semipollicaris 



septicide 



LOID), petaloid ; of the shape or 

 texture of a petal ; semipollica'ris 

 ( + pollex, a thumb-breadth), about 

 half an inch in length ; semira'- 

 dians, semira' diate, semiradia'tus 

 (radians, emitting beams), when 

 only a portion of the outer florets 

 of a Composite are radiant and 

 different from those of the disk ; se- 

 mire'niform, aemireniform'is (renes, 

 the kidneys, Jbmia, shape), kidney- 

 shaped on one side only ; semi- 

 reticula'tus (reticulatus, netted), 

 when one of several layers is 

 netted, the others membranous ; 

 semisag'ittate, semisagitta'tus (sa- 

 gitta, an arrow), arrow-shaped on 

 one side of the longitudinal axis ; 

 semisep'tate, semisepta'tus ( + SEP- 

 TATUS), half-partitioned, the dis- 

 sepiment not projecting far enough 

 to divide it into two cells ; semi- 

 stam'inate, semistaminar'ius, -ris 

 (+ STAMEN), when part of the 

 stamens are changed into petals ; 

 semisymphioste'monis ( + ffv^ixa, 

 I unite, crrrifjuav, a stamen), when 

 some of the stamens cohere, the 

 rest remaining free ; sem'iterete, 

 semiter'es (teres, round and taper- 

 ing), half-terete ; semitrig'ynus 

 (rpls, three, yvvi], a woman), when 

 of three styles two are united half 

 way, the third being free on the 

 ovary (Meissner) ; semival'vate, 

 semivalva'tus (+ VALVATE), when 

 the valves of a fruit are only par- 

 tially dehiscent ; semivertic'illate 

 ( + VERTICILLATE), subverticillate 

 (Crozier). 



sempervi'rent, sempervirem (Lat.), 

 evergreen, retaining its leaves 

 during the winter. 



se'nary, nena'riiis (Lat.), belonging 

 to, or containing, six. 



Senes'cence (senesco, I grow old), the 

 ageing of protoplasm ; a term used 

 by Maupas for the condition of the 

 offspring of a long continued series, 

 which, after continued fission, ulti- 

 mately degenerate, and lose first 

 the power of conjugating, and 

 finally that of fission. 



sensib'ilis (Lat.), sensitive, manifest- 

 ing irritability ; sen'sitive, sensiti'- 

 vus, responsive to stimulus, as 

 the leaves of Mimosa pudica, Linn. ; 

 ~ Tis'sues, those in which the 

 sensibility resides ; Sen'sitiveness, 

 irritability ; sen'sory, sensitive. 



Sep'al, Sep'alum (ffKewr/, a covering), 

 Necker's convenient term in uni- 

 versal use for each segment com- 

 posing a calyx ; sep'aline, sepali'- 

 nus ; sep'alous, relating to sepals ; 

 sep'aloid, sepaloi'deus (elSos, re- 

 semblance), resembling a sepal ; 

 Sepalo'dy, the metamorphosis of 

 petals into sepals or sepaloid 

 organs ; Sepal'ulum, Necker's di- 

 minutive for a small sepal. 



sep'arate (separatus, put apart) 

 Flow'ers, those of distinct sexes, 

 diclinous ; separating Lay'er, the 

 ABSCISS-LAYER, as in leaf-fall ; 

 Separation, multiplication by natur- 

 ally detachable portions, such as 

 gemmae, bulbils, etc. 



sepia'ceus (sepia, a cuttle fish), sepia- 

 coloured, a dark clear brown. 



Sepic'ola (sepcs, a hedge, colo, I 

 inhabit), an inhabitant of hedges, 

 Henslow prints it sepi'colus. 



Sep'ta, pi. of Sep'tum (Lat., a hedge 

 or enclosure), any kind of parti- 

 tion, whether a true dissepiment 

 or not ; septa'lis (Lat.), belonging 

 to a septum ; sep'tal, H. C. Wat- 

 son's term for plants growing in 

 hedgerows ; sep'tate, septa' tus, 

 divided by a partition ; ~ Spore = 

 SPORIDESM. 



septem'fid (septem, seven, fd, the 

 root of findo, I cleave), cut into 

 seven divisions; septempar'tite (par- 

 titus, cut), divided into seven lobes; 

 septen'ate, sepfena'tits, sept'enus, 

 having parts in sevens, as in a com- 

 pound leaf, with seven leaflets 

 arising from the same point ; sep- 

 tena'tal-pin'uate, used by Bab- 

 ington for those brambles which 

 have seven pinnules in each leaf. 



septici'dal, sep'ticide, septitida'lis 

 (septum, a hedge or enclosure, 

 caedo, I cut), when a capsule 



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