220 GLOSSARY AND INDEX. 



Sarmentaceous, Sarmentose, bearing long and flexible twigs (Sa7-ments), eitliei- 



spreading or procmnbcut. 

 Sato-toothed, see seriate, 55. 

 Scabrous, rough or harsh to the touch. 



Scalariform, with cross-bands, resembling the steps of a ladder, 1-34. 

 Scales, of buds, 28; of bulbs, &c., 4G. 

 Scalloped, same as crenate, 55. 



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

 Scandent, climbing, 3!). 



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

 Scapiform, scape-like. 

 Scapigerous, scape-bearing. 

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

 S carious or Scariose, thin, dry, and membranous. 

 Scion, a shoot or slip used for grafting. 

 Scleras, Greek for hard, hence Sclerocaipous, hard-fruited. 

 Scobiform, resembling sawdust. 



Scorpiuid or Scorpioidal, curved or circinate at the end, 77. 

 Scrobiculate, pitted; excavated into shallow pits. 



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

 Scutate, Scutiform, buckler-shaped. 



Scutellate, or Scutelliform, saucer-shaped or platter-shai)ed. 

 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 anj' cleft body. 

 Seyreyate, separated from each other. 

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

 Semi-adherent, as the calyx or ovary of Purslane; Semic"i-date, half-heart-shaped; 



Semilunar, like a half-moon ; Semiuvate, hall-ovate, &i'. 

 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 stanioiis or pistils only, 85. 

 Septate, divided by partitions. 

 Septenate, with parts in sevens. 



Septicidal, where dehiscence is through the partitions, 12-3. 

 Septiferous, bearing the partition. 



Septifragal, where the valves in dehiscence break away from the partitions, 12-5. 

 Septum (plural septa), a partition or dissepiment. 

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

 Sericeous, silky; clothed with satiu}' pubescence. 

 Serotinous, late in the season. 



Serrate, the margin cut into teeth {Serratures) pointing forwards, 55. 

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

 Sessile, sitting; without an}' stalk. 



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

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

 Setaceous, bristle-like. Setifoim, bristle-shaped. 



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

 f^etula, a diminutive bristle. Sefu/ose, provided with such. 

 Sex, six. Sexangular, six-angled. Sexfariotis, 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. 



