230 GLOSSARY. 



Scdrpioid or Scorpioidal : curved or circinate at the end, like the tail of a scor- 

 pion, as the inflorescence of Heliotrope. 



Scrobiculate : pitted ; excavated into shallow pits. 



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

 Buffalo-berry, &c. 



Scutate : buckler-shaped. 



Scute'llate, or Scute'lliform : 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. Seminiferous ; seed-bearing. 



Sempervirent : evergreen. 



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



Sepaloid : 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. 



'Septifragal : where the valves of a pod in dehiscence break away from the par- 

 titions ; p. 132. 



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



Serial, 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. Se'tiform : bristle-shaped. 



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



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



Shfdth .- the base of such leaves as those of Grasses, which are 



Sheathing : wrapped round the stem. 



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



Shrub, p. 21. 



So/moid.- curved in two directions, like the letter S, or the Greek sigma. 



bearing a silicic, or a fruit resembling it. 

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



Sifo/ue: a longer pod of the Cress Family ; p. 133, fi^. 310. 



