GLOSSARY. 



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ry'iui ua ted, having a hard albumen pene- 

 trated by irregular channels filled with 

 softer matter. 



rflii'i;i nate, pinnately cut^ with the lobes 

 doping dounwards. 



rQu'uer, a slender prostrate branch, rooting 

 at the end. 



s. 



sSb'u lose, growing in sandy places. 



sSc, any closed membrane, or a deep purse- 

 .shaped cavity. 



sSc'cate, .sac-shaped. 



sSg'it tate, arrou-shaped. 



sal su'gi nous, growing in brackish places, or 

 .salt 7narshes. 



sSl'ver-shaped, tubular, with a spreading 

 border. 



sa lua'ra, a winged fruit or seed vessel. 



sSra'aroid, resembling a samara, or winged 

 seed vessel. 



s5p, the watery fluid taken up by the root, 

 and moved through the vessel up to the 

 leaves. 



sSp'wood, the last growth of tvood in an 

 exogen. 



sar'cocarp, the fleshy part of a drupaceous 

 fruit. 



sar'ment, a prostrate, filiform stem or run- 

 ner, like the Strawberry. 



sar men ta'ceous, bearing sarments or run- 

 ners, either .spreading or procumbent. 



sar men tose', long and filiform, and almost 

 naked, or having leaves only at the joints 

 where there are roots; bearing sarments ; 

 sarmenlaceous. 



saw'-toothed, serrate. 



sca'brous, rough ; scaly. 



sea ISr'i form (cells), resembling a ladder; 

 having transver.se bars or markings, like 

 the rounds of a ladder. 



scale, a thin, scarious body. 



scal'loped, having the edge or border cut or 

 marked with segments of circles. 



acai'y, furnished with srale.s, or .scale-like ijt 

 texture. 



scSn'deut, climbing. 



scape, a flower .stalk .springing from the 

 ground. 



sca'pi form, resembling a scape. 



scar, a mark left upon a stem or branch by 

 the fall of a leaflet or frond, or upon a 

 seed, by the .separation of its support. 



sca'ri ose, or sca'ri ous, thin, dry, membra- 

 nous and not green. 



BcSt'tered, irregular in position ; haxnng 

 no regular order : .sometimes used for 

 alternate. 



8^1 'on, a young shoot used for grafting. 



scle r?n'chy ma, hard, .stony tis.sue. 



sole'rous, hard ; bony ; indurated. 



acSb'i form, resembling sawdust. 



scro bic'u late, having numerous small shal- 

 low depressions or hollows ; pitted. 

 scQrf, minute scales on the surface of many 



leaves, as in the (Joosefoot. 

 scQr'fi ness, quality of being scurfy. 

 scu'tate, or scu'ti form, buckler-shaped ; 



shield-shaped ; round, or nearly round. 

 scu'tel late, or scu tgl'li form, saucer-shaped, 



or jjlatter-.shaped. 

 sea'green, light bluish-green; glauce.scent. 

 se'cund, arranged on one side only ; turned 



only one u-ay. 

 sSc'uu dine, the second coat or integument 



of an ovule ; legmen. 

 seed, matured ovule. 

 sgg'ment, a subdivi,sio7i or lobe oj any cleft 



body. 

 sgg're gate, separated from others of the 



.same kind. 

 sem i lu'uar, shaped like a half moon. 

 sSm'i na.\,pertai?iing to, containing, or con- 

 sisting of, .seed or semen. 

 sem i nif 'er ous, seed-bearing ; producing 



seeds. 

 sem i-sSg'it tate, partly sagittate. 

 sem per vl 'rent, always fresh; evergreen. 

 s§n'ary, containing six ; in sixes. 

 se'pal, one of the foliaceous parts of the calyx. 

 sSp'al old, sepal-like. 

 sgp'arated flowers, those having stamens or 



jjis. ' : only. 

 sSp'tate, divided by partitions. 

 sep'ten ate, having parts in sevens; hep- 



tamerous. 

 sgp'ti qi dal, dividing the partitions ; said of 



a method of dehiscence in which the pod 



splits through the partitions and is divided 



into its component carpels. 

 sep tTf 'ra gal, breaking from the partitions ; 



said of a method of dehiscence in which 



the valves of a pod break away front the 



partitions, and these remain attached to 



the common axis. 

 sSp'tum, a partition between two spaces. 

 se'rial, or se'ri ate, in roics ; as biserial, in 



tivo rows. 

 se rl'ceous, silky. 

 Rer^t'inons, appearing or blossoming later 



in the season than is customary with tdlied 



species. 

 sSr'rate, notched on the edge like a sau-. 

 sSs'sile, resting directly upon the main stem 



or branch, without a petiole or footstalk. 

 se ta'ceous, bristle-like ; set with bri.stles 

 se'tae, bristles. 

 se'tous, or se tTg'er ous, covered nith 



bristles. 

 sSt'ula, a diminutive bristle. 

 sSt'u lose, provided u-ifh .setnlcp. 

 sex Sn'pii lir, .six-angled. 

 slieatli. Ihe base of a leaf when covering a 



.stem or branch. 

 slieath'ing, inclosing with a sheath. 

 shiSld '-shaped, scutate ; peltate. 



