SAR 



[ 800 ] 



SAT 



drainage. Winter temp., 55 to 6< : summer. 

 60 to 88. 



S. escule'ntus (eatable). 15. Pink. July. 

 Sierra Leone. 1822. 



SARCHOCHI'LTJS. (From sarx, flesh, 

 and chcilos, a lip : fleshy labellum. Nat. 

 ord., Orchids [Oriehidaceee]. Linn., 20- 

 Gynandrla \-Monandrla. ) 



Stove orchids, grown on blocks. See Orchids. 

 S. calce'olns (slippered). White. Manilla. 1844. 



cro'ceus (reddish-yellow). White, orange. 



Manilla. 



falca'tus (sickle-teased). White. April. 



New Holland. 1821. 



SAECOGLO'TTIS. [From sarx, flesh, 

 and glottis, a tongue ; shape of the 

 labellum. Nat. ord., Orchids [Orchi- 

 daceee]. Linn., 20-Gynandria l-Mo- 

 nandria. Allied to Spiranthes.) 



Stove orchids, grown in pots. See Orchids. 

 Some of the Neottias are by some botanists 

 added to this genus. 



S. diure'tica (diuretic). Green, white. April. 

 Valparaiso. 1837. 



SARCO'LOBUS. (From sarx, flesh, and 

 lobos, a pod; seed-vessel fleshy. Nat. 

 ord., Asclepiads [Asclepiadaceae], Linn., 

 5-Pentandria 2-Digynia. Allied to Per- 

 gularia.) 



Stove evergreen twiners from the East Indies. 

 Cuttings of short, firm side-shoots, any time in 

 summer, in sandy soil, under a bell-glass, and 

 in a brisk bottom-heat ; fibry loam and peat, 

 with a small quantity of charcoal, dried leaf- 

 mould, and silver sand. Winter temp., 50 to 

 55 ; summer, 60 to 88. 

 S. carina'tus (keeled). 16. Green, yellow. 1823. 



globo'sus (globe-fruited). 16. White. 1823. 



SAECOSTE'MMA. (From sarx, flesh, 

 and stemma, a crown ; fleshy flower 

 head. Nat. ord., Asclepiads [Ascle- 

 piadacere]. Linn., 5-Pentandria 2- 

 Diyynia.} 



Stove evergreen twiners. Cuttings of the 

 points of shoots, in sand, under a bell-glass, 

 and in bottom-heat, but care must be taken to 

 raise the glass often to prevent damping ; sandy 

 peat and fibry loam, a small portion of charcoal, 

 leaf-mould, and sand. Winter temp., 45 to 

 55 ; summer, 60 to 80. 

 S. campanula' ta (bell-flowered). 6. Yellow, 

 brown. September. Peru. 1844. 



Swartxia'num (Swartz's). 6. White. Ja- 



maica, 1820. 



^-vimina'le (twiggy). 6. White. July. E. 

 Indies. 1/31. 



SARRACE'NIA. Side - saddle Flower. 

 (Named after Dr. Sarrasin, a French 

 physician. Nat. ord., Sarraccniads 

 [Sarraceniacesej. Linn., 13-Polyandria 

 1-MoHofjtynia.) 



Half-hardy herbaceous perennials from North 



America. Division in spring; fibry peat and 



chopped sphagnum moss ; a pit or frame will 



j be necessary for their cultivation, to keep them 



j from frost in winter, and to afford them a close 



! humid atmosphere in summer. 



I S. Drummo'ndi (Drummond's). 2. Purple. 



June. 1829. 

 j fla'va (yellow). 2. Yellow. June. 1752. 



mi' nor (smaller). . Purple, green. April. 



1829. 



! purpu'rea (purple). 1. Purple. June. 1640. 

 j ru'bra (red). 1. Purple. June. 1/86. 

 ; variola'ris (pimpled). 1. Yellow. June. 



1803. 



SASSAFRAS. Lau'rus sassafras. 

 SATIN WOOD. Chloro'xylon. 

 SATURE'IA. Savory. (From the 

 ! Arabic, sattar, applied to labiates. Nat. 

 ord., Labiates or Lipworts [Lamiacese]. 

 : Linn., l-Didynamia l-Gymnospermia.} 

 Seeds and divisions in spring ; common sandy 

 loam. See Savory. 



HAEDY HERBACEOUS, &C. 



S. horte'nsis (swrnmer-garden), l. Pink. July. 

 Italy. 1562. Annual. 



mo'llis (soft). . White. July. Teneriffe. 



1829. 



monta'na (winter-mountain). 1$. Purple* 



June. South Europe. 1562. 



rupe'stris (rock). 1. Purple. June. Car* 



niola. 1798. 



HARDY EVERGREENS. 



S. mu'tica (awned). June. Caucasus. 1836; 



nervo'sa (nerved). 1. Purple. Ionian Isles. 



1820. 



spino'sa (spiny). White. May. Crete. 1827. 



Thy'mbra (Thymbra). 1. Purple. June. 



Candia. 1640. 



virga'ta (twiggy). Purple. June. Naples. 



1424. 



SATY'RIUM. (From satyrits, a satyr ; 

 supposed aphrodisiacal properties. Nat. 

 ord., Orchids [Orchidacea>]. Linn,, 

 2Q-Gynandria \-Monandria.~) 



Terrestrial orchids, from the Cape of Good 

 Hope, less difficult to cultivate than their allies. 

 We have flowered some of them planted out in 

 a cold frame with Ixias and other Cape Irids. 

 Division of the roots as fresh growth is com- 

 mencing; fibry loam and turfy peat, well 

 drained. Winter temp., 40 to 45; summer, 

 55 to 75. 

 S. au'reum (golden). Orange. August. 1842. 



ca'ndidum (white). White. September. 1836. 



ca'rneum (nesh-coloured) . l. Pink. June. 



1797. 



chrysosta'chyum (golden-spiked). Orange. 



1836. 



coriifo'lium (Coris-leaved). 1. Yellow. Oc- 



tober. 1820. 



cuculla'tum (hooded). $. Green. June. 1786, 



cre'ctum (erect). l. Yellow. February. 



1838. 

 folio'sum (leafy). Purple. July. 1828, 



