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SC1LLA—SESAMUM. 
SCILLA. G—1. [From s/dllo, to dry ; so called from its property of drying up humours.] 
mariti'ma , (squill, w.) scape long, naked, many-flowered ; bracts bent back; 
root bulbous. Ex. 
SCLERA NTH US. 10—2. ( Portulaccecc .) 
an"nuus , (knawel, <f>.) stems slightly pubescent; calyx of the fruit spreading, 
acute. Siems numerous, procumbent. Flowers very small, green, in ax¬ 
illary fascicles. Dry flelds. 
\peren"nis , (7J..) calyx of the fruit with obtuse, spreading segments. England. 
SCROPIIULARIA. 13—2. ( Scropkularice .) [From scrofula , the king’s evil; so called be¬ 
cause the leaves were formerly considered a remedy for scrofulous tumours.] 
marylan" dica, (fjg-wort, g-p. Ju. 9J..) leaves cordate, serrate, acute, rounded 
at the base; petioles ciliate below; panicle fasciculate, loose, few-flowered; 
stem obtusely angled. 2-4 f. 
lanceola'ta , leaves lanceolate, unequally serrate ; petioles naked ; fascicles co- 
rymbed. 2-3 f. Wet meadows. Flowers greenish yellow. 
SCUTELLARIA. 13—1. ( Labiatce .) 
lateriflora , (scullcap, b. Ju. 9|-.) branching, glabrous ; leaves long-petioled, 
ovate, toothed; cauline ones sub-cordate; racemes long, lateral, leafy. 
Damp.' 1-2 f. At one time in repute as a remedy for hydrophobia. 
galericula'ta, (common scullcap, b. J. Of.) branching; leaves sub-sessile, 
lance-ovate, sub-cordate at the base, crenate, white-downy beneath; flowers 
axillary, solitary, or in pairs ; flowers large. Damp. 12-18 1. 
integrifo'lia , (b. Ju. T 7 .) stem nearly simple, densely pubescent ; leaves sub- 
sessile, oblong, obtuse, wedge-form at the base, obscurely toothed ; racemes 
loose, leafy; flowers opposite, often in panicles. 18-24 i. Swamps. 
SECALE. 3—2. ( Graminece .) [From scco, to cut or mow.] 
cerea'le , (rye, J. J'.) glumes and bristles scabrous-ciliate ; corolla smooth. In¬ 
troduced. 
SEDUM. 10—5. ( Sempervivce .) [From sedo , to assuage, because it allays inflammation.] 
terna'tum , (false ice-plant, w. J. 9j.-) small, creeping; leaves flat, round-spatu- 
late, ternate-; flowers somewhat 3-spiked, sometimes octandrous. Culti¬ 
vated. 
tele'phium , (orpine, live-forever, r. w. Ju. 91) leaves flattish, tooth-serrate, 
thickly scattered ; corymb leafy; stem erect. Ex. 
anacamp"seros , (stone-crop, 9f-) leaves wedge-form, entire; sub-sessile; stem 
decumbent; flowerscorymbed. Ex. 
SEMPER VTVUM. 12—13. (Sempervivce..) [From semper j always, and vivo, to live.] 
tecto'rum , (houseleek, Au. 9J-) leaves ciliate; bulbs spreading; nectaries 
wedge-form, crenulate. Ex. 
arbo’reum , (tree-houseleek,) stem woody, smooth, branching; leaves wedge- 
form, glabrous, with soft spreading hairs. Ex. 
pulchel"turn, glabrous ; stem assurgent; leaves linear, obtuse, scattered ; cyme 
many-spiked, flowers sessile, octandrous. S. 
SENECIO. 17—2. (Cory mb os a.) [From seneseo, to grow old ; so called because some of its 
species are covered with a grayish pubescence, like the hair of an aged person.] 
A. Florets tubular ; those of the ray wanting, 
hieracifo'lius , (fire-weed, w. J. ©.) stem virgate, paniculate ; leaves clasping, 
oblong, acute; unequally, acutely, and deeply toothed; involucre smooth; 
seeds pubescent; stem 2-6 f. high, succulent, branching towards the summit; 
flowers in a compound, terminal panicle. Road-sides. 
vulga'ris , (groundsel, y. %.) flowers in crowded corymbs. Stem 18 i. Culti¬ 
vated grounds. Introduced. 
R. Flowers with rany florets. 
aure'us , (v. 9 f.) radical leaves ovate, cordate' serrate, petiolate; cauline ones 
pinnatifid, toothed, the terminal segments lanceolate ; peduncles thickened ; 
flowers somewhat umbelled. Shady woods. 2 f. 
oboxa'tus, (y. J. %) stem smoothish; radical leaves obovate, crenatC-serrate, 
petiolate ; cauline ones pinnatifid, toothed ; flowers somewhat umbelled, on 
long peduncles ; rays 10-12. 1 f. Rocky hills. 
SESAMUM. IT—2. (Bignonice.) [An Egyptian name.] 
in" dicum. (oily grain, bene-benni, r-w. Au. leaves lance-ovate; outer 
ones 3-lobed ; upper ones undivided, serrate. 2-4 f. 
