354 GLOSSARY. 



JRuneinate : with coarse teeth pointing backward. 

 Runner ; a, slender, prostrate rooting Dranch. 



Saccate : haying a ssip or purse-shaped cavity. 



Sagittate : shaped like an arrow-head. 



Salver-form : with a border spreading at right angjes to the tntie; 



Samara : a wing fruit ; as in Maple. 



Snipraphyte : a plant feeding on decaying arganic matt». 



Sap-wood : the younger wood, still containing sapv 



Sarcocarp: the soft or fleshy pait of a stone &uit. 



Scabroux: rough oir harsh. 



Stalariform : like the rounds of a ladder. 



Scale-: a very much reduced and more or less rigid or membraneons 

 leaf. 



Seaiidenl: climbing. 



Scape : a peduncle coming from the ground ; as in acaulescrait plants. 



Scariau» : thin,, dry, and membranuus. 



Sdon : a twig used for grafting. 



j&lerenehfma : tissue in which the cells have thickened and indu- 

 rated wallsi. 



Selerotimn : a compacted and hard«aed mas» of hyphse. 



Scurf; minute scales. 



Scurff, or Scatrvif : having scurf. 



Seeundine : the second or inner coat of the ovule. 



Seed : the fully developed ovule containing the embrytx 



Seed-leavea .- cotyledons ; the leaf oi leaves of the embryo. 



Segment : a division or lobe. 



Semi (as. a prefix) : half. 



Sepal : one of the leaves or parts of a calyx. 



Sepahid : like a sepal in texture, etc. 



Sepanrated fiotiers .• those having only stamens or only jostilsi. 



Septate : divided by partitions or septa. 



Septicidal: where the dehiscence is through the partitions or dissepi- 

 ments. 



Septifragal: where the walls of the ovary or valves break away from 

 the partitions. 



Septum : partition. 



Sericeoitx: silky. 



Serrate : with teeth pointing forwards or towards the apex. 



Sessile ; attached directly tO' the stem or stalk ; without a foot-stalk. . 



Seta: a slender bristie-like body; the supporting filament of the 

 Moss-capsule, etc. 



Setaceovx : like a seta ; bristle-like. 



Setiform: in the form of a bristle or seta. 



Slieaih ! the base of leaves, ^c., which invests the stem. 



Shrub : a small woody plant ; smaller than a tree. 



Shrubby : woody ; like a shrub. 



Sieve-ceiU, or Sievertubes : those having holes or sieveJike openings 

 in their partitions. 



SiMek : the short pod or pouch of the Cress family (Cruciferse). 



