GLOSSARY. 



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



Violets, the Blood root, &c. 

 Scdpiform : scape-like. 



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

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



scorpion, as the inflorescence of Heliotrope. 

 Scrohiculate : jtitted ; excavated into sliaHow pits. 

 Scurf, Scurjincss : minute scales on the surface of many leaves, as of Goo.se- 



foot, Bu Halo-berry, &c. 

 Scutate : buckler-shaped. 



Scutellate, or ScutcUiform : saucer-shaped or i)lattcr-shai)ed. 

 Sdcund : one-sided; i. e. where 'flowers, leaves, &c., are all turned to one 



side. 

 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 Turslane. Scmi-cordatc : lialf-heart- 



shaped. Semilunar : like a half-moon. Semi-ovate : half-ovate, &c. 

 Sepal : a leaf or division of the calyx. 

 Sepaloid : sepal-like. 



Sejyarated Floioers : those having stamins or pistils only. 

 Septate : divided by partitions (septa). 

 Sep)ticldal : where a pod in dehiscence si)lits through the partition.s, dividing 



each into two layers. 

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



partitions. 

 Septum (plural septa) : a partition, as of a pod, &c. 

 Serial or Seriate : in rows ; as hiserial, in two rows, &c. 

 Sericeous .* silky ; clothed with satiny pubescence. 

 Serdtinous : happening late in the season. 



Serrate, ov Serrated: the margin cut into teeth {serratures) pointing forwards. 

 Sirrulate : 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 boily or appendage resembling a bristle. 

 Setdceous : bristle-like. Sitiform : bristle-shaj)ed. 



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

 Sheath : the base of such leaves as those of Gras.ses, wliich are 

 Sheathing : w'ra])ped round the stem. 

 Shield shaped : same as scutate, or as peltate. 



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

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

 Sillculose : bearing a silicic, or a fruit resembling it. 

 Sillque : a longer pod of the Cress Family. 

 Siliquose : bearing siliques or pods which resemble silicpies. 

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

 Silvery: shining white or bluish-gray, usually from a silky pubescence. 

 Simple : of one piece ; opposed to compound. 

 Sinistrorse : turned to the left. 



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