TAG 181 
leaves wedge-form; stem-leaves lanceolate; panicles trichotomous; 
petals slightly emarginate, very obtuse, sub-crenate. 8—12. i. 
14—2. SINAPIS. 
: Exotic. 
Ni’gra, (common mustard. y. J. &¥) silique glabrous, 4-angled, close 
pressed to the stem; leaves at the top lance-linear, entire, smooth.— 
Naturalized. 
15—3. SISYRINCHIUM. (From sus, a hog, and runchion, a snout.) 
An’’ceps, (blue-eyed grass. O.b. J. 2) scape (or culm) simple, 2-edged. 
or 2-winged; glume-like, spatha of 2 unequal valves, extending 
above the flower; petals mucronate. 6—12. i. 
5—1. SOLANUM. (From solor, to comfort.) 
Dulcama’ra, (bittersweet. E. p-b. Ju. kh) stem unarmed, woody, climb- 
ing; lower leaves mostly cordate, glabrous; upper ones mostly gui- 
tar-hastate, few-flowered; corymbs opposite to the leaves. 
Baxotic. 
Tubero’sum, (potato. b. w. Ju. kh) stem wing-angled, unarmed ; leaves 
interruptedly pinnate; leafets entire; flowers sub-corymbed; roots. 
knobbed-tuberous. Cultivated. 
17—2, SOLIDAGO. (From solido, to strengthen.), 
Canadensis, (canadian golden-rod. O. y. Ju. 21) stem downy; leaves 
Janceclate, serrate, rough; racemes copious panicled, recurved; rays 
hardly longer than the disk; stem angular; leaves sessile, three 
inches long, sometimes nearly entire. 2—5. f. 
Laterifio’ra, (side-flowered golden rod. y. Au. 2) stem erect, a little 
hairy; leaves lanceolate, slightly 3-nerved, glabrous, rough-edged ; 
lower ones sub-serrate; racemes panicled, a little recurved; flowers 
large, the rays being much longer than the calyx; stem striated, 
ae papplish, pinnatifid, with numerous lateral flowering branches, 
3—2. SORGHUM. (An Indian name.) 
Eixotie. 
Sacchara’tum, (broom-corn. y. g. Au. 2) panicle somewhat whorted, 
spreading ; seeds oval; glumes covered with permanent softish hairs ; 
leaves linear. From the East Indies. 6—8. f. 
2—1. SYRINGA. (Froma fabulous nymph, Syrinx, who was chang- 
ed into a reed, or perhaps more probably from its Turkish name, 
Scrinz. 'The wood is used by the Turks for making pipe-stems.) 
Vulga’ris, (lilac. b-p. w. M. kh) leaves cordate; flowers in a thyrse. 
Per’sica, (persian lilac. bh. M. kh) leaves lanceolate, entire and pin-- 
natifid. 
17—2. TAGETES. (From Tages, a fabulous deity of ancient times,} 
y ‘ Exotic. 
Erec’ta, (african marigold. y. Ju. @) leaves pinnate; leafets lancee- 
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