Selenicereus (Selene's cactus: she was
the mythical moon goddess)-Sel-en-
iss-seer-ee-us.
Selenipedium (Selene's orchid: see
above) - Sel-en-ip-peed-ee-um.
Semele (mythical mother of Dionysus)
- Sem-el-ee: Climbing butchers-
broom.
Semmanthe-Sem-anth-ee.
Sempervivum (live-forever)-Sem-per-
vye-vum: Houseleek. (A vagary of
plant nomenclature will be illustrated
by comparing with the genus Sedum,
above.)
Senecio (the classical name) - Sen-nee-
see-oh: Groundsel.
Sequoia (for Sequoya, actually George
Guess, a Cherokee half-breed and
originator of the Cherokee syllabary)
- Sek-kwoy-uh: Redwood (S. sem-
pervirens).
Sequoiadcndron (sequoia-tree) - Sek-
kwoy-ad-den-dron: Giant-sequoia.
Serenoa (for American botanist Sereno
Watson) - Sehr-en-wnoh-uh: Saw-
palmetto, Scrub-palmetto.
Serissa-Ser-ris-uh.
Serratula (for serrate or roughish leaf
margins) - Sehr-rat-yew-luh.
Sesamum - Sess-uh-mum: Sesame (5.
orientate).
Shepherdia (for English botanist John
Shepherd) - Shep-herd-ee-uh: Buf-
falo-berry (S. argentea).
Shortia (for American botanist Charles
W. Short) - Short-ee-uh.
Sibiraea (for Siberia, its habitat) - Sye-
bir-ree-uh.
Sibthorpia (for one John Sibthorp) -
Sib-thorp-ee-uh.
Sicana - Sik-kay-nuh: Curuba, Cassa-
banana.
Sidalcea-Sye-dal-see-uh.
Sideritis (iron, perhaps as to tonic vir-
tues)--Sid-er-rye-tiss.
Silene - Sye-leen-ee: Catchfly, Cam-
pion.
Silphium-Sill-fee-um: Rosinweed.
Silybum (classical name for thistle)-
Sill-ib-um.
Sinningia (for German gardener Wil-
helm Sinning) - Sin-nm-jee-uh:
Gloxinia (S. speciosa).
Sinomenium (Chinese-moon, for moon-
seed)-Sye-noh-meen-ee-um.
Sisyrinchium (classical name) - Siss-ir-
rink-ee-um: Blue-eyed-grass.
Skimmia-Skim-mee-uh.
Smilacina (smilax-like) -Smye-las-sye-
nuh: False-solomons-seal.
Smilax (classical name for bindweed) -
Smye-lax: Greenbrier.
Smithiantha (Smith's-flower, for botan-
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ical artist Matilda Smith) - Smith-ee-
anth-uh.
Sobralia (for Spanish physician-botanist
Francisco Sobral) - Sob-ray-lee-uh.
Solandra (for Swedish naturalist D. C.
Solander) - Sol-land-ruh: Chalice-
vine.
Solanum (solace, the classical name)-
Sol-lay-num: Nightshade. (The genus
includes Eggplant, Potato, and To-
mato. )
Soldanella-Sol-dan-nell-uh.
Solidago (to strengthen, as to supposed
medicinal properties) - Sol-id-day-
goh: Goldenrod.
Sophora--Sof-foh-ruh.
Sophronites (modest, at least as com-
pared with many other orchids) - Sof-
ron-nye-teez.
Sorbaria (for leaf resemblance to sor-
bus) - Sor-bay-ree-uh: False-spirea.
Sorbus (the classical name)-Sor-bus:
Mountain-ash.
Sparaxis (a tearing, as to torn-appearing
spathe) - Spar-rax-iss: Wand-flower.
Sparmannia (for Swedish naturalist A.
Sparmann)-Sparm-man-ee-uh.
Spartium (from the classical name)-
Spart-ee-um: Spanish broom, Weav-
ers broom.
Spathiphyllum (spathe-leaf, for leaf-like
spathe) - Spath-if-fill-um.
Spathoglottis (spathe-tongue, as to lip
shape) - Spath-oh-glot-iss.
Specularia (for Venus' looking-glass)-
Spek-yew-lay-ree-uh: Venus looking-
glass (S. speculum-veneris).
Sphaeralcea (globe-mallow) - Sfeer-ral-
see-uh: Globe-mallow.
Spigelia (for Dutch botanist A. van der
Spigel) - Spye-jeel-ee-uh: Pink-root.
Spinacia (spiny, as to fruit) - Spin-nay-
see-uh: Spinach.
Spiraea (wreath or garland, for which
some species may have been used) -
Spye-ree-uh: Spirea.
Spiranthes (coil-flower, as to twisted
stalks) - Spye-ranth-eez: Ladies-
tresses.
Spironema (spiral-thread, as to sta-
mens)-Spye-ron-neem-uh.
Spraguea (for botanical artist Isaac
Sprague) - Sprayg-ee-uh.
Sprekelia (for German botanist J. H.
von Sprekelsen) - Sprek-keel-ee-uh:
Jacobean-lily, St. James-lily.
Stachys (spike, possibly for flower
form)-Stay-kiss: Betony, Wound-
wort.
Stachyurus (spike-tail, for flowering
character)-Stak-ee-yew-rus.
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