semi-amplexicaul 
semipetaloideus 
equitant; ~ amplecti’vus is also 
cited for the same ; semi-amplex’i- 
caul, semi-amplexicau'lis (amplexcus, 
embracing, caulis, the stem), ap- 
mee to leaves whose lower portion 
alf embraces the stem; semi- 
amplex’us, half-embracing ; semi- 
anat’ropal, semi-anat’ropous (+ 
ANATROPOUS) = amphitropous ; 
semi-calyciform (+ CALYCIFORM), 
half cup-shaped (J. Smith) ; Semi- 
cap’sula (++ CApSULA) = CUPULE; 
semiaquat’ic (+ aquatic), term for 
those water-plants which root in 
the soil, but produce aquatic leaves, 
otherwise living as land-plants ; 
Sem’icell, one half of a Desmid; 
semicolum’nar, semicolumna’ris (+ 
COLUMNAR), semiterete ; semicon’- 
nate (+ CONNATE), applied to 
such structures as the half-united 
filaments of certain willows (Win- 
mer; semi-cor’date, semicorda’tus 
(+ corpDaTE), heart-shaped on 
one side only ; semicordiform’is 
(forma, shape), somewhat cor- 
date ; semicyclindra’ceus, ~ cylin’- 
dricus (+  CYLINDRICUS), semi- 
terete ; semidig’ynus (+ DIGY- 
nus), when two carpels cohere 
near the base only; semidoub’le, 
semidu'plex, when the inner sta- 
mens continue perfect, and the 
outer are petaloid, half changed 
into a double flower ; semiellip’tic 
(+ ELLIPTIC), half-elliptic, the divi- 
sion being longitudinal ; semieq’ui- 
tant (+ EQUITANT), half-equitant ; 
Semiflor’et (+ FLoRzt), a ligulate 
floret ; semiflos’cular, semifios’cu- 
lous, semiflosculo’sus (+ FLOSCULAR), 
having the corolla split and turned 
to one side as in ligulate florets of 
Compositae ; Semiflos’cule, a semi- 
floret (Crozier); Semifru’tex (frutex, 
a shrub), an under-shrub; semi- 
hasta’'tus (+ HASTATUS), hastate on 
one side only ; semilan’ceolate (+ 
LANCEOLATSE), half-lanceolate, longi- 
tudinally divided; semilentic’ular 
(+ LENTICULAR), sublenticular (Cro- 
zier); semiloc’ular, semilocula’ris, 
semiloc’ulus (+ DOCULAR), with in- 
complete dissepiment, practically 
unilocular; Semili’chen (+ Lichen), 
Zukal’s term for forms which when 
destitute of their appropriate Alga 
can subsist as saprophytes, or 
Fungi which can combine with 
some Alga to form a Lichen; se- 
milu’‘nar, semilu’nate, semiluna’tus 
(+ LuNateE), lunate, shaped like a 
half-moon, or crescent-shaped. 
se’minal, semina’lis (Lat., pertaining 
to seed), relating to the seed; 
~ Leaf, a cotyledon; ~ Sport, 
= SEED-SPORT; Semina’tae, Van 
Tieghem’sterm for plants furnished 
with true seed-coats; Semina’tio, 
the act of natural dispersion of 
seeds ; Se’mine, used by Grew to 
include both his Semet and Chive, 
the genitalia ; seminiferous, -rus 
(fero, I bear), (1) seed-bearing ; (2) 
used for the special portion of the 
pericarp bearing the seeds; (3) 
= Dicotyledons ; ~ Scale, in Coni- 
ferae, that scale above the bract- 
scale on which the ovules are placed 
and the seed borne; seminif‘ic 
(facio, I make), forming or pro- 
ducing seed ; Seminifica’tion, pro- 
pagation from seed ; seminiform’is 
(forma, shape), applied to repro- 
ductive bodies in Cryptogams 
which are not part of the 
fructification ; Se’menin, a sinis- 
trorse carbohydrate occurring in 
reserve-cellulose in the endosperm 
of some seeds (Reiss) ; Se’minose, a 
dextrose form from ordinary cel- 
lulose belonging to the group of 
rape-sugars (Reiss); Se’minule, 
‘emin’wum, = SPORE ; Seminulif’- 
erus (fero, I bear), (1) that part 
of Cryptogams which bears the 
spores, a sporophore ; (2) the cavity 
of the ovary while the ovules are 
yet unfertilized. 
semiorbic’ular, semiorbicula’tus (semi, 
half, + ORBICULAR), half-round 
or hemispherical ; semio’val, 
semiova'lis, semio’vate, semiova’- 
tus (+ OVAL), half-oval, one side 
only, or ovate in longitudinal 
halves ; semipetaloi‘deus + (PErA- 
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