Glossary 



SEPARABLE (separabilis, that can be separated, <^separare, separate), capable of be- 

 ing detached. 



SEPARATING, becoming detached, as lamellae from the stem, or resupinate fuugi 



Jl from the matrix. 



SE'PIA, a deep, dark -brown color, with a little red in its composition. The pigment 

 called sepia is a carbonaceous matter, prepared from the natural ink of a species 

 of cuttle-fish. 



SEP'TATE (septum, a fence), having partitions. 



SEP'TUM (pi. SEPTA) (septum, a fence), partition. 



SE'RIATE (seriatus, pp. of seriare, arrange in a series), arranged in rows. 



SERIC'EOUS (sericum, silk), silky. 



SEPARATE (serratus, saw-shaped), having marginal teeth shaped like saw teeth. 



SER'RULATE (serrulatus, <^semila, dim. of serra, a saw), minutely serrate. 



SES'SILE (sessilis, <^sessus, pp. sedere, sit), attached by the base; having no stem or 

 support. 



SE'TA (pi. SE'TJS) (seta, a bristle), a stiff-bristle-like hair. 



SETACEOUS, SETIG'EROUS, SE'TOSE (seta, bristle), beset with bristles. 



SE'TOSE (setosus, abounding in bristles), bristly. 



SET'ULOSE (setula + ose), finely setose; covered with setules. 



SIG'MOID (Gr. of the shape of a sigma), said of an elongated spore having the ends 

 bent slightly in opposite directions; S-shaped. 



SIMPLE, in botany not formed by a union of similar parts or groups of parts ; a sim- 

 ple stem or trunk is one not divided at the base. 



SINUATE, SIN'UOSE, SIN'UOUS (sinuatus, pp. sinuare, <SZ'MS, a curve), waved; ser- 

 pentine; applied to an edge the outline of which is alternately concave and con- 

 vex; a sinuate lamella has a sudden wave or sinus in its edge near the stem. 



SI'NUS (sinus, the fold of a garment, a curve, hollow), a rounded inward curve be- 

 tween two projecting lobes. 



SLATE-COLOR (schistaceus) , a dark gray or blackish gray color, less bluish in tint than 

 plumbeous or lead color. 



SMOKE-GRAY (fumidio-canus} . (Black -f- white + raw umber.) 



SMOOTH, glabrous ; applied to a surface which is destitute of hairs ; a surface may be 

 uneven and yet smooth. 



SOR'DID (sordidus, dirty, filthy, mean, <^sordere, be dirty), of a dingy, dirty hue. 



SPADIC'EOUS (spadiceus, <^spadix, a palm branch), date-brown, duller and darker 

 than bay-brown. 



SPATH'ULATE, SPAT'ULATE (spathula, dim. of spatha, a broad, flat instrument for stir- 

 ring liquids), shaped like a spathula or spoon; oblong or rounded and flattened 

 at the top with a long, narrow, attenuate base. 



SPE'CIES, an individual, or collectively those individuals which differ specifically 

 from all other members of a genus and which do not differ from each other ex- 

 cept within narrow limits of variability, and which produce by propagation other 

 individuals of the same kind. 



SPECIFIC (species, kind, -f ficus, </ocere, make), of, pertaining to, constituting, 

 peculiar to, characteristic of, designating species or a species ; not generic, not of 

 wider application than to a species. 



SPHAG'NUM (Gr. a kind of moss), peat or bog moss. 



SPHERICAL, SPHE'ROID, of the shape of a ball or globe or nearly so. 



SPIC'ULAR, SPIC'ULATE, SPIC'ULOUS (spicule -f ar), covered with spicules. 



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