204 NAMES OF PLANTS. 



sedoi'des ; Sedum-like. 



seg'etum; pertaining to corn-fields, or segetes. 



selaginoi^des ; Selago-like. See Lycopodium Selago. 



sem'idecan'drum ; half ten-stamened. 



sempervi'rens ; ever-green. 



se'pium; of hedges, as Convolvulus sepium, growing in 



hedges, 

 septangula're ; seven-cornered, 

 septentriona'le ; northern. The word refers to the seven 



(septem) stars in the constellation of Charles' Wain, 



or the Great Bear, situate in the northern part of 



the heavens, 

 sero'tina ; late in season. 



serpyllifolia ; Serpyllum -leaved. See Thymus Serpjdlum. 

 seta'cea, from seta, a bristle ; bristle -like, 

 sexangula're ; six-cornered, 

 sim'plex; simple, 

 sinua'ta, from sinus, a fold, or hollow; sinuate, i. e. with 



wavy margins of the leaves, 

 sol'idus ; solid ; not hollow, 

 solstitialis ; belonging to the summer solstice, 

 somniferum; sleep-bearing, as for instance the Poppy 



yielding opium. {Somnus, sleep ; fero, bear), 

 ^sphseroceph'alum; round-headed; sphaira, a ball; cephaUy 



a head, 

 spica'ta ; spicate, i. e. bearing flowers in spikes. A spike is 



that kind of inflorescence which consists of numerous 



flowers sessile on the axis of growth, as for instance, 



the common Plantain. Spica was an old substantive 



name for Spikenard (called Spica indica) and also for 



Lavender, 

 spinosis'sima ; most thorny; well applied to the little 



Burnet Rose, with its innumerable prickles, 

 spino'sus ; thorny, or prickly. 



