314 GLOSSARY. 



SCROBICULATE (scrobiculus , L. a little ditch). 



Marked with little pits or depressions. 

 SCUTATE (scutum, L. a shield). 



Buckler-shaped. 

 SEGMENTATION (segmentum, L. a segment). 



Dividing into segments. 

 SEGREGATE (segrego, L. I separate). 



To separate from others, or set apart. 

 SEMI- (L. half). 



Prefix signifying " half." 

 SEPTUM (septum, L. a hedge). 



A partition or division. 

 SIGMOID (sigma, Gr. the letter S). 



Shaped like the letter S. 

 SINUS (sinus, L. a hollow). 



A depression or notch. 

 SPERMATOZOA, SPERMATOZOIDS (sperma, Gr. a seed, _f zoon, an 



animal). 



Thread-like bodies possessed of motion, supposed to 



have fecundative power. 

 SPORANGIUM, SPORANGIA (spora, Gr. a seed, -f angos, a vessel). 



A spore-case, having spores produced within it. 

 SPORIFEROUS (spora, Gr. a seed, -f. fero, I bearj. 



Bearing spores. 

 SPOROCARPIUM (spora, Gr. a seed, -f carpos, a fruit). 



Covering or capsule enclosing spores, or carpospores. 

 SPORODERM (spora, Gr. a seed, -f derma, a membrane. 



The coating or covering of a spore. 

 SPORULES (diminutive of spore). 



Minute spore-like bodies. 

 STRATOSE (stratum, L. a couch or bed). 



Arranged in layers or strata. 

 STRATUM (L. a couch or bed). 



A layer, or extended bed. 

 STRIJS (stria, L. a groove or furrow). 



Parallel lines or shallow grooves. 

 SUB- (L. under). 



A common prefix indicating " almost " or '- nearly." 

 SUBULATE (subula, L. an awl). 



Shaped like an awl. 

 TANGENTIAL (tangens, L. touching). 



In the direction of a tangent. Touching a straight line 



on the arc of a circle. 

 TEGUMENT (tego, L. I cover). 



A covering or membrane. 

 TERETE (teres, L. long, round, and tapering). 



Cylindrical, tapering like the trunk of a tree. 

 TETRAHEDRICAL (tetra, Gr. four, -f. hedron, a side). 



Having four sides. 



