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GLOSSARY AND INDEX. 



Saumracoffi, 469. 



Saw-toothed: same as Serrate. 



Sdxatile : living in rock}' places. 



SaxifragacciB, 424. 



Scabrate, scubrid, or scabrous : rough to 



the touch. 

 Scald I- i fur III : ladfler-shapcd, or barred. 

 Scalarifvrm ducts, 46. 

 Scales : any thin scale-like appendages ; 



usually degenerated leaves, 105. 

 Scalloped : saine as Crcnate. 

 Scaly : furnished with scales, 95, 191. 

 Scammony, 455. 

 ScandeiU : climbing. 

 Scape: a flower-stalk rising from the 



ground or near it, 220. 

 Scdpiform, or scapoid : resembling a 



scape. 

 Scar : sec Leaf-scar and Hilum. 

 Scdriose, or scdrioiis : thin, dry, and 



membranaceous. 

 Scattered: either sparse, or without ap- 

 parent symmetry of arrangement. 

 Schizandrcre, 382. 

 Scion : a shoot, especially one used for 



grafting. 

 Sciurokl: like a squirrel's tail. 

 Sclerantheaj, 396. 

 Scle'rofjen : same as Ligninc, 36. 

 Scobiform, or scohicular : like sawdust. 

 Scdrpioid : coiled round like a scor])ion, 



as the branches of the cyme of 



Heliotrope. 

 Scrohiculate : j)itted. 

 Scrophulariaceffi, 448. 

 Scroti form : pouch-shaped. 

 Scurf: minute or bran-like scales on 



the epidermis, 52. 

 Scutate, scutiform : sliield-shaped. 

 Scute'Iliform : shaped like a platter (scm- 



teila). 

 Secretions, 51. 



Seclile : divided into portions. 

 Secund: all turned to one side of an 



axis. 

 Secundine : the second coat of an ovule, 



298. 

 Seed, 70, 320. 

 Seed-vessel, 308. 

 Segment: one of the divisions or lobes 



of a leaf or other organ ; 159, 275. 

 Se'firegate : kept separate. 

 Semi-, in Latin compounds : half 

 Semi-adherent : the lower half adherent. 

 Semi-amplexicaul : half-clasping. 

 Semicordate: half heart-shaped (divided 



lengthwise). 

 Semi-double : half-double. 

 Semi-floscular : when the fliowers of a 



head are ligulate. 

 Semilunar, or semilunate : like a crescent 



or half-moon. 



Seminal: relating or belonging to the 

 seed. 



Seminiferous : seed-bearing. 



Semiorbicular : half-round. 



Semioval : half of an oval, and 



Semiomte : half of an ovate figure, di- 

 vided longitudinally. 



Semisaf/ittate : arrow-headed with one 

 lohe wanting. 



Semiseptate : a partition reaching partly 

 across. 



Semitercte : half-cylindrical. 



Sempervirent : evergreen. 



Senna, 414. 



Sensitive plants, 345. 



Sepal : a calyx-leaf, 222. 



Sepaline, sepalous : relating to sepals. 



Se'pnloid : resembling a sepal. 



Separated foicers : the stamens and the 

 ])istils occupving separate blossoms, 

  261. 



Sejitate: with a partition (septum). 



Septicidal, or scpticide : dehiscent 

 through the partitions, i. e. by the 

 lines of junction ; 316, fig. 582, 

 584. 



Septifrnus : bearing a partition. 



Septfraijcd: where the valves separate 

 from the dissepiments, 317. 



Septum (plural septa) : a partition of 

 any kind, 316. 



Serial, or seriate: arranged in rows. 



Sericeous: silky. 



Series: rank. 



Serotinous : flowering or fruiting late. 



Serrate: beset with teeth pointing for- 

 wards, like tliose of a saw, 159, fig. 

 254. 



Se'iratures : the teeth of a serrate body. 



Serrulate : serrate with fine teeth. 



Sesamen;, 447. 



Sc'ssile (sitting) : not stalked, 145, 211, 

 281. 



Seta : a bristle, or bristle-like body, 52. 



Setaceous, setiform : like a bristle. 



Setigerous : bristle-bearing. 



Setose: bearing or abounding with bris- 

 tles. 



Se'tula : diminutive of Seta. 



Se'tidose : bearing minute bristles. 



Sex: six ; as in 



Sexangular : six-angled. 



Sexfurious : six-rowed. 



Sexpartite : six-parted, &c. 

 Sliagrjii : see Villous. 

 Sheath : a tubular body, enclosing or 

 surrounding some otlier ; as the 

 base of the leaves of Grasses ; 1 70, 

 fig. 237. 

 Sheathing: forming a sheath ; see Va- 



ginate. 

 Shields : see Apothecia, 506. 



