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Sugar Pea. A name given to edible-podded 

 Peas. 



Sugar Pine. Pinus Lambertiana. 



Sulcate. Grooved longitudinally with deep fur- 

 rows. 



Sultan. Sweet. Centaurea moschata. 



Sultan. Yellow. Centaurea suaveolens, 



Sumach. See Rhus. 



Summer Savory. See Satureia hortenste. 



Summer Snowflake. See Leucojum wstivum. 



Sundew. See Drosera, 



Sundrops. A name given to (Enothero, fruti- 

 cosa. 



Sunflower. See Helianthus. 



Sun Plant. A popular name for Portulaca 

 grandiflora, and other species. 



Sun Rose. See Helianthemum. 



Sunshine Plant. Australian. Acacia discolor. 



Superior. Growing above anything. An ovary 

 is superior when it grows above the origin of 

 the calyx. 



Supine. Lying flat, with face upwards. 



Supple-Jack. See Berchemia. 



Supra. Above, or upon anything ; as supra-ax- 

 illary, growing above an axil ; supra-foliace- 

 ous, growing above a leaf. 



Supra-Decompound. Many times compound ; 

 so much divided that the number and mode of 

 division cannot be precisely ascertained, as 

 the leaves of the Fennel, Carrot, etc. 



Surculose. Producing suckers or shoots re-, 

 sembling them. 



Sutherla'ndia. Named in honor of James Suth- 

 erland, one of the first superintendents of the 

 Royal Botanical Garden, at Edinburgh, and 

 author of a botanical catalogue, 1683. Nat. 

 Ord. Leguminosce. 



Very showy, half-hardy, evergreen shrubs, 

 producing freely during summer axillary clus- 

 ters of scarlet flowers. The plants are too 

 large for ordinary green-house culture, and do 

 not repay the cost of winter protection in the 

 border. S. frutescens, the Bladder Senna of 

 the Cape, bears bright red flowers in axillary 

 racemes. It was introduced in 1683, and is 

 often found under the name of Colutea frutes- 

 cens. 



Suture. The line of junction of contiguous 

 parts grown together. Sutural dehiscence 

 is the act of splitting along the line of junction 

 of two valves. 



Swainso'nia. In honor of Isaac Swainson, a 

 celebrated cultivator of plants about the end 

 of the last century. Nat. Ord. Leguminosce. 

 ,A genus of over twenty species closely 

 resembling Sutherlandia. It is, however, better 

 adapted for pot culture in the green-house, in 

 which case the young wood should be fre- 

 quently cut.back in spring; and after flower- 

 ing, the stems should be cut down to prevent 

 the plants from becoming straggling and 

 unsightly. There are several species under 

 cultivation, having purple, red, or white flow- 

 ers, produced singly in pairs on short axillary 

 peduncles. Of S. galegifolia, the best known 

 species, there are several varieties in culti- 

 vation, all desirable sorts. It was first intro- 

 duced in 1800, under the name of Colutea ga- 



SWE, 



legifolia, and is easily increased by cuttings or 



by seeds. 

 Swallow-Wort. A name given to the genera 



Asclepias and Chelidonium. 

 Swamp Dogwood. Ptelea trifoliata. 

 Swamp Hickory. Caryaamara. 

 Swamp Honeysuckle. Azalea viscosa. 

 Swamp Rose Mallow. Hibiscus Moscheutos. 

 Swamp Sassafras or Laurel. See Magnolia 



glauca. 

 Swan River Daisy. See Brachycome. 



Swa'rtzia. Named in honor of Olaf Swartz, 

 M.D.,, of Stockholm, a long time resident of 

 the West Indies mid author of ." Flora Indi 

 Occidentalis." Nat. Ord. Leguminosce. 



A genus of nearly sixty species of plant- 

 stove trees, with one exception all natives of 

 tropical America. S. grandiflora and S. pin- 

 nata are in cultivation, but, owing to their 

 size, are seldom met with except in large or 

 botanical collections. 



Swedish Juniper. Juniperus communisfastigiata. 



Sweet Alyssum. See Koniga. 



Sweet Amber. Hypericum Androscemum. 



Sweet Basil. See Ocimum. 



Sweet Bay. See Laurus nobilis and Magnolia 

 glauca. 



Sweet Brier. See Rosa rubiginosa. 



Sweet Chestnut. Castanea saliva. 



Sweet Cicely. See Osmorhiza. 



Sweet Clover. See Melilotus alba. 



Sweet Fern. See Comptonia. 



Sweet Flag. See Acorus. 



Sweet Gale. See Myrica Gale. 



Sweet Gum Tree. See'Liquidambar 8tyraciflua, 



Sweet Leaf. See Symplocus tinctoria. 



Sweet Marjoram. See Origanum Majorana. 



Sweet Pea. See Lathyrus odoratus. 



Sweet Pepperbush. See Clethra. 



Sweet Potato. See Potato. 



Sweet Scabious. Scabiosa atropurpurea. 



Sweet-scented Crab. Pyrus coronaria. 



Sweet-scented Shrub. Calycanthus floridus. 



Sweet-scented Verbena. Aloysia (Lippia) 

 citrioidora. 



Sweet Sop. See Anona. 



Sweet Sultan. Centaurea moschata. 



Sweet Vernal Grass. Anthoxanthum odoratum. 



Sweet "William. See Dianthus barbatus. 



Swe'rtia. Named after E. Swert, a famous cul- 

 tivator of bulbs and flowers in Holland. Nat. 

 Ord. GentianacecB. 



A genus of annual or perennial plants, 

 mostly hardy, natives of Europe, Asia and 

 northern India. The leaves are used in their 

 native countries medicinally. S. perennis is 

 an interesting and singular perennial, with 

 slender, erect stems, growing from one to 

 three feet high, terminated by erect spikes of 

 flowers. It is an interesting plant for the 

 rock garden. Several others of the species 

 are in cultivation under the name of Ophelia, 

 but none of them are valuable as flowering 

 plants. 



