420 ETYMOLOGY. 



Bhipidopteris, rhipis, fan ; shape of the fronds like a fan. 



Saccoloma, sakkos, a bag or sack, loma, margin ; the union 



of the indusium with the margin, forming a hood or 



cyst. 

 Sadleria, in honour of Josephus Sadler, an Hungarian 



botanist. 

 Salpichleena, salpi, pipe, chlcena, a cloak ; the indusium 



being like a pipe. 

 Schaffneria, in honour of Schaffner, a German botanical 



collector in Mexico. 

 Schellolepis, schello, skeleton, lepis, scale ; the character of 



the scale surrounding the sori. 

 Schizolepton, schizo, to cut, Uptos, slender ; sporangia 



seated in a slit. 

 Schizoloma, schizo, I cut, loma, a border or margin j the 



sori in the form of a slit on the margin of the frond. 

 Scolopendrium, sJcolopendra, a centipede ; the appearance 



of fructification on the under side of the frond. 

 Scypholepia, skyphos, a cup, lepis, scale ; the form of the 



indusium. 



Selliguea, in memory of M. Selligue, a French optician. 

 Soromanes, soros, heap, mania, fancy ; the sporangia in 



fanciful and irregular heaps. 

 Stegnogramma, stegnos, a cover, gramma, a line ; sori 



linear, but not furnished with indusia, as stated by 



Blume. 



Stenochlaena, stenos, narrow, chlcena, cloak ; narrow in- 

 dusium. 

 Stenosemia, stenos, narrow, sema, standard ; the fertile 



frond with its narrow segments being like a flag. 

 Stromatopteris, stroma, a cover ; the sori being covered 



with wool-like hairs. 



