SEAPORTHIA 



SEAF6RTHIA (Francis Lord beaforth) Pnhndc 

 Seafotthta fhifUWy is a name f iniiliii to e%ei\ ^aide 

 who has room m his conserx Uor\ tor till spfciii 



greater extent in sin iller sizes ind t )r i ^i tT i ^ ii i 

 of purposes, but it has been supeiseil It i I 

 the Kentias (Hnu ea Belmoiennn anil / 

 forth la elegans is often called the \ 



doubtful 

 According to Flora 

 Australiensis 7 141 

 (1878) the proper 

 name of Seafdrthia 

 elfgans, R. Br., is 

 PtyclioapSrma ele- 

 gans, Blunie. It is 



SECHIUM 



1635 



ments numerous, more or 

 less toothed or irregularly 

 jagged at the end. Prob- 

 ably the pla 



legans are Archonto- 

 phainix Cunninghamii. 



For S. robusta, see Sho- 

 palostylis. -vv. M. 



Coecoloba 



SEA-KALE (Crambe mari- 

 tiina, Liim.) is a large-leaved, 

 strong, cruciferous perennial, 

 the young shoots of which are 

 spring, usually 

 fter having been blanched', 

 ^hp plant is little known in 

 •Inith \irHin I hut It IS worthy 

 i\ . iilii\ 111 II 111 111. li(,me gar- 



II -II] I lie in . s nil lit of good 



It I -I I- ill \ilii II M ,;etables 

 demands a deep, 



two or three plants. Usually the fruits are sown 

 without shelling. The seedlings are raised in the seed- 

 bed and transplanted when one year old to permanent 

 quarters. On good soil, plants of Sea-kale should main- 

 tain their vigor for five to eight years after they have 

 come to cutting age. As soon as they begin to show 

 signs of decline, new plants should be propagated. 

 Although the plant is hardy in the northern states, it is 

 always benefited by a liberal dressing of litter or ma- 

 nure in the fall. Plants may be forced in hotbeds or 

 under the greenhouse benches, as recommended for 

 rhubarb. Sea-kale has large, glaucous, cabbage-like 

 leaves which make it a striking plant for ornament 

 early in the season. It also throws up a strong cluster 

 bearing many rather showy white flowers. However, 

 the plant is rarely propagated for its ornamental value. 

 Sea-kale grows wild on the seacoasts of southwestern 

 ^"'•oPe- L. H. B. 



SEA LAVENDER. Statiie. 



SEA PINK. Armeria. 

 SEASIDE GRAPE. Concolnbu. 

 SEASON VINE. Cissus sicijoides. 

 SEA-URCHIN CACTUS. Hchinopsis. 



SECALE (the ancient Latin name, said to be derived 

 from seco, to cut; according to some, applied to spelt). 

 Graminefe. Species 2, S. fragile, an annual of southern 

 Russia, and S. cereale, the cultivated Rye, which, ac- 

 cording to Hackel, is deriviii fn.ni tlit- perennial, S. 

 montanum, native in tin- iihiiiiiiiiiiiv i,| s.iuthern Europe 

 and central Asia. Sjiikiliis wiih ;; pi i feet fls. sessile 

 on opposite sides of a zi.i,'z;i- raihis, fnriiiing a terminal 

 spike, empty glumes subulate and 1-nerved, by which 

 characters the genus differs from Tritiounij in which 

 the empty glumes are ovate and 3-nerved. 



cere&Ie, Linn. Rte. Fig. 2280. A tall annual com- 

 monly cultivated in Europe, less so in this country, as a 

 cereal. Also cultivated here for annual pasture. Fl.- 

 glume long-awned. Much more commonly grown m New 

 York and New England than westward. 



A. S. Hitchcock. 



S£CHIUM (by some said to be derived from Sieyos, 

 w ith which the genus was once united, by others to have 

 ,1.111, tiom th, (Tieck s<;,os. .4 "fold." because swme are 



) he preterred, since it allows the plants to 

 caie. Seeds give plants that are strong 

 ir cutting about the third vrar The see 

 eally fruits or pods, and each fruit may p 



