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Saururus – Stellaria

Saururus

(from sauros, a lizard, and oura, a tail; alluding to the form of the inflorescence). Lizard's Tail. SYNS. Anonymo, Mattuschkia, Spathium. TRIBE

Saxegothea

(named in honour of his late Royal Highness Prince Albert). SYN.

Schranckia

(named after F. P. Schrank, 1747-1835, a German botanist).

Seringia

(named in honour of Nicholas Charles Seringe, 1776-1858, Professor and Director of the Botanical Gardens at Lyons). SYN. Gaya. ORD.

Serjania

(named in honour of Paul Serjeant, a French friar and botanist). SYN.

Seta

A bristle or bristle-shaped body; a slender, straight prickle; a stiff hair.

Simaba

(the native name in Guiana of one of the species). SYN. Zwingera. ORD.

Skirret

The roots may be used from the end of September onwards, through the winter; before growth commences in spring, they should be lifted and stored in moderately dry sand.

Summer

l., leaflets oblong, long-apiculate, ciliated; stipules adnate, ovate, terminated by a bristle. Stem erect, branched, glabrous. h. 6in. to 12in. East Indies, 1848. Annual. (B. M. 4283.)

Sonchus

(from Sogchos, the ancient Greek name used by Theophrastus).

Stachytarpheta

(from stachys, a spike, and tarphys, thick; alluding to the form of the inflorescence). Bastard Vervain. SYNS. Abena, Cymburus,

Stellaria

(from stella, a star; alluding to the flowers). Starwort; Stitch Grass; Stitchwort. Including Larbrea, Malachium, Micropetalon, and