Scutate 



(472 ) 



Squalidus 



Scutate, shaped like an ancient 



round buckler or shield. 

 Scvtellate or Scutelli f ort, like a 



disc, platter, or saucer. 

 Sebi^erous, wax bearing. 

 Secretions, substances produced in 



the interior of plants and stored 



in glands. 



Sectits, divided to the base. 

 Secund, arranged on one side only, 



pointing one way, following. 

 Secundine, the second or inner 



coat of an ovule. 

 Seeuriformis, shaped like an axe. 

 Seed leaves or Seed lobes, those first 



appearing from a germinating 



seed. 

 Segment, a division of a leaf, or 



the petal of a Monocotyledon. 

 Self-fertilisation, the impregnation 



of ovules with pollen of the 



same flower. 

 Semen, seed. 

 .Semi-, half ; e.g. semicylindrical, 



half-round. 



Semi-lunate, resembling a half- 

 moon. 

 Seminal, belonging to the seed, as 



cotyledons or seed leaves. 

 Semination, seeding. 

 Sentiniferous, seed bearing. 

 Sempervtrtnu, evergreen. 

 Senilis, old, decaying. 

 Sepal, a leaf or segment of the 



calyx ; it is generally green, 



though examples of coloured 



sepals are found in Orchids, 



etc. 

 Sepaline or Sepalom, pertaining to 



sepals. 

 Sepalody, the changing of leaves 



or petals into sepals. 

 Sepaloid, resembling a sepal. 

 Septa, partitions. 

 Septate, separated by a division or 



septum. 

 Septem, seven. 

 Septenate, with parts in sevens; 



a compound leaf with seven 



leaflets arising from the same 



point. 

 Septicidal, applied to seed vessels 



which open through the edges 



of the carpel. 

 Septiferrova, with partitions. 

 Septifragous, opening through the 



back of the cells or carpels, 



with the valves separating 



from the septa. 

 Seriate, disposed in rows. 

 Sericeous, silky, covered with flne, 



closely pressed hairs. 

 Serotinns, late flowering. 

 Serrate, toothed like a saw, as the 



edge of an Apple leaf; some 



leaves are doubly serrated, i.e. 



the teethareagain divided ; e.g. 



the Elm. 

 Serratnrei, the tooth-like divisions 



of a leaf's margins. 

 Serrulate, with very small saw- 

 like teeth. 

 Scsqui-, one and a half. 



Sessile, sitting, applied to flowers 

 and leaves without stalks, 

 stigmas without styles, and 

 anthers without filaments. 

 Seta, a bristle, a stiff hair, or a 

 slender prickle. . 



Setaceous or Setosus, bristly; 

 covered with stiff hairs. 



Setiyermis, bearing bristles. 

 Setulose, slightly bristly. 



Sex, six; sexfidus, cut into six 

 parts. 



Shaggy, rough, with stiff hairs. 



Sheath, the lower part of the leaf 

 which is rolled round the 

 stem. 



Sheathing, embracing the stem, as 

 the base of the leaves in many 

 Grasses. 



Shrub, a woody-stemmed peren- 

 nial which does not exceed 10' 

 jn height. 



Siecus, dry. 



Signatus, marked. 



Siliceous, flinty. 



Silicula, a pod whose breadth is 

 as great as, or greater than, 

 its length. 



Siliculose, bearing broad, short 

 pods. 



Siliqua, a long pod ; e.g. the fruit 



of the Pea, 

 I Siliquose, bearing long pods. 



Simple or Simplex, the reverse of 

 compound, consisting of one 

 part only.; e.g. the stem of the 

 Tulip. 



Simplieissimus, not branched or 

 divided. 



Simulans, imitating. 



Sinite, the recesses between the 

 lobes of leaves. 



Sinuate or Sinuosus, wavy, having 

 the margin broken up into 

 wavy lobes, as in the Oak leaf. 



Sobnles, shoots which spring from 

 beneath the ground. 



Soboliferom, producing young 

 plants or shoots directly from 

 the roots ; e.g. the Lilac. 



Solaris, relating to the' sun. 



Solidits, solid, compact. 



Solitaries, alone, solitary. 



Sordidiis, dirty, of a muddy colour. 



Sari, the patches on the backs 

 of Fern fronds ; consisting of 

 sporangia which enclose the 

 spores. 



Sflrote, bearing sori. 



Spadiceovt, like a spadix, bearing 

 a spadix. 



Spadix, a succulent spike bearing 

 many crowded sessile flowers 

 and enclosed in a spathe ; e.g. 

 the central yellow portion of 

 the flower of an Arum Lily. 



Sparsns, scattered. 



Spatliaceoux, bearing spathes, or 

 like a spathe. 



Spathe, a broad, sheathing bract, 

 situated on the flower stalk be- 

 neath the inflorescence, which 

 it often encloses. 



Spatlnilate or Spatiilate, oblong, 

 with one end broad and the 

 other suddenly becoming nar- 

 row. 



Spawn,, the mycelium of Fungi. 



Sjii'i-i/'ti, an artificial division of a 

 genus ; the name given to a 

 number of individual plants 

 which resemble each other 

 sufficiently to point to a com- 

 mon parentage. 



Speeifif character, the essential 

 character of a species. 



Sjit'i-inxisxi inn*, most handsome. 



Speoioxus, beautiful. 



Spertabilis, remarkable, notable. 



Spermatia, the motionless repro- 

 ductive spermatozoids in Fungi, 

 etc. 



Spematetoidt, moving filaments 

 contained in the antheridia of 

 Cryptogamous plants. 



Spcrmoderni, the general covering 

 of a seed, usually applied to 

 the outer coat. 



Spermum, seed, or a seed-like part ; 

 polyspermum, many seeded. 



Sphifricus or Spheroidal, resem- 

 bling a sphere in shape. 



SphtfroccpJtaliiis, applied to flowers 

 growing in close spherical 

 heads. 



Spie-atus, like a spike, arranged in 

 spikes. 



Spike, an inflorescence consisting 

 of numerous sessile flowers on 

 an elongated axis or stem. 



Spiltelet, a secondary spike ; the 

 small terminal collection or 

 cluster of flowers in Grasses. 



Spine, a thorn, a sharp pointed, 

 hardened wooden body, an 

 abortive branch ending in a 

 sharp point. 



Spinexeent or Spinose, of a spiny 

 character ; bearing spines. 



Spiniileseent, having a tendency to 

 produce small spines. 



Splendidissimiis, most brilliant, 

 most splendid. 



Sponaiolf, root hair, the extremity 

 of a root fibre having the power 

 of absorption. 



Sporadic, widely distributed ; 

 occurring singly in isolated 

 places. 



Sporangia, cases found in the sori 

 on the backs of Fern fronds, 

 and which contain the spores. 



Spore, a detached cell of Crypto- 

 gamous plants which has the 

 power of germinating. 



Sporiferotin, spore-bearing. 



Sport, a bud or seed variation 

 from a plant. 



Spmnrtri-nt, froth-like in appear- 

 ance. 



Spur, a hollow, rounded extension 

 of a flower seen in the calyx 

 of the Larkspur and in some 

 Orchids. 



Spuriui:, false. 

 I Squalidus, rough. 



