235 fiLOSSiRf. 



Scdrpioid or Scorpi'oidal : cnrred or circinate at the end, like the tail of a scor- 

 pion, as the inflorescence of Heliotrope. 



Scrobiailate : pitted ; excavated into shallow pits. 



Scurf, Scurjiness : minute scales on the suiface of many leaves, as of Goosefoot, 

 Buffalo-ben-y, &c. 



Scitate : buckler-shaped. 



Scutellate, or 'Scutdliform : saucer-shaped or platter-shaped. 



S^cund : one-sided ; i. b. where flowers, leaves, &c. arfe all turned to one side. 



Seciindine : the inner coat of the ovule ; p. 124. 



Seed, p. 134. Seed-coats, p. 134. Seed-vessel, p. 127. 



Segment : a subdivision or lobe of any cleft body. 



Segregate : separated from each other. 



Seini- (in compound words of Latin origin) : half; as 



Semi-adherent, as the calyx or ovary of Purslane, fig. 214. Semicordate : half- 

 heart-shaped. Semilunar: like a half-moon. Semiovate: half-ovate, &c. 



Seminal : relating to the seed. Seminiferous : seed-bearing. 



Sempe'n'ivent : evergreen. 



Sepal : a leaf or division of the calyx ; p. 85. 



Sipaloid : sepal-like. Sepaline : relating to the sepals. 



Separated Flowers : those having stamens or pistils only ; p. 89. 



Septate: divided by partitions (septa). 



Se'jiienate : with pai-ts in sevens. 



Septicidal: where a pod in dehiscence splits through the partitions, dividing 

 each into two layers ; p. 132, fig. 306. 



Septiferous : bearing the partition. 



Septifragal : where the valves of a pod in dehiscence break away from the par 

 titions ; p. 132. 



Septum (plural septa) : a partition, as of a pod, &c. 



Serial, or Seriate: in rows ; as biserial, in two rows, &c. 



Sericeous : silky ; clothed with satiny pubescence. 



Serdtinous : happening late in the season. 



Serrate, or Serrated: the margin cut into teeth {serratures) pointing forwards/ 

 p. 61, fig. 112. 



Serrulate: same as the last, but with fine teeth. 



Sessile : sitting ; without any stalk, as a leaf destitute of petiole, or an anther 

 destitute of filament. 



Seta : a bristle, or a slender body or appendage resembling a bristle. 



Setaceous : bristle-like. S^tiform : bristle-shaped. 



Seiigerous: bearing bristles. Setose: beset with bristles or bristly haira. 



Sex: six; in composition. Sexangular: six-angled, &c. 



Sheath : the base of such leaves as tliose of Grasses, which are 



Sheathing : wrapped round the stem. 



Shield-shaped : same as scutate, or as peltate, p 59. 



Shrub, p. 21. 



Sigmoid. • curved in two directions, like the letter 8, or the Greek sigma. 



Siliciilosc: bearing a silicic, or a fruit resembling it. 



Sllirle : n. pouch, or short pod of the Cress Family ; p. 133. - 



Silique: a longer pod of the Cress Family ; p. 133, fig. 310. 



