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GLOSSARY. 



Scape, a long naked peduncle, rising 

 from the crown of a root or a sub- 

 terranean stem. 



Scariose, Scarious^ thin, dry, and 

 membranous. 



Scattered, without any apparent 

 symmetry of arrangement. 



Scorpioid, having the main axis of 

 inflorescence curved in a circinate 

 manner, like the tail of a scoi-pion. 



Scurfy, bearing minute scales of 

 membranous matter on the %\\x- 

 face. 



Secund, having the organs (generally 

 apphed to flowers) all turned to 

 the same side of the axis round 

 which they are arranged. 



Seed, the fertilized ovule. 



Semi, in composition, implies a 

 partial or imperfect exhibition 

 of the particular effect implied by 

 the term with which it is com- 

 pounded. 



Sepal, one of the foliaceous expan- 

 sions of that part of the floral 

 whorl called the calyx. 



Sepaline, having reference to sepals. 



Serrated,hdi\mg sharp marginal ser- 

 ratures pointed forward, like the 

 teeth of a saw. 



Sessile, applied when an organ is 

 attached to its support withovit 

 the intervention of some inter- 

 mediate part : thus, sessilifolius 

 when a leaf is without petiole, 

 sessiflorus when a flower is with- 

 out a pedicel. 



Seta, any stiff" bristly hair or straight 

 slender prickle. 



Setaceotcs, having the characters of 

 setae. 



Setose, covered with seta?. 



Sheath, a petiole, or a portion of it. 



embracing the stem to which it is 

 attached ; a part rolled round a 

 stem or other body. 



Shrub, a woody plant which does 

 not form a true trunk, like a tree, 

 but has several stems rising from 

 the roots. 



Silicle, Silicula, formed like a si- 

 Hque, but about as broad as long 

 or broader. 



Silieulose, bearing silicles. 



Silique, Siliqua,an elongated, diy, bi- 

 valvular, pod-like 'fruit, with a 

 transverse internal membrane. 



Siliquose, bearing siliqua. 



Silky, having very long and fine 

 hairs, with a glossy appearance 

 hke silk. 



Simple, the opposite of compound ; 

 without subordinate parts. 



Sinuate, Simiated, having alternate, 

 rounded, rather large lobes and 

 sinuses at the margin. 



Sinus, the re-entering angle or de- 

 pression between two projections 

 or prominences. 



Solitary, not closely associated witli 

 another object of the same descrip- 

 tion. 



Spadix, the axis of a spiked, often 

 fleshy inflorescence among mo- 

 nocotyledons, when the flowers 

 are densely aggregated, usually 

 accompanied by one or more 

 spathes. 



Spadiceous, of or belonging to a 

 spadix. 



Spathaceous, furnished with, or hav- 

 ing the general appearance of a 

 spathe. 



Spathe, a foliaceous or membrana- 

 ceous involucre, of one or few 

 sheathing bracts, more or less en- 



