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SANTOLINA. 17—1. (CorymbifercB.') [From son^aiMw, saunders, because it swells like the 
saunders-wood.] 
svMveo'lens, (y. Ju. iD.) smooth; stem fastigiate; leaves sub-bipinnatifid ; di- 
visions acute, linear ; peduncles terminal, 1-flowered. 
SAPONARIA. 10—2. {CaryophyllecB.) [From saf)o, soap, the juice being found to have sa- 
ponaceous properties.] 
officina'lis, (soap- wort, bouncing bet, w. J. ^.) calyx cylindric; leaves lance- 
ovate, opposite, sub-connate, entire. Naturalized. 10-18 i. Ex. 
SAPINDUS. 8 — 3. (Sapindi.) [From two words, sapo indus, Indian soap, the rind of the fruit 
being used as a substitute for soap.] 
sapona'ria^ (w. T^.) leaves glabrous, abruptly pinnate ; leafets lance-oval; fruit 
glabrous. /S. 
vacca'ria, (field soap-wort, r. Ju. i^.) calyx pyramidal, 5-angled, smooth; 
bracts membranaceous, acute ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, sessile. Introduced. 
SARRACENIA. 12—1. {Papaveracem.) [Tliis name is said, by some, to have been given in hon- 
our of Dr. Sarrazin, by others, it is thought to have originated in the resemblance of the pe- 
culiar flower of the plant to the head of a Saracen enveloped in his crimson turban ; thus 
the plant is sometimes called Turk's-head.] 
purpu'rea, (side-saddle flower, p. J. If..) leaves radical, short, gibbose-inflated, 
or cup-form, contracted at the mouth, having a broad, arched, lateral wing; 
the contracted part of the base hardly as long as the inflated part. Scape 
■with a single, large, nodding flower. In marshes. 1-2 f, 
heterophjV'la, has palish yellow flowers, and is more slender than the prece- 
ding. 
SATURE.IA. 13—1. (^LahiatcR.) [From satyri, satyrs.] 
horten'^sis, (summer savory, b-w, Ju, ©.) peduncles axillary, somewhat in a 
cyme ; leaves lanceolate, entire ; stem brachiate. 
monta'na, (winter savory, ?2,) peduncles somewhat 1-sided; segments of the 
calyx acuminate, mucronate; leaves mucronate. 
BAURURUS. 7-A. {Naiades.) [From saura, a lizard, and oura, tail.] 
cef'nuus^ (lizard's-tail, swamp-lily, Au. %.) stem angular, sulcate; leaves al- 
ternate, heart-oblong, acuminate. 1-2 f. Swamps. 
BAXIFRAGA. 10—2. (Saxifrages.) [From saxum, a stone, and frango^ to break, because it 
w^as supposed to be a remedy against tlie stone in the bladder.] 
virginien'^sis, (rock saxifrage, w, M. %..) minutely pubescent ; leaves oval, 
obtuse, crenate, decurrent into the petiole; flowers sub-sessile, 1-15 i. 
pennsyVvanica, (water saxifrage, y-g. M. J. %..) pubescent ; leaves oblong-lance- 
olate, acute at each extremity, obsoletely toothed ; stem naked ; panicle ob- 
long, flowers fasciculate ; petals linear, longer than the calyx ; capsule su- 
perior. 18-28 i. Root very astringent. 
sarmenlo'sa, (beefsteak geranium, creeping saxifrage, w. Au. leaves 
roundish, toothed, hairy ; sending off creeping shoots ; 2 petals in each flow- 
er elongated. Ex. 
BCABIOSA, 4—1. (Dipsacece.) [From scafter, rough; so called from its rough surface.] 
slella'ta, (star scabious, y-w, ©.) corolla 5-cleft, radiate ; leaves irregularly 
lobed, and toothed ; outer crown of the seeds orbicular, large, many- 
nerved. 
atropurpu'rea, (sweet scabious, r. %.) outer crown of the seed short, lobed, and 
crenate ; receptacle cylindric. 
BCHEUCHZERIA. 6—3. (Junci.) [Named from Scheuchzer.] 
palus'tris, (flowering rush, g-y. J. %) leaves sheathing at the base, linear ; 
flowers in a small, terminal raceme. Swamps. 
BCHRANKIA. 15—10. (Leguminosce,.) [From Schrank, a German ] 
sensiti'va, prickly ; leaves pinnate ; leafets in pairs, under ones very small. 
Sensitive plant, known by some botanists as the Mimosa sensitiva. 
6CHWALBEA. 13—2. (^ScropAwtorj®.) ' [Named in honour of Schwalbe. 
america'na, (p-y. J. %.) simple, pubescent; leaves lanceolate; racemes termi 
nal ; flowers alternate, sub-sessile. 2 f. Chaff-seed Pine barrens. 
