SOPHORA—STACHYS. 
ed and serrate; peduncles axillary and terminal, covered with cotten-like 
down. Wpiste grounds. 2-4 f. Introduced. 
arven"sis , root creeping; leaves runcinate, denticulate, cordate at the base; 
involucre hispid ; flowers large, deep yellow ; stem 2 f, 
SOPIIORA. , 10—1. ( Leguminos'cB .) 
seria'ca, leaves pinnate; leafets wedge-oval, smooth above, silky, villose be¬ 
neath; spikes many-flowered, sub-sessile; flowers white. %. I f. 
SORBUS. 11—5. ( Rosacea .) [From sorbeo, to suck up, because its fruit stops hemorrhages.] 
america.'na , (mountain-ash, w. M. b.) leaves pinnate ; leafets lance-oblong, 
acute, serrate, very smooth; flowers in terminal corymbs. The yellowish 
berries remain on the tree during winter. 13-20 f. 
microcar'pa , fruit small, scarlet. 
SORGHUM. 3—2. (Graminec e.) [An Indian name.] 
sacchara'tum, (broom-corn, y-g. Au. ®.) panicle somewhat whorled, spread¬ 
ing; seeds oval; glumes covered with permanent, softish hairs; leaves 
linear. From the East Indies. 6-8 f. 
vulga're , (Indian millet,) panicle compact, oval, nodding when mature; seed 
naked. 
SP ARG AN O PII OR US. 17—1. ( Corymbiferca .) [From sparganon , a crown, and phero , to 
bear.] 
verlicilla'tus, (water-crown-cup, p. Au. flj-.) leaves linear, verticillate ; pods 
few, terminal; egret 5-toothed, submersed. 
SPARTIUM. 16—10. ( Leguminasm .) [From spario , a rope; so called because the tough 
branches and bark are used in making cordage.] 
junce'um , (Spanish broom, g. T 7 ) branches opposite, virgate, with terminal 
flowers ; leaves lanceolate, glabrous. 
scopa'rium , (Scotch broom, g. fy) leaves ternate, solitary, and oblong; flow¬ 
ers axillary; legumes pilose at the margin ; branches angular. 
SPERGULA. 10—5. ( Caryophyliec &.) [From spergos, to scatter.] 
arven"sis } (spurry, w. Ju. 0.) leaves whorled; panicles dichotomous ; pedun¬ 
cles of the fruit becoming reflexed. 
SPIGELIA. 5—J. ( Gcntianem .) [Named by Linneus, in honour of Adrian Spigelias, a botan¬ 
ist who wrote in 1605.] 
marylan' dica, (Indian pink-root, p. J. Tj..) stem 4-sided; leaves all opposite, 
sessile, lance-ovate, entire. 9-18 i. Sometimes called w r orm-grass, on ac¬ 
count of its efficacy in cases of disease arising from worms. 
SPINACIA. 20—5. ( Polygoneon .) [From Ispania, Spain, from whence it originated.] 
vlera'cea, (spinach, J. 0.) fruit sessile, prickly or unarmed; leaves hastate- 
sagittate; stem branched. 1-2 f. Ex. 
SPIRiEA. 11—5. ( Rosacea .) [From spira, a pillar ; so named from its spiral stalk.] 
Stem more or less woody. 
salicifo'lia , (meadow-sweet, willow hard-hack, r. w. J. T 7 .) leaves lance-ovate 
or obovate, serrate, glabrous ; flowers in panicled, spreading racemes. Yar. 
alba, has white petals, and often the twigs are reddish. The small branch- 
es are generally killed by frost in the winter, as also of the next species. 
2-4 f. 
iomento'sa , (steeple-bush, purple hard-hack, meadow-sweet, r. Ju. fy) leaves 
lanceolate, unequally serrate, downy beneath; racemes in a crowded, sub- 
panicled spike, 2-3 f. 
kypericifo'lid , (John’s-wort, hard-hack, w. M. Ty) leaves obovate, entire or 
toothed at the apex; umbels sessile. Cultivated. 3 f. 
opulifo'lia , (nine-bark, snow-ball, hard-hack, w. J. 17 .) leaves sub-ovate, lobed, 
doubly toothed or crenate, glabrous; corymbs terminal, crowded; capsules 
inflated; flowers trigynous. Wet. 3-5 f. 
ulmedria , (queen of the meadow, w. Au. QJ.) leaves pinnate, downy beneath; 
the terminal leafets larger, 3-lobed ; the lateral ones undivided; flowers in 
a proliferous corymb; stem herbaceous. Ex. 
STACHYS. 13—1. ( Labiates .) [From stachius, a spike.] 
aspera , (hedge-nettle, clown-heal, w-p. Ju. 2j-.) stem erect, hispid backwards; 
