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5, lita'cinus (lilac). 6. Lilac. June. Cape of 

 Good Hope. 1826. 



longifo'lius (long-leaved). 3. September. Cape 



of Good Hope. 1775. 



persicasfo'lius (peach-leaved). 3. Purple. July. 



Cape of Good Hope. 1820. 



peucedanifo'lius (peucedanium - leaved). 3. 



Purple. May. Cape of Good Hope. 1816. 



pra'cox (early -flowering). 5$. Yellow. 



pscu'do-Chi'na (bastard-Chinese). . July. 



E. Ind. 1732. Herbaceous. 



pubi'gerus (downy). 2. Red. June. Cape of 



Good Hope. 1816. 



purpu'reus (purple). 2. Purple. August. Cape 



of Good Hope. 1774. Herbaceous. 



reclina'tus (leaning). 2. Purple. July. Cape 



of Good Hope. 1774. 



rige'scens (stiffish-/et>ed). 3. July. Cape of 



Good Hope. 1815. 



ri'gidus (hard-/eawed). 3. July. Cape of 



Good Hope. 1/04. 



rosmarinifo'lius (rosemary-leaved) . 3. July. 



Cape of Good Hope. 



sca'ber (scurfy). 4. July. Cape of Good Hope. 



1700. Herbaceous. 



solidagi'neus (solidago-like). 2. July. Cape 



of Good Hope. 1824. 



specio'sus (showy). . Scarlet. July. China. 



1789. Herbaceous. 



tussila'ginis (colt's-foot-teaved). l. Purple. 



April. Teneriffe. 1829. 



venu'stus (beautiful). 1. Purple. August. 



Cape of Good Hope. 1774. 



HAEDY HEEBACEOUS. 



S. Adonidifo'lius (Adonis-leaved). 1. July. Eu- 

 rope. 1800. 



alpi'nus (alpine). 2. July. South Europe. 1683. 



arachnoi'des (spider-like). July. Italy. 1827. 



balsami'tts (balsam! ta- like), June. N. Amer. 



1819. 



Canade'nsis (Canadian). 1$. July. N.Amer. 



1820. 



cordifo'lius (heart-leaved). 2. July. Austria. 



1749. 



coria'ceus(le&iheTj-leaved). 4. July. Levant. 



1728. 



Croa'ticus (Croatian). 4. July. Hungary. 1805. 



cro'ceus (reddish-yellow). June. Austria. 1822. 



crue'ntus (bloody). Purple. April. Teneriffe. 



deci'piens (deceiving). May. Cape of Good 



Hope. 1821. 



delphinifo'lius (larkspur-leaved). 1 . July. 



Barbary. 1800. 



eudo'rus (sweet-scented). July. 1815. 

 fri'gidus (cold). May. N.Amer. 1827. 



Japo'nicus( Japan). I.August. Japan. 1774. 



leucophy'llus (white-leaved). 1. July. South 



Europe. 1816. 



lyratifo'lius (lyre-leaved). 2. July. Austria. 1749- 



wn'croj9%Wws(small-leaved).4. July. Caucasus. 



1818. 



nemore'nsis (grove). 3. July. Austria. 1/85. 



odora'tus (sweet-scented). N. Holland. 



otho'nee (othona-like).2.Pink. July.Iberia.1816. 



ova'tus (egg-leaved). 3. September. Germany. 



1823. 



prate'nsis (meadow). June. Galicia. 1828. 



Smi'thii( Smith's). Pink. July. Cape Horn. 1801. 



taraxacifo'lius (dandelion-leaved). June. Cau- 



casus. 1824. 



Tournefo'rtii (Tournefort's). 3. July. Pyre- 



nees. 1810. 



umbro'sus (shady). 2. July. Hungary. 1815. 

 V uniflo'rus (one-flowered). $. July, Alpine Eu- 

 rope, 1789- 



SENSITIVE FERN. Onocle'a sensi'bUis. 



SENSITIVE PLANT. Mimo'sa pudi'ca. 

 There are several other plants which 

 give evidence of being sensitive. The 

 Venus Fly-Trap (Dionae'a musci'pula) has 

 jointed leaves, which are furnished on 

 their edges with a row of strong prickles. 

 Flies, attracted by honey which is se- 

 creted in glands on their surface, venture 

 to alight upon them. No sooner do their 

 legs touch these parts than the sides of 

 the leaves spring up, and, locking their 

 rows of prickles together, squeeze the 

 insects to death. O'xalis sensiti'va and 

 Smi'thia sensiti'va are similarly irritable, 

 as the filaments of the stamens of the 

 Berberry. One of this sensitive tribe, 

 Desmo'ditim gy'rans, has a spontaneous 

 motion ; its leaves are frequently moving 

 in various directions, without order or co- 

 operation. When an insect inserts its 

 proboscis between the converging anthers 

 of a Dog's Bane (Apo'cynum androscemi- 

 fo'lium), they close with a power usually 

 sufficient to detain the intruder until 

 death. 



SE'PTAS. (From septem, seven; the 

 number prevailing in the parts of the 

 flower. Nat. ord., Houseleeks [Crassula- 

 cese]. ~Linn.,7-Heptandria k-Heptayynia.) 



Greenhouse, white-flowered evergreens, from 

 the Cape of Good Hope. Increased by division of 

 the roots ; plants kept dry in winter ; sandy loam 

 and brick-rubbish. Winter temp., 38 to 45. 

 S. Cape'nsis (Cape), f . August. 1774. 



g-Jo6(/?o'ra (globe-flowered). J.March.1809. 



umbe'lla (umbelled). J. July. 1800. 



SEEICO'GEAPHIS. (From serikos, silk, and 

 grapho, to write. Nat. ord., Acanthads 

 [ Acanthacess] . Linn., Ii-Didynamia 2- 

 Anrjiospermia. Allied to Aphelandra.) 



Stove half-herbaceous perennial. Easily in- 

 creased by cuttings. For culture, see JUSTI'CIA. 

 5. Ghiesbreghtia'na (Ghiesbreght's). 3. Scarlet. 

 October. 1846. 



SEEI'NGIA. (Named after M. Seringa, a 

 Swiss botanist. Nat. ord., Byttneriad* 

 [Byttneriacese] . Linn., 5-Pentandria i- 

 Monogynia. Allied to Lasiopetalum.) 



Greenhouse evergreen. Cuttings of young 

 shoots in sand, under a bell-glass, in April or 

 May ; sandy peat one part, sandy, fibry loam two 

 parts. Winter temp., 40 to 48. 

 S. platyphy'lla (broad-leaved). 12. White. June. 



N. Holland. 1822. 



SEEI'OLA. (From sens, succory; as the 

 species resemble this plant. Nat. ord., 

 Composites [Asteracese]. Linn., 19-Syn- 

 genesia 1-^qualis.) 



All hardy herbaceous plants, except rube'scens, 

 which is annual, and all native* of Sicily. Seed 



