XXiV GLOSSARY, 
ScaBER, rough, covered with short hard points. 
ScaLe (squama), anything which has a scaly appearance, as bracts of a 
catkin, 
Scaty (sqguamosus), covered with minute scales, fixed by one end. 
Scare, a peduncle arising from the axis of the leaf of a stemless plant, and 
bearing the flowers at its apex, as the Cowslip. 
Scariovus (scariosus), having a thin dry shrivelled membranous appearance. 
ScaTTERED (sparsus), without any definite arrangements. 
ScIMITAR-SHAPED (acinaciformis), thick, curved, plane on the two sides, the 
concave border thick, the convex border thin. 
ScroBICULATUS, pitted, the excavations or depressions small shallow. 
Scuratus, buckler-shaped, having the figure of a small round buckler. 
ScurELLIFORM (scutelliformis), shield-shaped, broad, oval, thick, convex 
on the lower surface, concave on the upper. 
SEcunpDvs, one sided, having all the parts by twists in their stalks turned 
one way. 
SEMI-AMPLEXICAULIS, half embracing the stem, 
Sepats (sepala), the division of the calyx. 
Srepra, the same as disseppiments, ' 
SEPTICIDAL, a form of dehiscence of fruit, when the disseppiments divide 
into two plates, and form the sides of each valve. 
SEPTIFRAGAL, a form of dehiscence of fruit when the disseppiments adhere 
to the axis, and separate from the valves. 
SERIALIs, arranged in rows, which are not necessarily opposite each other. 
SEricEvs, when hairs are long, very fine, and close pressed to the surface, 
so as to present a silky appearance. 
Srerratus. See sawed, 
SEssILE, without any sensible stalk, sitting close upon its support. 
Sers#, bristles, when short and stiff. 
Sxrrtosus, bristly. 
Suacey (hirtus, villosus,) covered with long weak hairs. 
SHIELD-SHAPED, the same as scutate. 
Siticu.A, similar to the following, but much smaller. 
Siz1qva, a one or two celled many seeded superior linear fruit, deniscing 
by two valves, separating from the septum, the seeds are 
attached to two placentae, adhering to the septum, and opposite 
to the lobes of the stigma. 
Srmp.xE, without divisions, or very little divided. 
SIMPLICISSIMUS, quite simple, not divided or branched. 
SinvaTeE (sinuatus), having an uneven margin, with deep alternate con- 
cavities and convexities. 
StasHED. See laciniatus. 
Smoors (glaber), free from any hairs or roughness. 
Soxirary (solitarius), growing singly. 
Sort, the clusters of reproductive organs of ferns. 
Spap1x, a form of inflorescence, in which the flowers are arranged around a 
fleshy rachis, and inclosed in a kind of bract or spathe. 
Sparsus. See scattered. 
SPATHE (crabn, a ladle,) a large coloured bract, in which the spadix of 
Palms and Aracee are enyeloped. 
