USED IN NATURAL HISTORY. 



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line of junction of the two valves 

 of a seed-vessel. 



SYCHNOCAR'POUS. ft. gr. suchnos, fre- 

 quent; Ararpos, fruit. Polyrarpous. 

 Applied to plants which bear 

 fruit many times without perish- 

 ing. 



SY'CONE. fr. gr. sukon, a fig. A form 

 of fruit. 



SYENITE and SIETTITE. A granitic 

 rock from Syene or Siena, in Egypt. 

 It consists of quartz, feldspar and 

 hornblende. It is tougher than 

 granite, and a more durable build- 

 ing stone. 



STL'VIA. Generic name of certain 

 warblers. 



STLVA'TICUS. Lat. Sylvan. Wild. 



SYMME'TIUCAL fr. gr. sun, with; 

 metron, measure. A term applied 

 to those parts of the body, which, 

 if seated on the middle line, may 

 be divided into two equal, and 

 perfectly like halves: or which, 

 if situate the one to the right 

 and the other to the left of this 

 line have a similar conforma- 

 tion, and a perfectly analogous 

 arrangement. 



Sri*. fr. gr. sun, with. A prefix 

 denoting with, together. 



SYNANTHE'REJE. fr. gr. sun, with ; 

 anthos, flower. Name of a family 

 of plants. 



SYNCAR'PIUM fr. gr. sun, with ; kar- 

 pos, fruit. A union of fruits. An 

 aggregate fruit, in which the ova- 

 ries cohere into a solid mass, with 

 a slender receptacle. 



SYNTA'RPOUS. fr. gr. tun, with ; kar~ 

 pos, fruit. Applied to fruits form- 

 ed of several carpels. 



SYXCLI'NAL. fr. gr. sun, with ; kli- 

 nein, to incline. In. geology, syn- 

 clinal axis is where strata incline 

 towards each other, and is the re- 

 verse of the anteclinal axis, in 

 which the strata incline from each 

 other, like the two sides of the 

 roof of a house, (p. 160, Book 

 viii). 



SYN'COPE. fr.gr. sugkopto, I fall 



down. Fainting; complete loss 

 of sensation and motion, with 

 considerable diminution or entire 

 suspension, of the pulsations of 

 the heart and the movements of 

 respiration. Hence, syncope re- 

 sembles deatfe. 



STNDA'CTTLE. fr. gr. sun, together; 

 daktulos, toe. Having the toes 

 joined. Systematic name of a 

 family of passerine birds. 



SYNDA'CTYLOUS. Having the toes 

 in part or entirely united. 



SYUGENE'SIA. fr. gr. sun, together ; 

 geinomai, to grow. Name of a 

 Linncean class of plants. 



SYNGENE'SIOUS. fr. gr. sun, with ; 

 genesis, growth. Synantherous. Ap- 

 plied to the anthers of plants 

 which grow together by their 

 margins. 



SY'NONYM. Another name for the 

 same thing. 



SYNO'PSIS. fr. gr. sun, with, together; 

 optomai, 1 see. That which is 

 seen at a glance or at one view. 



STNO'PTICAL. Belonging or relating 

 to a synopsis. Partaking of the 

 nature of a synopsis. 



SYXO'VIA. fr. gr. sun, with; don, an 

 egg. The lubricating fluid of the 



joints, which enables the surfaces 

 of the bones and tendons to glide 

 smoothly over each other. 



SY'PHOJ*. fr. gr. siphon, a tube. A 

 bent tube, one leg or branch of 

 which is longer than the other, 

 ussd for transferring liquids from 

 one vessel to another. 



STPHO'STOMA fr. gr. siphon, a tube ; 

 stoma, mouth. A genus of anne- 

 lidans. 



SYR'NICM. fr. gr. surnion, an owl. 

 Systematic name of the hooting 

 owls. 



SYS'TEM. fr. gr. sun, together^ iste- 

 mi, 1 place. An arrangement ac 

 cording to some plan or method. 



SYSTEM OF UPHEAVAL. An assem- 

 blage of upheavals on the same 

 line, and in parallel directions, 

 (pp. 189, 191, Book viii). 



