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SUCCISUS. Abruptly broken off, or 

 appearing to be so. 



SUCCORY. Cichorium Intybus. — ,GUM. 



ChondriUa. — , HOG or SWINE'S. Ilnose- 

 ris. — , LAMB. Arnoseris. — , POISON- 

 OUS. Aposeris foetida. 



SUCCOSE. Pull of juice. 



SUCCOWIA. A genus of Cruciferce, com- 

 prising an annual inhabiting Northern 

 Africa, the Mediterranean, and the Canary 

 Islands; and having pinnatipartite leaves, 

 and erect elongated racemes opposite 

 them. The pouch is two-valved ovate- 

 globose, with the valves concave, prickly, 

 with a four-sided subulate style. [J. T. S.] 



SUCCUBOUS. A term used in the de- 

 scription of Jungermanniacece, intimating 

 that the anterior margin of each leaf 

 as set on the branches passes beneath the 

 posterior margin of that which succeeds 

 it. See Incubous. [M. J. B.] 



SUCCULENT. Very cellular and juicy, 

 as the stems of Stapelia. 



SUCE-PIN. (Fr.) Hypopithysmultiflora. 



SUCKER. A shoot thrown up by a plant 

 from beneath the surface of the ground, 

 as is common with roses, &c. 



SUCKLING. Trifolium filiforme. 



SUCRION. (Pr.) A kind of barley. 



SUDORIFIC. Having the power of 

 causing perspiration. 



SUERCE. (Fr.) Swertia. 



SUERIN DE TOURS. (Fr.) Cucumis 

 Melo. 



SUFFIS. (Fr.) Pinus Pumilio. 



SUFFPtUTEX. An undershrub or shrub 

 of small size, herbaceous at the ends of 

 the shoots, though woody at their base. 



SUFFRUTICOSE. Having a somewhat 

 shrubby habit. 



SUGAR. The saccharine constituent of 

 organised bodies, that of commerce being 

 obtained from the juice or sap of certain 

 plants, and especially of the Sugar-cane. 

 — , BEET. The product of different varie- 

 ties of beet-root, of which the Silesian is 

 the most prolific. — , CANE. The product 

 of the sugar-cane, Saccharum officinarum, 

 and its varieties. — , DATE. The product 

 of the date, Phoenix sylvestris, and other 

 palms, as Saguerus saccharifer ; this is less 

 sweetening than cane-sugar. — , GRAPE. 

 A granular kind of sugar obtainable from 

 grapes, less sweetening than cane-sugar. 

 — , LTQUORTCE. An uncrystallisable ex- 

 tract obtained from the root of Glycirrhiza 

 glabra. — , MAPLE. The product of the 

 sugar-maple, Acer saccharinum. 



SUGAR-BERRY. The fruit of Celtis oc- 

 cidentalis. 



SUGAR-CANE. Saccliarum officinarum. 

 — , CHINESE. Sorghum saccharatum. 



SUGAR-TREE. Myoporum platycarpum. 



SUIN. (Fr.) Sambucus nigra. 



SUJNA. An Indian name for Moringa 

 pterygosperma. 



SUKHIANG. A Chinese name for Aloe- 

 xylon Agallochum. 



SUKON. The Malayan name for the 

 Bread-fruit. 



SULCATE. Furrowed. 



SULCATO-RIMOSE. Furrowed and 

 cracked like the cotyledons of a Spanish 

 chestnut. 



SULCI. The lamella? of certain fungals. 

 E. An Indian name for the 

 f Cinnamomum Culilawan. 

 Redysarum coronarium. 

 Sambucus nigra. 



A genus of Saxifraga- 

 ngle species from Ohio, j 



SULLLI 



cece, contaif 



a low spreadinl 



and cut toothed) 



erennial with rounded 

 slightly lobed leaves, and 



small wlvte flowers, in a branched loosely 



cymose panicle on a nearly leafless scape. 

 The calyx is bell-shaped, cohering below | 

 only, with the base of the ovary five-cleft; 

 petals five, entire, acute; stamens five; 

 capsule two-celled, two-beaked, with nu- 

 merous wing-margined seeds. [J. T. S.l 



SULPHUREUS. Sulphur-colour ; a pale 

 bright-yellow, with a mixture of white. 



SULPHUR-WEED or SULPHURWORT. 

 Peucedanum. 



SULTAN, SWEET. Amberboa moschata. 

 — , YELLOW. Amberboa odorata. 



SULTAN DOUX. (Fr.) Amberboa mos- 

 chata. 



SUMAC. (Fr.) Rhus. — A. LA GALE or A 

 LA PDCE. Rhus radicans. — AMARANTE 

 or DE VIRGINIE. Rhus typhina. — A 

 FEUILLES DE MYRTE. Coriaria myrti- 

 folia. — DE CEYLAN. Connarus. — 

 FUSTET. Rhus Cotinus. 



SUMACH, SHUMAC. The dried and 

 chopped leaves and shoots of Rhus Coriaria. 

 — , AMERICAN. Rhus typhina. — , JA- 

 MAICA. Rhus Metopium. — , STAGS- 

 HORN. Rhus typhina. —, SWAMP. Rhus 

 venenata. — , TANNER'S. Coriaria myrti- 

 folia. — , VENICE. Rhus Cotinus. — , 

 VIRGINIAN, Rhus typhina. — , WEST 

 INDIAN. Brunellia comocladifolia. 



SUMBUL. An Eastern name for the 

 root of Nardostachys Jatamansi ; also the 

 root of an umbelliferous plant supposed to 

 be allied to Angelica. 



SUN. Crotalaria juncea. 



SUNBURN. See Heliosis. 



SUNDEW. Drosera. 



SUNDROPS. - An American name for 

 (Enothera fruticosa and OE. riparia. 



SUNFLOWER. Helianthus; also Beli- 

 anthemum and Calendula officinalis. — , 



