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PRONUNCIATION AND DERIVATION, 91 
Car-i-o'-sa ss... .. (Latin from French), scarious, thin dry somewhat stiff, some- 
what transparent, not green (H.) ; 
Scheff’-ler-a ... ss (com.) Schefler, German botanist ; 
Schim-per-i-a’-na_—.... (com.) of Wilhelm Philipp Schimper [(pr:) Veel-helm Fee. leep 
sheem-pair], 1808-1880, botanist and palwontologist of 
Alsace on the French border of Germany, author of “ Indo- 
Mal. Strandflora ”’ ; 
Schi’-nus me ... Schinos (Greek), Mastic Tree (Pistacia), name ased by Theoph- 
rastus ; (all :) affinity, and from mastic-like exudation from 
this plant (N. 3/381) ; 
Schiz-w-a’-cé-a +. (Latin), Comb fern (Schizzea [from schizo (Greek), to spli; 
(ali :) fan-shaped or,dichotomously multitid, fronds (N. 3/383 }) 
Family, or Order ; 
schiz-op-et’-al-us  ... (Greek), with laciniated petals ; 
Schleich’-er-a ..» (com.) August Schleicher [(pr:) O-goost Shli-hyair] 18211868, 
German philologist ; 
Schmidt’-i-i ... .. (com.) of Schmidt [(pr :) Shmeet], German botanist ; 
echol-a’-ris... ... (Latin), pertaining to a school, wood used for blackboards, etc., 
in schools (Cat. 184 N. 1/56) ; 
Schot’-ti-i... .» (com.) of Richard Vander Schott, German traveller in Brazil 
friend and companion of Jacquin (Treas Bot.) ; 
Schre’-ber-a ... .» (com.) J. C. Schreber |(pr:) shray-bair], German botanical 
author, “ who has been held up to universal scorn for having 
presumed, without authority, or any sort of pretension to 
a knowledge of the plants of Aublet, to alter the whole 
. nomenclature of that author” (Lindl. 581) ; 
schist-a’-ce-us ... (Latin, from Greek), Slate Grey, Grey bordering on blue 
Schre’-ber-i ..» (com.) of J.C. Schreber ; 
Scin-dap’-sus ... Skindapsos (Greek), an ivy-like plant. ; (all:) habit (N, 3/391 
sci-pi-o -num ... (Latin) of, or used for, walking sticks ; 
Sci-ta’-miu-a’-cé-z2 ...  scztd@menta (Latin), dainties; (all :) foodstuffs and condiments 
furnished : Ginger (Zingiber) Family, or Order ; 
Scle-rop’-yr-um ... skleros, puros (@reek), hard, pear ; (all :) drupe ; 
Scol-op’-i-a... .. skolopron, diminutive of skolops (Greek), a stake ; (all:) mass of 
thorns on the stem and branches ; 
scop-a -Fri-a... we. (Latin), used for trooms ; 
scrob-ic-ul-a’-ta ... (Latin), pitted, having numerous small depressions, or excava- 
tions (See lacunose) ; 
Scroph-ul-a’-ri-a’- (Latin), Fig wort (Scrophularia [from Scrophula (Latin), seurfy ; 
cé-2. (all :) supposed remedy (N. 3/397) ]) Family, or Order ; 
seur’-rul-a_... .. (Latin), small parasite ; 
scro-tif-or’-mis .. (Latin), pouch shaped, hollow and resembling a little bag ; 
, 
Sle if ] (Latin), having figure of a small round buckler ; 
scu-tel-lif-or’-mis ... (Latin), resembling meniscoid (q.v.), but oval instead of 
round ; 
Scu’-ti-a oe ... sciitwm (Latin) shield ; (all :) form of the disk (ch.\; 
Scyph-iph’- or-a ... skiphos, phored (Greek), cup, to bear ; (all :) persistent calyx ; 
Sea-forth’-i-a’-num ... (com.) of Seaforth Austratian botanist ; 
se-bes-te’-na ... ... Saprstan (Persian), dog’s nipple; (all :) appearance of fruit 
(MeL. 3/802) ; 
se-bif’-er-a_.., (Latin), producing tallow; 
Sec-am-o’-ne .., ... Sguamona (Arabic) [? sakmdniyd (McL. 3/801)], name of the 
plant (N. 3/402) ; 
se-chel-la’-rum ..  (loc.) of the Seychelles, islands in the Indian Ocean, east of 
Zanzibar ; 
sec-un’-da ,,. .. (Latin), secwnd, one sided, having all the parts, by twists in 
their stalks, turned on one side of the axis only ; 
seg-ui’-ne,.. .. (West Indian), name of the plant (N, 1/474) ; 
sel-le-for’-mis «. (Latin), saddle shaped, oblong, with the sides hanging down 
: like the laps of a saddle ; 
Sel-lo-um .., .. | (com.) of C. Selle (N. 3/97) or Sellow (N. 5/596) ; German botani- 
Sel-low’-i-a’-na On cal traveller in Brazil (Treas. Bot.) ; 
se-me-car’-pif-ol’-i-a,,, (Latin), with leaves like the Marking Nut (Semecarpus) ; 
