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Seminal : relating to the seed. Seminiferous : seed-bearing. 



Sempevirent : evergreen. 



Sepal : a leaf or division of the calyx. 



Sepaloid: sepal-like. Sepaline : relating to the sepals. 



Separated Flowers : those having stamens or pistils only. 



Septate : divided by partitions (septa}. 



Septenate : with parts in sevens. 



Septiddal : where a pod in dehiscence splits through the partitions, 



dividing each into two layers. 

 Septiferous : bearing the partition. 

 Septiftagal: where the valves of a pod in dehiscence break away from 



the partitions. 



Septum (plural septa}: a partition, as of a pod, etc. 

 Serial, or Seriate : in rows; as biserial, in two rows, etc. 

 Sericeous: silky; clothed with satiny pubescence. 

 Serotinous : happening late in the season. 

 Serrate, or Serrated : the margin cut into teeth (serratures] pointing 



forwards. 



Serrulate : same as the last, but with fine teeth. 

 Sessile-: sitting; without any stalk, as a leaf destitute of petiole, or an 



anther destitute of filament. 



Seta : a bristle, or a slender body or appendage resembling a bristle. 

 Setaceous: bristle-like. Setiform : bristle-shaped. 



Setigerous : bearing bristles. Setose: beset with bristles or bristly hairs. 

 Sex: six; in composition. Sexangular : six-angled, etc. 

 Sheath : the base of such leaves as those of Grasses, which are 

 Sheathing : wrapped round the stem. 

 Shield-shaped : same as scutate, or as peltate. 



Sigmoid : curved in two directions, like the letter S, or the Greek sigma. 

 Siliculose : bearing a silicle, or a fruit resembling it. 

 Silicle : a pouch, or short pod of the Cress Family. 

 Silique : a longer pod of the Cress Family. 

 Siliquose : bearing siliques or pods which resemble siliques. 

 Silky : glossy with a coat of fine and soft, close-pressed, straight hairs. 

 Silvery : shining with white or blueish-gray, usually from a silky 



pubescence. 



Simple : of one piece ; opposed to compound. 

 Sinistrorse : turned to the left. 

 Sinuate : strongly wavy ; with the margin alternately bowed inwards 



and outwards. 

 Sinus : a recess or bay ; the re-entering angle or space between two 



lobes or projections. 



Soboliferous : bearing shoots from near the ground. 

 Solitary : single ; not associated with others. 



