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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 



Swainsona continued. 



twenty-one or more, varying from oblong or almost linear, and 

 Jin. to iin. long, to lanceolate or linear, acute, and Upwards 

 of Iin. long. Stems procumbent, ascending, or erect. 186?. 

 Perennial herb. SYN. S. violacea. 

 S. purpurea (purple), of gardens. Probably a form of S. galeffi- 



S. violacea (violet). A synonym of S. procumbens. 



SWALLOW-WORT. See Asclepias and Cheli- 

 donium. 



SWAMMERDAMIA. Now included under Heli- 

 chrysum. 



SWAMP DOGWOOD. A common name for Ptelea 

 trifoliata (which see). 



SWAMP HICKORY. A popular name for Carya 

 amara (which see). 



SWAMP ROSE-MALLOW. A common name for 

 Hibiscuc. Moscheutos. 



SWAMP SAXIFRAGE. See Saxifraga penn- 

 sylvanica. 



SWAMP WHITE OAK. See Quercus bicolor. 



SWAN-NECK, or SWANWORT. See Cyc- 

 nocb.es. 



SWAN-RIVER DAISY. A common name for 

 Brachycome (which see). 



SWARTZIA (named in honour of Olaf Swartz, M.D., 

 of Stockholm, 1760-1818, a long time resident in the 

 West Indies, author of "Flora Indiae Occidentalis "). 

 OED. Leguminosce. A genus comprising nearly sixty 

 species of unarmed, stove trees; one is a native of 

 tropical Africa, and the rest inhabit tropical America. 

 Flowers racemose, or one to a peduncle ; calyx firmly 

 closed, but ultimately splitting; corolla sometimes want- 

 ing, when present consisting of only one petal (standard), 

 or rarely two or three ; stamens indefinite. Pods ovoid 

 or elongated, turgid or sub-terete. Leaves imparipinnate 

 or one-foliolate. Only two species call for description 

 here. They should be grown in a mixture of sandy 

 loam and peat. Cuttings, with the leaves intact, will 

 root in sand, under a glass, in heat. 



S. grandlflora (large-flowered). /. yellow, three to five in a 

 corymb, the one petal Iin. or more in diameter. June. L, leaflet 

 single, Sin. to 5in. long, elliptic-oblong, with a bluntish point, 

 glabrous, undulated ; petioles short, h. 6ft. West Indies, 1821. 

 SYN. S. simplicifolia. 



S. plnnata (pinnate-leaved), fl. yellowish, the one petal roundish, 

 glabrous, half as long again as the calyx ; pedicels fascicled ; 

 racemes elongated, tomentose-pubescent, longer than the calyx. 

 June. 1., leaflets five, 6in. to 12in. long, elliptic-oblong, pointed, 

 glabrous, h. 6ft. West Indies, 1817. 



S. simplicifolia (simple-leaved). A synonym of S. (irandiflora. 



SWEDISH JUNIPER. See Juuiperus com- 

 muiiis fastigiata. 



SWEET ACORN OAK. See Quercus Ballota. 

 SWEET ALYSSUM. See Kceniga maritima. 



SWEET AMBER. See Hypericnm Andro- 

 ssemum. 



SWEET BASIL. See Basil, Sweet. 

 SWEET BAY-TREE. See Lanrus nobilis. 

 SWEETBRIAR. See Rosa rnbiginosa. 

 SWEET BROOM. See Scoparia dulcis. 



SWEET CALABASH. See Passifiora mali- 

 formis. 



SWEET CASSAVA. See Manihot Aipi. 

 SWEET CHESTNUT. See Castanea sativa. 



SWEET CICELY (Myrrhis odorata). A hardy 

 perennial, native of Southern Europe, sparingly culti- 

 vated for the use of its leaves in salads, &c. It grows 

 almost anywhere, and may be increased by seeds, sown 

 j in autumn, or by divisions. The leaves have a strong 

 flavour of aniseed. 



SWEET FLAG OR SEDGE. See Acorns Cala- 

 mus. 



SWEET GALE, or SWEET WILLOW. See 

 Myrica Gale. 



SWEET GUM. See Liquidambar styraciflua. 

 SWEET LIME. See Citrus Limetta. 

 SWEET ORANGE. See Citrus Aurantium. 

 SWEET PEA. See Latliyrus odoratus. 

 SWEET POTATO. See Batatas edulis. 



SWEET SCABIOUS. See Scabiosa atropur- 

 purea. 



SWEET-SCENTED CRAB. See Pyrus coro- 

 naria. 



VERBENA. See Lippia 



SWEET-SCENTED 



citriodora. 



SWEET SOP. 



(which see). 

 SWEET SULTAN. 



species of Centaurea. 



SWEET WILLIAM. 



The fruit of Anona sqnamosa 



A common name for several 



See Diaivfclius barbatus. 



SWERTIA (named after Iman. Swert, a famous cul- 

 tivator of bulbs, &c., in Holland, author of " Florilegium," 

 1612). Felwort. STNS. Agathotes, Henticea, Monobo- 

 thrium, Ophelia,. OED. Gentianece. A genus comprising 

 about forty species of greenhouse or hardy, erect, annual 

 or perennial herbs, inhabiting Europe, Asia, and Africa, 

 mostly in mountainous regions. Flowers blue, rarely 

 yellow, clustered, cymose, or loosely pedicellate, disposed 

 in racemiform, thyrsoid, or loosely corymbose panicles ; 

 calyx four or five-parted; corolla rotate, with a very 

 short tube, the lobes twisted to the right ; stamens four 

 or five, affixed at the base of the corolla. Leaves oppo- 

 site, or in the perennial species radical, on long petioles ; 

 canline ones occasionally alternate. The species described 

 below are with the exception of S. perennis all Indian 

 annuals. Seeds should be sown on a hotbed, and the 

 seedlings, when frosts are well over, transplanted where 

 they are intended to remain. S. perennis was once re- 

 ported as having been found growing wild in Wales, but 

 this has never been confirmed. 



S. alata (winged), fl. lurid green-yellow, veined with purple, four- 

 parted, in large panicles ; corolla lobes often shorter than the 

 calyx. Summer. L, cauline ones sub-sessile, ovate, acute. Stem 

 four-angled, often four-winged. h. 1ft. to 2ft. 1868. (B. M, 5687, 

 fig. 12, under name of Ophelia alata.) 



S. angustifolia (narrow-leaved). fl. usually white, dotted with 

 blue or black ; sepals often longer than the corolla. Summer. 

 I. narrow-lanceolate, narrowed at base. h. 1ft. to 2ft. 1868. 

 (B. M. 5687, tigs. 3, 4, under name of Ophelia angustifolia.) 



S. corymbosa (corymbose).* fl. pale blue, or white with blue 

 nervea ; cymes forming a level-topped corymb. May. I, lower 

 cauline ones Jin. long, spathulate-obovate, obtuse, slightly 

 petioled ; upper ones sessile, ovate or oblong, Jin. long, sub- 

 acute. Stem Sin. to 20in. high, quadrangular or four-winged. 

 1836. (B. M. 4489, under name of Ophelia corymbosa.) 



S. paniculata (panicled).* fl., sepals oblong, acute ; corolla lobes 

 white above, with two purple or lurid-green marks at base ; 

 panicle branched. Summer. I. oblong or lanceolate, h. 1ft. 

 1868. (B. M. 5687, figs. 5, 6, under name of Ophelia pamcu- 

 lata.) 



S perennis (perennial). Marsh Felwort. fl. erect ; corolla blue, 

 with dark spots, the segments elliptic-oblong and slightly acute. 

 July. L, lower ones oblong-elliptic, on long petioles; cauline 

 ones opposite, ovate-oblong, somewhat obtuse. Stem ascending, 

 many-flowered, h. 9in. Europe. Hardy perennial, requiring a 

 moist, half-boggy position. (F. D. 2017 ; B. G. 1885, 274.) 



