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Silique, a long narrow pod ; as in Cuckoo-flower, Mustard, Water-cress. 



Simple, not divided or compound. 



Sinuate, undulated ; bending in and out ; as the leaves of Henbane, Oak, 

 &c. Sinuate-toothed, toothed in a sinuate manner. 



Sinus, the bay or recess formed by the lobes of leaves. 



Smooth, without hair or excrescences. 



Solitary, growing singly ; as the flowers of Deadly Nightshade, Pimpernel. 



Sort, the patches of fructification on the back of the leaves of Ferns, &c. 



Spadix, a flower-stalk which proceeds from a spathe ; as in Arum. 



Spathe, a broad sheathing leaf, enclosing the kind of inflorescence called 

 a spadix ; as in Arum. 



Spatulate, oblong, with the lower end much attenuated ; as the leaf of Daisy. 



Spicate, resembling a spike ; as the raceme of Mullein. 



Spike, a collection of alternate sessile flowers upon a common stalk ; as in 

 Darnel. 



Spikelets, little or secondary spikes ; as in Darnel and other grasses. 



Spine, a sharp persistent process issuing from the woody part of a plant ; 

 as in Buckthorn, Sloe, Holly. 



Spinous, armed with spines ; as the capsule of Thorn-Apple. 



Sporules, minute reproductive organs of Cryptogamic plants, answering 

 to the seed in perfect plants. See Fern. 



Stamens, the small organs situated between the pistil and the corolla. They 

 constitute the male apparatus of the flower, and are composed of a fila- 

 ment or slender thread tipped with the anther which contains the 

 pollen or fertilizing matter. 



Stellate, arranged in a star-like manner ; as the leaves of Cleavers, Wood- 

 ruff, &c, the pubescence of Lavender. 



Stigma, the secreting summit of the style, the apex of the pistil. 



Stipes, a stalk ; the leaf-stalk of Ferns, &c 



Stipitate, having a stipe or stalk ; as the pappus or seed -down of Lettuce. 



Stipulate, furnished with stipulae. 



Stipules, i small starved leaves, often membranous, situated at the base 



Stipules, S of a true leaf, usually one on each side ; as in Agrimony, 

 Mercury, Nettle, Tormentil. 



Stolo, a sucker. 



Stoloniferous, bearing suckers. 



Stria, slender streaks or ridges. 



Striated, having striae or small ridges ; as the stem of Sorrel, &c. 



Strigose, covered with small, erect, stiff hairs, swollen beneath ; as the leaf 

 of Bugloss. 



Strobile, a cone. 



Style,-ihe little column which rises from the germen or ovary, and supports 

 the stigma. 



Sub, in composition signifies somewhat or nearly, as sub-ovate, somewhat 

 ovate ; sub-globose, nearly round ; sub-sessile, nearly sessile ; sub-den- 

 tate, somewhat toothed : sub-cordate, somewhat heart-shaped, as the 

 leaves of Black Currant. 



