Sago 



Sap 



Sa'eo, granulated starch obtained from 

 the pith of certain palms, especially 

 from species of Sagus. 



Saint'-Valery' Ap'ple, a monstrosity 

 in which the petals are sepaloid, the 

 stamens absent, and a double row of 

 carpels present. 



Sal'ep, the dried tubercles of some 

 species of Orchis, also spelled Sarop, 

 Saloop^ 



Salic«'tam, (1) a collection of willows ; 

 (2) a volume so entitled devoted to 

 the genus ; (3) recently applied to a 

 plant association of Salix ; Sal'icin, 

 a glucoside occurring in the bark of 

 willows , species of Salix, ; Salicol' - 

 ogist, (1) an expert or student of the 

 genus Salix; or (2) of willow-barks 

 only. 



Salicome'tum, Ganong's term for a 

 plant association consisting of Sali- 

 cornia; a salt marsh ; Balicor'nioid 

 {fldos, resembling), akin to or 

 resembling Salicornia. 



Salicyl'ons Ac'id occurs in many flowers, 

 especially of Spiraea, probably by 

 oxidation of its corresponding alco- 

 hol, Saligenin. 



la'lient {saliens, springing forward"), 

 projecting forward. 



Salig'enin, an aromatic substance 

 formed by the decomposition of 

 Salicin, etc. 



saline', tali'nus {sal, salis, salt), (1) 

 consisting or partaking of the 

 qualities of salt ; (2) growing in 

 salt-marshes ; '^ Mat'ters, chemical 

 salts occuriing in plants, the union 

 of acids with bases. 



Salitra'les, Argentine salt-steppes. 



■almo'nena {saZmo, a salmon) ; sal- 

 monic'olor {color, colour), salmon- 

 coloured, pink with a dash of yellow. 



Sarop, Saloop' =■ Salep. 



Salpig^n'thy {(rdXiriy^, a trumpet ; 

 ikvQo^, a flower), the transformation 

 of ligulate or disk- florets of Com- 

 positae into conspicuous tubular 

 florets (Morren). 



Saliole'tum, an association of Salsola. 



saliu'ginoas, salsuigino'sus {salsugo, 

 saltness), growing in places inun- 

 dated by salt or brackish water, as 



saltings ; sarsus (Lat., salted), is 

 used in the same sense. 



Salt-bush land, of the Mediterranean 

 region consists of Salicornia fruti- 

 cosa, with Atriplex portulacoides and 

 Statice ; Salt- des'ert in Persia, is 

 destitute of a single plant or grass ; 

 ~ -glandi, excreting salts in leaves ; 

 ^ -steppe, incompletely furnished 

 "with plants, which are usually grey 

 with scales or hairs, or with wax 

 (Warming); ~ Swamp, found in still 

 maritime inlets, with Phragmites and 

 Scirpits (Warming). 



Salt'atory {saltatorius, pertaining to 

 dancing) Evoln'tion, showing discon- 

 tinuous advance with long strides. 



Salt'ingf, salt-marshes, the grass being 

 overflowed at high-water, leaving 

 numerous muddy channele. 



sarver-form, --' shaped, hypocrateri- 

 morphous (A. Gray). 



Sama'ra (or Same'ra, Lat., the fruit 

 of the elm), an indehiscent winged 

 fruit, as that of the sycamore ; 

 samarid'eons, sam'aroid, samaroi'- 

 deus {eUos, resemblance), used of a 

 fruit resembling a samara. 



Sam'bucene, a terpene derived from 

 Sambucus nigra, Linn. 



san'guine, sanguin'eus (Lat., blood- 

 red), the colour of blood, crimson. 



Sa'nio's Bars, rods stretching across 

 from one tracheid to another in 

 coniferous wood ; -^ Law, the order 

 of cell-division of the cambium, as 

 set forth in Pringsheim, Jahrb. ix. 

 60 ; -^ Elms, markings on the radial 

 walls of tracheids, especially the 

 springwood of Pinics (Groom). 



San'talin, a resinous substance from 

 red sandal-wood, JPterocarpus san- 

 talinus, Linn. f. , whence its name. 



San'tonin, a bitter principle from 

 wormwood, Artemisia Santonicum, 

 Linn. 



Sap (sapa, new wine boiled thick), 

 the juice of a plant ; the fluid con- 

 tents of cells and young vessels 

 consisting of water and salts ab- 

 sorbed by the roots and distributed 

 through the tissues ; -^ Cav'ities, 

 vacuoles; ~ col'our, flower- tints due 



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