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Beesha stridula, Munro. Ceylon. .
Beesha capitata, Munro. Madagascar. Height to fi% feet. |
Dendrocalamus sericeus, Munro. Behar ; ascends to 4000 feet. |
Tall.
Dendrocalamus flagellifer, Munro. Malacca. Very tall.
Deridrocalamus Hookeri, Mxxnxo. Himalaya; ascqnds to 6000
feet. Height to fifty feet. ,
Dendrocalamus Hamiltoni, Nees. Himalaya; ascends to 3
6000 feet. Height to sixty feet. |
Dinochloa Tjankorreh, Buehse. Java, Philippines; ascends I
to 4000 feet. Climbing.
Schizostachyum brachycladum, Kurz.
Sunda Islands and Moluccas. Stems to forty feet high, very
hollow. The short branches give to this Bamboo a peculiar
habit. One variety has splendidly yellow stems.
Schizostachyum elegantissimum, Kurz.
Java, at elevations from 3000 to 6000 feet. Unlike all other
Bamboos, this bears flowers at an age of three years, and is
therefore of special importance for scenic effect. Height up
to twenty-five feet, stems stout. I t requires, like many allied
plants, renewal after flowering.
Schizostachyum Hasskarlianum, Kurz.
Java. Tbis and S. serpentinum afibrd tbe best kinds of Bamboo
vegetables for cookery, the young shoots, when bursting
out of the ground, being used for the purpose. Kurz mentions
as culinary “ Beloong ” Bamboos :—Gigantochloa aspera, G.
robusta, G. maxima, G. atter. For ornamental culture the
same meritorious writer singles out Schizostachyum hrachy-
cladnm, the varieties of Bambusa vulgaris with gaudy, glossy
colouring of the stems, in contrast with the black-stemmed
species of Phyllostachys from China and J apan.
Schizostachyum irratum, Steudel.
Sunda Islands and Moluccas. Stems to th irty feet high, remarkably
slender.
Schizostachyum Zollingeri, Steudel.
Hills of Java. Much cultivated. Height up to thirty-five
feet, stems slender.
Schoenocaulon oiiicinale, A. Gray. {Asa-Graya officinalis,
Lindley ; Sabadilla officinalis, Brandt and Dierhach.)
Mountains of Mexico. A bulbous-rooted herb with leafless
stem, thus far specially distinct from any Veratrum. It furnishes
the Sabadilla-seeds and yields two alkaloids : Veratriu
and Sabadillin; a resinous substance: Helonin; also Sabadillic
and Veratric acid. Tbe generic names adopted for this plant
by Lindley and by Dierbach are coetaneous.
Sciadopitys vcrticillata, Siebold.
Tbe lofty and curious Umbrella-Fir of Japan, 140 feet high.
Besists severe frosts. Wood white and compact.
Scilla esculenta, Ker. {Camassia esculenta, Lindley.)
The Quamash. In the western extra-tropic parts of North
America, on moist prairies. The onion-like bulbs in a roasted
state form a considerable portion of the vegetable food,^ on
which the aboriginal tribes of th a t part of the globe are living.
I t is a pretty plant, and might be naturalised here on our moist
meadows.
Sclerachne cyathopoda, F. v. Mueller.
Tropical Australia. A perennial grass, valuable according to
Mr. P. O’Shanesy for green feed, yielding a large return.
Scorzonera crocifolia, Sibtborp.
Greece. A perennial herb; the leaves, according to Dr.
Heldreich, used there for a favourite salad and spinage.
Scorzonera deliciosa, Gusson.*
Sicily. One of the purple-flowered species ; equal, if not superior,
in its culinary use to the allied Salsify.
Scorzonera Hispánica, Linné.*
Middle and South Europe, Orient. The perennial root of
this yellow-flowered herb furnishes not only a wholesome and
palatable food, hut also serves as a therapeutic remedy much
like dandelion. Long boiling destroys its medicinal value.
Some other kinds of Scorzonera may perhaps be drawn into
similar use, there being many Asiatic species.
Scorzonera tuberosa, Pallas.
A t the Volga and in Syria. Also this species yields an
edible root, and so perhaps the Chinese Sc. albicaulis (Bunge),
the Persian Sc. Scowitzii (Cand.), the North African Sc.
undulata (Vahl), the Greek Sc. ramosa (Sibth.), the Bussian
Sc. Astrachanica (Cand.), the Turkish Sc. semicana (Cand.),
the Iberian Sc. lanata (Bieberst.). A t all events careful
culture may render them valuable esculents.
Scutia I n d i c a , Brogniart.
South Asia. This, on Dr. Cleghorn’s recommendation, might
he introduced as a thorny hedge-shrub.
Sebæa ovata, B. Brown.
Extra-tropic Australia and New Zealand. This neat little
annual herb can he utilised for its hitter tonic principle
(Gentian-bitter). S. alhidiflora (F. v. M.) is an allied species
from somewhat saline ground. These plants disseminate
themselves most readily.
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