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Rumex vesicarius, Linne. 



South Eui'ope, Middle Asia, North Africa. An annual herb 

 of similar utility as the two former ones. 



Ruscus aculeatus, Linne. 



Middle and South Europe, North Africa, South-West Asia. 

 This odd plant is the only shrubby species of the genus. It 

 serves for forming garden-hedges. The young shoots of this 

 and others are edible. 



Ruta graveolens, Linne. 



The E-ue. Mediterranean countries and the Orient. The 

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

 tutes the Kue-herb of medicine. The allied R. silvestris 

 (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 Adansoni, Guernsent. 



Dwarf Palmetto. South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. A 

 stemless Fan-Palm, with the two following and Chamaerops 

 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. The stem attains 

 a height of forty feet. This noble Palm ought to grow on 

 our sandy coast-tracts, as in such it delights to live. 



Sabal serrulata, Poemer and Schultes. 



South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. The stem grows to 

 eight feet high ; particularly well-adapted for sea-coasts. 

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

 purposes, for which palm-leaves are sought. The fibrous 

 spongy parts of the stem serve as brushes. 



Sabal umbraculifera, Martins. 



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

 eighty feet. Though naturally a tropical Savannah-Palm, it 

 has proved even hardier than 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. 



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