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sagittiform 



a stolon, as distinct from one fonned 

 direct from the main axis; run'ning, 

 repent, reptant. 



rupes'tral {rupes, a rock), H. C. 

 Watson's term for plants of v/alls 

 and rocks; mpes'trine (Crozier), 

 rupes'tris, growing among rocks, 

 or as Lichens, on rocks ; some 

 write it rupes' ter ; Rupic'ola {colo, 

 I inhabit), a plant which dwells 

 among rocks ; adj. rupic'olous. 



mp'tile, rup'tilis (ruptus, broken), 

 dehiscing in an irregular manner ; 

 ruptiner'vis, ruptiner'vius (N. 

 Lat.), when a straight-ribbed leaf 

 has its ribs interrupted and swollen 

 at intervals ; rup'turing, bursting 

 irregularly. 



rnralis (Lat., rustic), growing in 

 peculiarly rural places, as the thatch 

 of a cottage. 



rus'ciform {liicscus, foTina, shape), 

 with leaflets recalling the shape of 

 the phyllodes of Rxlscus aculeatuif, 

 Linn. 



rns'tUB (Lat), red; russet, when 

 meaning reddish-brown. 



Bust, a fungous disease in cereals 

 caused by Fuccinia graminis, Pers. ; 

 it is also applied to other diseases 

 of plants from similar attacks ; 

 rusty, rubiginose, ferruginous, the 

 colour of iron rust. 



ruta^oeons, having affinity with the 

 Rutaceae. 



ru'tilant, nWilans, riU'ilus (Lat., red, 

 glowing), used for plants having 

 glowing flowers : red, orange, 

 yellow, or an admixture of these. 



rytidocar'puB (^utU, ^vrl^os, a wrinkle; 

 Kapirhs, fruit), when the surface of 

 the fniit is covered with wrinkles. 



Sabulic'ola {sabulum, sand ; colo, I in- 

 habit) ; a plant growing on sandy 

 places ; sab'alose, sabulo'sus, grow- 

 in sandy places ; J. S. Henslow 

 prints the former word sabuli'colus ; 

 sab'^uline (Crozier). is a synonym, 



Sao {saccus, a bag), a pouch, as Air '~ , 

 an empty cavity in the pollen of 

 Ptnws ;— Em'bryo --', see Embryo 

 Sac; Tan'nin '-, a cell secreting or 



containing tannin ; Sacs, water, pe- 

 culiar bowl-shaped leaflike organs 

 in Hepaticae (Warming) ; sac'cal, re- 

 lating to a sac, as the Embryo Sac ; 

 sac'cate, sac'catus, bag-shaped; Sac'- 

 cospores, -ae (+ Spore), Clements's 

 term for plants having fruit en- 

 veloped by a membrane. 



sacchara'tus (sacchamm, sugar), 

 sugary, or yielding sugar, as the 

 sap of some species of maple ; Sac- 

 cbarifica'tion, the conversion of 

 starch into sugar; saccharif'erous 

 {fero, I bear), sugar- bearing ; sac- 

 cliari'nus-(Lat.), sugary; Sac'cha- 

 rose, cane-sugar ; Saccharophyriy 

 ((pvkKoy, a leaf), the production of 

 "Sugar " leaves, cf, Amylophylly. 



sac'ciform, sacciform'is {saccus, a bag ; 

 fonna, Shape), bag-shaped ; Sac'- 

 culus (Lat., a little bag), the peri- 

 dium of Fungi ; Sac'cus, sometimes 

 applied to the coronet of Stapelia, 

 etc. 



Sac'cophytes {aaKKos, a sack ; ^xnhv, a 

 plant), Schuett's term for all plants 

 which are not Placopuytes. 



Sacel'lus (Lat., a little bag), (1) a 

 one-seeded indehiscent pericarp, in- 

 closed within a hardened calyx, as 

 the Marvel of Peru; (2) applied to 

 such fruits as those of CJienopodiiwi, 

 whieh burst irregularly. 



Sachs's Car'vature, a curved growth 

 of the root, due to a difference in 

 the rate of growth of the two sides 

 of the t)rgan (Wiesner). 



Sack = Sac. 



sad'dle-shaped, applied to such valvis 

 of Diatoms as those of Ooscinodiscu.*. 



Saffron, the dried stigmas of Crocvs 

 sativus, Linn., which yield a yellow 

 dye ; '-' ooronred, = crocalus. 



sagit'tal {sagitta, an arrow), applied 

 to a section ; the median line in 

 plane of division of bilateral sym- 

 metry ; introduced into botany from 

 zoology. 



■ag'ittate, sagittaHus, enlarged at the 

 base into two acute straight lobes, 

 like the barbed head of an arrow ; 

 ■agit'tiform, sagiltiform'is {fortna, 

 shape), arrow-shaped. 



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