230 GLOSSARY. 



Scdrpioid or Scorpioidal : curv^ed or circinate at the end, like the tail of a scor- 

 pion, as tlie inflorescence of Heliotrope. 



Scrobiciilate : pitted ; excavated into shallow pits. 



Scurf, Scurjiness : minute scales on the surface of many leaves, as of Goosefoot, 

 Buffalo-beny, &c. 



Scutate: buckler-shaped. 



Scuteilate, or Scute'lUform : saucer-shaped or platter-shaped. 



Se'cund : one-sided ; i. e. where flowers, leaves, &c. are all turned to one side. 



Secundine : the inner coat of the ovule ; p. 124. 



Seed, p. 134. Seed-coats, p. 134. Seed-vessel, p. 127. 



Segment : a subdivision or lobe of any cleft body. 



Segregate : separated from each other. 



Semi- (in compound words of Latin origin) : half; as 



Semi-adherent, as the calyx or ovary of Purslane, fig. 214. Semicordate: half- 

 heart-shaped. Semilunar: like a half-moon. Semiovate : half-ovate, &c. 



Seminal : relating to the seed. Seminifeivus : seed-bearing. 



Sempervirent : evergreen. 



Sepal : a leaf or division of the calyx ; p. 85. 



Se'paloid : sepal-like. Sepaline : relating to the sepals. 



Separated Flowers: those having stamens or pistils only; p. 89. 



Septate: divided by partitions {septa). 



Se'ptenate : with parts in sevens. 



Septicidal: where a pod in dehiscence splits through the partitions, dividing 

 each into two layers ; p. 132, fig. 306. 



Septiferous: bearing the partition. 



Septifragnl : where the valves of a pod in deliiscence break away from the par- 

 titions ; p. 132. 



Septum (plural septa) : a partition, as of a pod, &c. 



Se'rial, or Seriate : in rows ; as biserial, in two rows, &c. 



Sericeous : silky ; clothed with satiny pubescence. 



Serotinous : happening late in the season. 



Serrate, or Serrated: the margin cut into teeth (serratures) pointing forwards,- 

 p. 61, fig. 112. 



Serrulate : same as the last, but with fine teeth. 



Sessile : sitting ; without any stalk, as a leaf destitute of petiole, or an anther 

 destitute of filament. 



Seta : a bristle, or a slender body or appendage resembling a bristle. 



Setaceous: bristle-like. Stftiform : bristle-shaped. 



Setigerous : bearing bristles. Setose: beset with bristles or bristly hairs. 



Sex: six; in composition. Sexangular : six-angled, &c. 



Sheath : the base of such leaves as those of Grasses, which are 



Sheathing : wrapped round the stem. 



Shield-shaped : same as scutate, or as peltate, p. 59. 



Shrub, p. 21. 



Sigmoid: curved in two directions, like the letter S, or the Greek sigma. 



Slliciilose: bearing a silicle, or a fruit resembling it. 



Stlicle: a pouch, or short pod of the Cress Family; p. 133. 



Silique: a longer pod of the Cress Family ; p. 133, fig. 310. 



