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Salvia—continued. 
S. pheenicea (scarlet).* . magenta-carmine, lin. long ; whorls 
remote; the lower ones many-flowered, the upper ones 
depauperate ; raceme long, glandular-hispid. J. petiolate, ovate 
or oblong, slightly serrated, crenate, rounded or sub-cordate 
at base, glabrous or puberulous ; floral ones persistent. Stems 
erect, 4it. high. Ecuador, 1890. A pretty, greenhouse shrub. 
S. prunelloides Se (purple). A variety having 
purplish-red flowers. 1890. 
S. pseudo-coccinea (false coccinea). A form of S. coccinea. 
S. purpurea (purple).* #7. purple; corolla nearly thrice as 
long as the densely woolly calyx; whorls many-flowered, 
approximate, secund. June. J. petiolate, ovate, acuminate, 
serrated, rounded or cordate at base, glabrous or hoary- 
pubescent; floral ones small, acuminate. A. 2ft. Mexico, 1821. 
Greenhouse perennial. 
S. scapiformis (scape-formed). #., calyx jin. long; corolla 
pale amethystine-blue, the limb din. in diameter; whorls 
numerous ; scapes 6in. to 10in. high, ascending. June. 7. 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 Jobulate, reddish- 
pope beneath. China, &c. Greenhouse perennial. (B. M. 
.) 
S. Schiedeana (Schiede’s). 
long. 7. ovate, crenate, 3in. long. 
Mexico, 1896. Hardy. 
S. splendens grandiflora (large-flowered). A variety having 
large and bright red flowers. There are also several good garden 
forms, like ROSE BEAUTY and SILVERSPOT. 
S. sylvestris (wood-loving) #. purplish-violet, disposed in 
elongated, somewhat branched racemes; lower whorls often 
din. distant. August. J. 2in. to 4in. long; lower ones petiolate ; 
upper ones sessile; all oblong-lanceolate, crenate, rounded 
or cordate at base, paler, pubescent or hoary beneath. Stem 
6in. to 3ft. high, paniculate. Orient, &c., 1759. Hardy 
perennial. There is also a white variety, alla. 
Ss. She ae (Yunnan). 1. cobalt-blue, large. 
those of S. scapiformis. China, 1896. Hardy. 
SALVINIA. According to J. G. Baker (‘‘Hand- 
book of the Fern-Allies’’) this genus embraces thirteen 
peeciee, natives of warm regions. S. natans is the best- 
own. 
SAMARA (of Linnenus). 
(which see). 
SAMBUCUS. To the species and varieties described 
on p. 354, Vol. IIT., the following should be added: 
S. czrulea (blue). fl. in compound, depressed, five-rayed 
eymes. fr. blackish, but strongly whitened with a glaucous, 
mealy bloom, larger than in S. canadensis. l., leaflets five 
to nine, thickish, ovate to narrowly oblong; lower ones rarely 
three-parted. h. 6ft. to 18ft. Western North America. This 
arborescent species fruits when very young. Syn. S. glauca. 
S. Gautschii (Gautsch’s). This is apparently a mere form of 
the Danewort, S. Ebulus. 1890. 
S. glauca (glaucous). A synonym of S. cerulea. 
S. nigra pendula nova (pendulous, new). J., leaflets 
elongated. Branches very long, shortly recurved. 1890. A very 
singular variety. (R. H. 1891, f. 50.) 
S. n. pyramidata (pyramidal). 7. robust; leaflets numerous, 
large, elongated, unequal, deeply toothed. Habit narrow- 
pyramidal. 1884. 
S. n. variegata (variegated). 1 striped with  silvery-grey, 
which colour it unfortunately loses if planted under the shade 
of tall trees. 
S. pubens is now considered to be synonymous with S. vacemosa 
pubescens. 
Ss. p. maxima (largest). 
S. canadensis. 
S. pyramidata (pyramidal). A variety of S. nigra. 
S. racemosa arborescens (tree-like). In this variety the 
leaves are larger than in the type, and composed of seven 
to nine oblong leaflets. Rocky Mountains, 1888. 
S. r. heterophylla (variable-leaved). A garden variety, having 
the leaves simple or composed of three irregularly-formed 
leaflets. 1891. (R. G. 1891, p. 655, f. 123.) 
S. r. laciniata (torn). A form with laciniated leaflets. 
S. r. plumosa aurea (golden). A form of the Scarlet- 
berried Elder having finely-cut, golden leaves. 1896. 
S. r. serratifolia (serrate-leaved). 7. Fern-like, rather narrower 
than in the form plumosa, and not so deeply pinnatifid. 
S. r. tenuifolia (slender-leaved).* An attractive variety, of 
graceful outline. 
SAND PEAR. See Pyrus sinensis. 
SANDAL WOOD, FALSE. See Ximenia ameri- 
cana. 
fl. blue, disposed in a spike 6in. 
Stems hairy, lft. high. 
A synonym of Embelia 
This is apparently the same as 
i. resembling * 
SANDFLY BUSH. See Zieria Smithii. 
SANGUINAIRE - PLANT. See Paronychia 
argentea. 
SAN JOSE SCALE (Aspidiotus perniciosus). See 
Scale Insects. 
SANSEVIERIA [the correct spelling]. To the 
species described on p. 356, Vol. IIT., the following should 
be added: 
S. aureo-variegata (golden-variegated). 7. oblong-obovate, 
thick, leathery, pale green in the centre, with two broad bands 
of creamy-white, and a narrow, pale green margin. 
S. javanica (Javanese), A synonym of Dracena elliptica. 
S. Kirkii (Kirk’s). #1. white, forming a densely congested, sub- 
globose raceme 6in. to 8in. in diameter; tube cylindrical, 4in. to 
Sin. long; lobes recurved, lin. long. February. /. three or 
four, oblanceolate, 2ft. to 3ft. long, 3in. broad, obscurely 
mottled, narrowly bordered with reddish-brown. Rhizome 
stout. South-east tropical Africa, about 1881. (B. M. 7357.) 
S. Roxburghiana (Roxburgh’s). jl. pale greenish-white, lin. 
long, cylindric, in ‘fascicles of three to six ; raceme lft. to Lift. 
long, cylindrical. July. 2. eight or nine, 2ft. to 24ft. long, lin. 
broad, dagger-formed, concave above, pale green fasciated 
with darker green, narrowly red-bordered. Stem very short. 
East Indies, 1895. (B. M. 7487.) 
Ss. sabe (somewhat spicate). jl. whitish, all solitary, 
in a dense, sub-spicate inflorescence; perianth 2in. long. 
October. 2. pale, unspotted, oblanceolate, nearly flat, 8in. to 
Yin. long, gradually narrowed to the base. South Africa, 1889. 
Greenhouse. 
SANTIA. A synonym of Polypogon (which see). 
SANTOLINA. To the species described on pp. 356-7, 
Vol. III., the following shonld be added: 
S. alpina (alpine). A synonym of Anthemis montana. 
S. pectinata (comb-like). /.-heads, involucral scales pubescent. 
July. J. pinnatipartite ; lobes six to eight on each side, linear, 
obtuse, entire, bifid, or trifid. Branches sub-erect, leafless and 
one-headed at apex. A. 2ft. Spain, 1822. Plant very slenderly 
pubescent. 
S. viridis (green). l.-heads, involucral scales lanceolate. 
Summer. J. quadrifarious, toothed; teeth straight, subulate. 
Branches leafless and one-headed at apex. 
An erect shrub. 
SAOUARI NUT. See Caryocar nuciferum. 
SAPINDUS DANURA. A synonym of Nephelium 
verticillatum (which see). 
SAPLING. A young tree. 
SAPONARIA. 5S. officinalis flore-pleno is a good 
South Europe. 
variety, with the stamens transformed into irregular 
petals. 
SAPROPHYTE. A plant which grows on decaying 
animal or vegetable matter—many of the Fungi and 
certain flowering plants, those for instance without any 
green colour. 
SARACA. S. declinata is the correct name of the 
plant described on p. 359, Vol. III., as S. inclinata. 
SARCANTHUS. To the species described on 
pp. 359-60, Vol. III., the following should be added: 
S. auriculatus (auricled). ff. greenish-white, lined with 
purple. Habitat not recorded, 1895. Allied to S. Parishii, 
but differing principally in having a pair of ear-like lobes at 
the base of the lip. 
S. hongkongensis (Hong-kong). fl. pale lilac, small, 
numerous, in axillary racemes Sin. long; column and front 
of the lip bright purple. /. terete, recurved, 4in. long. Stem 
lit. high. Hong-kong, 1898. 
S. pugioniformis (dagger-like). jl. yellowish-white, with red 
stripes, small, sessil spike pendulous, many-flowered, 7in. 
long. 7. lanceolate, Sin. long. Stem somewhat compressed, 
Qin. long. Venezuela, 1894. 
SARCOBATUS (from sarv, flesh, and batia, a 
bush; in allusion to the fleshy appearance caused by 
the white bark). Greasewood. Syn. Fremontia (of 
Torrey). Orv. Chenopodiaceery. A monotypic genus. 
The species, S. Maximiliani (Syn. S. vermiculatus), is a 
hardy, erect, branched, thorny, leafy, North American 
shrub, with white bark, and bearing monecions or 
dicecious flowers, without bracts. It is of no particular 
horticultural value. 
SARCOCALYX. A synonym of Exocarpus (which 
see). 
