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great respect, especially when the remarkable difference 

 between its smell arid that of its congeners is considered ; 

 and caution at least is necessary, as this plant is common 

 by our way-sides, on banks, in hedges, and under walls, 

 flowering in May and June. 



6. Scandix Australis; Radiated Chervil. Seeds awl-shaped, 

 hispid; flowers radiate; stems even; leaves thinly placed, 

 very narrow, and finely cut. Native of the south of France, 

 Italy, and Candia. 



7. Scandix Nodosa ; Knobbed Chervil. Seeds subcylin- 

 drical, hispid ; stem hispid; joints swelling. Root annual; 

 flowers white. Native of Sicily. 



8. Scandix Trichosperma ; Hairy-seeded Chervil. Seeds 

 extremely hirsute, with hairs double the length of the seed; 

 root annual. Native of Egypt. 



9. Scandix Latifolia ; Broad-leaved Chervil. Seeds ellip- 

 tical, hispid; leaves twice ternate, ovate, cut; their sheaths, 

 as well as the stem, smooth. Flowers small, white; fruit 

 about half an inch long, very rough, not beaked. Native 

 of Crete, Cyprus, &c. in marshy places. 



10. Scandix Grandiflora; Great- flowered Chervil. Seeds 

 shorter than the villose peduncle. Annual ; with fine cut 

 leaves. Native of the Levant. 



11. Scandix Procumbens ; Trailing Chervil. Seeds shin- 

 ing, ovate-subulate; leaves decompound. This low, trailing, 

 annual plant, is a native of Virginia. 



Scarlet Bean. See Phaseolus. 



Scarlet Cardinal-flower. See LoSelia Cardinalis. 



Scarlet Convolvulus. See Ipomcca. 



Scarlet Horse Chesnut. See Pavia. 



Scarlet Jasmin. See Bignonia. 



Scarlet Lupin. See Luthyrus. 



Scarlet Oak. See Qnercus. 



Schccfferia; a genus of the class Dioscia, order Tetrandria. 

 GENERIC CHARACTER. Male. Calix : perianth four 

 or five leaved ; leaflets ovate, concave, spreading. Corolla : 

 petals four, lanceolate-ovate, spreading; or instead of these 

 a four-cornered convex nectary, in the middle of the flower. 

 Stamina: filamenta four, filiform, erect; antherse roundish, 

 erect. Pistil : rudimentum of a germen, without style or 

 stigma. Female. Calix : perianth one-leafed, four or five 

 parted, inferior; segments obtuse, spreading. Corolla: petals 

 four, lanceolate-ovate, concave, wider at the end, spreading, 

 deciduous; or, in place of these, a nectary, which is a fleshy 

 rim about the germen. Pistil : germen roundish ; styles 

 two, very short, reflexed ; stigmas bifid or entire, compressed 

 into a sort of head. Pericarp: berry roundish, two-celled. 

 Seeds: solitary, hemispherical. ESSENTIAL CHARACTER. 

 Male. Calix : four or five leaved. Corolla : four-petalled 

 or none. Female. Calix : four or five parted. Corolla : 

 four-parted or none. Berry: two-celled. Seeds: solitary. 

 The species are, 



1. Schsefferia Completa. Flowers four-petalled, axillary. 

 A small tree or shrub, with an erect trunk, and smooth ash- 

 coloured bark ; leaves on short petioles, alternately smaller, 

 ovate, acute, almost entire, or very slightly crenate, veined, 

 rigid, with the end recurved a little, green, shining; berries the 

 size of a small pea, yellowish-red. Grows in the W. Indies. 



2. SchsefTeria Lateriffora. Flowers lateral, apetalous. This 

 lall tree has a trunk six feet high. Native of Hispaniola. 

 Schefflera; a genus of the class Pentandria, order Decagy- 



nia. GENERIC CHARACTER. Calix: perianth very small, 

 five-toothed, superior, permanent; segments awl-shaped. 

 Corolla: petals five, oblong. Stamina: filamenta five, fili- 

 form, scarcely longer than the petals; antherse roundish. 

 Pistil: germen globular, depressed, inferior; styles eight or 



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ten, round, short, permanent; stigmas simple. Pericarp: 

 capsule globular, depressed, eight or ten celled. Seeds : 

 solitary, semicircular, compressed. ESSENTIAL CHARAC- 

 TER. Calix: five-toothed. Corolla: five-petalled. Capsule: 



eight or ten celled. Seeds: solitary, semicircular. The 



only known species is, 



1. Schefflera Digitata. Native of New Zealand. 



Scheuchzeria ; a genus of the class Hexandria, order Tri- 

 gynia. GENERIC CHARACTER. Calix: perianth six-parted; 

 leaflets oblong, acute, reflex, spreading, rude, permanent. 

 Corolla : none. Stamina: filamenta six, capillary, very short, 

 flaccid ; antheroe erect, obtuse, very long, compressed. Pis- 

 til: germina three, ovate, compressed, size of the calix; styles 

 none ; stigmas three, oblong, blunt at top, fastened outwardly 

 to the germen. Pericarp : capsules as many as there are 

 germina, roundish, compressed, inflated, reflex, distant, two- 

 valved. Seeds: solitary, oblong. Observe. The number of 

 germina and capsules varies from three to six ; but three is 

 the most natural number. ESSENTIAL CHARACTER. Calix: 

 six-parted. Corolla : none. Styles: none. Capsule: three, in- 

 flated, one-seeded. The only species yet discovered is, ', 



1. Scheuchzeria Palustris. Root-leaves few; stem-leaves 

 two, one involving the base of the stem with its sheath, the 

 other a little higher, each shorter than the stem ; flowers from 

 each axil of the floral leaves solitary, on upright peduncles of 

 a yellowish green colour; root perennial, creeping, jointed ; 

 stem upright, simple, a span high, round. Native of Lapland, 

 Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Switzerland, Prussia, Dauphiny, 

 Siberia, and North America, in marshes. 



Schinus ; a genus of the class Dicecia, order Decandria. 

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

 five- parted, spreading, acute. Corolla: petals five, oval, 

 spreading, petioled. Stamina: filamenta ten, filiform, length 

 of the corolla, spreading; antherse roundish. Pistil: rudi- 

 mentum of a germen without a stigma. Female. Calix: 

 perianth one-leafed, five-parted, acute, permanent. Corolla: 

 petals five, oblong, spreading, petioled. Pistil : germen 

 roundish; style none; stigmas three, ovate. Pericarp: berry 

 globular, three-celled. Seeds: solitary, globular. ESSENTIAL 

 CHARACTER. Male. Calix: five-parted. Petals: five. 

 Female. Berry: three-celled.; The species are, 



1. Schinus Molle ; Peruvian Mastick Tree. Leaves pin- 

 nate ; leaflets serrate, with the end one very long ; petioles 

 equal. Stem woody, eight or ten feet high, dividing into many 

 branches, covered with a brown rough hark. The flowers 

 are produced in loose bunches, at the end of the branches ; 

 thay are very small and white, and have no odour. The 

 berries are about the size of a pea, of a beautiful opaline rose- 

 colour, shining. A resinous gum exudes from the stem when 

 wounded, which partakes of the nature of Mastick. Native of 

 dry sandy places in Peru. This plant is propagated best by 

 seeds, which must be procured from its native country. Sow 

 these seeds in pots, filled with fresh earth, and plunged into 

 a moderate hot-bed. If the seeds are good, the plants will 

 appear in about five or six weeks, and if air be admitted to 

 them daily, according to the warmth of the season, and 

 water be duly given, they will be fit to transplant in about 

 five or six weeks ; and should then be carefully turned out 

 of the pots, and their roots separated, in order to replant 

 them each in a small pot, filled with soft loamy earth, and 

 plunged again into a moderate hot-bed, shading them from 

 the sun till they have taken fresh root. They must then be 

 gradually inured to the open air, but must be removed into 

 shelter before the first frosts, otherwise their tops will be all 

 killed, and the plants themselves often destroyed. When 

 young, they require a little warmth in winter; but after 

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