362 DICTIONARY OF POPULAR NAMES SAGE 



Soutli of Europe. It has been cultivated in this country for above 

 250 years. It is weU known as a culinary herb, and was at one 

 time used as tea, having tonic qualities. 



Sage Plant, the name given to Artemisia tridentata in the 

 Salt Lake country of America. It is a kind of wormwood. It 

 attains a height of 3 to 5 feet, and occupies a vast extent of 

 desert land, to which it imparts a peculiar aspect and smell. 



Sage, Wild. {See Flea-bane, African.) 



Sago. — Sagus Icevis and S. Bic7nphii, by modern botanists 

 •united under Metroxylon Sagu. These are natives of Siam, Indian 

 and Malayan Islands, extending to the Fijis. Wing-leaved 

 palms, attaining a height of 30 to 50 feet, with a diameter of 6 

 inches to 1 foot, or more. The Sago is obtained by cutting down 

 the trees and splitting them open. The pith, which consists of 

 a soft white substance, is extracted and thrown into tanks of 

 water. It is repeatedly washed and all impurities run off. It 

 is then left to settle, wdiich it does in the consistence of a pure 

 pulpy paste, which is dried and granulated through sieves, and 

 forms the Sago of commerce, some of which is also produced 

 by Carijota urens and other plants. A kind of Sago is also 

 obtained from Zamia integrifolia and Z. furfuracea, plants of 

 the Cycad family (Cycadace?e). They are dwarf plants, seldom 

 exceeding 2 feet in height, often producing several stems from 

 the same stalk. They are abundant in the Bahamas, and some 

 of the small islands near Jamaica. Their pith contains Sago, 

 which is used in Jamaica. {See Cycas.) 



Sago, Portland. — This is prepared from the tuberous roots 

 of Arum 7naculatum, a herb of the Arum family (Aroidecc), native 

 of this country, known by the names of Wake Robin, Lords 

 and Ladies, and Cuckoo Pint. In the Isle of Portland, where 

 it is abundant, a farinaceous meal is obtained from it called by 

 the above name. 



Saintfoin {Onohrychis sativa), a perennial, strong-rooted, 

 pretty flowering, clover-like plant of the family Leguminosw, 

 native of this country, but rare. It is cultivated as a fodder 

 plant. 



