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GLOSSARY. 



Samara. An indehiscent winged fruit ; 

 294. 



Samaroid. Resembling a samara. 



Sap-wood. New wood of an exogenous 

 stem; 80. 



Sarcocarp (-arpium). The succulent or 

 fleshy portion of a drupe ; 285. Has 

 been proposed also as a general name 

 for a baccate fruit ; 292. 



Sarmentose (-osus). Producing long 

 and lithe branches or runners, viz. 

 Sarments (Sarmenta). 



Sativus. That which is sown or planted. 



Saw-toothed. See Serrate. 



Saxdtilis, Saxosus, Saxicolus. Living on 

 or among rocks. 



Scabridus, Scabriusculus. Roughish ; 

 diminutive of 



Scabrous (Scaber). Rough to the touch. 



Scalariform (-ormis). Ladder-shaped; 

 with transverse markings like the 

 rounds of a ladder. 



Scales. Any thin scarious bodies, usu- 

 ally degenerate leaves, sometimes of 

 epidermal origin. 



Scalloped. Same as Crenate ; 98. 



Scaly. See Scarious, Squamose. 



Scaly Suds, 40. 



Scandent (-ens). Climbing, in what- 

 ever mode; 51. 



Scape (Scapus). A peduncle rising from 

 the ground ; 51, 143. 



Scapiform (-ormis), Scapose (-osus). Re- 

 serrfbling a scape. 



Scapigerous (-us). Scape-bearing. 



Scar. The mark left on the stem by 

 the separation of a leaf, or on a seed, 

 &c., by its detachment. 



Scarious or Scariose (-osus). Thin, dry, 

 membranaceous, and not green. 



Schizocarp (-arpium). A pericarp which 

 splits into one-seeded pieces ; 296. 



Scion. A young shoot ; a twig used for 

 grafting. 



Sciuroideus. Like a squirrel's tail. 



SclerantJtium. Name of the fruit of 

 Mirabilis, and the like; an akene 

 enclosed in an indurated portion of 

 calyx-tube. 



Scleroideus. Having a hard texture ; 

 from Scleros, hard. 



Scobiform (-ormis). Having the appear- 

 ance of sawdust. 



Scorpioid. A form of unilateral inflo- 

 rescence which is circinately coiled in 

 the bud : in the stricter sense, a form 

 with the flowers two-ranked, these 

 being thrown alternately to the right 

 and left; 155,157- 



Scrobiculate ( atus). Marked by minute 

 or shallow depressions. 



ScrotlJ'orm (-ormis). Pouch-shaped. 



Scurf. Small and bran-like scales on 

 the epidermis. 



Scutate (-atus), Scutiform (-ormis). 

 Buckler-shaped. 



ScutelKform (-ormis). Platter-shaped. 



Scymetar-shaped. See Acinaciform. 



Sectile (-His). As if cut up into portions. 



Section (Sectio). In classification, is 

 applied in a general way to a divi- 

 .jsion in the arrangement of genera, 

 species, or other groups ; 327. 



Sectus. Completely divided ; 99. 



Secund (Secundus). When parts or 

 organs are all directed to one side. 



Secundiflorus. With flowers of a cluster 

 all secund. 



Secundine. The second (inner) coat 

 of an ovule ; 277. 



Seed. The fertilized and matured ovule ; 

 the result of sexual reproduction in a 

 phaenogamous plant; 305. 



Seed-leaves. Cotyledons, 11. 



Seed-stalk. See Funiculus and Podo- 

 sperm. 



Seed-vessel. See Pericarp. 



Segetdlis. Growing in grain-fields. 



Segment (Segmentum). One of the 

 divisions into which a plane organ, 

 such as a leaf, may be cleft. 



Segregate (-atus). Separated; kept 

 apart. 



Semen. Seed. 



Semi. Half, in Latin compounds ; such as 



Semi-adherent. The lower half adhe- 

 rent, &c. ; Semi-amplexicaul (-aulis), 

 half clasping the stem ; Semiovate, 

 ovate halved lengthwise, &c. 



Semiandtropous. Same as Amphitro- 

 pous; 279. 



Semilunar, Semilunate (-atus). A syn- 

 onym of Lunate, being like a half- 

 moon. 



Seminal (-alis). Relating to the seed. 



Seminiferous (-us). Seed-bearing. 



Sempervirent (Sempervirens). Ever- 

 green. 



Senary (-arhis). In sixes; 176. 



Sepal (Sepalum). A calyx-leaf ; 165. 



Seprtline (-inus), Sepalous. Relating to 

 sepals. 



Sepaloid (-oideus). Resembling a sepal. 



Sepalody. Name for the metamorphosis 

 of petals, &c., into sepals or sepaloid 

 organs; 174. 



Separated Jlowers. Those of distinct 

 sexes; same as Diclinous; 191. 



