Purslawe Water. Probably Purslane. Portulaca Oleracea. Used as a potherb, cooling, useful in scurvy, and bilious disorders.
Red Sanders. Red Sandal Wood. Pterocarpus Santalinus. Resinous, odoriferous, austere, astringent, tonic, used as a red colouring ingredient in spirituous tinctures.
Sanicle. Sanicula Europaea. Wood Sanicle. Flowers white. May—June Perennial. Leaves vulnerary, cleaning.
Scordiumwood. Scordium is the Teucrium Scordium, or Water Germander. Flowers pale purple. Perennial. Found in wet meadows, rare.
Seynac. Probably meant for Senna. Leaves a very welknown purgative.
Sneezing Powder Root. This is either Achillea Ageratum, Sweet Maudlin, or Ptarmica Vulgaris. Achillea Ptarmica Sneezewort.
Spermint. Mentha Viridis. Spearmint. The ordinary garden mint. The oil used in medicine. Spirits Diambra. Spirits of Diambar. The name of a stomachic and cordial, which consisted of Amber, Musk, various aromatics, and other ingredients.
Storax. Styrax Officinale. A fragrant resinous balsam obtained from the tree by incision. A close relative of Gum Benzoin, and is with it an ingredient of Friar’s Balsam.
Tormentil. Potentilla Tormentilla. Sept-foil. Root very astringent, febrifuge, and not stimulant. Recommended in some cases of diarrhœa.