82 DICTIONARY OF 
SeTAcEvs, bristle-shaped. 
Sera, bristles. 
Sxrosus, bristly, or set with bristles. 
SEXANGULARE, 6-sided, or cornered, 
Sex-Fipvus, 6 cleft. 
SEx-LOCULARE, 6-celled, 
Suart, see Style. 
SuaGey, (hirsutus) rough with stiff hairs. 
Srarp, see Acute, : : 
SHARP-POINTED (mucronatum) tapering into’a hard sharp 
point. 
SHEATH (spatha) a species of Calyx,exemplified in the Crocw, 
the Jris, and the Daffodil. Pl. 3. f. 9. (a.a) See also the 
Introduction. 
SHEATHED FRutt-sTaLxk (spadix) one that is furnished with — 
asheath. Pl. 3. f. 9. (d.) - ee 
SHEATH-SCALE, a membrane found at the top of the sheathes _ 
which surround the stem of Grafses, just where the sheath - 
ends, and the proper leaf begins, It is generally white; _ 
tender and brittle when dry. : 
SHEATHING (vaginans) Leaves ; when the base of a leaf — 
enfolds the stem ; as in most of the Grafses. Pl. 9. f. 4. (i.) | 
SHEDDING (caducus) continuing but a’short time. Applied to 
_ & Calyx, it signifies that it falls off before the blofsom; a3 
in Poppy. ss Sook Ses wiat-codtes 7 
SHELL, see Legumen. — dee = gies ee = 4 Ee 
Suoor (surculus) the branch of a Mofs. batt 6. eee 
Sxort (abbreviatus) a cup is said to be short,when itis shortet 
than the tube of the blofsom, as in ph. 4.:f2- Tee Te 
SHRIVELLING (marcescens) fading and withered, but not fall 
ing off. e. g. the blofsoms of Plantain and Stichwort. 
SuRuBBY (fruticosus) somewhat woody and perennial, as the 
stems of the Rose. : Dee T's 
SrLicuLa, a broad and short pod, or pouch. oe 7 
SILICULOSA, the name of the first Order of the Tetradynamia 
Chats, containing the plants with a broad short pod of 
pouch. - Ro eek Eek TE A 
SILIQuA, a pod, or more particularly along pod. = 
SILIQguos®, the second Order of the Clafs Tetradynamia; — 
containing the plants whose seed-vefsel is along pod. = 
SILky (sericeus) set with very soft hairs lying close, so 4 
hardly to be felt. apts oil verter eee eee 
SimpPxe (simplex) undivided. 
——— Stem; one that is undivided : or only sending out small 
——— Lear; when there is only one upon aleaf-stalk. 
-——— Cur; one that consists of a single series of segments: — 
i, g. Goat’ s-beard, = oe Sis: ] aN Dee Lee Ss Fe ¢ HE : 
ofthe up, an that 
ame STALK ; undivided, as the stalk 
of Thrift : 
