,36 SALICORNIA-SANICULA. 



tale; lobes ovate, slightly acuminate, straight. Var. wia^Vr, leaves large, 

 abruptly acute ; scape sub-ramose. 1-2 f. 



heterophijL"la, (w. Au. %..) leaves simple, Imear, and lanceolate, acute at each 

 end, or elliptical and sagittate, with the lobes linear and divaricate; scape 

 simple, few-flowered; fertile flowers sub-sessile; bracts short, sub-orbicu- 

 late. 1 f. 

 SALICORNIA. 1—1. (Atriplices.) [From sa?, salt, and cor wm, a horn.] 



herba'cea, (samphire, glasswort, Au. <v>.) herbaceous, spreading; joints com- 

 pressed at the apex, emarginate-bifid. Var. virghiica, has the branches 

 undivided, and the jointed spikes long. The fructification is very obscure, 

 but it may be known by its leafless, nearly cylindric, jointed branches. It 

 grows in salt marshes along the seaboard. Onondaga salt springs. 12-18 i. 

 SALIX. 20—2. CAmentacecB.) [From saZ, near, and fe, water.] 



vimina'lis, (osier, basket-willow, Ap. T^) branches slender and flexible ; fila- 

 ments yellow, anthers orange; aments appear before the leaves; leaves 

 white, silky beneath. Banks of streams. Middle sized tree. Introduced. 



babylo'nica, {weeping-willow, M. Pj.) branchlets pendent; leaves lanceolate, 

 acuminate, serrate, glabrous, upper and lower sides of different colours; 

 stipules roundish, contracted ; aments flower as soon as the leaves appear ; 

 germs sessile, ovate, glabrous. Supposed to be the willow on which the 

 Israelites hung their harps when captive in Babylon. Introduced. 

 SALSOLA. 5 — 2. {Atriplices.) [From sa/, salt ; so called on account of its saline properties.] 



ka'li, (prickly salt-w^ort, Ju. ©.) decumbent; leaves subulate, rough; stem 

 bushy ; flowers solitary. Sea-shore. Burnt for the alkaline salts which it 

 contains. 



soda, (salt-wort,) smooth, ascending. 

 SALVIA.. 2—1. (LabiatcB.) [From salvu, to save ; so called in reference to its qualities.] 



lyra'ta, (wild sage, b. M. 1\..) stem nearly covered with reflexed hairs ; radi- 

 cal leaves lyrate-dentate ; upper lip of the corolla very short ; flowers 

 about 6 in a whorl. Woods. 1 f. 



dayto'iii, leaves cordate, ovate, sinuate, toothed, rugose; flowers violet, in 

 whorls. Woods. 8-12 i. 



urticifo'lia, viscous and villose ; leaves ovate-oblong, very pubescent ; flow- 

 ers blue, viscous, in remote whorls. Mountains. 



officina'lis, (sage, b. J. %. or h.) leaves lance-ovate, crenulate ; whorls few- 

 flowered ; calyx mucronate. Ex. 



scla'ra, (clarry, J^.) leaves rugose, cordate, oblong, villose, serrate; floral 

 bracts longer than the calyx, concave, acuminate. Ex. 



SAMBUCUS. 5 — 3. (CaprifolicB.) [From Sabucca, (Hebrew,) the name of an ancient music- 

 al instrument, made from the wood of this shrub.] 

 canaden"sis, (black-berried elder, w. J. Yi) branchlets and petioles glabrous ; 

 leafets about in 4 pairs, oblong-oval, glabrous, shining, acuminate; cyme 

 lax, divided into about 5 parts. 8-15 f 

 pvies"cens, (red-berried elder, w. M. h-) bark warty ; leafets in 2 pairs, 

 lance-oval, pubescent beneath ; flowers raceme-panicled, or in a crowded 

 bunch. 6-12 f. 



SANGUINARIA. 13—1. (PapaveracecB.) [From sa??,§-!?ys, blood ; so named either from tho 

 colour of its root, or its use in stopping liEemorrhages.] 

 canaden"sis, (blood-root, w. Ap. %..) leaves sub-reniform, sinuate-lobed , scape 

 1-flowered. A variety, slcnopetala, has linear petals. 6-10 i. 



SANGUISORBA. 4—2. (RosacecB.) [From sa7iguis, blood, and sorbeo, to absorb ; so named 

 from its medicinal qualities.] 

 canadcn"sis, (burnet saxifrage, w. Ju. %.) flowers in a long, cylindric spike; 

 stamens several times longer than the corolla. The leaves resemble the 

 burnet. 3-5 f. 

 me'dia, stipes shorter than the preceding, and tinged with red. Wet mea- 

 dows; chiefly on mountains. 



SANICULA. 5—2. {UmbellifercB.) [From sano, to heal ; so called from its virtues in heal- 

 ing.] 

 marylan"dica, {w. Jur\e-Au. %.) leaves all digitate; leafets oblong, deeply 

 serrate ; staminate flowers numerous, pedicelled. 2 f. 



