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INDEX 
Ruminate endosperm, 106 
Runcinate, 53 
Runner, 113, 153 
Rupestris, rupicolus (Lat.), grow- 
ing on banks 
Rupture -wort, Herniaria 
Ruralis (Lat.), in rustic places 
Rusa grass, Andropogon 
Rush, Juncus ; Dutch-, Equise- 
tum ; flowering-, Butomus ; 
-grass (Am.), Sporobolus ; wood-, 
Luzula 
Russian thistle, Salsola 
Rust, Berber is, Triticum 
Rutabaga, Brassica campestris L. 
Rutilans (Lat.), with glowing 
flowers 
Rye, Secale\ -grass, Lolium 
S., South 
Sabrebean, Canavalia 
Sac, a pouch ; -cate, 77 
Sachs, J., 21, 46, 58 
Sack tree (Ceyl.), Antiaris 
Sacred bean or lotus, Nelumbium 
Safflower, Carthamus 
Saffron, 201, Crocus ; meadow-, 
Colchicum 
Sage, Salvia ; -brush, 188, Arte- 
misia ; -rose (W. I.), Turnera ; 
wild- (W. I.), Lantana , Salvia ; 
wood-, Teucrium 
Sagittate, 52 
Sago, Arenga , Caryota , Cycas , 
Metro xy Ion ^ Oreodoxa 
Sainfoin, Onobrychis 
Saint Dabeoc’s heath, Daboecia ; 
- Ignatius’ beans, Strychnos 
Ignatii Berg. ; - John’s bread, 
Ceratonia ; - John’s wort, Hype- 
ricum 
Sal, Shorea 
Salisb., Salisbury 
Sallal, Gaultheria 
Sallow, Salix 
Salsify, Tragopogon 
Salsuginosus (Lat.), growing in 
places inundated by salt water 
Salt-steppe plants, 169 
Salt-bush, Atriplex , &c. 
Saltwort, Salicornia (Am.), Salsola 
Salvador tea, Gaidtheria 
Salver-shaped, 77 
Saman, Pithecolobium Sam an 
Benth. 
Samara, 108 
Samoa millet, Panicum 
Samphire, Crithmum , (Am.) Sali- 
cornia 
San Domingo apricot, Mammea 
Sandbinders, Acacia ; -bur, Cen- 
chrus tribuloides L. ; -box tree, 
Hura ; -dunes, vegetation on, 
186; -spurrey (Am.), Spergu- 
laria ; - wort, Arenaria 
Sandal-wood, red, Pterocarpus ; 
true -, Santalum 
Sandarach resin, Callitris 
Sanders wood, sandal-wood 
Sandw. Is., Sandwich Islands 
Sanguineus (Lat.), blood coloured 
Sanicle, Sanicula 
Sap-green, Rhamnus ; thick -, 165 ; 
-wood, 158 
Sapidus (Lat.), with pleasant taste 
Sapodilla plum, Achras 
Saponin, Gouania, Sapindus 
Sapote, Lucuma mammosa 
Gaertn. f. 
Sappan-wood, Caesalpinia 
Saprophytes, 177, 38, 145 
Sapu (Ceyl.), Michelia Cham- 
paca L. 
Sapucaia nut, Lecythis 
Sarcocarp, the fleshy part of a 
drupe ; -testa, the fleshy part of 
a seed coat 
Sargant, E., Monocotyledons 
Sarmentose, forming long runners 
Sarsaparilla, S?nilax 
Sassafras, oil of, Sassafras 
Satinwood, Chloroxylon 
Sativus (Lat.), grown or planted 
Sauerkraut, Brassica 
Savannah, 175, 189; -flower (W. 
I.), Echites ; -wattle (W. I.), 
Citharexylum 
Savin, Juniperus 
Savoury, Satureia 
Saw-wort, Serratula 
Saxatilis (Lat.), growing on rocks 
Saxifrage, Saxifraga ; burnet-, 
