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GLOSSARY. 



Spadiceous. Having the nature of or 



bearing a 



SpcuJix. A spike with a fleshy axis ; 1 49. 

 Span. The length of the space between 



the tip of the thumb and that of the 



little linger, when outstretched; about 



nine inches. 

 Sparsus. Sparse or scattered; whence 



Sparsifloi-us, with scattered flowers; 



Spa rsifolius, with scattered leaves, &c. 

 Spathnceous (-us). Spathe-bearing, or 



of the nature of a 

 Spatke (Spatha). A large bract, or a 



pair of bracts, enclosing a flower-clus- 

 ter; 142. 

 Spathella. An unused name for the 



glumes of Grasses. 

 Spathilla. A secondary or diminutive 



Spalulate (Spathulatus). Oblong with 

 the lower end attenuated, shaped like 

 a druggist's spatula; 95. 



Species. The particular kind, the unit 

 in natural history classification; 317. 



Specific Character, Name, &c., 349, 

 363. 



Spermaphore or Spermophore (-orum). 

 A name for the Placenta. 



Spermoderm (-ermis). The outer seed- 

 coat; 305. 



Spermodophorum or Spermophorum. An 

 unused name for the gynophore in 

 Umbelliferae. The latter also an un- 

 used name for the Placenta ; 261 . 



Spermotheca. An unused name for peri- 

 carp. 



Spermum. Latin form of the Greek word 

 for seed. Lat. Semen. 



Sphalerocarpium. Name proposed for 

 an accessory fruit, such as that of 

 Shepherdia, in which an akene is 

 enclosed in a baccate calyx-tube. 



Spica. See Spike. 



Spicate (-atus). In the form of or resem- 

 bling a spike, or disposed in spikes. 



Spiciform (-ormis). Spike-like. 



Spicula. A diminutive or secondary 

 spike; a Spikelet. 



Spike (S/rica). A form of indeterminate 

 inflorescence, with flowers sessile on 

 an elongated common axis ; 149. 



Spikelet ( Spicul/t ). A secondary spike ; 

 the name given to the Locusta or clus- 

 ter of one or more flowers of Grasses 

 subtended by a common pair of 

 glumes. 



Spindle-shaped. See Fusiform. 



Spine (Spina). A sharp-pointed woody 

 or i ndurated body, commonly a branch, 



sometimes a petiole, stipule, or other 

 part of a leaf; 55, 117. 



Spinescent (-ens). Ending in a spine 

 or sharp point ; 55. 



Spinose (-osus). Furnished with spines, 

 or of a spiny character ; 55. 



Spinuliferous or Spinulose (-osus). Fur- 

 nished with diminutive spines or Spin- 

 ulce. 



Spiral (Spiralis). As if wound round 

 an axis. Spiral Ducts, 68. Spiral 

 Fhyllotaxy, 119, 121. 



Spirides. The delicate coiled threads 

 in the hairs on the surface of certain 

 seeds and akenes, which uncoil when 

 wet; 307. 



Spitkamceus. A span long; the length 

 spanned between the tip of thumb and 

 forefinger when extended. 



Splendens. Resplendent or glittering. 



Spongelet, Spongiole (-iola). Name 

 given to young root-tips ; once sup- 

 posed to be a peculiar organ; 28. 



Sporadic (-icus). Widely dispersed or 

 scattered. 



Sporangium. A spore-case or theca con- 

 taining the analogues of seeds (spores) 

 in the higher Cryptogams. 



Spore (Spora, Greek for seed). The 

 analogue of seed in Cryptogams. 



Spore-case. See Sporangium. 



Sporidium. Synonym or diminutive of 

 Spore. 



Sporiferous. Spore-bearing. 



Sporocarp (-arpium). Name given to 

 certain spore-cases, as of Lycopodi- 



Sporophore (-orum). One of the syno- 

 nyms of Placenta. 



Sporule (Sporula). Diminutive spore or 

 a sort of spore. 



Sporullferous (-us). Bearing or con- 

 taining spores. 



Sport. A bud-variation or seed-varia- 

 tion; 319. 



Spumescenl (-ens), Spumose. Froth-like 

 in appearance. 



Spur. A hollow and slender extension 

 of some portion of the blossom, usu- 

 ally nectariferous, as of the calyx of 

 Larkspur and the corolla of Violet: 

 rarely applied also to a solid spur-like 

 process. 



Spurred. Producing a spur. See Cal- 

 carate. 



Squama. A scale of any sort, usually 

 the homologue of a leaf. 



Squamate (-atus), Squamiferous, Squo- 

 mosus. Furnished with scales. 



