BOTANICAL NAMES 195 



word "service" is from a Gallic word, " cer- 



visia," for beer, which used to be made from the 



fruit of the tree. 

 Seseli (ses-el-i). L. name for the plant. Bot. name for 



a group. 

 Sesleria (ses-ler-ia). After Sesler, Italian botanist. 



Bot. name for group. 

 Sessiliflora (ses-sil-i-flo-ra). L. " Sessilis " (sitting 



close), i.e., having no stalk; "flora" (a flower). 



Second bot. name. 

 Setacea (se-ta-se-a). L. " Seta " (a thick, stiff hair); 



i.e., a bristle. Second bot. name. 

 Setaria (se-ta-ria). L. "Seta" a bristle); from the 



bristles which cover the spikelets. A group name 



of some botanists for the Panicum group. 

 Setosa (se-to-sa). L. adj., "covered with bristles." 



Second bot. name. 



Setter Wort. One of Eng. names for Fetid Hellebore. 

 Sexangulare (sek-sang-gu-la-re). L. "Sex" (six); 



" angulare " (angled); i.e., six-cornered. Second 



bot. name. 



Sheep's Bit. Eng. name for Jasione Montana. 

 Shepherd's Needle. One of Eng. names for Scandix 



Pecten ; from its peculiar seed vessels, which grow 



in clusters of five or six, long and tapering to a 



point, have a needle-like look. 

 Shepherd's Purse. Eng. name for Capsella Bursa-Pas- 



toris, and translation of its second bot. name. 



Gets its name from its little heart-shaped seed 



vessels, which resemble the old-fashioned pouch 



purse. 

 Shepherds' Weather Glass. Another name for Poor 



Man's Weather Glass (which see). 



