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GLOSSAET. 



S. 



Saccate, sac-shaped. 



Sagfittate, arrow-shaped, the basal 

 lobes directed downward. 



Salver-sliaped, with a border 

 spreading at right angles to the 

 tube. 



Samara, a winged fruit, as that of 

 the Ash. 



Scabrous, rough. 



Soiipe, a leafless peduncle rising 

 from the ground or near it. 



Scarlons, thin, dry, and mem- 

 branaceous. 



Scurf, small rusty-looking scales 

 on the epidermis. 



Sei^tnent, one of the parts of a 

 divided leaf. 



Sepal, a division of a calyx. 



Septum, a partition. 



Serrate, toothed, the teeth directed 

 towards the apex. 



Serrulate, finely serrate. 



Sessile, without a stalk. 



Setaceous, bristle-like. 



Setose, beset with bristles. 



Sheatli, a tubular envelope. 



Sheathing^, enclosing as with a 

 sheath. 



Shrub, a woody perennial smaller 

 than a tree. 



Sillcle, a short and broad silique. 



Silique, the peculiar pod of a Cru- 

 ciferous iiower. 



Simple, of one piece. 



Sinuate, wavy. 



Sinus, the indentation between 

 two lobes. 



Sorus, a cluster of sporangia. 



Spadix, a spike on a fleshy axis. 



Spatlie, a bract, subtending or en- 

 veloping a spadix. 



Spathnlate, gradually narrowed 

 downward from a rounded apex. 



Spicate, in the form of a spike. 



Spike, a cluster of sessile flowers 

 on a more or less elongated axis. 



Spikelet, a small or secondary 

 spike. 



Spindle-sliaped, larger in the 

 middle than at either end. 



Spine, a sharp woody outgrowth of 

 the stem. 



Splnose, spine-like, or beset with 

 spines. 



Sporangium, a spore-case. 



Sporocarp, the fruit-case of cer- 

 tain cryptogams. 



Spur, a hollow projection. 



Squarrose, having spi'eading tips. 



Stamen, a pollen-bearing organ. 



Standard, the upper petal of a 

 papilionaceous corolla. 



Stellate, star-shaped. 



Sterile, not producing seed, with- 

 out a pistil. 



Stigrma, the upper end of the pistil, 

 adapted forthe reception of pollen. 



Stlgmatic, stigma-like. 



Stipe, the leaf-stalk of a Fern : the 

 stalk supporting a pistil in certain 

 flowers. 



Stipular, relating to stipules. 



Stolon, a branch which roots. 



Stoloniferous, bearing stolons. 



Striate, marked with fine longitu- 

 dinal lines. 



Strict, rigid and upright. 



Strigose, beset with appressed 

 sharp straight and stiff hairs. 



Style, the narrow part of a pistil 

 between the ovary and the stigma. 



Stylopodium, a disk-like expan- 

 sion at the base of a style, as in 

 Umbelliferous plants. 



Sub-, a prefix meaning "some- 

 what." 



Subulate, awl-shaped. 



Succulent, juicy. 



Suftrutescent, slightly shrubby. 



Suffruticose, low and woody, di- 

 minutively shrubby. 



Sulcate, grooved or furrowed. 



Superior (calyx), attached to the 

 ovary. 



Suture, a seam or line of dehis- 

 cence. 



Symmetrical, with sets having 

 the same number of parts each, or 

 a multiple of that number. 



