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vrith the leaves glabrous ; spikes fe-w -flow- 
ered, fascicled, sub-terminal ; glumes glab- 
rous ; nut smooth, shining. 1 f. S. 
SCOLOPEN"DRIUM. 21—1. {Filices.) [From 
skolopmdra, centipede ; so called from the 
numerous roots and brandies, or from little 
marks upon the frond resembling this in- 
sect.] 
ojficina'rium, (caterpillar fern, Ju. 24!.) 
frond simple, ligulate, entire, cordate at 
base, sub erect ; stipe chaffy. 8-15 i. 
SCROPHULA'RIA. 13—2. (ScrophularicB.) 
[From soofula, the king's evil; so called 
because the leaves were formerly consider- 
ed a remed)' for scrofulous tumors.] 
mnrylan"dica, (fig-wort, g-p. Ja. 2^.) 
leaves cordate, serrate, acute, rounded at 
the ba.se ; petioles ciliate below ; panicle 
fasciculate, loose, few-flowered ; stem ob- 
tusely angled. 2-4 f. 
lanceola'ta, leaves lanceolate, unequally 
serrate ; petioles naked ; fascicles corymb- 
ed. 2 3 f. Wet meadows. Flowers green- 
ish yellow. 
SCUTELLA'RIA. 13—1. (Labiatce.) 
laterifio'ra, (scullcap, b. Ju. 11) branch- 
ing, glabrous ; leaves long-petioled, ovate, 
toothed ; cauline ones sub-cordate ; racemes 
long, lateral, leafy. Damp. 1-2 f. Atone 
time in repute as a remedy for hydropho- 
bia. 
galericula'ta, (common scullcap, b. J. 11) 
branching ; leaves sub-sessile, lance-ovate, 
sub-cordate at the base, crenate, white- 
downy beneath ; flowers axillary, solitary, 
or in pairs ; flowers large. Damp. 12-18 i. 
integrifo'lia, (b. Ju. Ip .) stem nearly sim- 
ple, densely pubescent ; leaves sub-sessile, 
oblong, obtuse, wedge-form at the base, 
obscurely toothed ; racemes loose, leafy ; 
flowers opposite, often in panicles. Var. 
hys'sopifo'lia, has the leaves all linear, 18- 
24 i. Swamps. 
gra'cilis, (b. J. 11) stem sub-simple ; 
leaves opposite, remote, broad-ovate, tooth- 
ed, veined, smooth, sessile, margins sca- 
brous; upper ones smaller, entire ; flowers 
axillary. 12-18 i. 
am,big"ua, (b. Ju. If.) stem sub-decum- 
bent, branched divaricately from the base; 
leaves sessile, ovate ; flowers small, axilla- 
ry. 3-6 i. 
pilo'sa, (b. J. 2^.) erect, pubescent ; 
leaves distant, ovate, obtuse, crenate, ru- 
gose, petioled, lower ones sub-cordate ; ra- 
cemes panicled ; flowers crowded ; bracts 
lanceolate, entire ; calyx hispid. 18-24 i. 
canes"cens, (b. 2^.) branched; leaves 
ovate, acute, petiolate, acutely toothed, 
ftr boary-villose beneath ; lower ones sub -cor- 
date ; racemes pedicelled, sub-panicled, 
axillary and terminal; bracts lance-ovate, 
longer than the calyx. 2-3 f 
kviga'ta, (b. M. 11) simple, smooth, slen- 
der; leaves. petioled, opposite, ovate, coarse, 
eerrate, veined, sub-acuminate, tapering to 
the base, entire at the base and apex, glab- 
rous, paler beneath ; raceme simple, termi- 
nal ; flowers sub-pubescent, erect, upper 
bracts smaller, entire. Open woods. 12- 
18 i. 
nervo'sa, (b. Au. 11) nearly simple, glab- 
rous ; leaves sessile, ovate, dentate, nerved; 
raceme terminal, loose, leafy. 
angustifo'lia, (J. 11) simple, finely pu- 
bescent ; leaves linear ; flowers axillary, op- 
posite ; stamens sub-exsert. S. 
serra'ta, (b. Ju. 11) erect, branching, 
pubescent; leaves short petioled, acumin- 
ate, ovate, serrate, dotted beneath ; ra- 
cemes terminal, loose, often panicled ; bracts 
lanceolate, short ; stamens shorter than the 
corolla. S. 
SECA'LE. 3—2. {Graminea.) iVrom seco, to 
cut or mow.] 
cerea'le, (rye, J, ^ ) glumes and bristles 
scabrous-ciliate ; corolla smooth. Intro- 
duced. 
SE'DUM. 10—5, (Semperviva.) [From seio, 
to assuage, because it allays inliammation ] 
terna'tum, (false ice-plant, w, J. li) 
small, creeping ; leaves flat, round-spatu- 
late, ternate ; flowers somewhat 3-spiked, 
sometimes octandrous. Cultivated. 
tele'phium, (orphine, live-forever, r. w. 
Ju. iX) leaves flattish, tooth-serrate, thick- 
ly scattered; corymb leafy; stem erect. 
Ex. 
anacamp"seros, (stone-crop, 2^.) leaves 
wedge-form, entire, sub-sessile; stem de- 
cumbent ; flowers corymbed. Ex. 
telephio'des, (p. Ju.) leaves broad, flat, 
ovate, acute at each end ; corymbs many- 
flowered, 1 f. Harper s ferry. 
nuttara, leaves roundish, flat, entire, 
scattered ; cymes terminal, 3-forked, 
lanceola'tum, leaves sub-alternate ; lower 
ones crowded, lance-oblong, acutish, gla- 
brous ; stem branched, assurgent ; flowers 
cyme-corymbed ; petals spreading, lanceo- 
late. 
pulcheVhrn, (p.) glabrous; stems assur- 
gent ; leaves scattered, obtuse, linear ; low- 
er ones oblong-oval ; cyme many-spiked ; 
flowers sessile, octandrous. 
rhodio'la, (g. y. 11-) erect, simple ; leaves 
glaucous, fleshy, sessile, imbricate, tooth- 
ed above ; cymes terminal, branching. 
8 i. S. 
pusiVlum, (w. Ju. 11) glabrous; leaves 
nearly terete, oblong, alternate ; flowers 
sub-terminal, few, sub-pedicelled, alter- 
nate. 2-4 i, S. 
SELrNUM. 5—2. (Cruciferce.) 
aure'a, (y. 0.) stem glabrous, sub-divided 
at the base, acute-triangular ; leaves some- 
what succulent, smooth ; peduncles axilla 
ry, angular. 4-6 i. S. 
SEMPERVrVUM. 12—12. (Sempervivce.) [From 
semper, always, and vivo, to live.] 
tecto'rum, (houseleek, Au. l_l) leaves cili- 
ate ; bulbs spreading ; nectaries wedge- 
form, crenulate. Ex. 
arho'reum, (tree houseleek,) stem woody, 
smooth, branching; leaves wedge-form, 
glabrous, with soft spreading hairs. Ex. 
SENE'CIO. 17—2. (Corymhosce.) [From senes- 
co, to grow old ; so called because some 
of its species are covered with a gray- 
ish pubescens, like the hair of an aged 
person,] 
