Scullion 



A DICTIONARY Secondary Medullary Rays 



SCRO'TIFORM, see Pouch- 

 shaped. 



SCtJL'LION, a term applied by 

 gardeners in America to 

 onions which fail to "bot- 

 tom" properly, but remain 

 soft and become thick-necked. 

 Probably derived from Seal- 

 lion, which see. 



SO&LP'TURED, a horticultural 

 term applied to the seeds of 

 certain gourds, etc., which 

 have peculiar markings. 



SC&RF, small bran-like epider- 

 mal scales. 



SCtT'TATE, shield-shaped, espe- 

 cially like a round shield; scu- 

 tif orm ; clypeate. Compare 

 Peltate. 



SCU'TfiL, see Scutellum. 



SCUTflL'LiEFdRM, see Scutel- 

 liform. 



SCtJ'TELLATE, diminutive of 

 Scutate; somewhat scutate, 

 like a platter; especially, cov- 

 ered with small plate- or shield- 

 like surfaces; scutellated. See 



SCUTELLIFORM. 



SCti'TELLATED, see Scutel- 



LATE. 



SCtJTEL'LlFdRM, shaped like a 

 saucer or small platter; scutel- 

 late; scutellaBform. Compare 

 Patelliform. 



SCtJTflL'LtJM (pi. ScuteTla),(l) a 

 sessile apothecium or ' ' shield ' ' 

 in lichens; (2) in Gramiueoe a 

 usually shield-like expansion 

 of the hypocotyl which acts 

 as an organ of suction through 

 which the embryo absorbs nu- 

 triment from the endosperm. 

 It is regarded as the cotyledon. 

 It appears exteriorly as a large 

 flat space upon the surface of 

 the seed surrounding the em- 

 bryo (plumule and radicle) to 

 which it is attached. It forms 

 the chief part of what is known 



as the " chit" in a kernel of 

 corn. Compare Scutum. 



SCU'TlFdRM, see Scutate. 



SCU'TIfCRM LEAF, the first- 

 formed leaf (protophyl) in 

 Salvinia, differing in form 

 from the succeeding leaves. 



SCU'TtTM, a large circular disk- 

 like part or organ, as the 

 dilated stigma (stylostegium) 

 of Stapelia; shield. Compare 

 Scutellum. 



SCYM'fTAR-SHAPED, see Acin- 

 'aciform. 



SCY'PHlFdRM, like a scyphus; 

 goblet-shaped. 



SCY'PHtfS (pi. Scy'phI), an apo- 

 thecium in lichens elevated on 

 a podetium. Compare Scu- 

 tellum. 



SEBA'CEOtfS, wax-like, or pro- 

 ducing wax. 



SEBLF'EROTJS, producing wax. 



SECONDARY, opposed to Pri- 

 mary; often includes Tertiary, 

 etc. 



SECONDARY BtJDg, see Acces- 

 sory Buds. 



SECONDARY CdR'TEX, a collect- 

 ive term for the successive for- 

 mations of liber or bast within 

 the cortical sheath and primary 

 cortex. It is not applied to 

 secondary cork formations. 



SEC0NDARY FUN'GUS, a sapro- 

 phytic or parasitic fungus 

 which attacks a plant after it 

 has been killed or injured by 

 another fungus. Compare 



SUPERPARASITE. 



SECONDARY HYBRID, see De- 

 rivative Hybrid. 



SECONDARY MED'ULLArY 



RAYS, those intermediate be- 

 tween the rays first formed, 

 and which do not extend to 

 the pith. 



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