220 GLOSSARY AND INDKX. 



Sarmentaceous, Sarmentose, bearing long and flexible twigs (Sarmenlf), either 

 spreading or procumbent. 



n //'-toothed, see serrate, 55. 

 Scabrous, rough or har.-h to tlie touch. 



/if "i- m, with (Ti.^-l.aiiiK. n-, milling the steps of a ladder, 134. 

 Scales, of l>mls, i!8 ; of bulbs. &<-., 4o. 

 Scalloped, same as crenate, 55. 



Scaly, furnished with scales, or scale-like in texture. 

 Scandail, climbing, :;'.). 



Scape, a peduncle rising from the ground or near it, as in many Violets. 

 Scapifortn, scape-like. 

 Scapigerous, scape-bearing. 

 Scar of the seed, 120. Leaf-scars, 27, 23. 

 Scarious or Scariose, thin, dry, and membranous. 

 Scion, a shoot or slip used for grafting. 

 Sclei-os, Greek for hard, hence Sclerocarpous, hard-fruited. 

 Scobiform, resembling sawdust. 



Scorpioid or Scorpioidnl, curved or circinate at the end, 77. 

 Scrobiculate, pitted; excavated into shallow pits. 



Scurf, Scurfness, minute scales on the surface of many leaves, as of Goosefoot. 

 Scutate, Scutiform, buckler-shaped. 



Scute/late, or Scutellifurm, saucer-shaped or platter-shaped. 

 Secund, cne-sided; i. e. where flowers, leaves, &c., are all turned to one side. 

 Secundme, the inner coat of the ovule, 110. 

 Seed, 125. Seed-leaves, see cotyledons. Seed-vessel, 127. 

 Segment, a subdivision or lobe of any cleft body. 

 Segregate, separated from each other. 

 Semi-, in compound words of Latin origin, half; as 

 Semi-adherent, as the calyx or ovary of Purslane; Semicnrdate, half-heart-shaped; 



Semilunar, like a half-moon; Semiovate, half-ovate, &c. 

 Seminal, relating to the seed (Semen). Seminiferous, seed-bearing. 

 Sempervirent, evergreen. 

 Sensitiveness in plants, 149, 152. 

 Senary, in sixes. 



Sepal, a leaf or division of the calyx, 14, 70. 

 Sepaloid, sepal-like. Stpaline, relating to the sepals. 

 Separated /'/<//-, rt, those having stamens or pistils only, 85. 

 Septate, divided by partitions. 

 Septenate, with parts in sevens. 



Septtcidal, where dehiscencc is through the partitions, 123. 

 SeptifercitS, bearing the partition. 



Ni /, tif ni</iil, where the valves in dehiscenre break away from the partitions, 123. 

 f<i-l>him (plural ff/iln), a partition or dissepiment. 

 Si't-lal, or Seri'itf, in rows: a* fii.<i-ril. in two rows, &c. 

 Sericeous, silky: clothed with satiny pubescence. 

 Serotinous, late in the season. 



Serrate, the margin cut into teeth (Xi'i-ratiin-.*) pointing forwards, 55. 

 Serrulate, same a> the last, but with tine teeth. 

 Sessile, sitting', without any stalk. 



Sesqui-, Latin for one and a half; so Si m/ui/n ilnl/'it, a foot and a half long. 

 Seta, a bristle, or a slender body or appendage resembling a bristle. 

 Setaceous, bristle-like. s '< ti/'n-m, bristle-shaped. 



>. hearing bristles. <s'i tuti-, beset with bristles or bristly hairs. 

 Setula, a diminutive bristle. .S //<>./, provided with such. 

 Sex, six. Sexanyular, six-angled. Stxfari<nis, six-faced. 

 Sheath, the base of such leaves as those of Grasses, which are 

 Sliinthinr/, wrapped round the Mem. 

 Shield-shaped, same as scutate, or as peltate, 53. 



