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Rudimentary : imperfectly developed, or in an early state of develop- 

 ment. 



Rugose : wrinkled, roughened with wrinkles. 



Ruminated (albumen): penetrated with irregular channels or portions 

 filled with softer matter, as a nutmeg. 



Runcinate : coarsely saw-toothed or cut, the pointed teeth turned 

 towards the base of the leaf, as the leaf of a Dandelion. 



Runner: a slender and prostrate branch, rooting at the end, or at the 

 joints, as of a Strawberry. 



Sac : any closed membrane, or a deep purse -shaped cavity. 



Sagittate : arrowhead-shaped. 



Salver-shaped, or Salver-form : with a border spreading at right angles 

 to a slender tube; as the corolla of Phlox. 



Samara : a wing- fruit, or key, as of Maple, Ash and Elm. 



Samaroid : like a samara or key-fruit. 



Sap : the juices of plants generally. 



Sarcocarp : the fleshy part of a stone-fruit. 



Sarmentaceous : bearing long and flexible twigs (sarments], either 

 spreading or procumbent. 



Saw-toothed : see serrate. 



Scabrous : rough or harsh to the touch. 



Scalariform : with cross-bands, resembling the steps of a ladder. 



Scaly : furnished with scales, or scale-like in texture. 



Scandent : climbing. 



Scape : a peduncle rising from the ground, or near it, .as of the stemless 

 Violets,. the Bloodroot, etc. 



Scapiform : scape-like. 



Scartous, or Scariose : thin, dry, and membranous. 



Scobiform : resembling sawdust. 



Scorpioid, or Scorpioidal : curved or circinate at the end, like the tail of 

 a scorpion, as the inflorescence of Heliotrope. 



Scrobiculate : pitted; excavated into shallow pits. 



Scurf, Scurfitiess : minute scales on the surface of many leaves, as of 

 Goose foot, Buffalo-berry, etc. 



Scutate : buckler-shaped. 



Scutellate, or Scutellifotm : saucer-shaped or platter-shaped. 



Secund : one-sided; i. e., where flowers, leaves, etc., are all turned to 

 one side. 



Secundine : the innor coat of the ovule. 



Segment : a subdivision or lobe of any cleft body. 



Segregate : separated from each other. 



Semi- (in compound words of Latin origin): half; as 



Semi-adherent, as the calyx or ovary of Purslane. Semicordate : half- 

 heart-shaped. Semilunar : like a half-moon. Semiovate : half- 

 ovate, etc. 



