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Solanum torvum, Swartz. 



From West India to Peru. A shrubby species with yellow 

 spherical berries of good size, which seem also wholesome. 

 Other species from tropical America have shown themselves 

 sufficiently hardy for inducing us to recommend the test- 

 culture of such kinds of plants. Many of them are highly 

 curious and ornamental. 



Solanum Uporo, Dunal. 



In many of the islands of the Pacific Ocean. The large 

 red spherical berries of this shrub can be used like Tomato. 



Solanum vescum, F, v. Mueller. 



The G-unyang. South-east Australia. A shrub yielding 

 edible berries, which need however to be fully ripe for 

 securing absence of deleterious properties. 



Solanum xanthocarpum, Schrad. and Wendl. 



North Africa and South Asia. A perennial herb. The 

 berries are of the size of a cherry, and either yellow or 

 ' scarlet. 



Sophora Japonica, L. 



China and Japan. A deciduous tree. The flowers produce 

 a yellow or with admixtures a green dye, used for silk. 



Spartina juncea, Willd. 



Salt marshes of North America. A grass with creeping 

 roots ; it can be utilized to bind moist sand on the coast. 

 A tough fibre can readily be obtained from the leaves. S. 

 polystacliya, "W. and S. cynosuroides, W. are stately grasses, 

 the former also adapted for saline soil, the latter for fresh- 

 water swamps. 



Spartium junceum. L. 



Countries around the Mediterranean Sea. The flowers of 

 this bush provide a yellow dye. A textile fibre can be 

 separated from the branches. 



Spigelia Marylandica, L. 



North America, north to Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. A 

 perennial handsome herb, requiring as a vermifuge cautious. 



