GLOSSARY. 32$ 



Sinuate. Having sinuses at the edge. 



Sinus. A large, rounded indentation or cavity. 



Sort. Plural of Sorus. The most common fruit of ferns, con- 

 sisting of small clusters of minute capsules on the back of 

 the leaf. 



Spadix. An elongated receptacle of flowers, commonly pro- 

 ceeding from a spathe ; as in Arum triphyllum. 



Spat he. A sheathing calyx opening lengthwise on one side, 



i^ and consisting of one or inure valves; as in the Onion. See 

 Spadix 



Spatulute or spathulate. Obtuse or large at the end, and gradu- 

 ally tapering into a stalk at base. 



Species. A group or Mihdivision of plants agreeing with each 

 other not only in their fructification, but in all other essential 

 and permanent parts ; and always reproducing the same 

 kind. 



Specific. Belonging to a species only. 



Spike. A kind of inflorescence in which the flowers are sessile, 

 or nearly so, on the sides of a long peduncle. 



Spikelel. A small spike ; as in Meadow-grass, Darnel, Cheat, &c. 



Spindle shaped. See Fusiform. 



Spine. A thorn, or sharp process growing from the wood. 



Spur. A sharp hollow projection from a flower, commonly the 

 nectary. 



Squamiform Scale shaped. 



Squarrose or Squarrous. Ragged. Having reflected or diver- 

 gent scales 



Stamen. The part of the flower on which the Linnrean classes 

 are founded. It commonly consists of the filament or stalk, 

 and the anther which contains the pollen. 



Staminate. Having stamens, but no pistils. 



Standard. See Banner. 



Stellate. Like a star. 



Stem. A general supporter of leaves, flowers, and fruit. 



Stendtss. Having no stem properly so called, but only a scape. 



Sterile. Barren. 



Stigma. The summit or extremity of the pistil. 



Stipe The stem of a fern or fungus; also the stem of the 

 down of seed*, as in Dandelion ; also a particular stalk 

 of germs, seeds, &c, which is superadded to the pedicel. 



Stipitate. Supported by a stipe. 



Stipule. A leafy appendage situated at the base of petioles or 

 leaves. 



Stipular. Belonging to stipules. 



Sloloniftrous. Having scions or running shoots. 



Striate. Marked with fine parallel lines. 



Strigose. Bristly. 



Strobile. A cone ; an anient with woody or rigid scales, as in 

 the fruit of pines, firs, &.c. 



