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lia, where the European population uses 

 about 100 lbs. per head ; while in England 

 36 lbs., and in Russia only 2 lbs. per head 

 are consumed. Sugar is made into molasses 

 and rum, and is also used medicinally. The 

 leaves of S. floridulum are employed in the 

 South Sea islands for thatching houses, and 

 the stems for making arrows, &c. [B. S.] 



SACCIFORM. Having the. form of a 



SACCOCALYX. Alow Algerian aromatic 

 shrub, forming a genu's of Labiatce, with 

 the habit, foliage, and most of the cha- 

 racters of Satureia, but distinguished 

 chiefly by the calyx, which after flowering 

 enlarges considerably, becoming inflated 

 and globular. The flowers are very small 

 and insignificant. 



SACCOLABIUM. A very considerable 

 genus of Indian and Madagascar vandeous 

 orchids, some of the species of which are 

 amongst the most beautiful of the orchid 

 tribe. It was founded by Blume upon a 

 small Javanese species, and named from 

 saccus ' a bag,' and labium ' a lip,' in allusion 

 to its flowers having a kind of pouch to 

 the lip. The plants belonging to it are all 

 epiphytes, with stems thickly clothed with 

 two opposite ranks of long leathery leaves, 

 from the axils of some of which the 

 flower-spikes are produced. The flowers 

 are not of large size, but are often ex- 

 tremely numerous and closely set on the 

 spike ; they have widely-spread nearly 

 equal and similar sepals and petals, and an 

 undivided spurred lip joined to the base of 

 the erect semicylindrical column ; and 

 their partially two-celled anther contains 

 two almost globular pollen-masses attached 

 by a long caudicle to a minute gland. 

 Several species are to be met with in the 

 orchid-houses of this country ; indeed one 

 of the most beautiful of them, S. guttatum, 

 was introduced and flowered nearly half a 

 century ago, and is still a general favourite. 

 Its flower-spikes are commonly from a 

 foot to a foot and a half long, and very 

 densely clothed with extremely numerous 

 delicate waxy-white purple-spotted flowers 

 on short stalks, the whole spike assuming 

 a tail-like almost cylindrical form. There 

 are several varieties differing merely in 

 the depth of tint of their purple spots. 

 It is a native of many parts of India, and 

 also of Java. . [A. S.] 



SACCOLOMA. A small group of daval- 

 lioid ferns, most of which are now re- 

 ferred to Microlepia. [T. M.] 



SACCONIA. A "West Indian tree form- 

 ing a genus of Cinchonaceos. It has 

 leathery leaves, with white flowers ar- 

 ranged in a terminal cyme. The limb of 

 the calyx is persistent wavy five-toothed ; 

 the corolla somewhat funnel-shaped, its 

 limb divided into five obtuse lobes; sta- 

 mens five, projecting beyond the corolla : ' 

 ovary two-celled, surmounted by an epigy- 

 nous fleshy disk; fruit succulent sur- 

 mounted by the limb of the calyx and 



containing a two-celled stone, in each cell 

 of which there isa single seed. [M. T. M.] 



SACCOPETALUM. A genus of Indian 

 and Javanese trees of the family Anonacece. 

 The flowers have a calyx with three sepals ; 

 a corolla of six petals, the three outer of 

 which resemble the sepals, the three 

 inner much larger, partially and tempora- 

 rily united together, velvet-like in texture, 

 and pouched at the base ; very numerous 

 overlapping stamens ; and distinct ovaries 

 containing several ovules. The parts of 

 the flower are placed on a globular recep- 

 tacle. [M. T. M.] 



SACK-TREE. Antiaris or Lepuranda 

 saccidora, the bark of which is formed 

 into natural sacks in India, and used for 

 carrying rice. 



SADDLE-SHAPED. Oblong, with the 

 sides hanging down like the flaps of a 

 saddle. 



SADDLE-TREE. Liriodendron tulipifera. 



SADLERIA. A genus of polypodiaceous 

 ferns of the section Lomariece, in which 

 it is known by the veins anastomosing 

 arcuately at the base so as to form costal 

 areoles, as well as by its tree-like habit, ele- 

 vated receptacle, and thick indusium. 

 There are some three or four reputed spe- 

 cies, all from the Sandwich Islands. [T. M.j 



SADR. An Arabian name for Zizyphus 

 Lotus. 



SADRUS. An Indian name for the aro- 

 matic bark of Cinnamomum malabathrum. 



SAD-TREE. Nyctanthes Arbor tristis. 



SAFFLOWER. The Bastard Saffron, 

 Carthamus tinctorius. 



SAFFRON. A commercial name for the 

 dried stigmas of Crocus sativus. — , BAS- 

 TARD. The florets of Carthamus tinctorius. 

 — , MEADOW. Colchicum autumnale. — , 

 SICILIAN. Crocus odorus. 



SAFFRON-COLOURED. Deep orange- 

 coloured, with a dash of brown. 



SAFFRON-WOOD. A South African 

 name for Elozodendron croceum. 



SAFRAN. (Fr.) Crocus. — , BATARD. 

 Carthamus tinctorius. — , D'AUTOMNE. 

 Crocus sativus. — , DES FLEURISTES. 

 Crocus vernus. — DES INDES. Curcuma. 

 — DES PRES. Colchicum autumnale. — 

 DUGATINOIS. Crocus sativus. —FAUX. 

 Carthamus tinctorius ; also Sternbergia 

 lutea. 



SAFRANUM. (Fr.) Carthamus tinctorius. 



SAFU. A name applied in the African 

 island of St. Thomas to the fruit of Pachy- 

 lobus edulis. 



SAGA. A Siamese name for the seeds of 

 Abrus precatorius. 



SAGAPENUM. A fetid gum-resin sup- 

 posed by some to be obtained from Ferula 

 persica, and by others from F. Szowitziana. 



SAGE. Salvia ; also specially applied to 



