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Northamptonshire; at Shotover hill, South Leigh, Cornbury, 

 and Burford downs, Oxfordshire ; at Thaxted in Essex ; on 

 HeHse-Fellnap, near Kendal in Westmoreland ; also occa- 

 sionally in Dorsetshire, Yorkshire, and Scotland. See the 

 first species. 



7. Satyrium Nigrum ; Black-flowered Satyrion. Bulbs pal- 

 mate ; leaves linear ; lip of the nectary resupine, undivided ; 

 stem about nine inches high. Native of Dauphiny. 



8. Satyrium Albidum ; White Satyrion. Bulbs in bundles ; 

 leaves lanceolate; lip of the nectary trifid, acute, the middle 

 segment blunt; stem from nine to fifteen inches high. It 

 flowers in June and July; and is a native of Scania, Den- 

 mark, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Dauphiny, Piedmont, 

 Pistoia, and Great Britain, in all of which it is found upon 

 exposed grassy hills or dry mountainous pastures ; as upon 

 the mountains north of Helmsley in Yorkshire; at the isth- 

 mus of Tarbat, in Cantyre, Argyleshire ; on the isle of Arran 

 near Loch Rausa; in Jura, Isla, Colonsay, and Skye; and 

 at Hafod in Cardiganshire. See the first species. 



9. Satyrium Epigogiutn. Bulbs compressed, toothed ; 

 stem sheathed ; lip of the nectary resupine, undivided ; root 

 tender, branched like coral, snow-white. Native of Austria, 

 Dauphiny, and Siberia. 



10. Satyrium Hirtellum. Bulbs filiform; stem hirsute.; 

 leaves ovate, three-nerved, petioled, sheathing; horn of the 

 nectary thickened ; lip two-lobed, middle acuminate. Native 

 of Jamaica. 



11. Satyrium Plantagineum. Bulbs filiform; stem very 

 smooth ; leaves ovate, petioled, sheathing ; horn of the nec- 

 tary thickened ; lip two-lobed, middle acuminate ; roots fili- 

 form, long, tomentose. Native of Jamaica and Marti'nico, 

 in moist woods and shady places. 



12. Satyrium Adnatum. Bulbs in bundles ; root-leaves 

 oblong, on very long petioles ; scape sheathed ; nectary 

 horned, adnate ; lip bent down, two-lobed, emarginate. 

 Native of Jamaica and Hispaniola. 



13. Satyrium Orchioides. Bulbs in bundles, oblong ; 

 leaves broad-lanceolate; scape sheathed; nectary horned; 

 lip lanceolate- acuminate. Stem twelve or fourteen inches 

 high, without leaves ; flowers flesh-coloured, oblong, and 

 succulent. Native of Jamaica and Hispaniola. 



14. Satyrium Spirale. Bulbs in bundles, oblong; leaves 

 linear; scape sheathed; flowers spiral, directed one way; lip 

 three-lobed, middle larger, crenulate. Native of Jamaica. 



1.5. Satyrium Elatum. Bulbs in bundles, thick, tomen- 

 tose; root-leaves ovate, petioled; stem almost naked; nec- 

 tary subtrilobate. Native of Jamaica and Hispaniola. 



16. Satyrium Repens ; Creeping Satyrion. Bulbs fibrous ; 

 leaves ovate, radical ; flowers directed one way. Root per- 

 ennial, truly creeping, not bulbous, very succulent, downy, 

 running among Moss, and attaching themselves to decayed 

 fragments and leaves of Fir, in the manner of Fungi ; stalks 

 erect, terminated with an erect spike of numerous pale, flesh- 

 coloured, fragrant flowers, leaning one way, but turning a 

 little spirally round the stalk. Native of Lapland, Norway, 

 Denmark, Switzerland, Austria, Siberia, and Scotland, where 

 it occurs in Alpine Fir-forests, and flowers from June to 

 August. See the first species. 



17. Satyrium Capense. Lip of the nectary wider, blunt, 

 emarginate, waved on both sides. Native of the Cape. 



18. Satyrium Hyans. Helmet of the corollas spurred, 

 gaping ; nectary ovate ; leaves linear, radical. Native of 

 the Cape. 



19. Satyrium Orobanchoides. Helmet of the corolla 

 behind two-lobed, and in a manner two-horned ; leaves bifa- 

 rious, linear, cauline. Native of the Cape. 



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20. Satyrium Pedicellatum. Scape almost naked ; raceme 

 with filiform loose pedicels. Native of the Cape. 



21. Satyrium Maculatum. Flowers in close spikes; seg- 

 ments converging, acute; lip three-lobed; lobes linear, very 

 narrow, the middle one longer. Native of Mount Atlas, 

 near Belide. 



Savine. See Juniperus. 



Savory. See Satureia. 



Saururus ; a genus of the class Heptandria, order Telragy- 

 nia. GENERIC CHARACTER. Calix: ament oblong, covered 

 with flosc-ules ; perianth proper one-leafed, oblong, lateral, 

 coloured, permanent. Corolla: none. Stamina: (ilatnenta 

 seven, capillary, long; antherse oblong, erect. Pistil: ger- 

 mina four, ovate, acuminate; style none; stigmas oblong, 

 fastened to the apex of each germen. Pericarp : berries four, 

 ovate, one-celled. Seed: single, ovate. ESSENTIAL CHA- 

 RACTER. Calix: an ament, with one-flowered scales. Co- 

 rolla: none. Germina: four. Berries: four, one-seeded. 

 The only known species is, 



1. Saururus Cernuus; Lizard's Tail. Root perennial, 

 somewhat creeping ; steins simple, round, leafy, rising a foot 

 above the water; leaves heart-shaped and smooth, about 

 three inches long, and two broad at their base, ending in 

 obtuse points, and having several longitudinal veins which 

 join at the footstalk, but diverge from the midrib towards the 

 borders in the middle, and join again at the point; spikes of 

 flowers solitary, greenish-white, axillary, appearing in August 

 and September. Native of Virginia, and of most parts of 

 North America, in swamps and shady wet woods. It is pro- 

 pagated by parting the roots in autumn, or in the spring 

 before the roots begin to shoot, in a moist soil and shaded 

 situation. 



Sauvagesia ; a genus of the class Pentandria, order Mono- 

 gynia. GENERIC CHARACTER. Calir: perianth five-parted; 

 leaflets lanceolate, acute, concave, spreading, permanent. 

 Corolla: petals five, blunt, equal, rhomb-ovate, length of the 

 calix. Nectary leaflets five, smaller, alternate with the petals, 

 oblong, erect, surrounded by many short hairs. Stamina: 

 filamenta five, awl-shaped, very short ; antheree oblong, acute, 

 short. Pistil: germen ovate ; style simple, the length of the 

 stamina; stigma simple, blunt. Pericarp: capsule ovate, 

 acuminate, one-celled, three-valved at the top. Seeds: nu- 

 merous, very small, fastened to the sutures in a longitudinal 

 row. ESSENTIAL CHARACTER. Calix': five-leaved. Co- 

 rolla: five-petalled. Nectary: five-leaved, encompassed by 

 hairs, alternate with the petals. Capsule: one-celled. 

 The species are, 



1. Sauvagesia Erecta. Stem branched, leafy; leaves small, 

 oblong, smooth, on the upper side very lightly crenated, and 

 disposed in an alternate but irregular order; they are on 

 short footstalks, and adorned with remarkably ciliated ears 

 or stipules on each side at their insertions ; flowers axillary, 

 solitary, on short stalks, wifh white petals ; the calix often 

 purple. Native of Saint Domingo, Martinico, Jamaica, Su- 

 rinam, and Guiana. 



Saxifraga; a genus of the class Decandria, order Digynia. 

 GENERIC CHARACTER. Calix: perianth one-leafed, five- 

 parted ; segments short, acute, permanent. Corolla : petals 

 five, spreading, narrow at the base, Stamina: filamenta ten, 

 awl-shaped; antherae roundish. Pistil: germen roundish, 

 acuminate, ending in two short styles ; stigmas blunt. Pe- 

 ricarp: capsule subovate, two-beaked, one-celled, opening 

 between the points. Seeds: numerous, minute. ESSENTIAL 

 CHARACTER. Calix: five-parted. Corolla: five-petalled. 

 Capsule: two-beaked, one-celled, many-seeded. The spe- 

 cies are, 

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