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glue up the lips of wounds ; and Saracenica, because the 

 Turks and Saracens had a great opinion thereof in healing 

 the wounds and hurts of their people, and were accounted 

 great chirurgions, and of wonderful skill therein." Hence 

 it was in German also called Heidnisch wundkraut. 



Senecio Saracenicus, W. 



SATIN-FLOWER, from the satiny dissepiments of its seed 

 vessel, Lunaria bienuis, L. 



SATYRION, L. satyrium, Gr. a-arvpiov from aarvpos, a 

 satyr, a name applied to several species of orchis, from 

 their supposed aphrodisiac character. " Mulieres partium 

 Italise dant earn radicem tritam cum lacte caprino ad 

 incitandam libidinem." Herbarius, c. cxxviii. Orchis, L. 



SAUCE-ALONE, so called, according to W. Coles, from 

 being " eaten in spring-time with meat, and so highly 

 flavoured that it serves of itself for sauce instead of many 

 others." This is an ingenious explanation of the name ; 

 but the real origin of it is more likely to be the It. eyKone, 

 Fr. ailloignon, coarse garlick. Like its German name, 

 Sasskraut, sauce-herb, the English will mean " sauce- 

 garlick," and refer to its strong alliaceous odour. 



Erysimum Alliaria, L. 



SAUGH, the sallow, A.S. sealh, Salix Caprea, L. 



SAVINE, from the Sabine district of Italy, 



Juniperus sabina, L. 



SAVOURY, Fr. savoree, It. savoreggia, L. satureja, 



Satureja hortensis, L. 



SAVOY, from the country of its discovery, 



Brassica oleracea, L. var. Sabauda. 



SAW-WORT, from its leaves being nicked like a saw, 



Serratula arvensis, L. 



SAXIFRAGE, L. saxifraga, from saxum, rock, andfrango, 

 break, being supposed to disintegrate the rocks, in the 

 crevices of which it grows, and thence, on the doctrine 

 of signatures, to dissolve stone in the bladder. Isidore of 



