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SALVINIA— SARRAOENIA. 



longer than the calyx, concave, acamiuate. 

 Ex. 



splenf'dens, (scarlet sage, r. 2^.) leaves 

 ovate and lance-ovate, flat, smooth beneath ; 

 flower long; calyx and corolla scarlet, 

 downy ; style exsert. Ex. 



ozu'rea, (narrow-leaved sage, b. w. Au, 

 li) leaves lance-linear, smootli ; calyx pu- 

 bescent, 3-cleft; segments short. 4-6 f. S. 



trichos" tcmmoi' des, (b. 0.) leaves lance- 

 olate, serrate ; racemes terminal ; flowers \ 

 opposite ; corolla equal to the 3-cleft calyx ; 

 stem brachiate-branched. jS'. 



obova'ta, (downy-leaved sage, Ju.) leaves 

 large, obovate, toothed, pubescent ; stem 

 slightly angled ; whorls 6-flowered. 18 i. S. 



coccin"ea, (r. Ju. 2^.) leaves cordate, 

 acute, tomentose, serrate ; corolla twice as 

 long as the calyx, and narrower. 1 f. 



au'rea, flowers golden-yellow. 



fonno'sa, a shrubby plant with dark scar- 

 let flowers. Ex. 



pa' tens., flowers of the richest blue. 



denta'la, flowei'S white. 



purpiL'rea, flowers purple. 

 SALVIN'IA. 21—1. (Filices.) 



na'tans, (0.) leaves elliptic, sub-cordate, 

 obtuse, with fascicled bristles above ; fruit 

 sub-sessile, aggregated. Lakes and still 

 waters. 

 SaMBU'CUS. 5—3. (Caprifolid:.) [From 



Sabucca, (Hebrew,) the name of an ancient 



musical in.strument, madB from the wood 



of this shrub.] 



ca?iaden"sis, (black-berried elder, w. J. 

 ^).) branchlets and petioles glabrous; leaf- 

 ets about in 4 pairs, oblong-oval, glabrous, 

 ehining, acuminate ; cyme lax, divided into 

 about 5 parts. 8-15 f. 



pubes"ce>is, (red-berried elder, w. M. ^.) 

 bark warty ; leafets in 2 pairs, lance-oval, 

 pubescent beneath ; flowers raceme-pani- 

 cled, or in a crowded bunch. 6-12 f. 

 SaMO'LUS. 5—1. {Lysimachice) [Supposed 



to be named from the island of Samos.] 



valeran"di, (water pimpernell, brook- 

 weed, w. Ju. li) erect; leaves obovate, 

 entire ; racemes many -flowered ; pedicels 

 with a minute bract. Wet grounds. 8-12 i. 



ebractea'tus, (w. 2/.) stem short, robust, 

 smooth, divided at the base ; leaves obo- 

 vate, obtuse, somewhat fleshy, attenuate at 

 the base ; racemes elongated, sub-pubes- 

 cent ; pedicels filiform, without bracts. S. 

 SANGUINA'RIA. 12—1. (Papaveracem.) 



[From sanguis, blood; so named either from 



the color of its root, or its use in stopping 



hemorrhages.] 



canadcn"sis. (blood-root, w. Ap. 2^.) 

 leaves sub-reniform, sinuate-lobed ; scape 

 1-flowered. A variety, stenopef'ala, has 

 Unear petals. 6-10 i. 

 SANGU[SOR"BA. 4—1. (Rosacea.) [From 



sanguis, blood, and sorbeo, to ab.sorb ; so 



named from its medicinal qualities.] 



canaden"$is, (burnet saxifrage, w. Ju. 

 11.) flowers in a long, cylindric spike; sta- 

 mens several times longer than the corolla. 

 The leaves resemble the burnet. 3-5 f. 



me' din, stipes .shorter than the preceding, 

 and tinged with red. Wet meadows ; 

 cih.ieflv on mountains. 



SANICULA. 5—2. (UmhemfertB.) [Ficro 

 sano, to heal ; so called from its virtues in 

 healing.] 



viaryland"ica, (w. June-Au. 2/.) leaves 

 all digitate ; leafets oblong, deeply serrate , 

 staminate flowers numerous, pediceUed. 2f. 

 canaden'sis, {11-) leaves palmate ; seg- 

 ments petioled ; divisions gash-serrate, lat- 

 eral ones 2-parted ; flowers polygamous, 

 staminate ones short-pedicelled ; lobes of 

 the calyx entire. Canada. 

 SANTOLI'NA. 17—1. (Corymhifera.) [From 

 santalum, saunders, because it swells like 

 the saunders-wood.] 



snaveo'lens, (y. Ju. t^.) smooth ; stem fas- 

 tigiate; leaves sub-bipinnatifid; divisions 

 acute, linear ; peduncles terminal, 1-flower- 

 ed. 



SAPIN"DUS. 8—3. (Sapindi.) [From twc 

 words, sapo indus, Indian soap, the rind of 

 the fruit being used as a substitute foi 

 soap.] 



sapona'ria, (w. 'f).) leaves glabrous, ab 

 ruptly pinnate ; leafets lance-oval -, frui 

 glabrous. S. 



SAPONA'RIA. 10—2. (CaryophyVeae.) [Froir 

 sapo, soap, the juice being found to have sa- 

 ponaceous properties.] 

 officina'lis, (soap-wort, bouncing bet, w 

 J. 2^.) calyx cyhndric ; leaves lance-ovate, 

 opposite, sub-connate, entire. Naturalized. 

 10-18 i. Ex. 



vacca'ria, (field soap-wort, r. Ju. ^.) ca- 

 lyx pyramidal, 5-angled, smooth; bracts 

 membranaceous, acute ; leaves ovate-lan- 

 ceolate, sessile. Introduced. 

 SARRACE'NIA. 12-1. {Papaveracea.) [This 

 name is said, by some, to have been given 

 in honor of Dr. Sarrazin, by others, it is 

 thought to have originated in tlie resem- 

 blance of the peculiar flower of the plant to 

 the head of a Saracen enveloped in his crim- 

 son turban ; thus the plant is sometimes 

 called Turk's-head.] 



purpu'reo, (side-saddle flower, p. J. 11.) 

 leaves radical, short, gibbose-inflated, oi 

 cup-form, contracted at the mouth, having a 

 broad, arched, lateral wing ; the contract- 

 ed part of the base hardly as long as the 

 inflated part. Scape with a single, large, 

 nodding flower. In marshes. 1-2 f. 



heterophyV'la, has palish yellow flowers, 

 and is more slender than the preceding. 



rii'bra, (r-p. 24) leaves slender; lateral 

 wing linear ; appendage ovate, erect, ob- 

 tuse, mucronate, contracted at the base. 

 6-10 i. S. 



Jla'va, (y. J. 2^.) leaves large, funnel- 

 form, throat expanding ; lateral wing near- 

 ly wanting; appendage erect, contracted 

 at base ; reflexed at the sides. 18 24 i. <S 

 variola lis, (y. J. H-) leaves slightly ven- 

 tricose, with the tube near the summit spot- 

 ted on the back ; appendage arched, in- 

 curved ; lateral wing slightly dilated ; stig- 

 ma acute at the angles. 12-18 i. jS. 



drHmmon"dii, (p.) leaves erect, very long^ 

 tube dilated above, with very narrow wing; 

 tube and lamina whitish and strongly re- 

 ticulated with purplish veins. Florida. 



psittaci'na, (p. Mar.) leaves short, recli- 

 ned, marked with white spots ; tube infla- 

 ted, with a broad semi-obovate wing , lamJ 



