437 illustrations of flowers and shrubs including: sabatia, safflower, saffron, sage, sainfoin, saltbush, sassafras, saururus, saxifrage, sedge, sesame, shad scale, shamrock, shooting star, skullcap, sloe, snakeroot, snapdragon, sneezeweed, snowberry, soapwort, sorrel, spurge, squash, St. John's wort, star of Bethlehem, starflower, stonecrop, strawberry, sumac, sundew, sundrops, and sunflower

Unguiculate (clawed) petal of a Silene; with a two parted crown.

Silene

Unguiculate (clawed) petal of a Silene; with a two parted crown.

Longitudinal section of flower of Silene Pennsylvanica, showing stipe between calyx and corolla.

Silene Pennsylvanica

Longitudinal section of flower of Silene Pennsylvanica, showing stipe between calyx and corolla.

The pendula is a plant which belongs to the silene genus.

Pendula Silene

The pendula is a plant which belongs to the silene genus.

A silique is a pod of the Cress family.

silique

A silique is a pod of the Cress family.

"Silique, the fruit of certain cruciferous plants, consisting of a pair of valves which seperate from a central septum"—Finley, 1917

Silique

"Silique, the fruit of certain cruciferous plants, consisting of a pair of valves which seperate from…

"Branch of Simarouba amara, with female flowers. a, a male flower; b, a female flower." -Whitney, 1911

Simarouba

"Branch of Simarouba amara, with female flowers. a, a male flower; b, a female flower." -Whitney, 1911

The orders of simarubaceae, burseraceae, meliaceae, and malpighiaceae are pictured. The flowers of these orders that are illustrated are (1) ailanthus, (2) bursera, (3) swietenia, (4) cedrela, (5) melia, (6) camera, and (7) malpighia.

Orders of Simarubaceae, Burseraceae, Meliaceae, and Malpighiaceae

The orders of simarubaceae, burseraceae, meliaceae, and malpighiaceae are pictured. The flowers of these…

Diagram of a simple cyme in which the axis lengthens, so as to take the form of a raceme.

Simple cyme

Diagram of a simple cyme in which the axis lengthens, so as to take the form of a raceme.

Species of plant belonging to the Dryopteris, a large and widespread genus of medium terrestrial ferns.

Dryopteris Simulata

Species of plant belonging to the Dryopteris, a large and widespread genus of medium terrestrial ferns.

Woody perennial native to China.

Wisteria Sinensis

Woody perennial native to China.

In the single varieties of petunia there is variety in coloring. Some are beautifully veined, striped, or marked in various ways.

Flower of Single Garden Petunia

In the single varieties of petunia there is variety in coloring. Some are beautifully veined, striped,…

Pictured is a single perianth as seen in anemone sylvestris.

Single Perianth

Pictured is a single perianth as seen in anemone sylvestris.

A cleft or recess between two lobes.

Sinus

A cleft or recess between two lobes.

Sisal or sisal hemp is an agave Agave sisalana that yields a stiff fiber used in making rope. (The term may refer either to the plant or the fiber, depending on context.) It is not really a variety of hemp, but named so because hemp was for centuries a major source for fiber, so other fibers were sometimes named after it.

Sisal Hemp

Sisal or sisal hemp is an agave Agave sisalana that yields a stiff fiber used in making rope. (The term…

Seed of Sisymbrium, cut across to show the incumbent cotyledons.

Sisymbrium

Seed of Sisymbrium, cut across to show the incumbent cotyledons.

Embryo of the Sisymbrium, detached whole.

Sisymbrium Embryo

Embryo of the Sisymbrium, detached whole.

<i>Sium sisarum</i>. "A species of water parsnip, generally said to be of Chinese origin, long cultivated in Europe for its esculent root. It is a plant a foot high with pinnate leaves, a hardy perennial, but grown as an annual. The root is composed of small fleshy tubers, of the size of the little finger, united at the crown." &mdash;Whitney, 1889

Skirret

Sium sisarum. "A species of water parsnip, generally said to be of Chinese origin, long cultivated in…

"A plant of the genus <i>Scutellaria</i>: so called from the helmet-like appendage to the upper lip of the calyx, which closes the mouth of the calyx after the fall of the corolla." &mdash;Whitney, 1889
<p>In the illustration, <i>a</i> represents the calyx. This illustration is of <i>Scutellaria serrata</i>, an herbaceous perennial mint.

Skullcap - Upper Part of the Flowering Stem

"A plant of the genus Scutellaria: so called from the helmet-like appendage to the upper lip of the…

Of the Mint family (Labiatae), the leaf of the common skullcap (Scutellaria galericulata).

Common Skullcap

Of the Mint family (Labiatae), the leaf of the common skullcap (Scutellaria galericulata).

Of the Mint family (Labiatae), the larger skullcap (Scutellaria integrifolia.

Larger Skullcap

Of the Mint family (Labiatae), the larger skullcap (Scutellaria integrifolia.

Of the Mint family (Labiatae), the mad-dog skullcap (Scutellaria laterifora).

Mad-Dog Skullcap

Of the Mint family (Labiatae), the mad-dog skullcap (Scutellaria laterifora).

Of the Mint family (Labiatae), the leaf of Scutellaria canescens.

S. canescens Skullcap

Of the Mint family (Labiatae), the leaf of Scutellaria canescens.

Of the Mint family (Labiatae), the leaf of Scutellaria nervosa.

S. nervosa Skullcap

Of the Mint family (Labiatae), the leaf of Scutellaria nervosa.

Of the Mint family (Labiatae), the leaf of Scutellaria parvula.

S. parvula Skullcap

Of the Mint family (Labiatae), the leaf of Scutellaria parvula.

Of the Mint family (Labiatae), the leaf of Scutellaria pilosa.

S. pilosa Skullcap

Of the Mint family (Labiatae), the leaf of Scutellaria pilosa.

Of the Mint family (Labiatae), the leaf of Scutellaria serrata.

S. serrata Skullcap

Of the Mint family (Labiatae), the leaf of Scutellaria serrata.

Of the Mint family (Labiatae), the leaf of Scutellaria versicolor.

S. versicolor Skullcap

Of the Mint family (Labiatae), the leaf of Scutellaria versicolor.

A shrub of the plum family, usually frowing to a height of from six to twelve feet. Its wood is hard and tough, and the young growth is used for walking-sticks.

Sloe

A shrub of the plum family, usually frowing to a height of from six to twelve feet. Its wood is hard…

Sloe branch and fruit.

Sloe

Sloe branch and fruit.

Small flax lily is the common name of phormium cookianum. The flowers are yellow with greenish outer segments. The flowers are about one inch long. The flowers bloom in summer.

Small Flax Lily

Small flax lily is the common name of phormium cookianum. The flowers are yellow with greenish outer…

"Stem of "Smilax" (Myrsiphyllum). l, scale-like leaves; cl, cladophyll, or leaf-like branch, growing in the axil of the leaf; ped, flower-stalk, growing in the axil of a leaf." -Bergen, 1896

Smilax

"Stem of "Smilax" (Myrsiphyllum). l, scale-like leaves; cl, cladophyll, or leaf-like branch, growing…

Smilax is a genus of about 300-350 species, found in the tropics and subtropics worldwide. In China for example about 80 are found (39 of which are endemic), while there are 20 in North America north of Mexico[1]. They are climbing flowering plants, many of which are woody and/or thorny, in the monocotyledon family Smilacaceae, native throughout the tropical and warm temperate regions of the world. Common names include catbriers, greenbriers, prickly-ivys and smilaxes. "Sarsaparilla" (also zarzaparrilla, sarsparilla) is a name used specifically for the Jamaican S. regelii as well as a catch-all term in particular for American species. Occasionally, the non-woody species such as the Smooth Herbaceous Greenbrier (S. herbacea) are separated as genus Nemexia; they are commonly known by the rather ambiguous name "carrion flowers"

Smilax

Smilax is a genus of about 300-350 species, found in the tropics and subtropics worldwide. In China…

Plant native to South Africa, featuring rich folliage that is commonly used for decorations.

Hispida Smilax

Plant native to South Africa, featuring rich folliage that is commonly used for decorations.

This plant belongs to the tecoma family.

Tecoma Smithii

This plant belongs to the tecoma family.

<i>Sansevieria Zeylanica</i> is the Latin name, but this plant is also called a Mother-in-law's Tongue. "A genus of monocotyledonous plants of the order of <i>Haemodoraceae</i> and tribe <i>Ophiopogoneae</i>. It is characterized by a long and slender perianth-tube, six filiform filaments, and a free ovary, fixed by a broad base, containing three cells and three erect ovules." &mdash;Whitney, 1889

Snake Plant

Sansevieria Zeylanica is the Latin name, but this plant is also called a Mother-in-law's Tongue. "A…

The snakehead or Chelone glabra is an herbaceous plant used for medicinal purposes.

Snakehead

The snakehead or Chelone glabra is an herbaceous plant used for medicinal purposes.

"Germinating seed of Ophiocaryon paradoxum. a. radicle; b. cauliculus; cc. cotyledons." -Lindley, 1853

Snakenut

"Germinating seed of Ophiocaryon paradoxum. a. radicle; b. cauliculus; cc. cotyledons." -Lindley, 1853

Of the Composite family (Compositae): left, white snakeroot (Eupatorium urticaefolium); right, boneset (Eupatorium perfoliatum).

White Snakeroot and Boneset

Of the Composite family (Compositae): left, white snakeroot (Eupatorium urticaefolium); right, boneset…

Of the Parsley family (Umbelliferae), the Maryland black snakeroot (Sanicula marilandica).

Maryland Black Snakeroot

Of the Parsley family (Umbelliferae), the Maryland black snakeroot (Sanicula marilandica).

"Flowering plant of sanicle (Sanicula marilandica). (a), a male flower; (b), the fruit." -Whitney, 1911

Maryland Black Snakeroot

"Flowering plant of sanicle (Sanicula marilandica). (a), a male flower; (b), the fruit." -Whitney, 1911

"<i>Polygala senega</i> of eastern North America. It sends up several stems from hard knotty root-stocks, bearing single close racemes of white flowers. It is the source of the officinal senegaroot, and from being much gathered is said to have become scarce in the east." &mdash;Whitney, 1889
<p>This illustration shows the knotty roots and the lower portion of the stem.

Seneca Snakeroot - Roots and Base of the Stem

"Polygala senega of eastern North America. It sends up several stems from hard knotty root-stocks, bearing…

"<i>Polygala senega</i> of eastern North America. It sends up several stems from hard knotty root-stocks, bearing single close racemes of white flowers." &mdash;Whitney, 1889
<p>This illustration includes the upper portion of the stem and the flowers.

Seneca Snakeroot - Stem and Flowers

"Polygala senega of eastern North America. It sends up several stems from hard knotty root-stocks, bearing…

"<i>Polygala senega</i> of eastern North America. It sends up several stems from hard knotty root-stocks, bearing single close racemes of white flowers. It is the source of the officinal senegaroot, and from being much gathered is said to have become scarce in the east." &mdash;Whitney, 1889
<p>This illustration is of the fruit of the plant.

Seneca Snakeroot - the Fruit

"Polygala senega of eastern North America. It sends up several stems from hard knotty root-stocks, bearing…

Corolla of Snapdragon, with labiate <em>personate</em> corolla.

Snapdragon

Corolla of Snapdragon, with labiate personate corolla.

"The snapdragon catch-fly, showing tiny insects caught upon the sticky band of the stems." -University Society, 1920

Snapdragon

"The snapdragon catch-fly, showing tiny insects caught upon the sticky band of the stems." -University…

"2. corolla of Antirrhinum majus cut open; 3. its pistil; 4. its ripe fruit; 5. cross section of its ovary; 6. section of its seed." -Lindley, 1853

Snapdragon

"2. corolla of Antirrhinum majus cut open; 3. its pistil; 4. its ripe fruit; 5. cross section of its…

A type of flower.

Snapdragon

A type of flower.

The ringent corolla of the snapdragon or Antirrhinum.

Snapdragon Corolla

The ringent corolla of the snapdragon or Antirrhinum.

Of the figwort family (Scrophulariaceae), the small snapdragon (Antirrhinum Orontium).

Small Snapdragon

Of the figwort family (Scrophulariaceae), the small snapdragon (Antirrhinum Orontium).

Of Sneezeweed (Helenium), with its pappus of five scales.

Sneezeweed

Of Sneezeweed (Helenium), with its pappus of five scales.

Various views of the fine-leafed sneezeweed, Helenium tenuifolium.

Sneezeweed

Various views of the fine-leafed sneezeweed, Helenium tenuifolium.

Snow-on-the-mountain and ghost weed are the common names of euphorbia marginata. It is native from the plains of the Dakotas to Texas. The flowers bloom July to October.

Snow-on-the-Mountain

Snow-on-the-mountain and ghost weed are the common names of euphorbia marginata. It is native from the…

Of the Heath family (Ericaceae), the creeping snowberry (Chiogenes hispidula).

Creeping Snowberry

Of the Heath family (Ericaceae), the creeping snowberry (Chiogenes hispidula).

Snowdrop is the common name for members of the genus Galanthus, a small genus of about 20 species in the family Amaryllidaceae; snowdrops are among the first bulbs to bloom in spring, although certain species flower in late autumn and winter.

Snowdrop

Snowdrop is the common name for members of the genus Galanthus, a small genus of about 20 species in…

"Sapindus senegalensis. 1. an expanded flower; 2. a petal; 3. the ovaries before fertilisation; 4. a vertical section of a ripe drupe, showing the embryo." -Lindley, 1853

Soapberry

"Sapindus senegalensis. 1. an expanded flower; 2. a petal; 3. the ovaries before fertilisation; 4. a…

"Soapwort (Saponaria), a genus of plants of the natural order Caryophyllace&aelig;; so called because the bruised leaves produce a lather like soap when agitated in the water. Common soapwort grows by the roadside in the United States from New England to Georgia. It is a native of many parts of Europe, and is found on way sides, river banks, and thickets; in Great Britain it is found in alluvial meadows and under hedges. It has handsome pink-like flowers."&mdash;(Charles Leonard-Stuart, 1911)

Soapwort

"Soapwort (Saponaria), a genus of plants of the natural order Caryophyllaceæ; so called because…

Polypetalous corolla of Soapwort, of five petals with long claws or stalk-like bases.

Soapwort

Polypetalous corolla of Soapwort, of five petals with long claws or stalk-like bases.

Pictured are flowers of the orders solanaceae, scrophulariaceae, bignoiaceae, and pedaliaceae. The flowers illustrated are (1) solanum, (2) nicotiana, (3) verbascum, (4) antirrhinum, (5) scrophularia, (6) campsis, and (7) sesamum.

Orders of Solanaceae, Scrophylariaceae, Bignoniaceae, and Pedaliaceae.

Pictured are flowers of the orders solanaceae, scrophulariaceae, bignoiaceae, and pedaliaceae. The flowers…

Leaves of Solanum jasminoides, the petiole adapted for climbing.

Solanum Jasminoides

Leaves of Solanum jasminoides, the petiole adapted for climbing.

An ornamental shrub, often grown in glass vases filled with sand.

Integrifolium Solanum

An ornamental shrub, often grown in glass vases filled with sand.