Single 



A DICTIONARY 



Solute 



multaueously. (Sachs.) Com- 

 pare Successive Whom.. 



SLN'GLE, said of a flower which 

 hiis but one set or whorl of 

 petals. Compare Double, 

 Semidouble, and Full. 



sIN'ISTRCRSE, turning or twin- 

 ing to the left; said of a twin- 

 ing stem which turns in the 

 opposite direction to the sum 

 or hands of a watch. See 

 remarks under Dextrorse. 



SlN'UATE, strongly wavy on the 

 margin, with large alternate 

 convexities and concavities. 

 Compare Repand and Undu- 

 late. 



SiN &0US, flexuose; curving back 

 and forth. 



SI'NUS, a cavity or recess, either 

 rounded or angular, in the 

 margin of a leaf or other organ. 



SI'FHdN, ft large tubular cell in 

 Chara and various algae. 



SlS'TER-g£LL, a cell of the same 

 origin as another: thus, if sev- 

 eral cells arise simultaneously 

 by free cell-formation within 

 another, as in the development 

 of pollen, they are called sister- 

 cells with reference to each 

 other, and the same term is 

 applied to the relation existing 

 ing between two or more cells 

 which arise by the division of 

 a single cell in ordinary growth. 

 Compare Mother-cell and 

 Daughter cell. 



SKEIN, a condition of the chro- 

 matin of the nucleus in the 

 first and last stages of karyo- 

 kinesis when the nuclear fila- 

 ment is emerging from or 

 passing into its reticulated con- 

 dition iu the resting nucleus; 

 mother-coil; tangle. 



SKIN, any soft, thin covering, 

 especially if easily removable; 

 cuticle; epidermis. Compare 

 Rind. 



SLASHED, see Laciniate. 



SLEEP, a condition assumed by 

 certain plants, usually upon 

 the withdrawal of light, as 

 at night, in which the flowers 

 temporarily close, and the 

 leaves or leaflets droop or 

 fold together. 



SMALL FRUITS, a horticultural 

 term for certain low-growing, 

 perennial, fruit-bearing plants 

 and their product, including 

 the strawberry, raspberry, 

 blackberry, gooseberry, cur- 

 rant, huckleberry, and cran- 

 berry. The term includes 

 grapes, but excludes cherries. 



SMOOTH, see Glabrous. 



SO'BOLE, an old and useless term, 

 usually meaning stolon, but 

 sometimes and more properly 

 a sucker or slender shoot from 

 the ground or base of the stem; 

 so boles. 



S&B OLES (n., sing), see Sobole. 



SOCIAL, growing naturally to- 

 gether, so as to occupy a con- 

 siderable extent of ground with 

 individuals of the same species; 

 gregarious. Compare Cespi- 

 tose. 



S6FT BAST, the sieve-tubes, to- 

 gether with any other unligni- 

 fied portion of the phloem. 



SO LEJEFCRM, see Calceolate. 



sOL'LD, without either cavities or 

 separable articulations; con- 

 tinuous. 



S&L'tD BULB, see Corm. 



SdLlTARif, single, not closely 

 associated with other objects 

 of the same kind, as flowers 

 which grow one upon a stem, 

 or plants which do not grow 

 in groups or masses. Compare 

 Social. 



SOLUTE', free; not adhering: op- 

 posed to Adnate, as a solute 

 stipule. 



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