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SHEPHERD'S-KNOT. Tormentilla offici- 

 nalis. 



SHEPHERD'S-NEEDLE. Scanclix Pecten 

 Veneris. 



SHEPHERD'S-PURSE. Thlaspi ; also 

 Capsella Bursa pastoris. 



SHEPHERD'S-ROD, or SHEPHERD'S- 

 STAPF. Dipsacus pilosits. 



SHEPHERD'S WEATHERGLASS. Ana- 

 gallis arvensis. 



SHERARDIA. Humble annuals belong- 

 ing to the order Galiacece, distinguished 

 by having a funnel-shaped corolla, and fruit 

 crowned with the calyx. S. arvensis, or 

 Field Madder, the only British species, is 

 a common weed in pastures and cornfields, 

 and has trailing branched steins a few 

 inches long, narrow acute leaves with 

 rough margins, about six in a whorl, and 

 terminal umbellate heads of minute pink- 

 ish-blue flowers, at the base of which is a 

 whorl of seven or eight leaves. German : 

 Ackerrbthe. [C. A. J.] 



SHERBET. See Scherbet. 



SHIELDS. The reproductive bodies of 

 lichenals. The same as Apothecia. 



SHIELD-SHAPED. The same as Cly- 

 peate. 



SHINGLE-WOOD. Nectandra leucantha. 



SHIN-LEAF. Pyrola elliptica. 



SHI VE. Allium Schcenoprasum. 



SHOEBLACK PLANT, or SHOE-FLOW- 

 ER. Hibiscus Rosa sinensis. 



SHOLA. An Indian name for the pith- 

 like cellular substance obtained from the 

 stem of JEschynomene aspera, used for 

 making hats, bottle and glass covers, toys, 

 &c. 



SHOOTHEE. An Indian name for the 

 roots of Curcuma Zerumbet. 



SHOREA. Large resinous tropical Asia- 

 tic trees forming a genus of few species, 

 belonging to the order Dipteracew, and 

 characterised by the flowers having five 

 sepals overlapping each other in the bud, 

 and ultimately enlarging into erect equal 

 or unequal leafy wings surmounting the 

 fruit ; Ave sepals ; twenty-five or an inde- 

 finite number of stamens in two or three 

 series, with the filaments widened and 

 i cohering at the base, and the anthers 

 two-celled with the connecting portion 

 I prolonged into a coloured bristle; and 

 i a short thick style, with a bluntish or 

 | three-toothed stigma. They have entire or 

 wavy-edged leaves, and axillary and ter- 

 ! minal panicles of very sweet-smelling 

 yellow flowers, producing one-seeded fruits 

 enclosed in the closely overlapping lower 

 portion of the sepals. 



& robusta, the Saul or Sal, is a native of 

 India, from the provinces of Bengal and 

 Behar to the foot of the Himalaya moun- 

 tains within the limits of the tropics. It 

 is a most magnificent timber-tree, fre- 



quently attaining a height of upwards of 

 a hundred feet. Its wood is of a light- 



! brown colour, close-grained strong and 



j durable, and is very extensively employed 

 in India, both by the natives and by 



! Europeans, for shipbuilding engineering 

 and other purposes where great strength 



I and toughness are requisite. It is con- 

 siderably stronger but at the same time 



i much heavier than Indian teak. An oil is 

 obtained from the seeds. Part of the resin 

 known as Dammar is likewise obtained 

 from this and other species of Shorea, par- 

 ticularly from S. Selanica, a native of the 

 Eastern Archipelago. [A. S.] 



SHOREWEED. Littorella. 



SHORTIA. A North American genus 

 of Pyrolaceis, comprising a single species, 

 distinguished from Pyrola by having a 

 three instead of a five-vadved capsule. It 

 is a little nearly stemless glabrous peren- 

 nial plant, with long-stalked roundish 

 somewhat cordate toothed leaves, and 

 single-flowered scapes. [A. S.] j 



SHREETALT. An Indian name for I 

 Corypha umbraculifera. 



SHUBIT. An Arabic name for the aro- 

 matic fruit of Anethum Soioa. ~ 



SHUMAC. The dried and chopped leaves 

 and shoots of Rhus Coriaria. 



SHUNUM. Crotalaria juncea. 



SHITPRAK. An Indian name for the 

 root of Thalictrum folioloswm, used as a 

 febrifuge and a tonic aperient. 



SHURIFA. The Persian name for the 

 Custard Apple. 



SHUTTLECOCK. Periptera pnnicea. 



SHUTURKHAR. An Indian name for 

 the Carael's-thorn, Alhagi Maurorum. 



SIALITE. (Fr.) Dillenia. 



SIBBALDIA. Dwarf evergreen alpine 

 plants belonging to the tribe Potentillidce 

 of Rosacea!, and distinguished from Poten- 

 tilla by having five to ten instead of nu- 

 merous styles. S. procumbens is found 

 near the summits of the Highland moun- 

 tains of Scotland as well as in similar lo- 

 calities on the European continent and in 

 America. The leaves are trifoliate almost 

 destitute of hairs, the leaflets being wedge- 

 shaped and coarsely-toothed at the apex ; 

 and the flowers are small yellowish, and 

 collected into heads. There are two or 

 three foreign species closely allied to the 

 above. [C. A. J.] 



SIBTHORPIACEiE. A name under 

 which Don proposed to establish a distinct 

 order for Sibthorpia and a few small ge- 

 nera of Scrophulariacece allied to it, but 

 which has not been adopted. 



SIBTHORPIA. A genus of Scrophula- 

 riacece, containing a few species of pros- 

 trate hairy herbs of Europe, Northern 

 Africa, and the Andes in South America. 

 They have alternate or fasciculate reni- 

 form leaves, and one-flowered pedicels 



