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Shorea Talura, Eoxburgli. (aS'. laccifera, Heyne.) 



India, abounding in Mysore, where South European fruits 

 prosper. On this tree also the Lac-insect lives. It furnishes 

 a peculiar Dammar. 



Sison Amomunij Linne. 



Middle and South Eui-ope. A herb of one or two years' 

 duration. It grows best on soil rich in lime. The seeds can 

 be used for condiment. 



Smilax officinalis, Humboldt. 



Kew Granada and other parts of Central America. This 

 climbing shi'ub produces at least a portion of the Columbian 

 Sarsaparilla. 



Smilax medica, Chamisso and Schlechtendal. 



Mexico. This plant produces mainly the Sarsaparilla-root of 

 that country. 



Smilax papyracea, Duhamel. 



Guiana to Brazil. The origin of the principal supply of 

 Brazilian Sarsaparilla is ascribed to this species, although 

 several others of this genus, largely represented in Brazil, 

 may yield the medicinal root also. In our fern-tree gullies 

 these plants would likely succeed in establishing themselves. 

 Smilax Australis (E. Br.), extends from the tropical coast- 

 parts of Australia to East Gipps Land. Neither this, nor 

 the East Australian S. glycyphylla (Smith) nor the New 

 Zealand Bipogonum scandens (Forst.) have ever been sub- 

 jected to accurate therapeutic tests, and the same may be 

 said of numerous other Smilaces, scattered through the 

 warmer countries of the globe. The Italian Sarsaparilla, 

 which is derived from the Mediterranean S. aspera (L.), has 

 been introduced into medicine. 



Smilax rotundifoliaj Linne. 



Eastern States of North America and Canada. A prickly 

 climber ^^-ith deciduous foliage. An immense local use is 

 made of the roots for the bowls of tobacco-pipes, clay pipes 

 being there almost miknown. It is estimated that nearly 

 three millions of these briar-root pipes are now made a-year. 

 The reed-portion of these pipes is generally prepared from 

 Alnus serrulata (Meehan). 



Smyrnium Olusatrum, Linne. 



The Alisander. Middle and South Em-ope, North Africa, 

 Western Asia. A biennial herb, which raw or boiled can be 

 utilised in the manner of Celery. The roots and the fruit- 

 lets serve medicinal purposes. 



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