The Names of Plants

Glossary saltitans jumping (twitching of the heat-sensitive larva of Cydia saltitans in the seed of the Mexican jumping bean Sebastiana causes it to jump) saltuarius -a -um, saltuensis -is -e of woodland meadows, saltus saltuum of glades, woodlands or ravines, saltus saluensis -is -e from the Salween river (Nu Jiang river), China salutaris -is -e healing, beneficial, wholesome, salutaris salvador from El Salvador, Central America salvatoris -is -e from Mount San Salvatore, Ticino canton, S Switzerland salvi-, salviae, salvii- sage-like-, resembling Salvia Salvia Healer, salveo, salvere, the old Latin name for sage with medicinal properties (cognates are old French, saulje, sauge and our sage) salviaefolius -a -um, salvifolius -a -um, salviifolius -a -um sage-leaved, Salvia-folium Salvinia for Professor Antonio Maria Salvini (1633–1722), botanist and Greek scholar of Florence, Italy (Salviniaceae) salviodorus -a -um sage-scented, Salvia-odorus salzmannii for Philipp Salzmann (1781–1851), of Montpellier, who collected in Brazil, Spain, N Africa and S France saman, Samanea from a S American name, zamang, for the rain tree, Pithecolobium saman samarkandensis -is -e from Samarqand, Uzbekistan samaroideus -a -um with samara-like fruits, (samara, samera)-oides sambac from the Arabic name, zambac, for Jasminum sambac sambuci-, sambucinus -a -um elder-like, resembling Sambucus sambuci growing on elder material, Sambucus sambucifolius -a -um with leaves similar to those of Sambucus, Sambucus-folium Sambucus from the Latin name for the elder tree (sambuca was a harp; Gilbert Carter suggests a similarity between the many epicormic shoots and the strings of the sambukh) samius -a -um from the isle of Samos, Greece Samolus a name in Pliny, or from a Celtic Druidic name, sal mos (pig food) Sanchezia for Joseph Sanchez, Professor of Botany at Cadiz sanctae-rosae holy-rose, sanctus-rosa sancti-johannis for Saint Ivan Rilski (the hermit John of Rila), patron saint of the largest Bulgarian monastery in Rila (St John’s wort) sanctus -a -um holy, sacred, chaste, past participle of sanctio, sancire, sanxi, sanctum sanderae, sanderianus -a -um, sanderi from Henry Frederick Conrad Sander (1847–1920) and family, nurserymen of St Albans and Bruges, importers of many new plants Sandersonia, sandersonii for John Sanderson (1820–81), Hon. Secretary of the Horticultural Society of Natal sandwicensis -is -e, sandwicensius -a -um from the Sandwich Islands sanguinalis -is -e, sanguineus -a -um blood-red, bloody, sanguis, sanguinis Sanguinaria Blood, sanguis, sanguinis, (the copious crimson sap) sanguineolentus -a -um, sanguinolentus -a -um bleeding, bloody-looking, smelling of blood, sanguis-(olens, olentis) sanguiniflorus -a -um having blood-red flowers, sanguis-florum Sanguisorba, sanguisorbae Blood-stauncher, sanguis-(sorbeo, sorbere, sorbui) (has styptic property) Sanicula Little-healer, sano, sanare, sanavi, sanatum (the medicinal property of sanicle) saniculiformis -is -e looking like Sanicula in habit saniosus -a -um like diseased blood or venom, sanies Sanseveria for Prince Raimond de Sansgrio of Sanseviero (1710–71), Swedish botanist sansibaricus -a -um from the Zanzibar islands (former Zanzibar Protectorate), Indian Ocean, Tanzania santalinus -a -um sandal-wood or its resin, santalin, santalum 339