this wonderful species to 

 unique, but it lepioduces 

 \ The seeds, e-seii undei 

 HP 1 ver-^ low ^\t ilit^ mil 



s the age 

 .ncd by 

 ^ ears old 



Sequoias not onlj m Lnslish, but in othei 



piesent conditum (1101) of the nomenclature of 

 aous Callfo^nl^ Pi_ Trn. is iiiit itunate Ac 

 r toistiKt lilt 1] I t 111 11 fill I, luster Code 

 IP s nirae s / //. ii.n i I li irdcd be 



in istl FnUi li I I 1 I I 111 ( It Redwood 



SEREN^A 



vered with deeply obliquely fissured, 



shorter tban the 



otheis b ISP then '^ ' In lectmg 



this Sxi^ent an<l iii i jiipfer S 



IIe?;i»,/'"«'<' Tbi 1 I . howe%ei 



!)■( an exception tu th 1 li i ' uhl seem to 



involve fewer difficulties thin thL iLttpt nice of either 

 of the newer names Charles Howard Shinn 



SEEADELLA. See Serraclella. 



SEEAPIAS (ancient name of an orchid derived from 

 Serapis, an Egyptian divinity). Orcliid&cece . Terres- 

 trial herbs with the habit of Orchis. Four or 5 species 



iiiv.-iit HI tin- t..i-m ..t :i li.-]i.i.'-i: p.-i.-.U iii.'lu.lpd, small; 

 lali.-lluin II.. I ~i.iirr.-.l, Willi . r.-.-t l.-il,-r:,l |..l,ps and a 

 laru.-r ini-i i v i.l. .1 mi. Ml.- I-.l..-; [.-.lliiiia will, a common 

 vi~.-i.! .! ',; 1- .--- ".11-1 '-'. -,;',- .-.i.i|.r.-,--„-.|. The fol- 



Lingua, Linn. Stem erect, up to 1 ft. high, bearing 

 .several narrow, acute Ivs. ; sepals lanceolate, green- 

 ish or purplish; labellum much longer; lateral lobes 

 rounded, erect, middle lobe oblong-lanceolate, acumi- 

 nate, smooth, red. Mediterranean region. B.M. 5868,B. 



cordigera, Linn. Resembles the preceding species in 

 habit: labellum brownish red, middle lobe ovate, acumi- 

 nate, subcordate at the base, pilose. Mediterranean 

 region. B.M. 5868, A. R.H. 189:^:390. G.C. II. 20:341. 



S. elongata, Yiort. Brown; liplarge: littleknown to botanists. 

 Heinrich Hasselbring and Wm. Mathews. 



SEREN«A (after Sereno Watson, distinguished 

 American botanist). Also written iVceiioa. PalmAceif. 

 Low, spineless, cespitose palm with creeping branched 

 caudex clothed with the fibrous bases of the leaf-sheaths : 

 Ivs. terminal, orbicular, coriaceous, deeply plicate-multi- 

 fld, glaucous beneath, with narrow bifid infolded seg- 

 ments; rachisnone; ligule short; petiole plano-convex, 

 dentate on the margins: spadix long, tomentose, the 



arborfiscens, Sarg. Tree, 30-40 ft. high, with 1 or 

 several stems : Ivs. semiorbicular, truncate at base, 

 yellowish tireeu al>ove, bluish green below, 2x2 ft., 

 divide. I ii.iiii. I. ihi- base into narrow linear-lanceo- 

 late I '. . r..d by P. W. Reasoner in 1887. 

 First . I 1 .1 Differs from above in arborescent 

 habit. III 1. . i..ii-,.ip<l spadix, much smaller fls. and 

 smaller, gioouse Iruit and seeds. Southwestern Fla. 

 Jared G. Smith. 



The Saw Palmetto is the native creeping fan-leaved 

 palm. Those who are clearing land in Florida con- 

 sider it a nuisance. It is, however, of great interest to 

 northern tourists, many of whom like to take home a 

 small Florida palm in a pot or tub. This species does 

 very well in pots, though it is.,f slow ixn.uth. RpUiti\el\ 



fresh I 

 Chri~tii 

 used t.. 



lb, -alj 



roots, and only a part lit 111. i i ilii effect 



of the whole plant and ,11. Hi. .. desir- 



able for some purposps 111, 111 II 1. I. , I'iipv will 



last for weeks, if kept moist, in the sliade and free from 

 drafts. Crowns 3-.5 ft. high are considerably used for 

 large decorations at Christmas, Palm Sunday and Easter. 

 ~ E. N. Reasoner. 

 In clearing the land t..i t ii i _ i.l.n .up large 



clump of the Saw P.ilm. m .1. At 



present it makes a sti iki a weird 



and grotesque. The t. itih , i i i n tii. | 1 i i ni-eived 

 has improved it wonderfully , (food spppinipns attain a 

 height of about 8 feet. There is a variety showing a 

 glaucous tone which grows near the coast and which is 

 very beautiful. It seems to be difficult to transplant. 



