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GLOSSARY. 



f. Having the nature of or 



bearing a 



ii.r. A spike with a fleshy axis; 149. 

 . The length of the space between 



the tip nl tin- thumb and that of the 



little linger, when outstretched : about 



nine inches. 



s. Sparse or scattered; whence 

 .-, with scattered flowers; 



Sparsifolii/*, with scattered leaves, &c. 

 Sjiiit/nn-tniix (-us). Spathe-bearing, or 



of the nature of a 

 S/HI//I, (Spilt/in). A large bract, or a 



pair of bracts, enclosing a flower-clus- 



ter; 142. 

 Spatliellu. An unused name for the 



glumes of Grasses. 

 Spathilla. A secondary or diminutive 



Bpathe. 

 Spiilitlnte (Spathulatus). Oblong with 



the lnwer end attenuated, shaped like 



a druggist's spatula; 95. 

 Species. The particular kind, the unit 



in natural history classification; 317. 

 Specijic (,'lniriii-li r. A"<//e, &c., 349, 



363. 

 N/ i-iiinpliore or Spermophore (-orum). 



A name for the Placenta. 

 Spermoderm (-ermis). The outer seed- 



coat; 305. 

 Spermoddphorum or ,s/ rmophortm. An 



unused name for the gynophore in 



Umbelliferic. The latter also an un- 



used name for the Placenta; 2G1. 

 Spermotheca. An unused name for peri- 



carp. 

 Spermttm. Latin form of the Greek word 



lor seed. Lat. Semen. 

 Sjilni/i rocorpium. Name proposed for 



an accessory fruit, such as that of 



Sliepherdia. in which an akem is 



enclosed in a baccate calyx-tube. 

 tfpii-H. See Spike. 

 ^jiii-iii, (-Hi/Hi}. In the form of or resem- 



bling a spike, or disposed in spikes. 

 .s'/<iV//'i/-/n (-unit!.---). Spike-like. 

 N/H'I-/////. A diminutive or secondary 



spike : a Spiki-lel. 

 >/'//.. i>'/<i'm). A form of indeterminate 



iutlore-cciiee, with llo\ver- senile nu 

 an elongated romnmn axi~ : Mil. 

 ,s'///7.v /i / ( N///V///,M. A secondary spike; 

 the name ui^eii to the I,ocii-ta or clus- 

 ter of one or more (lowers of Grasses 

 subtended by a common pair of 



glllllM'S. 



See Kiisiform. 



(S/i/H'M. A sharp-pointed woody 

 or indurated body, commonly a branch, 



a petiole, stipule, or other 

 part of a leaf; 55, 117. 



tfjii/K.-tt -i ni (-en . l.nding in a spine 

 or sharp point; 55. 



ftjiint'tt.- (-miii.t). Furnished with spines, 

 or of a spiny character; 55. 



Spinulifi rous or Spinulose (-osus). Fur- 

 nished with diminutive spines or Sjtiii- 

 ulce. 



Spiral ( N////-"//'.- 1. As if wound round 

 an axis. Spiral Ducts, 6'8. S])irai 



i, 11!), 121. 



The delicate coiled threads 

 in the hairs on the surface of certain 

 seeds and akenes, which uncoil when 

 wet; 307. 



^jiithamceus. A span long; the length 

 spanned between the tip of thumb and 

 forefinger when extended. 



Splendens. Resplendent or glittering. 



Spongelet, S/><>n,/it>l< (-lulu). Name 

 given to young root-tips; once sup- 

 posed to be a peculiar organ; 28. 



Sporadic (-icus). Widely dispersed or 

 scattered. 



Sporangium. A spore-case or theca con- 

 taining the analogues of seeds (spores) 

 in the higher Cryptogams. 



Spore (Spora, Greek for seed). The 

 analogue of seed in Cryptogams. 



Spore-case. See Sporangium. 



^piiridiuin. Synonym or diminutive of 

 Spore. 



.sy;,v/'< naif. Spore-bearing. 



^jii'ifiK-ni-p (-in-plum). Name given to 

 certain spore-cases, as of Lycopodi- 

 aceae. 



fyiiirvphore (-ontm). One of the syno- 

 nyms of Placenta. 



Xjmriilt (S/n'n-iiln). Diminutive spore or 

 a sort of spore. 



>/j. ////'/'. runt (-us). Bearing or con- 

 taining spores. 



>'/ii'/-f. A bud-variation or seed-varia- 

 tion; 319. 



Xpmiii.ai-1 ni (-1 ii.<). S/iiinnifc. Froth-like 



in appearance. 



Spur. A hollow and slender extension 

 of some portion of the hlo-som. 11-11- 

 ally nectariferous, as of the calyx of 

 Larkspur and the corolla of Violet: 

 rarely applied also to a solid spur-like 

 'process. 



S/inrr,'/. Producing a spur. See Cal- 

 carate. 



Squama. A scale of any sort, usually 

 the homologue of a le.it. 



Squnmate (-ntu.t). Squamiferous, Squa- 

 musiis. Furnished with scales. 



