Runcinate 



OF BOTANICAL TERMS 



Sarcocarp 



RUN'CINATE, having large sharp 

 teeth or lobes projecting back- 

 ward, as the leaves of dande- 

 lion. 



RUN NER, a stolon which roots 

 and forms new plants at inter- 

 vals, as the strawberry; the 

 prostrate stem of a vine, as in 

 melons. 



RUN'NING, prostrate upon or 

 beneath the surface, but not 

 rooting. Often used improp- 

 erly in the sense of Creeping, 

 which see. 

 RUPES'TRINE, growing upon 

 rocks or in rocky places; lapi- 

 dose; saxatile; saxicole; saxi- 

 coline; saxicolous; rupicoline; 

 rupicolous. The distinctions 

 between these terms are main- 

 ly slight and inconstant. Lapi- 

 dose may, however, be defined 

 as growing upon land abound- 

 ing in loose stones or coarse 

 gravel (compare Glareose), 

 while the other terms usually 

 refer to fixed or massive rock. 

 There is a tendency, also, to 

 restrict the terms Rupicolous 

 and Saxicolous to growth di- 

 rectly upon the rocks, as with 

 many lichens, mosses, and 

 some ferns. 



RUP!c OLOUS, see Rupestrine. 



RUP'TILE, dehiscing in an irreg- 

 ular or accidental manner. 



RUSTY, see Rubiginose. 



sAb'ULIne, see Arenaceous. 



SAB'UlosE, see Arenaceous. 



SAC, a deep or closed receptacle. 

 Also written Sack. 



SACCATE, in the form of a bag 

 or pouch; sacciform. 



SAC OF THE AM'N!6S (obs.), see 

 Embryo-sac 



SAC OF THE EM BRYO, see Em- 

 bryo-sac. 



SACK, see Sac. 



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SA6'f TTATE, arrow-shaped. Dif- 

 fers from Cordate in having 

 the lobes as well as apex acute. 



SA'LIENT, projecting outward. 



SA'LINE, growing upon the sea- 

 shore or other places impreg- 

 nated with salt; salsuginous. 



sAlsU'GINOUS, see Saline. 



SALVER-FORM, see Hypocra- 



TERIFORM. 



SALVER - SHAPED, see Hypo- 



CRATERIFORM. 



SAMA'RA, a winged fruit, like 

 that of the ash, elm, or maple; 

 pteridium; key. 



sAM'AR0ID, winged like a 

 samara. 



SAP, in general, any vegetable 

 fluid, especially limpid fluid, 

 such as abounds in many trees 

 in spring. See Cell-sap. 



SAP-CAV'ITY, see Vacuole. 



SAP'ID, having a pleasant taste. 



sAP'LlNG, a tall seedling tree 

 having a stem from two to 

 six inches in diameter. 



SAP - PRES'SURE, the force ex- 

 erted by the soil-fluid in enter- 

 ing the plant, and by the sap 

 in passing upward within it; 

 root-pressure. See Osmose. 



8APR6G'EN0US, causing putre- 

 faction. 



8AP'R0PHYTE, a plant which 

 lives upon dead animal or 

 vegetable matter; humus- 

 plant. Compare Parasite. 



SAPROPHYTIC, living upon 

 dead organic matter. Com- 

 pare Parasitic 



sAP-VES'SfiL, see Vessel. 



SAP -WOOD, see Alburnum. 



SARCOB'AsiS, see Carcerule. 



SAR'COCARP, the succulent 

 fleshy portion of a fruit, es- 

 pecially of a drupe. Used by 



