290 SELECT PLANTS FOR INDUSTRIAL CULTURE 



Ruta graveolens, Linne. 



The Hue, Mediterranean countries and the Orient. The 

 fohjige of this acrid and odorous shrub, simply dried, consti- 

 tutes the Jlue-herb of medicine. The aUied R. sylvestris 

 (Mill,) is still more powerful in its effect. These plants and 

 others of the genus contain a peculiar volatile oil and a 

 glycosid (Rutin). 



Sabal Adamsoni, Guemsent. 



Dwarf Palmetto, South Carolinaj Georgia, and Florida. A 

 stemlegs Fan- Palm, with the two following and Chamserops 

 Hystrix attaining the most northerly positions of any 

 American Palms. According to Count de Saporta it resists 

 a temperature as low as 17° F. This Palm does well in 

 marshy places, 



Sabal Palmetto, Roemer and Schultes.* 



Extends from Florida to North Carolina, also Bermuda Islands. 

 The stem attains a height of 40 feet. This noble Palm 

 delights on sandy coast tracts. 



Sabal serrulata, Roemer and Schultes. 



South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. The stem grows to 

 8 feet high ; particularly well adapted for sea-coasts. The 

 leaves can be used for cabbage-tree hats and other pur- 

 poses for which palm-leaves are sought. The fibrous spongy 

 pEWrts of the, stem serve as brushes. 



Sabal umbraculifera, Martins. 



West India. Attains, according to Grisebach, a height of 

 80 feet, or, according to others, even over 100 feet. Though 

 naturally a tropical Savannah-Palm, it has proved even hardier 

 thao the Orange. Another equally tall Antillan-Palm is S. 

 glaucescens (Loddiges). 



Sabbatia angularis, Pursh. 



^North-East America. This biennial pretty herb is lauded as 

 a substitute for gentian by American physicians, and might 

 with other congeners be grown in medicinal gardens, though 

 its naturalisation would not be desirable, as stock avoid the 

 bitter gentianaceous plants. 



Saccbarum offidnarum, Linn6. 



The Sugar-Cane. India, China, South Sea Islands, not in- 

 digenous in any part of America or Australia. Sugar-cane 



