calyx tin. long; corolla pale 
amethystine-blue, the limb din. in diameter; whorls numerous ; 
scapes 6in. to 10in. high, ascending. June. J. all radical (rarely 
with an opposite pair towards the base of one or more of the 
scapes), 2in. long, spreading, broadly ovate- or oblong-cordate, 
obtuse, coarsely crenate or lobulate, reddish-purple beneath. 
Formosa. Greenhouse perennial. (B. M. 6980.) 
SAMBUCUS. To the species and varieties described 
on p. 354, Vol. III., the following should now be added: 
S. racemosa serratifolia (serrated-leaved). /. rather narrower 
than in the form plumosa, and not so deeply pinnatifid. 1886. 
SANSEVIERA. To the species described on p. 356, 
Vol. III., the following should now be added: 
S, aureo-variegata (golden-variegated), l. oblong-obovate, 
thick, leathery, pale green in the centre, with two broad bands 
of creamy-white, and a narrow, pale green margin. 
SARCOCHILUS. To the species described on 
pp. 360-1, Vol. III., the following should now be added: 
S. indusiatum (smocked). 1. small, disposed in short, dense 
racemes; sepals and petals yellowish, spotted red; lip white; 
spur cylindric, with ‘fa kind of bucket” at its apex. Jl. soft, 
shining, oblong, din. broad. Sunda Isles, 1886. Syn. Thrix- 
spermum indusiatum. 
S. purpureus (purple). jl. pale rose-coloured; lip of a deeper 
rosy-crimson than the sepals and petals, hollowed out near the 
tip somewhat in the form of a slipper; spikes about 8in. long, 
many-flowered. J. distichous, oblong-linear, emarginate, din. to 
4in. long. India. SyN. Camarotis purpurea (L. 8. O. 19; 
P.M. B. vii. 25). 
S. unguiculatus (clawed). /l., sepals and petals light straw- 
colour; lip clawed, three-lobed, the side lobes white, streaked 
crimson, THe middle lobe rounded, fleshy, dotted crimson ; raceme 
three or four-flowered. Manilla, 1848.  Syns. Phalenopsis 
Ruckeriana (of gardens) and Thrixspermum unguiculatwm. 
(W. O. A. vi. 266.) 
SAROTHAMNUS SCOPARIUS ANDREANUS. 
A synonym of Cytisus Andreanus (which see). 
SARRACENIA. To the species and hybrids de- 
seribed on pp. 363-7, Vol. IIL, the following should now 
be added: 
S. porphyroneura (purple-nerved). 7. erect, with a large, 
circular lamina, which, as well as the upper portion of the pitcher 
itself, is traversed by purple veins. 1882. 
S, Wilsoniana (Wilson’s). /. erect, with deep purple-crimson 
ribs, more or less united by cross veins ; wing and lid veined and 
reticulated deep purple-crimson. A distinct and pleasing hybrid 
between S. flava and S. purpurea. 
SAXIFRAGA. To the species and varieties de- 
seribed on pp. 371-6, Vol. IfI., the following should now 
be added: 
S. aretioides micropetala (small-petaled). 
S. lutea-purpurea. 
S. Engleri (Engler’s). . white, small. J. thick, deep green, 
gradually changing to golden-yellow in winter, with slight 
crustaceous margins. North America. 
S. Frederici-Augusti (Frederick Augustus’), of gardens. A 
synonym of S. lutea-purpurea. 
S. Huguenini (Huguenin’s). 1. white, solitary, shortly stalked. 
l. imbricating, oblong, ciliate-toothed, in. to jin. long. Eastern 
Swiss Alps, 1886. A neat little plant, of creeping, tufted habit. 
(R. G. 12308.) 
S. Lapeyrousei (Lapeyrouse’s). 
purea, 
S. lutea-purpurea (yellow and purple). /. lemon-yellow, 
numerous, corymbose, borne on short, leafy stalks. Spring. 
l. bright green, narrow-lanceolate, disposed in small rosettes. 
Pyrenees. Plant very dwarf. SyNns. S. aretioides micropetala, 
A synonym of 
A synonym of S. lutea-pur- 
Saxifraga— continued. 
S. Frederici-Augusti (of gardens), S. Lapeyrousei. The true 
S. Frederici-Augusti is a rare and distinct plant, with a spicate 
inflorescence and purple flowers, and is not at present in culti- 
vation in this country. 
SCHIZANTHUS. Tothe species described on p. 384, 
Voi. I[I., the following variety should now be added: 
S. Grahami lilacinus (lilac). A tine variety, having lilac- 
coloured flowers, with a dark golden-yellow, brown-veined 
upper lip, and lilac tips. (R. G. 1887, p. 665, f. 169.) 
SCHIZOCASIA (from schizo, to eut or split, and 
casia ; in allusion to its divided leaves and its relation- 
ship to Colocasia). Orb. Arvidew (Aracee). A small 
genus (three or four species) of stove herbs, with a thick 
caudex, natives of New Guinea, Siam, and the Philippine 
Islands. Flowers moneecious, on an appendiculate spadix, 
the males and females remote; perianth none; spathe 
tube convolute, the blade linear-oblong, obtuse, thrice as 
long as the tube, the throat constricted ; peduncle short, 
sheathed. Leaves ovate-cordate, pinnatipartite; petioles 
elongated, terete. According to Mr. N. E. Brown, there 
are no real characters to separate Schizocasia from 
Alocasia (which see, on p. 50, Vol. I., for culture). 
S. Portei (Porte’s). /. oblong-triangular, sagittate, pinnatipartite ; 
lateral divisions semi-ovate or oblong, obtuse, with a deep sinus ; 
stalks half as long again as the leaves. Caudex thick. 
S. Regnieri(Regnier’s). /. unknown. J. large, pinnatifid, 10in. 
to 12in. long, peltate, repand, dark green above, the midrib 
and principal nerves much paler, glaucescent beneath, the 
margins undulated ; pinnze costate, mucronate at apex, cordate- 
lanceolate; petioles 1jft. long, sheathing at base, terete, 
yellow, with reddish, hieroglyphic markings. Siam, 1887. 
(I. H. ser. vy. 6.) 
SCHG@NOCAULON (from Schoinos, a Rush, and 
kaulos, a stem; in allusion to the Rush-like scape). 
Syns. Asagrea, Sabadilla. Orv. Liliacee. A small 
genus (five species have been enumerated) of half-hardy, 
bulbous plants, natives of the Mexico-Texan region. 
Flowers rather small, in long, dense, terminal, sub-sessile 
spikes; perianth persistent, the segments distinct, sub- 
equal, narrow-lanceolate or linear, erecto-patent; stamens 
six, bypogynous, longer than the segments; bracts small ; 
scape simple, tall, leafless. Leaves radical, long-linear. 
The culture of the only species introduced is not yet 
understood; the plant is, however, only of botanical 
interest. 
S. officinale (officinal). _/l., perianth yellowish, jin. to din. long, 
the segments lanceolate ; spike cylindrical, 6in. to 12in. long, Sin. 
in diameter ; scape 2ft. to 3ft. long. September. J. six to twelve, 
firm, 14ft. to 4ft. long, three to six lines broad. Bulb ovoid, lin. 
to 2in. in diameter. SYN. Asagrea officinalis (B. R. 1839, 33). 
SCHOMBURGEIA. ‘To the species described on 
p. 386, Vol. IIL, the following should now be added: 
S. chionodora (snow-gift). 1. white, with a purple spot on the 
lip, numerous; sepals ligulate, acute ; petals spathulate, blunt ; 
lip large, four-lobed, toothleted and wavy, with five entire keels 
on the disk. J. cuneate-oblong, obtuse, 4in. to Sin. broad. 
Pseudo-bulbs many-angled, lft. long or more, having but a single, 
central cavity. Central America, 1886. 
S. ec. Kimballiana (W. 8. Kimball’s). /l. light purple ; inflores- 
cence with numerous branches. 1888. 
S. Humboldtii (Humboldt’s). /, resembling those of a Leelia ; 
sepals and petals wavy, pale lilac, the petals tinted purple 
towards the apex; lip with triangular, amethyst-purple side 
lobes, and a bilobed, fringed and crisped front lobe, of a bright 
purple, with paler streaks, the disk yellow, with five to seven 
keels, purple towards their base. Venezuela. 
S. marginata immarginata (not margined). This is chiefly 
dependent for its character on the absence of yellow margins on 
the sepals and petals. 1887. 
S. Thomsoniana (Thomson’s). /l. light yellow and sulphur, with 
purple markings; sepals and petals ligulate, acute, undulated ; 
lip trifid, the lateral segments triangular, extrorse, obtuse, the 
middle one ligulate, emarginate, much crisped. 1887. Allied 
to S. tibicinis. SYN. Bletia Thomsoniana. 
SCHUBERTIA GRANDIFLORA. A 
of Arauja grandiflora (which see). 
SCILLA. ‘To the species described on pp. 388-91, 
Vol. IIL., the following should now be added: 
S. Bellii (Bell’s). ., perianth brownish-blue, campanulate, 4in. 
long, the segments oblong-spathulate; bracts white; raceme 
synonym 
