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Sabbatia — continued. 



;is the calyx, t. oblong-lanceolate. Stem loosely panicled above, 



1ft. to 2ft- hisli. 1817. 

 S. panlcniata (panicled). n. disposed in many-ftowered, coryin- 



lio.sf cymes ; calyx loljes linear, thread-like, much si urter than 



the white corolla. (. linear, or the lower ones oblong, obtuse. 



stem brachiately nmch-branched. h. 1ft. to 2ft. 1817. 

 S. stellarts (star-like), rf., calyx lobes awl-shaped, varying from 



half to nearly the length of the bright rose-purple corolla ; 



peduncles elongated, one-flowered. I. oblong- or ovate-lanceolate, 



or the upper ones linear. .Stem 6in. to 20in. high, loosely 



branched and forked. 1827. 







Fig. 400. Sacchakim .kgyI'TIAciJI (see page 340). 



SABBATIA (of Moeneh). A synonym of Micro- 

 meria (which nee). 



SABIACE2:. 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-dia'cious, 

 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 



Sabiaceee — continued. 

 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, esstipulate, 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. 

 Sabiaceee comprises four genera — Meliosiim, Ophiocnnjou, 

 Pho.i:anthus, and Sabin — and about thirty-two species. 



SABICEA (Snbisabi is the name of 

 iS'. a.'ipera in Guiana). Syns. Sclurenk- 

 felda, Schicenl-feldia. Ord. Rubtacew. 

 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. 



S, aspera (rough), rf. white, fascicled, 

 suti-verticill:ite, sessile. June. I. elliptic, 

 acuminate, rough above, villous beneath ; 

 stipules oval-oblong, acute, h. 6ft. Guiana, 

 1824. 



S, hlrta (hairy). /I. white ; involucre of four 

 leaflets : umbels three-flowered, shortly 

 pedunculate. June. /. ovate-laucei>late, 

 acuminate, hairy on both sides ; stipules 

 large, cordate-ovate, membranous, h. 6ft. 

 Jamaica, 1825. 



SABINBA (named in honour of 

 Joseph Sabine, F.R.S., F.L.S., &c., 

 some time Secretary of the Horticul- 

 tural Society of London). Ord. Legu- 

 minoscc. 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 ; braeteoles 

 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 gla>s, in heat. 



S, carinalls (con.spicuous-keeled). /f. brigh 

 scarlet, three to five in a fascicle, pre- 

 cocious ; wings and standard, lin. long ; keel sixteen to eighteen 

 lines long. (., leaflets six to eight-jugal, distant, obtuse-mucronu- 

 late, oblong, five to six lines long. 

 S. florida (flowery). Ji. rosy ; wings and standard ^in. long ; keel 

 5in. long, semi-orbicular. (., leaflets eight to flfteen-jugal, oblong 

 or elliptic-oblong, ^in. long. 



SACCATE, SACCIFORM. Sac-shaped ; in the 

 form of a bag. 



SACCHABUni [siurliaron is the old Greek name 

 for sugar; it is derived from the Sanscrit carkara). 

 Ord. Gmminem. A genus comprising about a dozen 

 species of tall, mostly stove grasses, inhabiting tropical 



