SCLAREA 



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SCORZONERA 



SCLA'REA. (From French sclarte, and Low Latin 

 sclarea, sclaregia, a name given to certain species of 

 Salvia. Nat. ord. Labiata?. Now referred to Salvia.) 

 S. vulga'ris (common). Common Clary. See SALVIA 

 SCLAREA. 



SCLE'RIA. (From skleros, hard or dry ; in allusion 

 to the hardness of the fruit. Nat. ord. Cyperaceae.) 



Hardy herbs for the bog garden or banks of ponds. 

 Divisions. Wet soil. 

 S. cilia' ta (eye-lashed). 2. June. N. Amer. ; W. Ind. 



1823. 

 verticilla'ta (whorled). i. June. N. Amer. 1825. 



SCLEROCA'RPUS. (From skleros, hard, and karpos, a 

 fruit ; in allusion to the hardness of the fruit. Nat. ord. 

 Composita?. ) 



An annual resembling Helianthus debilis. Seeds. 

 Ordinary garden soil. 



S. uniseria'lis (uniserial). 2. Yellow. July, August. 

 Texas. 1900. 



SCLE'ROON. (From skleros, hard, and oon, an egg ; 

 hard seeds. Nat. ord. Verbenas [Verbenaceae]. Linn. 

 i^-Didynamia, 2-Angiospermia. Now referred to Pe- 

 titia.) 

 S. ole'inum (olive-like). See PETIT: A OLEINA. 



SCLEROTHA'MNUS. (From scleros, hard, or rigid, 

 and thamnus, a shrub. Nat. ord. Leguminous Plants 

 [Leguminosa?]. Linn. lo-Decandria, i-Monogynia. Now 

 referred to Eutaxia.) 



S. microphy'llus (small-leaved). See EUTAXIA EMPETRI- 

 FOLIA. 



SCOLOPE'NDRIUM. Hart's Tongue. (From scolo- 

 pendra, a centipede ; the appearance of the seed, or 

 spore-cases. Nat. ord. Ferns [Filices]. Linn. 24- 

 Cryptogamia, i -Filices . ) 



Hardy, brown-spored Ferns. See FERNS. 

 S. Hemioni'tis (Hemionitis). i. August. Spain. 1779. 

 Kre'bsii (Krebs). An abnormal form of Loma'ria 



punclula'ta, which see. 



offlcina'rum (shop). See S. VULGARE and varieties. 

 palma'tum (hand-shaped). See S. HEMIONITIS. 

 pinna' turn (leafieted). i. May. Philippines. Green- 

 house. 

 rhizophy'llum (rooting-leaved). . May. N. Amer. 



Greenhouse. 

 vulga're (common). 1-2. July. North temperate 



zone (Britain). " Hart's-tongue." 

 acro'cladon (top-branched). Fronds narrow, 



branched and crested at top. Britain. 

 angustifo'lium (narrow- leaved). Fronds narrow. 



Britain. 



columna're (columnar). Fringed. 

 Cooli'ngii (Cooling's), i. Plants dense, much 



branched, globular. 

 erf 'spurn (crisped), i-ij. Fronds finely frilled, 



barren. Britain. 

 cri' spurn Cla'pham (Clapham). Forked, fringed, 



and crested. 1857. 

 cri'spum fimbria'tum (fringed). Finely fringed, 



frilled, and crested. 

 cri'spum fimbria'tum Stansfte'ldii (Stansfield's). 



A form of the previous variety, with finer divisions. 

 crista'tum (crested). Fronds tasselled at the top. 

 de'nsum (dense), j-. A dense mass of fine divisions 



and bulbil plants. 1882. 

 de'nsum Kelwa'yi (Kelway's). J. More finely 



divided and denser. 1880. 

 lacera'tum (torn). Fronds nearly pinnatifid, the 



lower lobes crested. 1857. 

 margina'tum (margined). Fronds contracted with 



a ridge or even two near the margin. 

 multi'fidum (many-cleft). Fronds much cut at 



the top. Britain. 

 ra'mo-margina'tum (branched-margined). Margin 



with broad, fan-like crests. 1860. 

 ramo'smn (branched). Branched and crested. 

 undula'tum (wavy). Wavy and fringed. 

 Veloi'sii (Velois's). Well-crested with round 



lobes. France. 1886. 



SCO'LYMUS. Golden Thistle. (From skolos, a thorn ; 

 plants spiny. Nat. ord. Composites [Composite]. Linn. 

 ig-Syngenesia, i-jEqualis, Allied to Chicory.) 



Dark purple. April. 

 See S. CARNIOLICA 

 Pale yellow, scentless. 

 See S. CARNIOLICA 



Hardy, yellow-flowered plants. Seeds and divisions 

 in spring ; common garden soil. 

 S. grandiflo'rus (large-flowered). 3. May. Barbary. 



1820. Herbaceous. 

 hispa'nicus (Spanish). 3. August. S. Europe. 1658. 



Herbaceous. 



macula' tus (spotted). 3. July. S. Europe. 1633. 

 Annual. 



SCO'LYTUS. A genus of small beetles, very nearly 

 allied to Bostrichus. S. destructor attacks the Elm ; 

 5. ligniperda the bark of some of the Conifers ; and 

 S. crenatus perforates, in a similar manner, the wood of 

 the Plum. They do not, however, confine their ravages 

 to the trees we have named. They are not more than 

 an eighth of an inch long, black, with chestnut-coloured 

 legs, and sprinkled over with bristles. 



SCOPO'LIA. (Named after G. A. Scopoli, a foreign 

 botanist. Nat. ord. Nightshades [Solanacea?]. Linn. 

 5-Pentandria, i-Monogynia. Allied to Physalis.) 



Hardy herbaceous. Division of the roots in spring, 

 or sowing the seeds in a slight hotbed ; sandy loam, and 

 a dry situation. 

 S. carnio'lica (Carniolian). i. 



Europe. 1780. 

 co'ncolor (one-coloured). 



HLADNIKIANA. 



hladnikia'na (Hladnikian). 



Eastern Europe. 1893. 

 hladnikia'na (Hladnikian). 



HLADNIKIANA. 



,, japo'nica (Japanese). Japan. 



lu'rida (lurid). 3. Green, changing to yellow, then 



lurid purple. Himalaya. 1824. 

 mu'tica (snipped). See HYOSCYAMUS MUTICUS. 

 physaloi'des (Physalis- like). ij. Violet-purple. 



March. Siberia. 1777. 

 ,, tangu'tica (Tangutic). China. 



SCORCHING, or BURNING, describes the drying up 

 of the roots or of the leaves from exposure to too much 

 heat. The preventive, in the first case, is reducing the 

 temperature of the hotbed, or lifting the pots if the 

 plants are so grown ; in the second case, as it always 

 arises from the sun's rays in the confined air of a house, 

 Hartley's rough glass, and early ventilating, are the 

 preventives. 



SCORODO'SMA. (From skorodon, garlic, and osme, 

 smell ; in allusion to the odour of the plant. Nat. ord. 

 Umbelliferae. Now referred to Ferula.) 

 S. foe'tidum (fetid). See FERULA ASSAFCETIDA. 



SCORPION. Geni'sta Sco'rpius. 



SCORPION GRASS. Myoso'tis. 



SCORPION SENNA. Coroni'lla E'merus. 



SCORPIU'RUS. (From skorpios, the scorpion, and 

 our a, a tail ; in allusion to the narrow, twisted seed-pods. 

 Nat. ord. Leguminosas.) 



Hardy annual grown out of curiosity. Seeds in ordi- 

 nary garden soil. 



S. vermicula' tus (worm-like). . Yellow. July. Medi- 

 terranean region. Caterpillar Plant. 



SCORZONE'RA. Viper's Grass. (From scurson, a 

 viper ; supposed remedy for the bite of a viper. Nat. 

 ord. Composites [Composite]. Linn. ig-Syngenesia, i- 

 sEqualis.) 



Hardy herbaceous ; yellow-flowered, except where 

 otherwise stated. Seeds in April or May ; common 

 garden soil. 



5. angustifo'lia (narrow-leaved). July. S.Europe. 1759. 

 arista' ta (bearded). S. Europe. 

 austri'aca (Austrian), i. August. Europe; N.Asia. 



1597- 



latifo'lia (broad-leaved). Dalmatia. 

 crt/ct7ra/n7o7m(Calcitrapa-leaved). i. June. Europe. 



1820. 



caricifo'lia (Carex- leaved). See S. PARVIFLORA. 

 coronopifo'lia (buck's-horn- leaved), i. N. Africa 



1818. 



ensifo'lia (sword-leaved). . May. Caucasus. 1825 

 eriospe'rma (woolly-seeded), i. August. Caucasus 



1816. Half-hardy. 

 glastifo'lia. (woad-leaved). See S. HISPANICA. 



