190 BOTANICAL NAMES 



Savii. After Savi. Second hot. name. 



Saw Wort. Eng. name for a group and translation of 



its hot. name L. " Serratula." 

 Saxatalis (sak-sa-ta-lis). L. adj., " found among 



rocks. Second hot. name. 

 Saxifraga (sak-si-fra-ja). L. " Saxum " (a rock); 



" fraga " (breaker); i.e., splits the rocks with its 



growing roots. Bot. name for a group. 

 Saxifragaceas (sak-si-fra-ja-se-e). L. "Saxifraga" 



and '* aceous " (like). Bot. name for a family. 

 Scaber (ska-ber). 

 Scabrum (ska-brum). L. adj., " rough." Second bot. 



names. 

 Scabiosa (ska-bi-o-sa). L. adj., " roughish." Bot. 



name for a group. 

 Scabriuscula (ska-bri-us-ku-la). L. adj., " slightly 



rough." Second bot. name. 

 Scales. A bot. term for small reduced leaves, which 



protect the dormant living germs of buds. 

 Scandix (skan-diks). G. name for Chervil. Now bot. 



name for a group. 

 Scandica (skan-de-ka). L. adj., " Chervil-ish. " 



Second bot. name. 

 Scapigera (skap-ij-er-a). L. " Scapus " (a stem); 



" gero " (to bear). Second bot. name. 

 Scariola (skar-i-o-la). L. "A thorny shrub." Second 



bot. name. 

 Sceteratus (sel-er-a-tus). L. adj., " wicked " ; from the 



extreme acridity of its sap. Second bot. name. 

 Scheuchzeria. After the brothers Sceuchzer, Swiss 



botanists. Bot. name for a group. 

 Schoberia (sko-ber-ia). Used as a group name by some 



instead of Suaeda. 



