saw-toothed 
schistaceous 
Henslow as ‘‘Santellus” with an 
erroneous derivation. 
saw-toothed or sawed, serrate. 
sax'atile (Crozier), saxa’tilis (Lat.), 
dwelling or growing among rocks ; 
sax’icole, saxic’oline, saxic’olous 
(colo, I inhabit), growing on rocks 
as do many Lichens ; Saxic’ola, a 
dweller among rocks, printed by 
Henslow as “‘saxi‘colus”; saxi- 
f'ragous ( frag, the root of frango, 
I break), rock-breaking, as plants 
which grow in crevices seem to 
be ; saxo’sus (Lat.), stony. 
Scab, a disease due to various Fungi, 
causing roughness of the cortex ; 
in the potato it is ascribed to 
Sorosporium scabies, Fisch. de 
Waldh., in the United States attri- 
buted to Oospora scabies, Thaxter. 
sca'ber (Lat.), rough, scurvy ; scab’- 
rate, scabra’tus, made rough or 
roughened; scab’rid, scab’ridua ; 
scab'ridous (Lat., rough), some- 
what rough; scabrid’ulous, and 
scabridius’culus, slightly rough; 
Scabrit‘ies (Lat.), roughness of 
surface ; scab’rous, =SCABER, rough 
to the touch. 
sealar’iform, scalariform’is (scalaris, 
pertaining to a ladder, forma, 
shape), ladder-shaped, having 
markings suggestive of a ladder; 
~ Duct, ~ Ves’sel, a vessel having 
scalariform markings, as in many 
Ferns; ~ Mark’ing, an elongated 
pit of a scalariform vessel (Crozier). 
Scale, (1) any thin scarious body, 
usually a degenerate leaf, some- 
times of epidermal origin; (2) a 
trichome, if disc-like; ~ Bark, 
outer bark which is thrown off in 
scale-like portions, as in the plane- 
tree; ~ -formed, shaped like a 
scale; ~ Leaves, cataphyllary 
leaves, usually on underground 
shoots, but sometimes on the above- 
ground portions. 
scall’oped, crenate. 
scalpel’liform, scalpelliform'is (scal- 
pellum, a lancet, forma, shape), 
shaped like the blade of a pen- 
knife ; often set vertically. 
scaly, squamose, scarious ; ~ Buds, 
leaf-buds of a strong character, 
that is, well protected by scales ; 
~ Bulb, one having separate scales, 
as in lilies. 
scan dent, scan’dens (Lat., climbing), 
climbing, in whatever manner. 
Scape, Sca’pus (Lat., a stem), (1) a 
leafless floral axis or peduncle 
arising from the ground, as in 
Cyclamen ; (2) the stipe of Fungi ; 
Scapel’lus t the neck or caulicle of 
a germinating embryo (Lindley) ; 
sca'peless, destitute of a scape. 
Scaphid’‘ium (scaphium, a hollow 
vessel), the sporangium of Algae; 
Scaph‘ium { the keel of a papilion- 
aceous corolla; Scaph’obrya (pw, 
I sprout), a term applied to the 
Marattiaceae, an order of Ferns in 
which the frond rises from between 
two stipular appendages forming a 
socket, 
scaph’oid (cxd¢yn, a boat, efdos, re- 
semblance), boat-shaped ; scaph’y- 
form (forma, shape), used by J. 
Smith for boat-shaped. 
scapiflo’rous, -rus (scapus, a stem, 
Jlos, floris, a flower), having flowers 
borne on a scape; sca’piform, 
scapiform'is (forma, shape), re- 
sembling a scape, a stem wanting 
leaves ; scapig’erous (gero, I bear), 
scape-bearing ; sca’poid (eldos, re- 
semblance), scapiform (Crozier) ; 
sca’pose, scapo’sus, having scapes; 
Sca’pus (Lat.)=Scarsz. 
Scar, a mark left on a stem by the 
separation of a leaf, on a seed by 
its detachment, a cicatrix ; scarred, 
marked by scars. 
sca‘riose, scario’sus, sca’rious (scaria, 
Late Lat., a thorny shrub), thin, 
dry and membranous, not green. 
scar‘let, vivid red, having some 
yellow in its composition, 
coccineus. 
scar’rose }, a variant spelling of 
squarrose. 
scat'tered, without apparent order. 
schista’ceous, -ceus (schistos, w stone 
easily split, e.g., slate, + aceus), 
slate-coloured, a deep-toned grey ; 
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