SAXIFRAGA 
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Loculicidal capsule with oo seeds; endosperm fleshy. Genera : 
Heliamphora (raceme; ovary 3-loc.), Sarracenia (flr. solitary; ovary 
5-loc., the top of the pitcher simple), Darlingtonia (ditto, but the top 
of the pitcher is fish-tail-shaped). Placed in Parietal es by Benth.- 
I looker, in Cistiflorae by Warming. 
Sarraceniales. The 17th cohort of Dicotyledons (p. 128). 
Sassafras Linn. Lauraceae. 1 sp. Canada to Florida, S. officinale 
Nees et Eberm. (Laurus Sassafras L.). The wood and bark yield oil 
of sassafras, used in medicine. 
Satureia Linn. Labiatae (vi. 11.) 130 sp., trop., subtrop. and warm 
temperate regions. The firs, are gynodioecious. S. hortensis L. and 
S. montana L., the summer and winter savories respectively, are often 
grown as flavouring herbs. 
Sat-yrium Linn. Orchidaceae (3). 60 sp. Cape Col., trop. Afr., E. Ind. 
The flr. is not twisted, so that the labellum stands uppermost ; it is 
prolonged backwards into two spurs. The actual summit of the 
column is occupied by the stigma, the anther being bent round at 
right angles to it. 
Saurauia Willd. Dilleniaceae. 60 sp. trop. As., Am. 
Sauromatum Schott. Araceae (vn). 5 sp. trop. Afr., Plimal. Leaves 
pedate (cymosely branched). 
Saururaceae. Dicotyledons (Archichl. Piperales). 3 gen. with 4 sp. 
E. As. and N. Am. Herbaceous plants with g firs., which are ap- 
parently primitively naked (see p. 75). Sta. 6 or fewer; cpls. 3 — 4 
or (3 — 4), in the latter case with parietal placentae. Ovules ortho- 
tropous. Seeds with endo- and peri-sperm. Chief genera : Saururus, 
Houttuynia. United to Piperaceae by Benth. -Hooker. 
Saururus Plum, ex Linn. Saururaceae. 1 sp. Japan to Philippine Is., 
1 in U. S. Bog plants with spikes of firs., the bract usually adnate to 
the axis of its flr. 
Saussurea DC. Compositae (xi). 125 sp. N. temp. S. alpina DC. is 
an alpine sp. in Brit., with hairy leaves (p. 182); its firs, are blue, 
with sweet scent (the latter unusual in the order). Many firs, have 
3 cpls. 
Sauvagesia Linn. Ochnaceae. 10 sp. Brazil and 1 in all trop. regions. 
There are 5 fertile sta., surrounded by 00 staminodes. Cpls. 3. This 
genus and a few others are sometimes formed into a separate order, or 
placed (e.g. by Bentham and Hooker) in Violaceae. 
Savia Willd. Euphorbiaceae (A. 1. 1) 4 sp. W. Ind. 
Saxegothaea Lindl. Coniferae (Taxac. 3 ; see C. for genus characters). 
1 sp. Andes of Patagonia. Fruit a many-seeded ‘berry 5 like that of 
Juniperus. 
Saxifraga Linn. Saxifragaceae (1). 200 sp. N. temp., Arctic, Andes, 
chiefly alpine (p. 180). 13 sp. in Brit, (saxifrage). Most sp. show 
xerophytic characters, such as tufted growth, close packing of leaves 
(especially well shown in S. oppositifolia L.), succulence, hairiness, &c. 
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