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Among tlie natives they form an article of 

 trade. [A. S.] 



SIDESADDLE-FLOWER. Sarracenia. 

 — , CALIFORNIAN. Barlingtonia cali/or- 

 nica. 



SIDHEE. An Indian name for the dried 

 leaves and capsules of Cannabis sativus. 



SIDR. An Arab name for Lotus-wood. 



STEBERA. A genus of the thistle tribe 

 of Composite?, only differing from Xeran- 

 themum in the apices of the involucral 

 scales being produced into slender spines. 

 S. pungens, the only species, is a native of 

 Asia Minor and Persia. It is a slightly- 

 branched annual, the twigs furnished with 

 lance-shaped hoary leaves, and terminating 

 in solitary flower-heads with cone-shaped 

 involucres. [A. A. B.] 



j SIEGESBECKIA. This genus comprises 

 i a few coarse annual weeds of the Composite?, 

 widely spread over the wanner regions of 

 j the globe. The readiest mark of recog- 

 || nition is found in the involucral scales, 

 | j which are in two rows, those of the outer 

 | j row being linea.r-spathulate in form, twice 

 ; i the length of the others, and clothed with 

 i] glandular pubescence. The most common 

 j species, S. orientalis, ranges from Persia 

 i eastwards to Japan, and thence south to 

 j Australia. It is a much-branched erect 

 I herb one to three feet high, with opposite 

 I broadly triangular or ovate coarsely- 

 I toothed leaves, and leafy panicles of small 

 yellow flower-heads. The ray-florets are 

 shortly strap-shaped and pistil-bearinsr. 

 those of the disk tubular and perfect; the 

 achenes are without pappus, and are half 

 enclosed by the chaffy scales of the recep- 

 tacle. [A. A. B.] 



SIEMPRE VIVA. Triptilion spinosum. 

 SIETHES. Allium fissile. 



SIEVERSIA. A genus of liosaceee having 

 the habit nearly of Geum, but differing in 

 the styles being jointed, the upper joint 

 dissimilar to the lower, and usually de- 

 ciduous. S. montana from Austria and 

 S. reptans from Switzerland are cultivat- 

 ed ; they are herbaceous plants about six 

 inches high, with leaves like those of a 

 Geum, and large solitary handsome yellow 

 flowers. [C. A.J.] 



SIGMOID. Having a form somewhat 

 resembling the letter S. 



SILAUS. A genus of Umbelliferee, dis- 

 tinguished by each half of the fruit having 

 five sharp-edged equal ribs with numerous 

 vittffi in each furrow, and four to six at 

 the line of junction. The species are 

 perennial herbs, natives of Europe and 

 Asia. Their leavesare usually in numerous 

 narrow or linear subdivisions. The name 

 was used by Pliny to indicate some umbel- 

 liferous plant. [G. D.] , 



SILBADANI. A furniture wood of De- 

 merara. 



SILEKE. An extensive genus of herba- 

 ceous plants belonging to the tribe Sileneee 



of Ceirnophyllacece. The species agree in 

 the following characters :— Sepals united ; 

 stamens ten ; capsule stalked, dry, opening 

 at the top with six teeth ; styles three to 

 four Of the British species the most 

 frequent is .S'. ivflatn, or Bladder Campion, 

 common in cornfields and meadows, a 

 perennial herbaceous plant one to two 

 feet high, with ovate leaves, which, as well 

 as the stems, are glaucous, and with nu- 

 merous panic-led white flowers, which are 

 remarkable for their greyish-green inflated 

 calyces. The Sea Campion, 5. mantima, 

 scarcely differs from the preceding except 

 in having smaller leaves, shorter stems, and 

 larger flowers. S.acaulis, the Moss Campion, 

 is a humble tufted plant with numerous 

 bright purple flowers, and is abundant on 

 the Scottish mountains, of which in June 

 and July it is one of the greatest ornaments. 

 It is found also on some of the mountains 

 in Wales and the North of England. 

 Species indigenous to various temperate 

 countries of the Eastern and Western 

 Hemispheres are occasionally cultivated, 

 some of the most ornamental being S. 

 pendula, integripelala, Atocion,smd Armeria, 

 all annuals ; and S. Schoftaawl Elizabethce, 

 dwarf perennials. [C. A. J.] 



SILER. The generic name of an um- 

 belliferous plant, the calyx of which has a 

 five-toothed border; and each half of the 

 fruit has nine blunt ribs, five of which are 

 more prominent than the others, while the 

 remaining four have each a vitta under 

 them. S. trilobum is a native of Europe 

 and Asia, with triternate leaves, and large 

 umbels of white flowers. [G. D.J 



SILICLE, SILICULE. A silique about 

 as broad as long, or broader. 



SILIQUASTRUM. Cercis Siliquastrum. 



SILIQUE. The long pod-like fruit of 

 crucifers, consisting of a pair of valves 

 applied to a frame on which the seeds 

 grow. 



SILIQUOSJE. A Linnsean order synony- 

 mous with Cruciferce. 



SILK-COTTON TREE. Bombax; also 

 Erioelenelron. 



SILK-FLOWER. Callianclra trinervia. 



SILK-TREE. Acaeia Julibrissin. 



STLKWEED. Asclepias Cornuti, formerly 

 called A. syriaca; also a name sometimes 

 given to Confervas. 



SILKY. The same as Sericeous. 



SILPHIUM. A genus of stout perennial 

 herbs belonging to the Composite?, natives 

 of the United States, Oregon, and Texas. 

 They have opposite whorled or alternate 

 leaves, and large yellow fiower-heads.either j 

 solitary at the ends of the branches, or 

 disposed in panicles or corymbs. The chief 

 features of the genus are the monoecious I 

 radiate heads ; the ray-florets strap-shaped I 

 and pistil-bearing, the disk-florets tubular 

 and sterile; and the broad flat perfect 



