446 GLOSSARY. 



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Sagittate. Arrow shaped. Like the head of an arrow. 



Salver shaped. See Hypocrateriform. 



Samara. A seed vessel not opening by valves, having a winged 

 or membranous appendage, as in the Maple, &c. 



Sarcocarp. The fleshy inner coating of a fruit; as the Walnut. 



Sarmentose. Running on the ground and striking roots from the 

 joints, as the Strawberry. 



Scape. A stalk which springs from the root, and supports flow- 

 ers and fruit but no leaves. 



Scabrous. Rough. 



Scarious. Having a thin membranous margin. 



Scions. Lateral shoots or offsets from the root. 



Scrobiculate. Covered with deep, round pits. 



Seed vessel. A vessel enclosing the seed. 



Segment. A part or principal division of a leaf, calyx or corolla. 



Semibivalvular. Half divided into two valves. 



Seminal leaves. The first leaves of a plant, or those formed from 

 the cotyledons. 



Sepals. The divisions of the calyx, corresponding to petals of the 

 corolla. 



Septicidal. Dehiscing or opening through the dissepiment. 



Sericeous. Silky. 



Serrate. Notched like the teeth of a saw, the points tending up- 

 ward ; as in strawberry and rose leaves. 



Serrulate. Minutely serrate. 



Sessile. Placed immediately on the stem, without the interven- 

 tion of a stalk; as the leaves of Spigelia Marilandica. Med. 

 Bot. PI. 14. 



Setaceous. Bristle like. 



Sheath. A tubular or folded leafy portion inclosing the stem. 



Silicle. A seed vessel constructed like a silique, but not longer 

 than it is broad. 



Silique. A long pod or seed vessel of two valves, having its 

 seeds attached to the two edges alternately. 



Siliquose. Having siliques. 



Simple. Not divided, branched, or compounded. 



Sinuate. Having sinuses at the edge. 



