Bapotaceous 



(SUPPLEMENT) 



Shade plants 



sapota'ceous, relating to or resem- 

 bling Sapotaceae. 



Sap'rium, a saprophytio plant forma- 

 tion (Clements). 



saprogenic = SAPROGENOUS. 



saprolegnia'ceous, allied to or resem- 

 bling Saprolegnia. 



Sap'rophile, a plant growing on 

 humus. 



Sar'cocaul (/cav\6s, a stem), a fleshy 

 stemmed plant, as the Cacti and 

 many Euphorbias (J. Smith) ; Sar'- 

 cospores, -ae (+ SPORE), Cle- 

 ments's came for plants having 

 fleshy fruits ; Sarcotea'ta ( + TESTA), 

 the fleshy outer seed coat, as of 

 Cycas (F. W. Oliver). 



Sathrophy'ta (Qvrbv, a plant), humus 

 plants ; Sathrophy'tia, saprophytic 

 formations (Clements). 



Sat'us (Lat., a sowing), arising from 

 seed sown ; Sat'iforxn ( + FORM), a 

 NOVIFORM which is reproduced by 

 seed (Kuntze). 



scalar'iform Conjuga'tion, when the 

 entire algal filament is concerned 

 in the act of conjugation (A. W. 

 Bennett). 



Scale -trace, the strand connecting 

 scale with stem in Bryophytes ; 

 Scales, intersem'inal, the scales of 

 a cone-like fruit which are between 

 successive seeds or ovules. 



Schistogam'ia = ScHisTOGAMAE, Cha- 

 raceae (Caruel). 



Schizob'olites (/ioXls, a missile), a pro- 

 duct of catabolism, due to decom- 

 position of a body of definite com- 

 position (Beyerinck) ; schizozog'o- 

 nous (ybvos, race), Correns's term 

 for the same phenomenon as that 

 called ISOGONOUS by De Vries ; not 

 breeding true ; schizotrach'eal, 

 tracheae dividing; schizom'erous 

 (juepds, a part), splitting into por- 

 tions. 



sciopii'ilus (cr/ctd, shade, $iX^o>, I love), 

 shade-loving ; Sciophy'ta (<t>vrbv, a 

 plant), plants of the shade ; Scio- 

 phy'tia, shade plant-formations 

 (Clements). 



Scirpe'tum, an association of Scirpus 

 (Clements). 



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scis'sile, separating. 



scitamin'eous, referring to the Sctta- 

 mineae. 



Sclerocau'ly (KavXbs, stem), the pos- 

 session of dry hard stems, as in 

 Ephedra (Schimper) ; Scleromy- 

 ce'tes, pi. (AU//OJS, a mushroom), an 

 obsolete name for the Sphaeriaceae; 

 sclerophyl'lous ($v\\ov, a leaf), 

 hard leaved ; Sclerophyl'ly, the con- 

 ditionitself ; Sclerotes'ta ( + TESTA), 

 the hard bony seed-coat, as the 

 middle coat of Oycas; Sclerot'ic, 

 hard, stone-like, as the stone-cells 

 in fruits ; <~ Nesta, characteristic 

 groups of dark-coloured tissue of 

 uncertain origin seen in sections of 

 Lyginodtndron. 



scotoph'ilns (<T/COTOS, darkness, <iX<?o>, 

 I love), dwelling in darkness ; 

 Scotophy'ta (<f>vr6t>, a plant), "dark- 

 ness plants " ; Scptophy'tia, dark- 

 ness plant formations (Clements). 



Scrobicula'tion, employed by algo- 

 logists for the minute depressed 

 marking in Desmidiae. 



scytone'matous, allied to the genus 

 Scytonema (Archer) ; Scytone'min, 

 a brown pigment peculiar to this 

 group of Algae. 



Sec'tors, cj. PERICYCLIO SECTORS. 



sedlmen'tary Yeast, bottom -yeast. 



Seed, (2) provisionally used in fossil 

 botany, for certain seed-like fruits. 



Seedling-, a plant produced from seed 

 in its young stages, cf. p. 236. 



semi-mesophyt'ic ( + MESOPHYTIC), 

 intermediate between xerophytic 

 and mesophytic. 



Se'minase, an enzyme occurring in 

 Trigonetta and Medicago. 



semi-xerophyt'ic (+ XEROPHYTIC), 

 showing a strong tendency to 

 xerophytic conditions. 



senes'cent, growing old or effete. 



se'tose, add, (2) having setae usually 

 ending in glands (Babington) ; 

 Se'tula, (2) a minute bristle. 



Shade leaves, those adapted to 

 modified light ; ombrophile ; ~ 

 plants, (1) quick growing plants, 

 employed to protect permanent 

 trees, and removed when that 



