SCOLOPEKDRIUM— SENECIO. 
471 
Willi the leaves glabrous; spikes few-flow- 
ered, fascicled, sub-terminal ; glumes glab- 
rous ; nut braooth, shining. 1 f. 
SCOLOPEN"DRlUM. 21-1. (Filices.) fFrom 
skolopindra, centipede , so called from the 
numerous roots and branches, or from little 
marks upon the frond resembling this in- 
sect.] 
ojjicina'rium, (caterpillar fern. Ju. y.) 
Troud simple, ligulate, entire, cordate at 
base, sub erect; stipe chaffy. 8-15 i. 
SCROPilULA'RIA. 13—2. (Scrophularim.) 
rFrorri saofula, the king's evil; so called 
hecause the leaves were formerly consider- 
ed a remedy for scrofulous tumors.] 
maryl(m"dica, (fig-wort, g-p. Ju. 2Lf.) 
leaves cordate, senate, acute, rounded at 
tlie base ; petioles ciliate below ; panicle 
fasciculate, loose, few-flowered ; stem ob- 
tusely angled. 2-4 f. 
Lunccola'ta, leaves lanceolate, unequally 
eerrate ; petioles naked ; fascicles corymb- 
ed. 2 3 f. Wet meadows. Flowers green- 
ish yellow. 
SCUTELLA'RIA. 13—1. (Labiatce.) 
late^nfio'ra, (scnllcap, b. Ju. 11.) branch- 
ing, glabrous ; leaves long-petioled, ovate, 
toothed; cauline ones sub-cordnte ; racemes 
long, lateral, leafy. Damp. 1-2 f. Atone 
time iu repute as a remedy for hydropho- 
bia. 
galericulafto, (common scullcap, b. J. Zf.) 
branching ; leaves sub-sessile, lance-ovate, 
Bub-cordate at the base, crenate, white- 
downy beneath ; flowers axillary, solitary, 
or in pairs ; flowers large. Damp. 12-18 i. 
integrifo'lia, (b. Ju. ^ .) stem nearly sim- 
ple, densely pubescent ; leaves sub-sessile, 
oblong, obtuse, wedge-form at the ba.se, 
obscurely toothed; racemes loose, leafy; 
flowers opposite, often in panicles. Var. 
hy!t"sopiJo'lia, lias the leaves all linear. 18- 
24 i. Swamps. 
gra'cilis, [b. J. 2X-) stem sub-simple; 
leaves opposite, remote, broad-ovate, tooth- 
ed, veined, smooth, ses.sile, margins sca- 
brous; upper ones smaller, entire ; flowers 
axillary. 12-18 i. 
ambig"ua, (b. Ju. 11) stem sub-decum- 
bent,, branched divaricately from the base; 
leaves sessile, ovate ; flowers small, axilla- 
ry. 3 6 i. 
pilo'sa, (b. J. 11.) erect, pubescent ; 
leaves distant, ovate, obtuse, crenate, ru- 
gose, petioled, lower ones sub-cordate : ra- 
ceme.= panicled ; flowers crowded • bracts 
lanceolate, entire ; calyx hispid. 18-24 i. 
canes" cens, (b. 2^.) branched ; leaves 
ovate, acute, petiolate, acutely toothed, 
tjoary-villose beneath ; lower ones sub-cor- 
date ; racemes pedicelled, sub-panicled, 
axillary and terminal; bracts lance-ovate, 
.onger than the calyx. 2-3 i. 
Imiga'ta, (b. M. Z^.) simple, smooth, slen- 
der; leaves. petioled, opposite, ovate, coarse, 
serrate, veined, sub-acuminate, tapering to 
tt*' base, entire at the base and apex, glab 
rous, paler beneath ; raceme simple, termi- 
nal ; flowers sub-pubescent, erect, upper 
Iracts smaller, entire. Open woods. 12 
18 i 
nervo'sn, (b. Au. 24!.) nearly simple, glal»- 
rous ; leaves sessile, ovate, dentate, nerved 
raceme terminal, loose, leaf^'. 
angustifo'lia, (J. 24!.) 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 ; bracta 
lanceolate, shorl ; stamens shorter than the 
corolla. S. 
SECA'LE. 3—2 i'Graminea. ) il'vom seco,%o 
cut or mow.] 
cerea'le, (rye, J. ^ .) glumes and bristles 
scabrous-ciliate ; corolla smooth. Intro- 
duced. 
SE'DtTM. 10—5. (i^emperviveB.) [From sedo, 
to assuage, because it allays infiammatioo.] 
terna'tum, (false ice-plant, w. J. 11) 
small, creeping; leaves flat, round-spatu- 
late, ternate ; flowers somewhat 3-spiked, 
sometimes octaiwirous. Cultivated. 
tele'phium, (orphine, live-forever, r. w. 
Ju. 24.) leaves flattish, tooth-serrate, thick- 
ly scattered ; corymb leafy ; stem erect. 
Ex. 
anacamp'^scroa, (stone-crop. If.) leavep 
wedge-form, entire, sub-sessile; stem de- 
cumbent ; flowers corymbed. Ex. 
telephio'de-f, (p. Ju.) leaves broad, flat, 
ovate, acute at each end ; corymbs mauy- 
flowered. 1 f. Harper s ferry. 
nnttal"ii, 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 ; flov/ers 
cyme -corymbed ; petals spreading, lanceo- 
late. 
pulchcVhim, (p.) glabrous; stems assur- 
gent ; leaves scattered, obtuse, linear ; low- 
er ones oblong-oval; cyme many-spiked; 
flowers sessile, octandrous. S. 
rhodio'la, (g. y. 24-) erect, simple ; leaves 
glaucous, fleshy, se.ssile, imbricate, tooth- 
ed above ; cymes terminal, branching. 
8 i. S. 
pusWlum, (w. Ju. 24.) glabrous ; leaves 
nearly terete, oblong, alternate ; flowers 
sub-terminal, few, sub-pedicelied, alter- 
nate. 2-4 i. S. 
SELI'NUM. 5—2. (CrucifercB.) 
aure'a, (y. @.) stem glabrous, sub-divided 
at the base, acute-triangular ; leaves some- 
vi^hat succulent, smooth ; peduncles axilla 
ry, angular. 4-6 i. S. 
SEMPERVrVUM. 12—12. (Semperviva.) [From 
semper, always, and vivo, to live.] 
tecto'rum, (houseleek, Au. 2_f.) leaves cili- 
ate ; bulbs spreading ; nectaries wedge- 
form, crenulate. Ex. 
arbo'renm, (tree houseleek,) stem woody 
smooth, branching; leaves wedge-form, 
glabrous, with soft spreading hairs. Ex. 
SENE'CIO. 17—2. (Corymbosce.) [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 agpi 
person.] 
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