GLOSSARY 377 



Scorpioid cyme, a sympodial inflorescence with the branches developed 



alternately right and left but not in one plane; see Cincinnus, p. 35. 

 Scrambler, a plant that flings its shoots over others, p. 315. 

 Secondary axes, branches on a primary axis, p. 34. 

 Secund, turned all to one side, p. 334. 

 Seed, the matured ovule containing an embryo. 

 Self-pollination, where the pollen is deposited on the stigma of the same 



flower. 

 Sepal, one of the outermost non-essential organs, usually green and 



more or less leaf-like. 

 Sepaloid, like sepals. 



Septicidal dehiscence, splitting in the plane of the septa, p. 324. 

 Septifragal, splitting across the septum, p. 334. 

 Septum, a partition wall of the ovary, &c., p. 260. 

 Serrate, toothed like a saw, p. 248. 

 Serratulate, with little teeth, p. 342. 

 Sessile, devoid of stalks or pedicels, p. 34. 

 Setose, bristly, p. 317. 

 Sickle-shaped cyme, a sympodial inflorescence in which the branches, 



all on one side and in one plane, form a curved pseudaxis ; see 



Drepanium, p. 35. 



Solitary, singly in the axil, &c., p. 18. 

 Spadix, a spike with the axis swollen and fleshy and enclosed in a large 



bract, p. 25. 



Spathe, the bract of a spadix, p. 25. 



Spathulate, shaped like an old-fashioned spathula or spoon, p. 207. 

 Spermatozoid, the fertilising element of certain Cryptogams, &c. 

 Spicate, spike-like in nature, p. 163. 



Spike, as a raceme, but the flowers sessile on the axis, p. 24. 

 Spikelet, a partial spike. 

 Spinescent, spiny. 



Sporangium, the organ in which spores are formed. 

 Spore, a cell which becomes free and capable of developing a new plant. 

 Sporogenous, spore-producing. 

 Sporophyll, a spore-bearing leaf. 

 Spurred, with a spur-like prolongation. 



Stamens, the organs which contain the pollen or microspores. 

 Staminal, appertaining to the stamens, p. 267. 

 Staminate, flowers or inflorescences consisting of stamens only ; see 



Male. 



Standard, the posterior petal in a typical papilionaceous flower, p. 149. 

 Stigma, the receptive organ on which the pollen is deposited and 



germinates. 

 Stipule, an appendage at the base of the petiole. 



