SAMPHIRE 



SANGUINARIA 



grown upon sandy or gravelly soil, and watered fre- 

 quently and plentifully with weak salt- and soda-solu- 

 tions. " It may be propagated by root-division, but 

 better by sowing the seed as soon as ripe, the plants 

 being thinned to stand from 1 to 1J^ feet asunder in 

 rows 2 to 1Yi feet apart. 



Golden samphire (Inula crithmifolia) , a native of the 

 marshes and seacoast of Great Britain, is an erect 

 hardy perennial, Ito 1 J 2 feet tall, with small, fleshy leaves 

 and 'yellow flowers in small; umbel-like clusters. 

 Though grown and used like true samphire, for which 

 it is often sold, it lacks the pleasing, aromatic taste of 

 the genuine. It belongs to the family Composite. 



For marsh samphire, see Salicornia. M. Q. KAINS. 



SAMUEL A (Sam Farlow Trelease, who participated 

 in field-studies of the species). Liliacex, tribe Yuccex. 

 Yucca-like large plants. 



Short-trunked mostly unbranched soft-pulped trees, 

 resembling the baccate yuccas except in their gamophyl- 

 lous perianth which in one species has a long slender 

 tube resembling a tuberose. As in Yucca Treculeana, but 

 to a greater extent, the bracts of the ample panicle are 

 long and add much to its attractiveness. Two species, 

 one Texan and the other of the Mexican tableland. 

 Hardy only in the S. where, as in Calif, and along the 

 Riviera, they are said to be beginning to be cult. 

 Monograph by Wm. Trelease in Kept. Mo. Bot. Card., 

 vol. 13, pp. li6-19. 



Faxoniana, Trel. Lvs. in a dense round head, 2-3 in. 

 wide and 3 ft. long, nearly smooth, deeply concave, 

 pungent, with long coarse curving white marginal fibers: 

 infl. loosely branched, 3 ft. or more long; fls. white, 

 2-4 in. across, with conical tube about %in. long: fr. 

 1 by mostly 2-3 in. S. W. Texas. Rep. Mo. Bot. Card. 

 4:4, 5: 13:73-5, 82, 85. S.S. 10:499. 



carnerosana, Trel. Infl. 5-6 ft. high, compactly 

 branched, with very large white bracts; fls. white, 3-4 

 in. across, with cvhndrical tube }^-l in. long: fr. 1J^ x 

 2-3 in. E. Mex. Rep. Mo. Bot. Card. 13:7&-9, 80, 85, 

 87, and frontispiece to p. 27. WILLIAM TRELEASE. 



SANCHEZIA (after Jos. Sanchez, professor of bot- 

 any at Cadiz). Acanthacfie. Showy warmhouse plants, 

 grown for flowers and foliage. 



Strong erect herbs or half-shrubby plants: Ivs. large, 

 opposite, entire or slightly toothed: fls. orange, red, or 

 purple, united into heads or spikes at the ends of the 

 branches, or rarely paniculate; calyx deeply 5-parted, 

 segms. oblong; tube of the corolla long, cylindrical, 

 somewhat ventricose above the middle, limb of 5 equal, 

 short, rotund lobes; perfect stamens 2, inserted below 

 the middle of the tube, with 2 aborted stamens between 

 them; anther 2-celled, the cells mucronate in front; 

 style long, with one division small, spurlike; ovary on a 

 thick disk, 2-loculed. with 4 ovules in each cell. 

 About 11 species in Peru, Colombia, and Brazil. 



nobilis, Hook. Plants stout, erect, smooth, except the 

 infl.: st. 4-angled: Ivs. 3-9 in. long, oblong-ovate to 

 oblong-lanceolate, obtusely toothed, narrowed into 

 winged petioles, connate: fls. 2 in. long, yellow, in heads 

 subtended by bright red bracts, the heads forming a 

 panicle. Ecuador. B.M. 5594. F.S. 23:2437. G.W. 

 10, p. 610. G.Z. 11:16. H.F. II. 9:346. Var. glau- 

 cophylla, Lem. (var. variegata, Hort.). Lvs. varie- 

 gated with pale yellow or white along the veins. F. 

 1867, p. 154. I.H. 14:528 (as S. nobilis); 16:580. A 

 hothouse plant which is very attractive when well 

 grown, but which becomes straggling and weedy if 

 neglected. Grown mostly for its foliage. S. parvibrac- 

 teata, Sprague & Hutch. Allied to S. nobilis, from 

 which it differs in having wingless petioles, smaller 

 bracts with fewer (3-5) fls. and longer staminodes. 

 Corolla yellow. Trop. Amer. 



HEINRICH HASSELBRING. 



SANDERSONIA (named after John Sanderson). 

 Liliacex. Herb, suitable for the greenhouse: sts. sub- 

 erect, simple, leafy: Ivs. linear-lanceolate: fls. showy, 

 orange, solitary in the axils, without bracts; perianth 

 persistent, urn-shaped to globose, somewhat inflated; 

 stamens 6; ovary sessile: fr. unknown. One species, 

 S. Afr. Treatment the same as for gloriosas. 



aurantiaca, Hook. Rootstock tuberous: st. simple, 

 1-2 ft. high, leafy to the apex: Ivs. sessile, alternate, 

 linear or lanceolate, 24 in. long: perianth bright yellow, 

 y*-\ in. long. Nov. Natal. B.M. 4716. R.H. 1868, p. 

 311. J.F. 4:408. 



SANGUINARIA (Latin, blood; referring to the yel- 

 lowish red juice of the plant). Papaveraces. BLOOD- 

 ROOT. Low spring-blooming perennial used for borders 

 and for rock-gardens. 



3544. Bloodroot. Sanguinaria canadensis. ( X H) 



Rootstock several inches long, about H m - thick, hori- 

 zontal: Ivs. radical, cordate or reniform, usually only 1 

 from each root-bud, on petioles about 8 in. long: fls. 

 white, often tinged with pink, 1-3 in. across, mostly 

 solitary, on scapes about 8 in. long, appearing just 

 preceding the full-grown Ivs.; sepals 2, fugacious; petals 

 8-12, in 2 or 3 rows, oblong or obovate, early deciduous: 

 caps. 1 in. long, oblong, 2-valved. A single species 

 common in woods of E. N. Amer., running into several 

 forms (see Fedde in Engler's Pflanzenreich, iv, 104). 



The bloodroot is a showy spring flower usually found 

 in woodland, but not a true shade-loving plant, since its 

 growth is made, to a great extent, before the foliage of 

 the trees expands. In cultivation it prefers a rather 

 light soil, biit will grow anywhere. It will do as well in 

 sunlight as in shade and will even grow amongst grass, 

 if care be taken not to mow down the leaves until it 

 has perfected the root growth and buds for the follow- 

 ing season. The roots are best transplanted after the 

 leaves have ripened, August-dug and -planted roots 

 being best, but they may be moved when the plants are 

 in flower. The roots are offered at such low prices by 

 collectors that the plant should be used to a much 

 greater extent for spring gardening. 



canadensis, Linn. BLOODROOT. REB PUCCOON. Fig. 

 3544. Described above. April, May. B.M. 162. 

 G.F. 8:215. G.C. III. 51:284. G. 31:447; 34:329. 

 Gn.M. 3:134. Var. major, Hort., is merely a form with 

 large fls. J.H. III. 52:457. Var. plena, Hort., has 

 more numerous narrower petals. f\ \y. BARCLAY. 



