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Jacobaea L. (rag-wort) there are ray-florets, and the conspic. fls. are 

 largely visited by insects. The. fleshy stems of S. (K.) articulatus 

 Sch. Bip. (S. Afr.) separate at the joints and grow into new pi. S. 

 Johnstoni Oliv. is a remarkable tree on Kilimandjaro. 

 Senefeldera Mart. Euphorbiaceae (A. n. 7). 4 Brazil. 

 Senega snake root, Poly gala Senega L. 



Senkenbergia Schau. (Boerhaavia p.p. EP.}. Nyctagin. 3 N. Am. 

 Senna Touin. ex Mill. = Cassia Tourn. p.p. (Legum.). 

 Senna, Alexandrian, Arabian, Italian, Cassia ; bladder-, Colutea. 

 Sennenia Pau ex Sennen (Trisetum p.p.). Gramin. (9). i Eur. 

 Senra Cav. Malvaceae (4). i E. Afr., Arabia. 



Sensitive fern (Am.), Onoclea; -1. and petioles, cf. Climbing PI., 

 Insectivorous PI., Movements; - plant, Alimosa piidica L., Neptunia, 

 &c. ; - sta., Berberis, Centattrea and many Conipositae, Portitlaca, 

 Sparmannia ; - stigma, Martynia, Mininlus, Strobilanthes. 

 Sepal, cf. Perianth; -oid (P), all of sepal-like 1. 

 Sepalosiphon Schlechter. Orchidaceae (n. a. in), i New Guinea. 

 Septal, of hedgerows. 

 Septas L. =Crassula Dill. p.p. (Crass.). 

 Septate, divided by a partition wall or walls. 

 Septemfid, in seven divisions. 

 Septicidal, septifragal, cf. Fruit. 

 Septum, a partition, e.g. in a multiloc. ovary. 



Sequoia Endl. (Washingtonia Winsl., Wellingtonia Lindl.). Coniferae 

 (Pinaceae 26; see C. for gen. char.). 2 N.W. Am. S. gigaiitea 

 Lindl. et Gord. is the mammoth tree of Calif., discovered in the 

 Sierra Nevada in 1850. The tallest is 320 feet, the thickest 35 feet 

 (Sargent; cf. Eucalyptus); the age of the largest is about 1500 years. 

 In some museums are sections of a tree cut down in 1882 a'nd show- 

 ing 'SSS annual rings. 6". sempervirens Endl., the redwood, is even 

 taller, though not so thick (340 and 28 feet), and is valued for its timber. 

 &c. 



Seradella, serratella, Ornithopus sativus Brot. 

 Seraphyta Fisch. et Mey. Orchidaceae (n. 6). i W.I. 

 Serapias L. Orchidaceae (n. i). 5 Medit. 

 Serenoa Hook. f. Palmae (i. 2). i S.E. U.S. 

 Serial (branches, buds) one above another at same node, cf. Bud. 

 Serianthes Benth. Leguminosae (i. i). 5 trop. As., Polynesia. 

 Sericeous, silky. 



Sericocarpus Nees. Compositae (3). 5 U.S. 

 Sericocoma Fenzl. Amarantaceae (2). 15 S. and trop. Afr. 

 Sericocomopsis Schinz. Amarantaceae (2). 4 E. trop. Afr. 

 Sericodes A. Gray. Zygophyllaceae. i Mexico. 

 Sericographis Nees=Jacobinia Moric. (Acanth.) 

 Sericorema Lopriore (Sericocoma p.p.). Amarant. (2). 2 Afr. 

 Sericospora Nees. Acanthaceae (inc. sed.). i Antilles. 

 Sericostachys Gilget Lopriore. Amarant. (2). 2 C. and W. Afr. 

 Sericostoma Stocks. Boraginaceae (iv. 4). 3 E. Afr. to N.W. India. 

 Sericotheca Rafin. (Spiraea p.p.). Rosaceae fi. i). 74 N. and C. Am. 

 Serldia Juss. = Centaurea L. p.p. (Comp.). 

 Series, cf. Nomenclature. 



