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JYasftjents : and of the twentieth in his 

 Natural U...eis 



T itaTA. Wheel -shaped. 



Roxodum. Round. 



Ji". ido trigonum. Obtusely three-cor- 

 ( red. 



Hugged or S< Lbrous Rough with tuber- 

 cles, or prominent stiff! sb points. 



Rugoscm. Wrinkled. When the veins 

 are more contracted than the disk, so 

 that the intermediate substance rises 

 above them. 



Rukcinatom. Runcinate. Asortofpin- 

 natifid leaf, with the lobes convex before 

 and straight behind, like the teeth of the 

 large double saw used in sawing timber. 



Runner. A shoot producing roots and 

 leaves at the end only, and thus propa- 

 gating the plant. 



SagittaTum. A sagittate leaf. Shaped 

 like the head of an arrow. 



Salveu-Siiaped. Monopetalous, rising 

 from a tube, with a flat border. 



Sarmentace/e (Sarmentum, the twig or 

 spray of a vine ; from sarpo to prune. 

 The name of the forty-ninth order in 

 Linneus's Fragments; and of the ele- 

 venth in his Natural Orders. 



SarmentosOS. Sarmentose. Filiform, al- 

 most naked ; or having only leaves in 

 bunches at the joints or knots, where it 

 strikes root. 



Scabkr. Scabrous or rugged ; something- 

 like shagreen. 



Scamride. The name of the twentieth 

 order in Lmneu's's Fragments; and of 

 the fifty-third in his Natural Orders. 



SCABRITIES. Euggedncss. A sort of pu- 

 bescence, composed of particles scarcely 

 visible to the naked eye, scattered over 

 the slirface of vegetables. 



Scaly. A scaly root orbulb; composed of 

 scales lying over each other; as in the 

 Lilt/ A scaly stem or peduncle; hav- 

 ing scales scattered over it. 



'$ CanDens A scandent or climbing stem. 



Scapus. A scape or shaft. A stem bear- 

 ing the fructification, without' leaves. 



-StARtosuAi j ''olium, A scariose leaf. Of a 



dry substance, sonorous to the touch.- 

 Applied to a perianth, which is membra- 

 nous, tough, thin, and semi-transpj -^ut, 

 Scattered Spsrsvs. A pplied to branches, 



leaves, &c. which come out without any 

 apparent regular order. 



Scitamine.'e Scitamina. (Scittementam. 

 Sc'tum edulium. An eatable of "a racy 

 flavour, pleasant spicy plants.) The name 

 of the third order in Linneus's Frag- 

 ments ; and of the eighth in his Natural 

 Orders. In the Artificial System these 

 are in the first class. 



Scohei) stem. Marked deeply with paral- 

 lel lines, or rather grooves. 



Scutei.i.um. An orbicular concave fructi- 

 fication (in some lichens), with the edge 

 raised ail round. 



SCYPHIFER. Cup- bearing. 



Secundum. All turned towards one side. 



Sefd-leaves The primary leaves; being 

 the cotyledons or lobes of a seed expand- 

 ed, and in a state of vegetation. 



S 1. 1- o-vessel. See Per iiarpium 



Segmenta. Segments- The parts int# 

 which a calyx is cut. 



Segri.GaTa Polygamic!. Segregate poly- 

 gamy. When several florets compre- 

 hended within a common calyx are fur- 

 nished also with their proper perianths. 

 These constitute the fifth order of the 

 class Syngaitsia. 



SFJUGUM/o/ium A sejugous leaf; or a 

 pinnate leaf having six pairs of leaflets. 



Semi amplexktacle folium., A haif-stem- 

 clasping leaf. Embracing the stalk hall 

 way. 



Skmisagittata. Shaped like half the head 

 of an arrow. 



SemiTeres. Semicolumnar. Flat on one 

 side, and rounded on the other. 



SenT'cos.e (Sf ntis, a briar or bramble). The 

 name of the thirty-fifth order in Lin- 

 neus's Fragments,"' and Natural Orders. 



SepiarlE fSepes, a hedge). The name 

 of the twenty-nfth' order in Linneus's 

 Fragments; and of the forty- fourth ki 

 his Natural orders, containing the hedge 

 plants. 



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