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SAUSSUREA LAPPA (Decaisne) C. B. Clprke. Synonyms: Aplotaxls lappa 
Lveoaisne, Auckland! a costus Falconer. Co6tus root. 
This plant was used as an insecticide to keep moths from cloth. 
The leaves were used as a wrapping for shawls.— Von Mueller ( 414 , p. 492). 
In India the roots were used as an insect repellent .--Chopra and 
Badhwar (98) ♦ 
SCHKUHRIA ABROTANOIDES Roth. 
The flowers were used in Peru for the seme purpose as genuine 
insect powder.— Has s (174 ). 
This annual herb yielded an insecticide powder.— Von Mueller 
( 414 , p. 497). 
SCORZONERA LATIFOLIA (Fisch. & May.) DC. 
An adhesive containing 38.5 percent of treated colophony, 57.5 
percent of castor oil, 3 percent of beeswax, and 1 percent of water was 
prepared and tested. A study of the physico-chemicrl constants of 
resins extracted from certain plants occurring in Russia showed that 
colophony, the resin obtained from this species, may be of value in 
the manufacture of adhesives for use in caterpillar f lue.— Iprnat* eve 
(210). 
SENECIO AUREUS L. Groundsel. 
SENECIO VULGARIS L. 
Extracts were not repellent to the Japanese beetle.— Ketzger and 
Grant (277). 
SERICOCARPUS ASTEROIDES (L.) B.S.P. Whitetop aster. 
A powder end e decoction had no effect on the aphids tested.— 
Mclndoo and Sievers ( 259 , p. 23). 
Extracts were not repellent to the Japanese beetle.— Metzger end 
Grant (277). 
SILPHIUM LACINIATUM L. Compass plant. 
SOLIDAGO JUNCEA Ait. Early golrienrod. 
Extracts were not repellent to the Japanese beetle. — Lietzger and 
Grant (277). 
