scobicular 



Scyphulus 



a dormant state,occurring in several 

 groups of Fungi ; (2) also applied 

 by some to the resting stage of 

 the plasmodium of the Myxo- 

 gastres. 



scobic'ular (scobis, sawdust) = SCOBI- 

 fOKM (Crozier) ; scobicula'tus, in 

 fine grains like sawdust ; scob'iform, 

 scobiform'is (forma, shape), having 

 the appearance ol sawdust. 



Scobi'na (Lat., a rasp), the zigzag 

 rhachis of the spikelet in some 

 grasses ; scob'inate, scobina'tus, 

 when the surface feels rough as 

 though rasped. 



Scole'cite (<TKW\T), a worm), Tulasne's 

 term for the vermiform archicarp 

 of Ascobolus pulcherrimus, the 

 "Vermiform Body" of Woronin. 



Scot'tisb. Type of Distribution, used 

 by H. C. Watson for those plants 

 in Great Britain whose head- 

 quarters are in Scotland. 



scorpio'id, scorpioi'dal, scorpioi'dis, 

 scorpioida'lis (aKop-n-iwv, a scorpion, 

 elSos, resemblance), when the main 

 axis (pseudaxis) of inflorescence is 

 coiled like the tail of a scorpion, 

 more strictly with flowers two- 

 ranked, these being alternately 

 thrown to opposite sides ; >~ Cyme 

 or CINCINNUS, the lateral branches 

 developed on opposite sides alter- 

 nately as in Borragineae ; in some 

 English textbooks erroneously 

 given as " helicoid " ; ~ Dichot'omy, 

 when alternate branches develop 

 dichotomously ; ~ unip'arous 

 Cyme, a cymose branching when 

 the right and left forks are alter- 

 nately the larger. 



Screw-lines, spirals in phyllotaxis 

 (Solms-Laubach). 



Scri'nium (Lat. , a case), Necker's term 

 for the fruit of Myrtaceae, as of 

 Lecythis ; adj. scrina'ceus. 



scrobic'ulate, scrobicula'tus (scrobi- 

 culus, a little trench), marked by 

 minute or shallow depressions, 

 pitted ; scrobiculo'sus, pitted or 

 punctiform. 



Scroll-gall, Kerner's term for mal- 

 formations caused by insects on 



leaves, which curl up on the side 

 attacked. 



scro'tiform, scrotiform'is (scrotum, a 

 pouch, forma, shape) pouch-shaped ; 

 Scro'tum, the pouch or volva of 

 some Fungi. 



Scurf, small bran-like scales on the 

 epidermis ; Scur'finess, the appear- 

 ance produced by membranous 

 scales ; scurfy, lepidote. 



scu'tate, scuta' tus (scutum, an oblong 

 shield), buckler-shaped, scuta' ti Pi'li 

 scales. 



Scu'tel (scutdla, a salver) = SCUTEL- 

 LUM ; scutella'ris, scu'tellate, scutel- 

 la'tus, shaped like a small platter ; 

 scutel'liform, scuteUiform'is (forma, 

 shape), patelliform, but oval and 

 round (Lindley) ; platter-shaped (A. 

 Gray) ; Scutel'lum, pi. Scutel'la, 

 (1) a second and anterior coty- 

 ledon in grasses, as in wheat 

 (Scribner) ; (2) the conical cap 

 of the endosperm in Cycadeae ; 

 (3) in Lichens, such an apothecium 

 as in Parmelia, with an elevated 

 rim derived from the thallus. 



scu'tiform, scutiform'is (scutum, a 

 shield, forma, shape), buckler- 

 shaped ; ~ Leaf, the first formed 

 leaf in Salvinia, the protophyll 

 which differs in shape from those 

 which succeed it. 



Scu'tum, (1) used by Jacquin to de- 

 note the outer corona in Duvalia, 

 Haw. ; (2) the broad dilated apex 

 of the style in Asclepiads. 



scym'itar-shaped (A. Gray) = SCIMI- 

 TAR-SHAPED. 



Scyph'a or Scyph'us (O-K^OS, a cup or 

 goblet), (1) a cup-like dilatation of 

 the podetium in Lichens, having 

 shields on its edge ; Scy'phi, pi. 

 " open cups " (Leighton) ; (2) J the 

 corona of Narcissus (Lindley) ; 

 Bcyph'iform (forma, shape), cup- 

 like : scyphiph'orous (<j>opeu, I 

 carry), bearing cups ; Scypnog'eny 

 (yevvdu, I produce), Morren's term 

 for the production of ascidia ; scy- 

 ph'ose, possessing scyphi ; Scy- 

 ph'ulus, the colesule or vaginule of 

 Hepaticae. 



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