138 SCILLA— SESAMUM. 



SCILLA. 6—1. [From skillo, to dry ; so called from its property of drying up htiraoura.] 

 mariti'ma, (squill, w.) scape long, naked, many-flowered ; bracts bent back ; 

 root bulbous. Ex. 

 SCLERANTHUS. 10—2. (Portulacceai.) 



an"nuus, (knavvel, ©.) stems slightly pubescent; calyx )f the fruit spreading, 

 acute. Steins numerous, procumbent. Flowers very small, green, in ax- 

 illary fascicles. Dry lields. 

 pere7i"nis, {%.) calyx of the fruit with obtuse, spreading segr.\ents. England. 

 SCROPHULARIA. 13—2. (ScrophularicR.) [From scrofula, the king's evil; .so called be- 

 cause I lie leaves were formerly considered a remedy for scrofulous tumours.] 

 Tnarylan" dica, (fig-wort, g-p. Ju. %..) leaves cordate, serrate, acute, rounded 

 at the base; petioles ciliate below; panicle fasciculate, loose, few-flowered; 

 stem obtusely angled. 2-4 f. 

 lanceola'ta^ leaves lanceolate, unequally serrate ; petioles naked ; fascicles co- 

 rymbed. 2-3 f. Wet meadows. Flowers greenish yellow. 

 SCUTELLARIA. 13—1. {Labialoi.) 

 lateriflo'ra, (scullcap, b. Ju. %.) branching, glabrous ; leaves long-petioled, 

 ovate, toothed; cauline ones sub-cordate; racemes long, lateral, leafy. 

 Damp. 1-2 f. At one time in repute as a remedy for hydrophobia. 

 galericula'ta, (common scullcap, b. J. %.) branching; leaves sub-sessile, 

 lance-ovate, sub-cordate at the base, crenate, white-downy beneath; flowers 

 axillary, solitary, or in pairs; flowers large. Damp. 12-18 i. 

 integrifo'lia, (b. Ju. b.) stem nearly simple, densely pubescent ; leaves sub- 

 sessile, oblong, obtuse, wedge-form at the base, obscurely toothed ; racemes 

 loose, leafy ; flowers opposite, often in panicles. 18-24 i. Swamps. 

 6ECALE. 3 — 2. (GraminecB.) [From scco, to cut or mow.] 

 cerea'le, (rye, J. J'.) glumes and bristles scabrous-ciliate ; corolla smooth. In- 

 troduced. 

 SEDUM. 10—5. (SemperviviB.) [From sedo, to assuage, because it allays inflammation.] 

 terna'tuvi, (false ice-plant, w. J. %..) small, creeping; leaves flat, round-spatu- 

 late, ternate; flowers somewhat 3-spiked, sometimes octandrous. Culti- 

 vated. 

 tele'phiuvi, (orpine, live-forever, r. w. Ju. Hi) leaves flattish, tooth-serrate, 



thickly scattered ; corymb leafy; stem erect. Ex. 

 anacamp"seros, (stone-crop, %) leaves wedge-form, entire; sub-sessile; stem 

 decumbent; flowers corymbed. Ex. 

 SEMPER VIVtJM. 12—13. (Sempervivcb.) [Frotr. semper, always, and vivo, to live.] 

 tecto'rum, (houseleek, Au. %.) leaves ciliate; bulbs spreading; nectaries 



wedge-form, crenulate. Ex. 

 arbo'reum, (tree-houseleek,) stem woody, smooth, branching; leaves wedge- 

 form, glabrous, with soft spreading hairs. Ex. 

 pulcheU'Luvi, glabrous ; stem assurgent ; leaves linear, obtuse, scattered ; cyme 

 many-spiked, flowers sessile, octandrous. S. 

 SENECIO. 17—2. {Corymbos(z.) [From senesco, to grow old ; so called because some of its 

 species are covered witli a grayish pubescence, like the hair of an aged person.] 

 A. Florets tubular ; those of the ray loanting. 

 hieracifo'lius, (fire-weed, w. J. ©.) stem virgate, paniculate ; leaves clasping, 

 oblong, acute; unequally, acutely, and deeply toothed; involucre smooth; 

 seeds pubescent; stem 2-6 f. high, succulent, branching towards the summit; 

 flowers in a compound, terminal panicle. Road-sides. 

 vulga'ris, (groundsel, y. %.) flowers in crowded corymbs. Stem 18 i. Culti- 

 vated grounds. Introduced. 



B. Flowers with ray florets, 

 aure'us, (y. Ij..) radical leaves ovate, cordate, serrate, petiolate; cauline ones 

 pinnatifid, toothed, the terminal segments lanceolate ; peduncles thickened ; 

 flowers somewhat umbelled. Shady woods. 2 f. 

 obova'tus, (y. J. 'Zj..) stem smoothish; radical leaves obovate, crenate-serrate, 

 petiolate ; cauline ones pinnatifid, toothed ; flowers somewhat umbelled, on 

 long peduncles ; rays 10-12. 1 f. Rocky hills. 

 6E6AMUM. 13—2. (Bignonim.) [An Egyptian name.] 

 in"dicum, (oily grain, bene-benni, r-w. Au. ©.) leaves lance-ovate; oute> 

 ones 3-lobed ; upper ones undivided, serrate. 2-4 f. 



