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SoAPE, Soa'pus, or Radioal Peduncle, is 

 a leaflesB peduncle proceeding from the 

 stock, or from near the base of the 

 stem, or apparently from the root 

 itself. Scapu?lobus — Having the 

 flowers on scapes. (See the stalk of 

 an inflorescence of Crinum.) 



Soapbl'lus — Diminutive of "Soapus." 

 The neck or caudioule of the germinat- 

 ing embryo. 



SoAPHl'DlUM^The spore-case of Algse. 



SoAMo'sB, ScAKi'osus — Thin, dry, and 

 membranous. (Seetheglumesof Cfe?om 

 seariosa. ) 



Scab'kosb — Synonym for "Squar'rose." 



Sohista'cisus, Schisto'sus— Of the colour 

 of common slate; blue with much grey. 



Soi'as, Sci'ados — A shade, an umbrella. 



Soiueoi'des — Curved and bushy'' like a 

 squirreFs tail. 



Soler'oid, Scleroi'dus — Of a hard tex- 

 ture. 



Sclb'rogen — A non-nitrogenized com- 

 pound, which fills the cells of woody 

 fibre, and forms the hardened bony 

 matter in some fruits. 



Solerophyl'lus — With the leaves stiff 

 and hard, Sclbropoidus— When per- 

 sistent peduncles harden and become 

 thorny. 



Scobicula'tus, Soobii'Or'mis — In fine 

 grains like saw-d ust. 



SooBi'NA (A file)-^The immediate support 

 to the spikelets of grasses. Sco- 

 rina'tus — Where the surface feels 

 rough like a rasp. 



SooRPio'in, Soohpioi'dal, Soorpioi'dbs, 

 Scorpioida'lis — Where a main axis 

 of inflorescence is curved in a oircinate 

 manner, like the tail of a scorpion. 

 (See infioresoenoe of the Heliotrope. ) 



Scrobicdla'tus, Scrobiculo'sus — Pitted. 

 (See the Ditch Millet, Paspalum 

 scrohiculatum. ) 



Scbo'tisorm, Scrotipor'mis — Pouch- 

 shaped. 



Sco'tate, Souta'tus — Synonym for 

 " Buckler-shaped." SouTDM (A shield) 

 — A circular disk-like space over the 

 stigma, in the midst of the orbiculus 

 in some plants. 



Scdtkl'la — A dish or saucer. Also, 

 Soutel'lum, a sessile apotbsciam bor- 

 dered by the substance of the thallus 

 itself. 



Soy'pha, ScY'piros— a cup-sliapea pode- 

 tium. Sqyphiforhis — Cup'shaped. 

 Scy'phulus (Diminutive for "bcy- 

 phus") — The cup-like appendages from 

 which the seta of Hepaticse arises. 



SoYTr'NUM— A tough form of legume, 

 woody extemsdly and pulpy within. 



Seba'ceus — Looking like lumps of tallow. 

 Sebiferus — Producing vegetable ^yax. 

 (See fruit of Excacaria selnfera, the 

 Chinese Tallow tree.) 



Seed-sowing — The seedsmen are fre- 

 quently blamed as selling their cus- 

 tomers bad seed, when in all proba- 

 bility the fault is rather in the sowing. 

 Seeds should never be covered with 

 more soil than about their own thick- 

 ness. Very minute kinds should not 

 be covered at all, merely sown on the 



surface of the moistened soil, with 

 perhaps a slight sprinkling of sand ; 

 carefully water, and remember that 

 after a seed has once started into life 

 its course cannot be interrupted with 

 impunity, and that in its early life it is 

 wholly dependent upon surface mois- 

 ture. These remarks apply particu- 

 larly to sowings in pots. 



Sbc'tile, Sec'tilis— Subdivided into small 

 portions. Sec'tus (Cut) — Parted. 



Sbou'nd, Seodnda'tus, Sboun'dds— When 

 organs are all turned to the same side 

 of the axis round which they are 

 arranged: SBCUNDiFLni.ns— Where the 

 flowers are turned to one side. 



Sbcun'dinb, Secundi'na — The inner or 

 first-developed integument to the 

 nucleus of the ovule. 



Seed — The fertilized ovule. 



Segbta'lis [Scges, a cornfield) — Growing 

 among corn, or on corn, as the "smut " 

 Ustilago seffetum. 



Seg'mbnt, Sbgmbn'tum— One of the sub- 

 divisions of any part or.organ. 



Sbgeeg'ate — To separate from others, or 

 set apart. 



Sell^por'mis— Saddle-shaped. 



Sb'men— Seed. 



Sem'i, as a prefix, denotes half, partial, or 

 one-sided. Thus : — Semi-adhbbens — 

 The adhesion extending through a por- 

 tion of the usual conditions from below 

 upwards. Sbmi-amplexicad'lis — Half- 

 elashing. Semi-barbatus — Part 

 baarded, as in the case of the stamens 

 of Bitlbine semi-barbata. Semi-cylin'- 

 DBICDS and Semi-tb'res both imply that 

 the one side is cylindrical and trie other 

 flat. 



Se'minal, Semina'lis— Whatever has re- 

 ference to some portion of the seed. 



Sempehvi'keus — With green leaves or sur- 

 face throughout the year. 



Sena'rius— Arranged in six together of the 

 same kind. 



Sensi'bilis — Sensitive, or manifesting 

 " irritability." Example : Minosa 

 pudica, the common Sensitive Plant. 



Sb'pal, Se'palum — One of the f oliaoeous ex- 

 pansions forming the subordinate parts 

 of the calyx. Sepalinb', Se'palous, 

 SEPAH'NUS^Havingreference to sepals, 

 SEPAioiD'-^LookiDg like a sepal. 



SEPi'coLua— Plants whose usual habitat is 

 near a hedge (sepesj. Se'pium — Grow- 

 ing in the hedges or upon the hedge- 

 banks, or used for forming hedges, as 

 Gcesalpinia sepiaria. 



SBPTENA'Trs, Septb'nub — Where either sub- 

 ordinate parts, or subdivisions of one 

 part, amount to seven. 



Sep'tum (A hedge) — A partition of a.ny 

 kind ; but more especially one which 

 subdivides the ovary or fruit, and 

 originates in the union of a portion of 

 the contiguous carpels extending to the 

 axis. Septatus— Possessing septa. 



Seria'lis — Arranged in rows. 



Sbri'oeds— 'Covered with fine, rather long, 

 close, and soft hair, which has a silky 

 appearance. (See the inflorescence and 

 joint of stem of the Blue Grass, Andro- 

 pogon sericeus.) 



