SANTOLINA—SCHWALBE A. 137 
SANTOLINA. 17—1. ( Corymbifera.) [From santalum, sauriders, because it swells like the 
saunders- wood.] * 
suaveo'lens , (y. Ju. #.) smooth; stem fastigiate; leaves sub-bipinnatifid ; di¬ 
visions acute, linear; peduncles terminal, 1 -flowered. 
SAPONARIA. 10—2. ( Caryopliyllece .) [From sapo , soap, the juice being found to have sa¬ 
ponaceous properties.] 
officinalis, (soap-wort, bouncing bet, w. J. •'!(..) calyx cylindrie; leaves lance- 
ovate, opposite, sub-connate, entire. Naturalized. 10-18 i. Ex. 
BAPINDUS. 8 —3. ( Sapindi .) [From two words, sapo indus, Indian soap, the rind ofthe fruit 
being used as a substitute lor soap.]- 
saponaJria, (vv. h>.) leaves glabrous, abruptly pinnate; leafets lance-oval; fruit 
glabrous. *$>. 
vacca'ria , (field soap-wort, r. Ju. 0.) calyx pyramidal, 5-angled, smooth; 
bracts membranaceous, acute; leaves ovate-lanceolate, sessile. Introduced. 
SARRACENIA. 12—1. ( Papaveraceot .) [This name is said, by some, to have been given in hon¬ 
our of Dr. Sarrazin, by others, it is thought ro have originated in the resemblance of the pe¬ 
culiar llower of the plant to the head of a Saracen enveloped in his crimson turban; thus 
the plant is sometimes called Turk’s-head.] 
‘'purpu'rea , (side-saddle flower, p. J. %..) leaves radical, short, gibbose-inflated, 
or cup-form, contracted at the mouth, having a broad, arched, lateral wing; 
the contracted part of the base hardly as long as the inflated part. Scape 
with a single, large, nodding flower. In marshes. 1-2 f. 
heterophjV'la , has palish yellow flowers, and is more slender than the prece- 
ding. 
SATUREJA. 13—1. ( Labiates .) [From satyri, satyrs.],, 
horten"sis, (summer savory, b-w. Ju. (v>.) peduncles axillary, somewhat in a 
cyme; leaves lanceolate, entire ; stem brachiate. 
monta'na , (winter savory, T^.) peduncles somewhat 1 -sided; segments of the 
calyx acuminate, mucronate; leaves mucronate. 
SAURURUS. 7—4. {Naiades.) [From saura , a lizard, and oura , tail.] 
cer"nuus , (lizard’s-tail, swamp-lily, Au. 7|_.) stem angular, sulcate; leaves ah 
ternate, heart-oblong, acuminate. 1-2 f. Swamps. 
SAXIFRAGrA. 10—2. {Saxifrages.) [From sax urn, a stone, and frango, to break, because it 
was supposed to be a remedy against t.he.stone in the bladder.] 
virginien" sis , (rock saxifrage, w. M. Tj..) minutely pubescent; leaves oval, 
obtuse, crenate, decurrent into the petiole; flowers sub-sessile. 1-15 i. 
pennsyl'vanica, (water saxifrage, y-g. M. J. 7|.) pubescent; leaves oblong-lance¬ 
olate, acute at each extremity, obsoletely toothed; stem naked; panicle ob¬ 
long, flowers fasciculate ; petals linear, longer than the calyx ; capsule su¬ 
perior. 18-28 i. Root very astringent. 
sarmento'sa , (beefsteak geranium, creeping saxifrage, w. Au. Q|.) leaves 
roundish, toothed, hairy ; sending off creeping shoots; 2 petals in each flow¬ 
er elongated. Ex. 
SCABIOSA. 4—1. {Dipsacece.) [From scabcr, rough; so called from its rough surface.] 
slella'ta , (star scabious, y-w. 0.) corolla 5-cleft, radiate; leaves irregularly 
lobed, and toothed; outer crown ofthe seeds orbicular, large, many- 
nerved. 
atropurpu'rea , (sweet scabious, r. T|_.) outer crown of the seed short, lobed, and 
crenate; receptacle cylindrie. 
SCHEUCHZERIA. 6 —3. (Junci.) [Named from Scheuchzer.] 
pains'tris, (flowering rush, g-y. J. 7[..) leaves sheathing at the base, linear; 
flowers in a small, terminal raceme. Swamps. 
6 CHRANKIA. 15—10. {Leguminosce.) [From Schranlc, a German.] 
scnsiti'va, prickly; leaves pinnate ; leafets in pairs, under ones very small. 
Sensitive plant, known by some botanists as the Mimosa sensitiva. 
SCHWALBEA. 13—2. (Scrophularice.) [Named in honour of Schwalbe. 
america'na , (p-y. J. %.) simple, pubescent; leaves lanceolate; racemes termi¬ 
nal ; flowers alternate, sub-sessile. 2f. Chaff-seed Pine barrens. 
