Schizocarp 



OF BOTANICAL TERMS. 



Scrobiculate 



of arrangement. See Alter- 

 nate. 



S€HIZ'OCARP, a fruit of which 

 the carpels separate when 

 mature and retain the seeds 

 in cocci or mericarps. 



SCHiZO^ENET'IC, see Schizo- 



GENIC 



S€HIz66eN'IC, formed hy the 

 separation of parts, as some 

 intercellular spaces; schizo- 

 genetic; schizogenous. Com- 

 pare Lysigenic. 



S€HIZ6G'EN0US, see Schizo- 



GENIC. 



SglM ETAR SHAPED, see Acina- 



CIFORM. 



Sgl'ON, formerly used for any 

 shoot or twig; now applied 

 only to one intended for 

 grafting. Improperly writ- 

 ten Cion. A scion is con- 

 sidered by most nurserymen 

 to be a part of a twig or shoot 

 long enough to make one graft, 

 usually four to six inches. 



Sgl'UROID, in the shape of a 

 squirrel's tail. 



SCLEREN'€HYMA, lignified tis- 

 sue of any kind, especially 

 such as composes the shell of 

 a nut. It is not usually ap- 

 plied to ordinary woody tis- 

 sue, but is used by many bot- 

 anists for thick-walled fibres 

 of the bast and liypoderma. 



SCLER'OGEN, see Lignine. 



SCLE'ROID, woody or bony in 

 texture. 



SCLERO'SIS, see Lignification. 



SCLE'ROTE, see Sclerotium. 



SCLERdT'lC, resembling or con- 

 sisting of sclereuchyma. 



SCLERO'TiftM (pi. Scler5'tla), a 

 consolidated and hardened 

 mass of hyphse in a resting 

 condition, as in Claviceps (er- 

 got) and some other Ascomy- 



cetes. Also a temporary con- 

 dition assumed by the Plasmo- 

 dium of Myxomycetes, chiefly 

 due to dryness, in which it 

 appears in dry, compact, wax- 

 like, gritty nodules. 



SCLERdT'OID, consisting of or 

 resembling a sclerotium. 



SCOBIC'tJLAR, see Scobiform. 



SC6B'If6RM, resembling saw- 

 dust; scobicular. 



SCOBI'NA, an old term for the 

 zigzag rachis of certain 

 grasses. 



SC&L'EglTE, Tulasne's later term 

 for the "vermiform body" of 

 Worouin. It is the ascogo- 

 nium or archicarp in certain 

 Ascomycetes, as Ascobolus 

 pulcherrimus. 



SC6R PIOID, commonly used in 

 the sense of Helicoid, but 

 properly restricted now to 

 alternately progressive' or zig- 

 zag development. See Scor 

 pioid Cyme and Scorpioid 

 Dichotomy. 



SCORPIOID CYME, one in winch 

 the successive flowers are situ- 

 ated on alternate sides of the 

 pseudaxis; cicinal cyme; cic- 

 inus or cincinnus. The term 

 Scorpioid Cyme was given by 

 A. P. de Candolle to a unilat- 

 eral cyme, the undeveloped 

 portion of which is usually 

 rolled up like the tail of a 

 scorpion, as in Boraginaceae, 

 and this is the meaning still 

 attached to the term by most 

 botanists of England. Com- 

 pare Helicoid Cyme. 



SCdR'PfOID DICHdTOMY, one in 

 which alternate branches de- 

 velop in the successive bifur- 

 cations; cicinal dichotomy. 

 Compare Helicoid Dichot- 

 omy. 



SCROBICULATE, pitted. 



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