458 Select Plants for Industrial Culture and 



Simaba Cedron, Planchon. 



Central-America. As this small tree extends to some plateaux 

 of the Andes, it could doubtless be cultivated without protection in 

 mild climatic regions, also beyond the tropics. The seeds have been 

 brought prominently under notice by Drs. Cheyiie, Cespedes and 

 Barrington, as well as Messrs. Jamord and Pur die as a remedy 

 against snake-poison. Professors Restrepo and Dujardin-Beaumetz 

 have drawn as an antipyretic and tonic the powerful Simabin or 

 Cedrin into medicinal use. 



Sison Amomum, Linne. 



Middle and Southern Europe. An herb of one or two years' 

 duration. It grows best on soil rich in lime. The seeds can be 

 used for condiment. 



Smilax bona nox, Linne. 



Southern States of North-America and Mexico. The young 

 shoots of this, of S. laurifolia (L.) and some others are edible. 



Smilax China, Linne. 



Japan and China. Stems of medicinal value; in its native 

 country the young shoots used for food. 



Smilax g-lauca. Walter. 



Southern States of North-America, extending into Mexico. One 

 of the Sarsaparilla-plants, regarded by Dr. Porcher of undoubted 

 medicinal efficacy, both sudorific and alterative, containing much 

 smilacin ; it likes rich soil. 



Smilax medica. Chamisso and Schlechtendal. 



Mexico. This plant produces mainly the Sarsaparilla-root of 

 that country. It is one of the richest in smilacin. 



Smilax officinalis, Humboldt. 



New Grranada and other parts of Central America. This climb- 

 ing shrub produces at least a portion of the Columbian sarsaparilla. 

 S. syphilitica (Willdenow) yields some Brazilian sarsaparilla, S. 

 febrifuga (Kunth) the Purhampui-sarsaparilla of Peru. 



Smilax papyracea, Duhamel. 



Gruiana to Brazil. The origin of the principal supply of Brazilian 

 sarsaparilla is ascribed to this species, although several others of 

 this genus, largely represented in Brazil, may yield the medicinal 

 root also, thus S. Brasiliensis (Sprengel). In warm humid gullies of 

 the temperate zone these plants would probably succeed in estab- 

 lishing themselves. Smilax Australis (R. Brown) extends from 

 the tropical coast-parts of Australia to East-Gippsland. Neither 

 this, nor the East- Australian S. glycyphylla (Smith), nor the New 



