Baron Walter von St. Paul)-Saynt-
pawlee-uh: African-violet (S. ionan-
tha).
Salix (the classical name) - Say-lix:
Willow.
Salpiglossis (tube-tongue, as to form of
corolla and style) - Sal-pig-loss-
iss: Painted-tongue (S. sinuata).
Salvia (the ancient classical name) -
Sal-vee-uh: Sage.
Salvinia (for Italian scholar Antonio
Salvini)-Sal-vin-ee-uh.
Sambucus (classical name)-Sam-bew-kus:
Elder.
Sanchezia-San-cheez-ee-uh.
Sanguinaria (bloody, as to color of root
juice)-San-gwin-nay-ree-uh: Blood-
root.
Sanguisorba - San-gwis-sorft-uh: Bur-
net.
Sansevieria (for Italian Prince of San-
seviero) - San-sev-veer-ee-uh: Bow-
string-hemp (known to florists and
many gardeners as Snake-plant).
Santolina-San-toh-lye-nuh: Lavender-
cotton (S. chamaecyparissus).
Sanvitalia (for the Italian Sanvitali
family) - San-vit-tay-lee-uh.
Sapindus (soap-India, as to use of ber-
ries for soap in India) - Sap-pind-
us: Soapberry.
Saponaria (soap, for its juice which lathers
in water) - Sap-on-nay-ree-uh:
Soapwort.
Sarchochilus (fleshy-lip, as to flowers)
-Sar-koh-kye-lus.
Sarcococca (fleshy-berry, as to fruit)-
Sar-koh-kok-uh.
Sarracenia (for one D. Sarrazin)-Sar-
ras-seen-ee-uh: Pitcher-plant.
Sassafras (probably named for saxi-
fraga, the saxifrage, by Spanish dis-
coverers because of similar medicinal
properties) -Sass-af-rass.
Satureja (the classical name) - Sat-yew-
reey-uh: Savory.
Saururus (lizard-tail, as to shape of flower
spike)-Saw-roor-us: Lizards-tail.
Saussurea (for Swiss naturalists Bene-
dict and Theodore Saussure)-Soss-
yew-ree-uh.
Saxifraga (rock-break, variously thought
to refer to the rock-cleft habitat of
many species or to a supposed re-
medial value for gallstones) - Sak-
siff-rag-uh: Saxifrage, Rockfoil.
Scabiosa (itching, as to possible thera-
peutic virtues of some species) -
Skay-bee-oh-suh: Scabious, Mourning-
bride.
Schinus (old name for mastic-tree, as
to its resinous quality) - Skye-nus.
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Schisandra (cleavage-anther, as to cleft
anthers)-Skiss-and-ruh.
Schismatoglottis (parting-tongue, as to
the early falling of the spathe) -
Skiz-mat-oh-glott-iss.
Schivereckia-Skiv-er-rek-ee-uh.
Schizaea (split, as to fronds) - Skye-
zee-uh: Curly-grass-fern.
Schizanthus (split-flower, as to the cleft
corolla) - Skye-zanth-us: Butterfly-
flower.
Schizobasopsis (schizobasis-like, an un-
important similarity) - Skye-zoh-
bas-ops-iss.
Schizocentron (split-thorn) -Skye-zoh-
sent-ron.
Schizopetalon (cut-petals) - Skye-zoh-
pet-al-on.
Schizophragma (cut-wall, as to split-
ting of capsules) - Skye-zoh-frag-
muh.
Schizostylis (cut-style, as to thread-like
style segments) - Skye-zost-il-iss:
Crimson flag, Kafir-lily.
Schlumbergera (for one Friedrich
Schlumberger)-Schlum-ber-jeer-uh.
Schomburgkia (for naturalist Robert
H. Schomburgk) - Schom-burg-kee-
uh.
Schotia (for botanical traveler Richard
Schot) -Shot-ee-uh.
Sciadopitys (shade-pine, as to its foli-
age habit) - Sye-ad-dop-it-iss: Um-
brella-pine.
Scilla (the classical name) - Sill-uh:
Squill.
Scindapsus-Sin-dap-sus: Ivy-arum.
Sclerocactus (hard-cactus) - Skleer-oh-
kak-tus.
Scolymus (a kind of thistle) - Skoll-
im-us: Golden thistle, Spanish-oyster-
plant.
Scorzonera - Skor-zoh-neer-uh: Black
salsify (S. hispanica).
Scrophularia (perhaps supposed in
some form to have been a scrofula
remedy) -Skroff-yew-lay-ree-uh: Fig-
wort.
Scutellaria (tray or dish, as to calyx for-
mation ) -Skew-tel-lay-ree-uh: Skull-
cap.
Scuticaria (whip, as to its long whip-
like, channeled leaves) - Shew-tik-
kay-ree-uh.
Sechium (pen, perhaps for the fact
that it was fed to hogs) - Seek-ee um:
Chayote, Christophine.
Securigera (hatchet-bearing, as to pod
shape) - Sek-yew-rif-er-uh.
Sedum (classical name for houseleek) -
Seed-um: Stonecrop, Live-forever
(compare Sempervivum).
Selaginella (diminutive of irrelevant
genus selago)-Sel-aj-in-nell-uh.
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