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alimentary ball during mastica- 

 tion. 



SA'LIVART. Relating to saliva. 



SAL'MO. Lat. A salmon. 



SALMONI'DES. Systematic name of 

 a family of fishes, 



SALT. Any combination of an acid 

 with a salifiable substance. 



SALTP'ETRE. Nitre ; nitrate of pot- 

 ash. 



SALVER-FORM. Hypocrateriform. 



SAHARA. A two or more celled su- 

 perior fruit bordered by wing-like 

 expansions, as in sycamore. 



SANDALI'NA Lat. Sandal-like. 



SAJTDSTKIN. Ger. Sandstone. 



SANDSTONE. Any rock consisting of 

 aggregated grains of sand. 



SANGUIV A'CEOUS. Of a blood colour, 

 or resembling blood. 



SANGUINOLA'RIA. fr. lat. sanguis, 

 blood. Name of a genus of ace- 

 phalous mollusks. 



SAp.-The ascending nutritious liquid, 

 or blood of plants 



SAPAJOU.T Fr. A species of monkey. 



SA'PPHIRE. A very haFd gem con- 

 sisting essentially of crystallized 

 alumina. It is of various colours; 

 the blue variety being usually call- 

 ed sapphire ; the red, the oriental 

 ruby ; the yellow, the oriental to- 

 paz. 



SARCJTEL'LA. fr. lat. sarcio, I patch. 

 A genus of moths. 



SA'RCOCARP. fr. gr. sarx, flesh ; kar- 

 pos, fruit. The pulp or flesh of 

 the fruit. 



SAR'CODERM. fr. gr. sarx, flesh; der- 

 ma, skin. The substance found 

 between the integuments of the 

 seed, analogous to the sarcocarp 

 of fruits. 



SARDINA. Lat. A sardine. 



SARCOP'TES. A genus of arachni- 

 dans. 



SARCORA'MPHUS. fr. gr. sarx, sarkos, 

 flesh ; raniphe, knife : because its 

 bill cuts flesh like a knife. Gene- 

 ric name of a kind of vulture. 



SARIGUE. Fr. An opossum. 



S ARGUS. Lat. Name of a fish. 



SAR'MENTOSE. Producing sarments 

 or runners. Running on the 

 ground and striking roots from the 

 joints, as tlie strawberry. 



SARME'NTUM. Lat. In botany, a 

 runner. 



SA'TIVCS-A-UM. Lat. That which 

 may be planted or sown. 



SAU'RIA. fr. gr. sauros, a lizard. 

 The name of an order of reptiles 

 with long, scaly bodies, and long 

 tails, resembling a lizard. 



SAURIAX. Any reptile of the order 

 of sauria. 



SAUUOID. fr. gr. sauros, a lizard; 

 eidos, resemblance. Resembling 

 a lizard. 



SAUVEGARDE. Fr. Name of a sau- 

 rian. 



SAVAWSTA. Prairie ; a vast plain. 



SAWED. Resembling the teeth of a 

 saw. 



SAXICO'LA. fr. lat. saxum, a rock; 

 colere, to inhabit. Systematic name 

 of a genus of warblers. 



SAXI'OKXOUS. fr. lat. saxum, rock, 

 and gr. geinomai, I produce. Rock- 

 producing; rock-forming. 



SCA'BRA. Lat. Rough. 



SCA'BROUS. fr. lat. scaber, rough. 

 Rough, harsh, rugged, or like a 

 file. 



SCAL-I'RIA. fr. it. scala, a ladder, or 

 series of stairs. Name of a ge- 

 nus of gasteropods. 



SCALES. In botany, any small pro- 

 cesses resembling minute leaves; 

 also the leaves of the involucrum 

 of composite). 



SCA'LLOPED. Indented at the edges. 



SCA'NDENT. Climbing. 



SCAJJSORI.E. fr. lat. scando, I climb. 

 Systematic name of the order of 

 climbing birds. 



SCAPE. A stem rising from the root 

 and bearing nothing but flowers, 

 (p. 21, Book vii). 



SCAPHI'TES. fr. gr. skaphe, a boat. 

 The boat ammonite. (./? 132, p. 

 72, Book viii). 



SCA'PULA. The shoulder-blade. 



SCAPULARS (Scapularies). The fea- 



