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Sagittate. Of the shape of an arrow-head. 

 Salver-shaped. Said of a corolla with 



slender tube and abruptly expanded flat 



limb. 

 Samara. A simple dry indehiscent winged 



fruit. 



Scabrous. Rough. 

 Scarious. Membranous, thin and dry; not 



green. 

 Secund. Said of a raceme where flowers are 



borne on one side of the rachis. 

 Sepal. One of the divisions of a calyx. 

 Septicidal. Said of a capsule opening along 



the partitions between the cells. 

 Serrate. Having saw-like teeth directed for- 

 ward. 



Serrulate. Diminutive of serrate. 

 Sessile. Without stalk. 

 Setaceous. Bristle-like. 

 Setose. Covered with bristles. 

 Setulose. Covered with minute bristles. 

 Simple. Of one piece, i. e., not compound. 

 Sinuate. With markedly wavy margin. 

 Sinus. The cleft or space between two 



lobes. 

 Spatulate. Shaped like a spatula; abruptly 



wide at apex and narrow below. 

 Spicate. Arranged in a spike. 



Spike. An elongated flower-cluster with 

 sessile or nearly sessile flowers. 



Spine. A sharp woody outgrowth from a 

 stem. 



Spinose. Covered with spines. 



Spinule. Diminutive of spine. 



Spinulose. Covered with spinules. 



Stamen. One of the male or pollen-bearing 

 organs of a flower. 



Staminate. Said of flowers which bear 

 stamens without pistils. 



Staminodium. A sterile stamen. 



Standard. The upper dilated petal of a 

 papilionaceous flower. 



Stellate. Star-shaped. 



Stigma. The portion of a pistil which re- 

 ceives the pollen and through which fer- 

 tilization is effected. 



Stigmatic. Belonging to or of the nature of 

 a stigma. 



Stipe. The stalk-like support of some pis- 

 tils. 



Sterile. Not productive of spores or seeds. 



Stipel. An appendage of some leaflets cor- 

 responding with the stipules of a leaf. 



Stipitate. Having a stipe. 



Stipulate, Having stipules. 



Stipules. Appendages on either side of a 

 leaf at the base of the petiole. 



