scobicnlatus 



Scypha 



FORM (Crozier) ; icobicula'tus, in 

 fine grains like sawdust ; scoblform, 

 scobiform'is {forma, shape), having 

 tlie appearance of sawdust. 



Scobi'na (Lat., a rasp), the zigzag 

 rhachis of the spikelet in some 

 grasses ; Bcobi'nate, scobina'tus, 

 when the surface feels rough as 

 though rasped. 



Scole'clte {<tkw\v^, a worm), Tulasne's 

 term for the vermiform archicarp 

 of Ascoholus pnlcherrimus, the 

 "Vermiform Body" of Woronin; 

 Scolecospo'rae (+ Spora), spores 

 having a long, worm-like shape 

 (Traverse). 



Bcor'pioid, scorpioi'dal, scorpioi'des, 

 scorpioida'lis {crKopnlcov, a scorpion ; 

 f'lSos, resemblance), when the main 

 axis (pseudaxis) of inflorescence is 

 coiled like the tail of a scorpion, 

 more strictly with flowers two- 

 ranked, these being alternately 

 thrown to opposite sides ; -- Cyme, 

 or CiNCiNNUS, the lateral branches 

 developed on opposite sides alter- 

 nately as in Boragineae ; in some 

 English text-books erroneously given 

 as " lielicoid " ; -- Dichot'omy, when 

 alternate branches develop dicho- 

 tomously ; ~ unip'arous Cyme, a 

 cymose branching when the right 

 and left forks are alternately the 

 larger. 



Scoticaplank'ton, floating masses of 

 C^ratium. 



scotoph'ilus {(tkStos, darkness ; <pix4a}, 

 I love), dwelling in darkness ; 

 Scotophy'ta {<pvTov, a plant), " dark- 

 ness plants"; Scotophyti'a, dark- 

 ness plant formations (Clements). 



Scotot'ropism = Skototropism. 



Scot'tish Type of Distribution, used 

 by H. C. Watson for those plants 

 in Great Britain whose head- 

 quarters are in Scotland. 



Screw-lines, spirals in phyllotaxis 

 (Solms-Laubach ). 



Scri'nium (Lat., a case), Necker's term 

 for the fruit of Myrtaceae, as of 

 Lecythis ; adj. scrina'ceus. 



scrobic'ulate, scrobicula'fics {scrobi- 

 culus, a little trench), marked by 



minute or shallow depressions, 

 pitted ; Scrobicula'tion, employed 

 by algologists for the minute de- 

 pressed markings in Desmidiae ; 

 Bcrobiculo'sus, pitted or punctiform. 



Scroll-gall, Kerner's term for mal- 

 formations caused by insects on 

 leaves, which curl u^ on the side, 

 attacked. 



scro'tiform, scrotiform'is {scTotum, a 

 pouch ; forma, shape), pouch-shaped ; 

 Scro'tum, the pouch or volva of 

 some Fungi. 



Scrub, stunted gi-owth, due to want of 

 water, with strong transpiration. 



Scurf, sraair bran-like scales on the 

 epidermis; Scur'finess, the appear- 

 ance produced by membranous 

 scales ; scurfy, lepidote, scaly. 



scu'tate, scuta'tus {actUuin, an oblong 

 shield), buckler- shaped ^ 6CMia'it Pi'li 

 = scales. 



Scu'tel {scutella, a salver) = Scutel- 

 LUM ; scutella'ris, scu'tellate, scutel- 

 la'tus, shaped like a small platter ; 

 scutelliform scute llif arm' is { format 

 shape), patelliform, but oval and 

 round (Lindley) ; platter- shaped (A. 

 Gray) ; Scutel'lum, pi. Scutel'la, 

 (1) a second and anterior coty- 

 ledon in grasses, as in wheat 

 (Scribner); (2) the conical cap 

 of the endosperm in Cycadeac ; 

 (3) in Lichens, such an apothecium 

 as in Parmelia, with an elevated 

 rim derived from the thallns. 



scu'tiform, scutiform'is {scutum, a 

 shield ; forma, shape), buckler- 

 shaped ; r^ Leaf, the first formed 

 leaf in Salvinia, the protophyll 

 which differs in shape from those 

 which siicceed it. 



Sca'tnm (Lat., a shield), (1) used by 

 Jacquin to denote the outer corona 

 in Duvalia, Haw. ; (2) the broad 

 dilated apex of the style in Ascle- 

 piads. 



scym'itar -shaped (A. Gray) = scimi- 

 tar-shaped. 



Scyph'a or Scyph'us {a-Kvcpos, a cup or 

 goblet), (1) a cup-like dilatation of 

 the podetium in Lichens, having 

 shielas on its edge ; Scy'phi, pi. 



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