SCOLOPENDRIUM-^SENECIO. 



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with the leaves l;1u!)ioiis ; spikes fovv-flow- 

 ered, fascicled, sub-terminal ; glumes glab- 

 r-ous; nut amooth, shining. If. S. 



SCOLOPEN"DRIUM. 21-1. (FiHces.) fl-'rom 

 skolopcndra, centipede; so called from the 

 numerous roots and^ branches, or I'rom little 

 marks upon the frond resembling this in- 

 sect.] 



officina'rium, (caterpillar fern Ju. 2/.) 

 frond simple, ligulate, entire, cordate at 

 base, sub-erect ; stipe chaify. 8-15 i. 



SCROPllULA'RIA. 13—2. (ScrophularicB.) 

 [From scrofula, the king's evil ; so called 

 because the leaves were formerly consider- 

 ed a remed)' for scrofulous tumors.] 

 marylan"ciica, (fig-wort, g-p. Ju. 2/.) 

 leaves cordate, serrate, acute, rounded at 

 the ba.se ; petioles ciliate below ; panicle 

 fasciculate, loo.se, few-flowered ; stem ob- 

 tusely angled. 2-4 f. 



lanccola'ta, leaves lanceolate, unequally 

 serrate ; petioles naked ; fascicles corymb- 

 ed. 2-3 i. Wet meadows. Flowers green- 

 ish yellow. 

 SCUTELLA'RIA. 13—1. (Labiata:.) 



laterijlo'ra, (?cullcap, b. Ju. 2/.) branch- 

 ing, glabrous ; leaves long-petioled, ovate, 

 toothed ; cauline ones sub-cordate ; racemes 

 long, lateral, leafy. Damp. 1-2 f. Atone 

 time iu repute as a remedy for hydropho- 

 bia. 



galericula'ta, (common seullcap, b. J. 2.^.) 

 branching ; leaves sub-sessile, lance-ovate, 

 eub-cordate at the base, crenate, white- 

 downy beneath ; flowers axillary, solitary, 

 or in pairs; flo%vers large. Damp. 12-18 i. 

 integrifo'Ua, (b. Ju. ^ .) stem nearly sim- 

 ple, densely pubescent ; leaves sub-sessile, 

 oblong, obtuse, wedge-form at the ba.«e, 

 obscurely toothed ; racemes loose, leafy ; 

 flowers opposite, often in panicles. Var. 

 hys'sopiJu'Ua, has the leaves all linear. 18- 

 24 i. Swamps. 



gra'cilis, (b. J. 2X-) stem sub-simple ; 

 leaves opposite, remote, broad-ovate, tooth- 

 ed, veined, smooth, sessile, margins sca- 

 brous ; upper ones smaller, entire ; flowers 

 axillary. 12-18 i. 



ambig"ua, (b. Jo. 24^.) stem sub-decum- 

 bent, branched divaricately from the base; 

 leaves .sessile, ovate; flowers small, axilla- 

 ry. 3-6 i. 



pilo'sa, (b. J. 2/.) erect, pubescent ; 

 leaves distant, ovate, obtuse, crenate, ru- 

 gose, petioled, lower ones sub-cordate ; ra- 

 cemes panicled ; flowers crowded ; bracts 

 lanceolate, entire ; calyx hispid. 18-24 i. 



canes"cens, (b. 2/.) branched; leaves 

 ovate, acute, petiolate, acutely toothed, 

 hoary'-villose beneath ; lower ones sub-cor- 

 date ; racemes pedicelled, sub-panicled, 

 axillary and terminal; bracts lance-ovate, 

 longer than the calyx. 2-3 f. 



lnviga'ta, (b. M. 14..) simple, smooth, ,slen- 

 • der; leavespetioled, opposite, ovate, coarse, 

 sen-ate, veined, sub-acuminate, tapering to 

 the base, entire at the base and apex, glab- 

 rous, paler beneath ; raceme simple, termi- 

 nal ; flowers sub-pubescent, erect, upper 

 hracls smaller, entire. Open woods. 12- 

 18 i 



$ .) glumes and bri.stles 

 corolla smooth. Intro- 



nervo'sn, (b. An. 2^.) nearly simple, glab- 

 rous ; leaves sessile, ovate, dentate, nerved; 

 raceme terminal, loose, leafy. 



august ifo'Ua, (J. 2^.) simple, finely pu- 

 bescent ; leaves linear ; flowers axillary, op- 

 posite ; stamens sub-exsert. S. 



serra'ta, (b. Ju. 2^.) erect, branching, 

 pubescent; leaves short petioled, acumin- 

 ate, ovate, serrate, dotted beneath ; ra- 

 cemes terminal, loose, often panicled ; bracts 

 lanceolate, short ; stamens shorter than the 

 corolla. S. 



SECA'LE. 3—2. (Gramznccs.) [From jeco, to 



cut or mow.] 



cerea'le, {vye, J. 

 scabrous-ciliate 

 duced. 



SE'DUM. 10—5. (Sempcrviva.) [From sedo, 

 to assuage, because it allays inflammation.] 



tcrna'tum, (fal.se ice-plant, w. J. li-) 

 smafl, creeping ; leaves flat, round spatu- 

 late, ternate ; flowers somewhat 3-spiked, 

 sometimes octandrous. Cultivated. 



tele'phium, (orphine, live-forever, r. w. 

 Ju. 2^.) leaves flattish, tooth-serrate, thick- 

 ly scattered ; corymb leafy ; stem erect. 

 Ex. 



anacamp'seroR, (stone-crop, li) leaves 

 wedge-form, entire, subses.sile ; stem de- 

 cumbent ; flowers corymbed. Ex. 



telephio'des, (p. Ju.) leaves broad, flat, 

 ovate, acute at each end ; corymbs mauy- 

 flowered. 1 f. Harper- s ferry. 



nidtaV'ti, leaves roundish, flat, entire, 

 scattered ; cymes terminal, G-forked. 



lanceola'tum, leaves sub-alternate ; lower 

 ones crowded, lance-oblong, acutish, gla- 

 brous ; stem branched, assurgent ; flowers 

 cyme-corymbed ; petals spreading, lanceo- 

 late. 



pulcheV'linn, (p.) glabrous; stems assur- 

 gent ; leaves scattered, obtuse, linear ; low- 

 er ones oblong-oval; cyme many-spiked; 

 flowers sessile, octandrous. /S. 



rhodio'la, (g. y. 2^.) erect, simple ; leaves 

 glaucous, fleshy, sessile, imbricate, tooth- 

 ed above; cymes terminal, branching. 

 8 i. S. 



pusiVlum, (w. Ju. If.) glabrous; leaves 

 nearly terete, oblong, alternate ; flowers 

 sub-terminal, few, sub-pedicelled, alter- 

 nate. 2-4 i. S. 

 SELI'NUM. 5—2. (Cruciferct.) 



anre'a, (y. %.) stem glabrous, sub-divided 

 at the base, acute-triangular ; leaves some- 

 what succulent, smooth ; peduncles axiUa 

 ry, angular. 4-6 i. >S\ 

 SEMPERVI'VUM. 12—12. (Semperviva.) [From 



semper, always, and vivo, fo live.] 



tecto'rum, (houseleek, Au. 74..) leaves cili- 

 ate ; bulbs spreading ; nectaries wedge- 

 furm, crenulate. Ex. 



nrbo'reum, (tree houseleek,) stem woody, 

 smooth, branching; leaves wedge-form, 

 glabrous, with soft spreading hairs. Ex. 

 SENE'CIO. 17—2. {Corymhosa.) [From series- 



CO, to grow old ; so called because some 



of its species are covered with a gray- 

 ish pubescens, like the hair of an agrd 



person.] 



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