BHUCALYPTUS TREES. 415 
ries are of the size of a cherry, and either yellow or 
scarlet. 
Sophora Japonica, L.—China and Japan. <A decid 
uous tree. The flowers produce a yellow, or, with 
admixtures, a green dye, used for silk. 
Spartina juncea, Willd. — Salt marshes of North 
America. <A grass with creeping roots; it can be util- 
ized to bind moist sand on the coast. A tough fiber 
can readily be obtained from the leaves. S. polysta- 
chya, W. and 8S. cynosuroides, W., are stately grasses, ~ 
the former also adapted for saline soil, the latter for 
fresh-water swamps. 
Spartium junceum, L.—Countries around the Med- 
iterranean Sea. The flowers of this bush providea 
yellow dye. A textile fiber can be separated from the 
branches, 
Spigelia Marylandica, L.—North America, north 
to Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. A perennial, hand- 
some herb, requiring, as a vermifuge, cautious admin- 
istration. S. anthelmia, L., is an annual plant of 
tropical America, and possesses similar medicinal 
properties, in which, probably, other species likewise 
share. 
Spilanthes oleracea, N. Jacq.—The Para Cress. 5S. 
America. An annual herb of considerable pungency, 
used as a medicinal salad. 
Spinacia oleracea, L.—Siberia. The ordinary Spin- 
ach. An agreeable culinary annual, of rapid growth. 
It is of a mild, aperient property. 
Spinacia tetrandra, Stev.—Caucasus. Also annual 
and unisexual, like the preceding plant, with which 
it has equal value, though it is less known. 
Stenotaphrum glabrum, Trin.*—South Asia, Africa, 
