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Runoinate, applied to leaves when they are irregularly lobed, the lobes gra- 

 dually diminishing to the base and hooked back ; as in Dandelion. 

 Runners, procumbent shoots, which root at their extremity. 



S. 



Saccate, bagged, having a bag or pouch. 



Sagittate, shaped like the head of an arrow ; as the leaves of Sorrel, and 

 some anthers. 



Salver-shaped, hypocrateriform ; applied to a corolla, when the tube is 

 long, narrow, and not dilated, and the limb flat ; as in Cowslip, Peri- 

 winkle. 



Samara, an indehiscent fruit, having a membranous margin or wing ; as 

 the so-called Key of the Ash, the fruit of Elm. 



Sarcocarp, the fleshy part of a fruit under the epicarp. 



Sarmenia, runners. 



Scabrous, rough from little asperities ; as the stem and leaves of Hop, the 

 leaves of Mulberry, &c. 



Scales, small processes resembling little leaves. 



Scape, a stem which bears only flowers ; as in Buckbean, Coltsfoot, Cows- 

 lip, Daisy. 



Scariose, ) 



_ . >• membranous and dry. 



Scarious, J J 



Scattered, disposed without regularity. 



Scion, a young shoot. 



Scolloped, crenated, marked with convex teeth at the margin. 



Scutate, having the figure of the ancient round buckler. 



Secund, unilateral, arranged on one side only. 



Segments, parts of any thing. 



Semi, half. 



Seminal, of or belonging to the seed. 



Sepals, the divisions or leaves of the calyx. 



Sepalled, having sepals. 



Septa, the partitions which divide the interior of a pericarp ; the dissepiments. 



Series, a row or train. 



Serrate, \ toothed like a saw ; as the leaves of Buckthorn, Horse-Chestnut, 



Serrated, > Nettle, &c. 



Serratures, the teeth of a serrated leaf. 



Serrulated, having fine serratures. 



Sessile, sitting ; destitute of a stalk ; as the leaves of Honeysuckle, Meze- 



reon, Pimpernel : and the pappus of the fruit of several Composites. 

 Setaceous, resembling a bristle ; as the involucre of Hog's Fennel. 

 Setose, covered with bristles. 



Sheath, the lower part of a leaf which embraces the stem. 

 Sheathing, surrounding the stem by the convolute base. 

 Silicle, a short, broad pod opening by two valves ; as in Fumitory, Horse- 

 radish, Sauce Alone. 

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