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Succulent Plants—continued. 
some may be propagated by leaf-euttings. When propa- 
gated by suckers, it is advisable to let the cut portion 
dry well before inserting it in soil, which shonld be 
nearly dry and have plenty of sand mixed with it. 
See also Cacti. 
SUGEROKIA. A synonym of Heloniopsis (which 
see). 
SUEKANA. A synonym of Celosia (which see). 
SUN-FRUIT. ‘See Heliocarpus. 
SUPER-. The same as Supra- (which see). 
SUPERPHOSPHATES. See Phosphates of 
Lime, Vol. III. 
SUSUM (from the native name). Orv. Flagellarizx. 
A genus embracing two species of stove, Indian and 
Malayan perennials, with a stout, erect stem. Flowers 
dicecions, in broad panicles, sessile. Fruit Pea-like, 
succulent, one- or two-seeded. S. anthelminticum, the only 
species introduced, is an interesting plant somewhat 
resembling a Dracena. 
S. anthelminticum (worm-expelling). /. reddish-tinted, about 
din. broad; panicle erect, shortly and_stoutly pedunculate, 
irregularly branched. 2. 3ft. to 8ft. long, lanceolate, acuminate, 
coriaceous, many-nerved ; petioles lft. to 3ft. long, sheathing 
at base. Stem 3ft. to 5ft. high, stout, leafy at top. Malay 
Peninsula, &c., 1889, (R. H. 1889,’p. 76, f. 23.) 
SUTERA. A synonym of Chenostoma (which see). 
SUWARROW NUT. See Caryocar nuciferum. 
SWAINSONA. To the species and varieties deseribed 
on pp. 527-8, Vol. III., the following should be added : 
S. coronillzfolia is now accorded specific rank. 
S. c. Osbornii (Osborn’s). 7. pink, becoming violet with age. 
1851. (L. J. F., t. 304.) 
S. Ferrandi alba (Ferrand’s white). . yellowish-white in 
bud; corolla snow-white when fully expanded, with a broad, 
spreading standard; keel small; wings much reduced. 
Probably a garden variety of S. galegifolia. 
SWAMP LAUREL. See Magnolia glauca. 
SWAMP LILY, PERUVIAN. See Zephyr- 
anthes candida. 
SWAMP LOCUST-TREE. ‘See Gleditschia 
monosperma. 
SWAMP POST. See Quercus lyrata. 
SWAMP SASSAFRAS. See Magnolia glauca. 
SWARTZIA. To tho species described on p. 528, 
Vol. III., the following should be added: 
S. apetala (without petals). 7., spike twenty- to thirty-flowered. 
“ Pate leaflets lanceolate-ovate, acuminate, glabrous. 
razil. 
S. Langsdorfii (Langsdorf’ 
7. pinnate; leaflets ovate, 
petioles marginate. Brazil. 
SWEDISH BEAM-TREE. 
media. 
SWEEPING. In the hands of a good workman the 
besom is the best appliance for cleaning up fallen leaves 
on lawns or walks. The worker should always sweep in 
the same direction as the wind is blowing. 
SWEET MARJORAM. 
ana. : 
SWEET MAUDLIN. See Achillea Ageratum. 
SWEET PEA (lathyrus odoratus). Fall cultural 
details and a list of varieties are given under Lathyrus, 
in this Volume, 
SWEET PISHAMIN. 
SWEETIA (of De 
Galactia (which see). 
SWIETENIA CHLOROXYLON. 
Chloroxylon Swietenia (which see). 
SWORD FERN. A common name for Xiphopteris, 
now ineluded under Polypodium (which see). 
SYAMA. A synonym of Pupalia (which see). 
SYLVA, or SILVA. The trees of any particular 
country or region. 
s) fl. white, five or six in a raceme. 
acute, reticulate-veined, glabrous ; 
See Pyrus inter- 
See Origanum Major- 
See Carpodinus. 
Candolle). Included under 
A synonym of 
Seer eee. A synonym of Carallia (which 
See). 
SYMPHONIA GLOBULIFERA. A 
synonym of Moronobea coccinea (which see). 
SYMPHORICARPUS. To the species and varieties 
described on p. 530, Vol. III., the foliowing shonld be 
added : 
S. acutus (acute). 7. oblong-lanceolate, acute or acuminate, 
softly tomentose, acute at base, sometimes toothed. Western 
North America, 1888. Syn. S. mollis acutus. 
S. Heyheri (Heyher’s). jl. rosy, pretty. 7. rhomboid, of firm 
texture, with prominent veins. Colorado, 1888. Syn. S. occiden- 
talis Heyheri. 
S. occidentalis Heyheri (Heyher’s). A synonym of S. Heyheri. 
S. orbiculatus (orbicular). The correct name of S. vulgaris. 
S. parviflorus (small-flowered). A synonym of S. orbiculatus. 
S. puniceus (scarlet). The correct name of Lonicera punicea. 
SYMPHYANDRA. To the species described on 
p. 531, Vol. III., the following should be added : 
S. Hoffmanni (Hoffmann’s). jl. white, drooping, lin. to liin. 
long; calyx lobes ovate-lanceolate, acute, entire. Summer. 
Z. lanceolate, acute, serrated. h. lft. to 2ft. Bosnia, 1884, 
Allied to S. pendula, but more robust and floriferous and 
softly hairy. (B. M. 7298; G. C. 1888, iv., p. 760, f. 107.) 
SYMPHYOSTEMON. To the species described on 
p. 531, Vol. III., the following should be added : 
S. Segethi. J. blue, solitary, having the bases of the six seg- 
ments orange; spathe valves two. 7. Rush-like, din. to 4in, 
long. Stem creeping. Chili, A very curious and interesting, 
hardy plant. Syn. Susarium Segethi (R. G., t. 1117, f. 1). 
SYNADENIUM. S. arborescens (B. M. 7184) is purely 
of botanical interest. 
SYNANDROSPADIX (from syn, confluent, together, 
aner, andros, a male, and spadiz; in allusion to the 
disposition of the male flowers). Orp. Aroidew. A mono- 
typie genus. The species is a noble stove plant, probably 
requiring similar treatment to Anthurium (which see). 
S. vermitoxicus (worm-poison). j., spathe greyish-green 
outside, flesh-coloured and shortly-lined inside, 6in. long, 4in. 
broad, ovate, open, caudate at apex; spadix rather shorter 
than the spathe, covered with purplish flowers ; scape lft. high. 
October and March. J. large, annual, hastate-cordate, acute, 
undulated; petioles channelled. Tubers sometimes weighing 
4lb. Tucuman, 1891. (B. M. 7242.) 
SYNANTHERIAS (from syn, confluent, together, 
and anthera, an anther). Orb. Aroidex. A monotypic 
genus. The species is a stove plant with the characters 
of Amorphophallus (which see for culture), but having 
the male and female inflorescences distant, with oblong, 
depressed, interposed nenters. 
garden 
S. sylvatica (wood-loving), ., spadix yellow ; spathe clouded, 
barred, and streaked with green and pale pink (as well as the 
petiole and peduncle), 2in. to 4in. long, the limb very short. 
May. J. one or two, 14ft. to 24ft. across; divisions once or twice 
pinnatifid ; leaflets 2in. to 6in. long, lanceolate, long-acuminate. 
‘Tuber sub-globose, bulbilliferous. Deccan Peninsula to Ceylon. 
(B. M. 7190.) SyYNS. Amorphophallus sylvaticus, A. zeylanicus, 
Arum sylvaticum. 
SYNEILESIS. Included under Senecio (which see). 
SYNNOTIA. J. G. Baker reduces the number of 
species to two, regarding S. galeata as identical with 
S. bicolor. 
SYNTHYRIS (from syn, together, and thyris, a 
little door or valve; in allusion to the closed valves 
of the pod). Orp. Scrophularinex. A genus comprising 
about half-a-dozen species of glabrous or pilose, hardy, 
perennial herbs, with thick rhizomes, natives of North- 
west America. Flowers bluish or reddish, racemose or 
spicate; calyx four-parted, the segments narrow; corolla 
tube very short or wanting, the lobes erecto-patent, 
imbricated; stamens two; peduncles scape-like, simple, 
with alternate, amplexicaul, leafy bracts. Leaves mostly 
radical and petiolate; those of the simple stem or scape 
all alternate. For culture of the species introduced, see 
Veronica. 
S. pinnatifida (pinnatifid). #. dark blue or whitish, handsome, 
disposed in narrow spikes. Summer. J. slender-stalked, round- 
reniform to oblong in outline, palmately to pinnately three- 
to seven-parted, or divided below and the divisions again 
cleft or parted. h. 9in. Rocky Mountains, 1889. 
