seml-amplexicaul 



semipetaloideus 



equitant; - amplecti'vus is also 

 cited for the same ; semi-amplex'i- 

 caul, semi-amplexicau'lis (amplexus, 

 embracing, caulis, the stem), ap- 

 plied to leaves whose lower portion 

 half embraces the stem ; seml- 

 amplex'us, half-embracing ; semi- 

 anat'ropal, sexni-anat'ropous ( + 

 ANATROPOOS) = amphitropous ; 

 semi-calyciform (+ CALYCIFOBM), 

 half cup-shaped (J. Smith) ; Semi- 

 cap'sula ( + CAPSULA) = CUPULE ; 

 semiaquat'ic ( + AQUATIC), term for 

 those water-plants which root in 

 the soil, but produce aquatic leaves, 

 otherwise living as land-plants ; 

 Sem'icell, one half of a Desmid ; 

 semicolum'nar, semicolumna'ris ( + 

 COLUMNAR), semiterete ; Bemicon'- 

 nate (+ CONNATE), applied to 

 such structures as the half-united 

 filaments of certain willows (Win- 

 mer; semi-cor'date, semicorda'tus 

 (+ CORDATE), heart-shaped on 

 one side only ; semicordiform'is 

 (forma, shape), somewhat cor- 

 date ; semicyclindra'ceus, ~ cyliri- 

 dricus (+ CYLINDRICUS), semi- 

 terete ; semidig'ynus (+ DIGY- 

 NUS), when two carpels cohere 

 near the base only ; semidoub'le, 

 semidu'plex, when the inner sta- 

 mens continue perfect, and the 

 outer are petaloid, half changed 

 into a double flower ; semiellip'tic 

 ( + ELLIPTIC), half-elliptic, the divi- 

 sion being longitudinal ; semieq'ui- 

 tant ( + EQUITANT), half -equitant ; 

 Semiflor'et (+ FLORET), a ligulate 

 floret ; semiflos'cular, semiflos'cu- 

 lous, semiflosculo'sus ( + FLOSCULAR), 

 having the corolla split and turned 

 to one side as in ligulate florets of 

 Compositae ; Semiflos'cule, a semi- 

 floret (Crozier); Semifru'tex (frutex, 

 a shrub), an under-shrub ; semi- 

 hasta'tus (+ HASTATUS), hastate on 

 one side only ; sexnilan'ceolate ( + 

 LANCEOLATE), half -lanceolate, longi- 

 tudinally divided ; semilentic'ular 

 ( + LENTICULAR), sublenticular (Cro- 

 zier) ; semiloc'ular, semilocula'ris, 

 semiloc'ulus ( + DOCULAR), with in- 



complete dissepiment, practically 

 unilocular; Semili'chen ( + Lichen), 

 Zukal's term for forms which when 

 destitute of their appropriate Alga 

 can subsist as saprophytes, or 

 Fungi which can combine with 

 some Alga to form a Lichen j se- 

 milu'nar, semilu'nate, semilunaftus 

 ( + LUNATE), lunate, shaped like a 

 half-moon, or crescent-shaped. 



se'minal, semina'lis (Lat., pertaining 

 to seed), relating to the seed ; 

 ~ Leaf, a cotyledon; ~ Sport, 

 = SEED-SPORT ; Semina'tae, Van 

 Tieghem'sterm for plants furnished 

 with true seed-coats ; Semina'tio, 

 the act of natural dispersion of 

 seeds ; Se'mine, used by Grew to 

 include both his Semet and Chive, 

 the genitalia ; seminiferous, -rus 

 (fero, I bear), (1) seed-bearing; (2) 

 used for the special portion of the 

 pericarp bearing the seeds ; (3) 

 = Dicotyledons ; Scale, in Coni- 

 ferae, that scale above the bract- 

 scale on which the ovules are placed 

 and the seed borne; seminific 

 (facio, I make), forming or pro- 

 ducing seed ; Seminiflca'tion, pro- 

 pagation from seed ; seminiform'is 

 (forma, shape), applied to repro- 

 ductive bodies in Cryptogams 

 which are not part of the 

 fructification ; Se'menin, a sinis- 

 trorse carbohydrate occurring in 

 reserve -cellulose in the endosperm 

 of some seeds (Reiss) ; Se'minose, a 

 dextrose form from ordinary cel- 

 lulose belonging to the group of 

 f rape-sugars (Reiss) ; Se'minule, 

 emin'ulum, SPORE ; Seminulif - 

 eras (fero, I bear), (1) that part 

 of Cryptogams which bears the 

 spores, a sporophore ; (2) the cavity 

 of the ovary while the ovules are 

 yet unfertilized. 



semiorbic'ular, semiorbicula'tm (semi, 

 half, + ORBICULAR), half-round 

 or hemispherical ; semio'val, 

 semiova'lis, semio'vate, semiova'- 

 tus (+ OVAL), half -oval, one side 

 only, or ovate in longitudinal 

 halves ; semipetaloi'deus + (PETA- 



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