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ed and serrate ; peduncles axillary and terminal, covered with cuuou-like 

 down. Waste grounds. 2-4 f. Introduced. 



ar ve?i"s Is, T 001 creeping; leaves runcinate, denticulate, cordate at the base ; 

 involucre hispid ; flowers large, deep yellow ; stem 2 f. 

 SOPHORA. 10—1. (Leguminos(B.) 



seria'ca, leaves pinnate ; leafets wedge-oval, smooth above, silky, villose be- 

 neath; spikes many-flowered, sub-sessile ; flowers white. %. If. 

 SORBUS. 11—5. {Rosacea.) [Froinsorfteo, to suck up, because its fruitstops hoemorrhages.] 



avierica'na, (mountain-ash, w. M. Vj.) leaves pinnate ; leafets lance-oblong, 

 acute, serrate, very smooth ; flowers in terminal corymbs. The yellowish 

 berries remain on the tree during winter. 13-20 f. 



microcar'pa, fruit small, scarlet. 

 SORGHUM. 3—2. {Graminem.) [An Indian name.] 



sacchara'tum, (broom-corn, y-g. Au. ©.) panicle somewhat whorled, spread- 

 ing; seeds oval; glumes covered with permanent, softish hairs; leaves 

 linear. From the East Indies. 6-8 f. 



vulga're, (Indian millet,) panicle compact, oval, nodding when mature ; seed 

 naked. 



SPARC ANOPHORUS. 17—1. {Corymbiferm.) [From sparganon, a crown, and phero, to 

 bear.] 

 verlicilla'tus, (water-crown-cup, p. Au. %.) leaves linear, verticillale ; pods 

 few, terminal; egret 5-toothed, submersed. 



SPARTIUM 16—10. {Le gummosa:.) [From sparto, a rope; so called because the tough 

 branches and baric are used in maliing cordage.] 

 junce'um, (Spanish broom, g. h^.) branches opposite, virgate, with terminal 



flowers ; leaves lanceolate, glabrous. 

 scopa'rium, (Scotch broom, g. Ij.) leaves ternate, solitary, and oblong ; flow- 

 ers axillary ; legumes pilose at the margin ; branches angular. 

 8PERGULA. 10—5. {Caryophyllecz.) [From sjjer^-os, to scatter.] 

 arven"sis, (spurry, w. Ju. ©.) leaves whorled; panicles dichotomous ; pedun- 

 cles of the fruit becoming reflexed. 



SPIGELIA. 5—1. (GentianecB.) [Named by Linnsus, in honour of Adrian Spigelias, a botan- 

 ist who wrote in 1606.] 

 marylan'dica, (Indian pink-root, p. J. %.) stem 4-sided ; leaves all opposite, 

 sessile, lance-ovate, entire. 9-18 i. Sometimes called worm-grass, on ac- 

 count of its efficacy in cases of disease arising from worms. 

 SPINACIA. 20—5. (Polygoners.) [From Ispania, Spain, from whence it oris;inated.] 

 Mra'cea, (spinach, J. *v).) fruit sessile, prickly or unarmed; leaves hastate- 

 sagittate ; stem branched. 1-2 f. Ex. 

 SPIR.S:a. 11—5. (RosacecB.) [From spira, a pillar ; so named from its spiral stalk.] 

 Stem more or less woody, 

 salicifo'lia, (meadow-sweet, willow hard-hack, r. w. J. Ij-) leaves lance-ovate 

 or obovate, serrate, glabrous ; flowers in panicled, spreading racemes. Var. 

 alba, has white petals, and often the twigs are reddish. The small branch- 

 es are generally killed by frost in the winter, as also of the next species. 

 2-4 f 

 tomento'sa, (steeple-bush, purple hard-hack, meadow-sweet, r. Ju. l2-) leaves 

 lanceolate, unequally serrate, downy beneath; racemes in a crowded, sub- 

 panicled spike, 2-3 f. 

 hypericifo'lia, (John's- wort, hard-hack, w. M. Tj.) leaves obovate, entire or 



toothed at the apex; umbels sessile. Cultivated. 3f 

 opulifo'lla, (nine-bark, snow-ball, hard-hack, w. J. l7.)leaves sub-ovate, lobed, 

 doubly toothed or crenate, glabrous ; coryinbs terminal, crowded; capsules 

 inflated ; flowers trigynous. Wet. 3-5 f 

 ulma'ria, (queen of the meadow, w. Au. 'Z]..) leaves pinnate, downy beneath ; 

 the terminal leafets larger, 3-lobed ; the lateral ones undivided; flowers in 

 a proliferous corymb; stem herbaceous. Ex. 

 STACHYS. 13—1. (LabiatcB.') [From s/oc/ums, a spike.] 



xspera, (hedge-nettle, clown-heal, w-p. Ju. %.) stem erect, hispid backwards- 



