498 Select Plants for Industrial Culture and 



Schoenocaulon officinale, A. Gray. (Asa-Graya officinalis, Lindley ; 

 Sabadilla officinalis, Brandt and Dierbach.) 



Mountains of Mexico. A bulbous-rooted herb with leafless stem ; 

 thus far specially distinct from any Veraturn. It furnishes the 

 sabadilla-seeds, and yields two alkaloids, veratrin and sabadillin ; 

 further a resinous substance, helonin ; also sabadillic and veratric 

 acid. The generic names, adopted for this plant by Gray and Dier- 

 bach, are coetanous. 



Sciadopitys verticillata, Siebold. 



The curious " Kooya-maki," or " Kane-Matau," or Umbrella-Fir of 

 Japan. Becoming 140 feet high ; pyramidal in habit. Resists severe 

 frosts. Rate of growth in Middle Europe about 15 feet in 20 years 

 [Wolterbeck] . Wood pale and compact, particularly liked as material 

 for waterworks [Luerssen]. 



Scilla esculenta, Ker. (Comassia esculenta, Lindley.) 



The Quamash. In the western extra-tropical parts of North- 

 America, on moist prairies. The onion-like bulbs in a roasted state 

 form a considerable portion of the vegetable food, on which the 

 aboriginal tribes of that part of the globe extensively live. This is 

 a pretty plant, and might be naturalised on moist meadows. 



Scilla Fraseri, A. Gray. 



The Quamash of the Eastern States of North- America. Most 

 prolific in the production of its bulbs, which taste somewhat like 

 potatoes. 



Scirpus nodosus, Rottboell. 



South-Africa, extra-tropic South-America, New Zealand and 

 extra-tropic Australia. A tufty sedge with widely creeping rhizomes, 

 well fitted to bind driftsand on coasts, even in saline wet places [Ch. 

 French], S. grossus (Linne f.) is in the Malay-peninsula extensively 

 worked into mats and baskets [H. N. Ridley]. 



Scolymus Hispanicus, Linne". 



Countries at or near the Mediterranean Sea. The young roots 

 and tender shoots of this biennial herb serve as culinary vegetable, 

 much like salsify ; the aged root acts as a diuretic. S. maculatus 

 (Linne) is a cognate annual species. 



Scorzonera crocifolia, Sibthorp. 



Greece. A perennial herb ; the leaves, according to Dr. Heldreich, 

 used there for a favorite salad and spinach. 



