220 GLOSSARY AND INDEX. 



Sai-mentaceous, Sarmentose, bearing long and flexible twigs (Sai'tnents), either 



spreading or procumbent. 

 Saw-toothed, see serrate, 55. 

 Scabrous, rougli or Iiarsli to the touch. 



Scalariform, with cross-bands, resembling the steps of a ladder, 134. 

 Scales, of buds, 28 ; of bulbs, &c., 40. 

 Scalloped, same as crenate, 55. 



Scaly, furnished with scales, or scale-like in texture. 

 Scandent, climbing, 39. 



Scape, a peduncle rising from the ground or near it, as in many Violets. 

 Scupiform, scape-liice. 

 Scapigerous, scape-bearing. 

 Scar of the seed, 126. Leaf-scnrs, 27, 28. 

 Scaiious or Scariose, tiiin, dry, and membranous. 

 Scion, a slioot or slip used for grafting. 

 Scleros, Greek for hard, hence Sclerocarpous, hard-fruited. 

 Scobiform, resembling sawdust. 



Scorpluid or Scorpioidal, curved or circinate at (he end, 77. 

 Scrobiculate, pitted; excavated into shallow pits. 



Scurf, Scwjlness, minute scales on the surface of many leaves, as of Goosefoot. 

 Scutate, Scutiform, bucklcr-sliaped. 



Scutellate, or ScutelUform, saucer-shaped or platter-shaped. 

 Secund, one-sided; i. e. where flowers, leaves, &c., are all turned to one side. 

 Secundine, the inner coat of the ovule, 110. 

 Seed, 125. Seed-leaves, see cotyledons. Seed-vessel, 127. 

 Segment, a subdivision or lobe of any cleft body. 

 Segreyate, separated from each other. 

 Semi-, in compound words of Latin origin, half; as 

 Semi-adherent, as the cah'x or ovary of Purslane; Semicordate, half-hcart-shapeaj 



Semilunar, like a half-moon; Semiovnte, lialf-ovate, &c. 

 Seminal, relating to the seed (Semen). Seminiferous, seed-bearing. 

 Sempervirent, evergreen. 

 Sensitiveness in plants, 149, 152. 

 Senary, in sixes. 



Sepal, a leaf or division of the calyx, 14, 79. 

 Sepaloid, sepal-like. Sepaline, relating to the sepals. 

 Separated Flowers, those having stamens or pistils only, 85. 

 Septate, divided by partitions. 

 Septenate, with parts in sevens. 



Septicidal, where deiiiscence is through the partitions, 123. 

 Septiferous, bearing the partition. 



Septifragal, wiiere the valves in dehiscence break away from the partitions, 123. 

 Septum (plural septa), a partition or dissepiment. 

 Serial, or Seriate, in rows ; as biserial, in two rows, &c. 

 Sericeous, silky; clothed with satiny pubescence. 

 Serotinous, late in the season. 



Serrate, the marj^in cut into teeth (Serratnres) pointing forwards, 55. 

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

 Sessile, sitting; without any stalk. 



Sesqui-, Latin for one and a half; so Sesquipedalis, a foot and a half long. 

 Seta, a bristle, or a slender bodj' or appendage resembling a bristle. 

 Setaceous, bristle-like. Seti/omi, bristle-shaped. 



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

 Setula, a diminutive bristle. Setulose, provided with such. 

 Sex, six. Sexangular, six-angled. Sexfarious, six-faced. 

 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, 53- 



