SOPHORA-STA'CHY^. 
■ed and serrate ; peduncles axillary and terminal, covered with cotton-like 
down. Waste grounds. 2-4 f. Introduced. 
arven"sis, root, creeping ; leaves runcinate, denticulate, cordate at the base ; 
involucre hispid ; flowers large, deep yellow ; stem 2 f. 
SOPHORA. 10—1. iLeguminosce.) 
seria'ca, leaves pinnate ; leafets wedge-oval, smooth above, silky, villose be- 
neath; spikes many-flowered, sub-sessile flowers white. %. I f. 
MORBUS. 11 — 5. (Rosace(S.) [Fxomserbeo, to suck up, because its fruit stops haemorrihages.] 
america'na, (mountain-ash, w. M. T^.) leaves pinnate ; leafets lance-oblong, 
acute, serrate, very smooth; flowers in terminal corymbs. The yellowish 
berries remain on the tree during winter. 13-20 f. 
microcar'pa, fruit small, scarlet. 
SORGHUM. 3—2. (GraminecB.) [An Indian xiame.] 
sacchara'tum, (broom-corn, y-g. Au. ©.) panicle somewhat whorled, spread- 
ing; seeds oval; glumes covered with permanent, softish hairs; leaves 
linear. From the East Indies. 6-8 f. 
vulga're^ (Indian millet,) panicle compact, oval, nodding when mature ,; seed 
naked. 
SPARGANOPHORUS. 17 — 1. iCorymbifer<L.) [From sparganon, a crown, and phero, to 
bear.] 
veriicilla'tus, (water-crown-cup, p. Au. %..) leaves linear, verticillale ; pods 
few, terminal; egret 5-toothed, submersed. 
SPARTIUM. 16 — 10. (,Leguminos<E.) [Prom spario, a rope ; -so called because the tough 
branches and bark are used in making cordage.] 
junce'um, (Spanish broom, g. T7.) branches opposite, virgate, with terminal 
flowers ; leaves lanceolate, glabrous. 
scopa'riuni^ (Scotch broom, g. T^ ) leaves ternate, solitary, and oblong; flow- 
ers axillary; legumes pilose at the margin ; branches angular. 
SPERGTJLA. IG — 5. iCaryophyllecz.) [From sper^os, to scatter.] 
arven"sis, (sparry, w. Ju. ©.) leaves whorled; panicles dichotomous ; pedun- 
cles of the fruit becoming reflexed. 
SPIGELIA. b — 1. XUentianecE,.') [Named by Linnseus, in lionour of Adrian Spigelias, aljotaii" 
ist who wrote in 1606.] 
marylan'dica, (Indian pink-root, p. J, %..) stem 4-sided ; leaves all opposite, 
sessile, lance-ovate, entire. 9-18 i. Sometimes called worm-grass, on ac- 
count of its efiicacy in cases of disease arising from worms. 
SPINACIA. 20—5. iPolygonem.) [From Ispania, Spain, from whence it originated.] 
olera'cea, (spinach, J. fruit sessile, prickly or unarmed; leaves hastate- 
sagittate ; stem branched. 1-2 f. Ex. 
SPIR^A. U— 5. iResace<B.) [From s^JiVa, a pillar; so named from its spital stalk.] 
Stem mere exr less woody, 
salicifo'lia, (meadow-sweet, willow hard-hack, r. w. J. T2.) leaves lance-ovate 
or obovate, serrate, glabrous ; flowers in panicled, spreading racemes. Var. 
alba, has white petals, and often the twigs are reddish. The small branch- 
es are generally killed by frost in the winter as also of the nesit species. 
2-4 f 
tomento'sa, (steeple-bush, purple hard-hack, meadow-sweet, r. Ju. l^.) leaves 
lanceolate, unequally serrate, downy beneath; racemes in a crowded, sub- 
panicled spike, 2-3 f. 
hypericifo'lia, (John's- wort, hard-hack, w. M. T^.) leaves obovate, entire or 
toothed at the apex ; umbels sessile. Cultivated. 3 f . 
0pulifo'lia, (nine-bark, snow-ball, hard-hack, w. J. T7.) leaves sub-ovate, lobed, 
doubly toothed or crenate, glabrous ; corymbs terminal, crowded; capsules 
inflated; flowers trigy nous. Wet. 3-5 f. 
uLma'ria^ (queen of the meadow, w. Au. Tj..) leaves pinnate, downy beneath ; 
the terminal leafets larger, 3-lobed ; the lateral ones undivided; flowers m 
a proliferous corymb; stem herbaceous. Ex. 
STACHYS. 13—1. {Lahiatob.) [From s^ac^^iws, a spike.] 
1,5 ^era, (hed^e-nettlCj clown-heal, w-p. Ju. %..) stem erect, hispid backwards,; 
