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A GLOSSARY OF TERMS 



SEMIBIVA'LVULAR. Half divided 



into two valves. 



SEMICOR'DATE. Half heart-shaped 



SEMICOR'NEOUS. fr. lat. semi, half 



cornu, horn. Half or partly horny 



in its nature. 



SEMICRY'STALXIUE. Partly crystal 



line. 

 SEMILU'WAR. In shape of a half 



moon. 



SE'MINAI.. Belonging to the seed 



Seminal leaves are the first leaves 



of a plant, or those formed from 



the cotyledons. 



SEMIXA'TIOX. Seeding. 



SE'MINULES. Diminutive seeds. 



SEMIORBI'CULAR. In shape of a 



half globe. 

 SEMIPELLU'CII). Somewhat pellu- 

 cid, or shining. 

 SE'MITIC. Applied to the languages 

 of the descendants of Sem, or the 

 Orientals. 

 SUMNOPITHECUS. fr. gr. semnos, ve- 

 nerable ; pithekos, a monkey. Ge- 

 neric name of the -'slow monkey." 

 SEMPER' VIRENS. Lat. Persistent; 



evergreen. 



SENSE. The faculty of receiving 

 impressions from external objects. 

 SENSIBILIT*. The ability or faculty 

 of receiving impressions from sur- 

 rounding objects, and being con- 

 scious of them. 



SE'PAL. That part of the calyx of 

 a flower which resembles a leaf. 

 SE'PIA. Lat. A cuttle-fish. A kind 

 of paint made from this animal. 

 A genus of cephalopods. 

 SEPTA Lat. plur. of septum. The 

 partitions that divide the interior 

 of the fruit. 



SEPTA'RIA. Flattened balls of stone, 

 which have been more or less 

 cracked in different directions and 

 cemented together by mineral 

 matter which fills the fissures. 

 SEPTICI'DAL fr. lat. septum, a divi- 

 sion ; ccedo, I cut. Applied to 

 that kind of dehiscence of fruits 

 in which the septa separate, each 

 into two lamina?. 



SEPTI'FEROCS. Bearing septa 

 SE'PTIFOHM. fr. lat. septum, a parti- 

 tion. In the shape of a parti- 

 tion. 



SEPTI'FRAGAL. fr. lat. septum, a di- 

 vision ; frago, I break. Applied 

 to that kind of dehiscence of 

 fruits, in which the backs of the 

 carpels separate from the septa, 

 which adhere to the axis. 

 SEPTUM. Lat. A partition. 

 SERIA'LE'. Lat. fr. seria, a jar. Jar- 

 like. 



SERI'CEOUS Silky. 

 SEROTI'NUS. Lat. Belonging or re- 

 lating to the evening. 

 SERPEJTTA'RIUS. Lat. Belonging or 

 relating to serpents. Specific name 

 of the secretary or serpent bird. 

 SERPE'NTIA. Systematic name of a 



family of ophidians. 

 SERPENTI'NA. Lat. Belonging or 



relating to a serpent. 

 SER'PENTINE. A magnesian rock of 

 various colours and often speckled 

 like a serpent's back. It is gene- 

 rally dark green. 



SER'PULA. fr. lat. serpo, I creep. A 

 genus of anneli'dans which inha- 

 bit a calcareous tube, usually ad- 

 herent to the shells of mollusks. 

 SER'RATE. ) fr. lat. serra, a saw. 

 SER'RATED. Having a rough edge 



like the teeth of a saw. 

 SERRICOR'XES. fr. lat. serra, a saw ; 

 cornu, a horn. A family of coleop- 

 terous insects. 



SE'RRCLATEI). Very minutely ser- 

 rated. 

 SERRULA'TIOXS. Notchings, like 



saw-teeth. 

 SER'TULUM. A simple umbel. 

 SES'SILE. fr. lat. sessilis, dwarfish. 



Without a pedicle or support. 

 SE'TA. Lat. A bristle. 

 SE'T;E. Lat. plur. of seta. 

 SETA'CEOUS. Resembling a bristle 

 in shape. Of the nature of setae. 

 SETA'CEO-ACU'MINATE. Applied to 

 leaves which terminate in a 

 bristle-like point, (fig. 24, p. 2f; 

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