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H O-Ft T U-S J A M A'l GENS M. 



SrfrlGEJJM.-. Silky, Covered with very soft 

 hairs pressed close lo the surface. 



SfiRRATUS. Serrate, toothed like a saw. 

 Having sharp imbricated notches about 

 the edge, pointing towards the extremi- 

 ty. The direction of the notches i- tiie 

 essential character of the Serrate leaf. 



Serrolo-Cibatinn. Serrajte-ciliate. Having 

 fine hairs like the eye-lashes, on the ser- 

 ial u res. 



Serrqto-dcntatyxri. A serrate-toothed leaf. 

 Having the serratures toothed. 



iSerruldtum'. A serrulate leaf. Finely ser- 

 rate, with very small notches, or teeth. 



Sesquialter. When a large fertile floret 

 is accojjijjanjed by a small abortive one. 



Sessile* Connected immediately with the 

 stem or branch, withotu the intervention 

 ot a petiole; opposed to the petioled leaf. 



Pita. A bristle. A strong, stiff, round- 

 ish hair. 



Setaceous. Bristle-shaped. 



Setosus. Bristly. 



SflFATii. A membrane investing a stem or 

 branch. 



Sicklr-sh-aped. Applied to the keel of a 

 papilionaceous flo.wer. 



Shjcula (diuiin. from SjliqwX- A silicule, 

 silice, little pod or pouch. A two-vajved 

 pericarp, having the seeds fixed ajong 

 both sutures, and the transverse diameter 

 al, or nearly so, to the longitudinal. 

 This pericarp varies in sh_ape; being or^ 

 hicyUite, ovate, or flatted ; entire at the 

 end, or epiargi nate. Hence 



Si.ucui.osa. The name of the first order 

 in the class Tetr adynamia. 



Sn.lQt/A. A silique or pod. 



membranaceous, two - valved pericarp, 

 having the seeds fixed along both su- 

 tures. 



SiLioi'OSA. The name of the second order 

 [in the class Teiradynamia ; containing 

 those plants which have a proper Siljaua 

 for a pericarp. 



Sil iQUOSjE. The name of the fifty- seventh 

 order in Linneus's Fragments ; of the 

 thirty-ninth in his Natural Orders ; and 

 oX the twentieth class in Kay's method. 



An oblong, 



They are the same with the Ci iicfomiet 

 of Tonrnefort. 



SlNUATUM. Sinuate. Having large curved 

 breaks in the margin, resembling bays.. 



Spadix. Tire receptacle in palms, and 

 and some other plants, proceeding from 

 a spathe. It is either branched as :a 

 Palms, or simple, as in Dra< ontwin, &c. 

 Ll some it is one- flowered; in others 

 many- flowered. Hence 



Sparsus. Scattered. Neither opposite nor 

 alternate, nor in any apparent regular 

 order. 



Spathe. A spathe. The calyx of a spadix, 

 opening or bursting longitudinally, in 

 form of a sheath. 



SjHitthacea:. The name,of tbeighth ordei 

 in Linneus's Fragments, and of the ninth 

 in his Natural Orders. 



Spatulatum /i//K7. A spatulate, or spa- 

 tula-shaped leaf. Roundish, with a 

 long, narrow, linear base; like a spatu* 

 la or a battledore. 



SriCA. A spike. A species of inflorcc, 

 cence, in which sessile flowers are (scat- 

 teringly) alternate on a common simple 

 peduncle. 



Spicula. A spicule or spikelet. A partial 

 spike, or a subdivision of it. 



Fplva. A spine or thorn, . 



Spiralis. Spiral. Twisted like a screw. 



Sqcjarrosus. RasreecL Consisting of scales 

 very widely divaricating, or spreading 

 every way. 



Stamen. An organ or viscus for the pre- 

 paration of the pollen ; and, formed, ac- 

 cording to Linneus, from the wood. It 

 It is the third part in the fructification j, 

 and consists of xhejilament and anther. 



Standard or Banner. The upper petal of 

 a papilionaceous corolla; as in the Pea. 



TATUMINAT. The name of the sixtj-- 

 first order in Linneus's Fragments of a 

 Natural Method, in Philos. Botamca; 

 containing only Ulmus, Ccltis, Bosea. 



Stellata. When more leaves than two 

 surround the stem in a whorl ; or radiate 

 from the stem like the spokes of a wheel, 

 or like a star, as it is vulgarly represent^ 



