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Sesbania aculeata, Persoon. 
The Danchi. Intra-tropical and sub-tropical Asia, Africa 
and Australia. This tall annual plant has proved adapted 
for our desert-regions. It yields a tough fibre for ropes, 
nets and cordage, valued at from £30 to £40 for the ton 
Several congeneric plants can be equally well utilized. 
Sbepberdia argentea, Nuttall. 
The Buffalo Berry. Prom the Missouri to Hudson’s Bay. 
This bush bears red acidulous edible berries. 
Sison Amomum, L. 
Middle and South Europe. 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. 
New Granada and other parts of Central America. This 
climbing shrub produces at least a portion of the Columbian 
Sarsaparilla. 
Smilax medica, Cham, and Schl. 
Mexico. This plant produces mainly the Sarsaparilla root of 
that country. 
Smilax papyracea, Duhamel. 
Guyana 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 Mipogonum scandens, Porst., have ever been sub- 
jected to accurate therapeutic tests, and the same may bo 
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. 
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