314 GLOSSARY. 
ScrosicunatE (serobiculus, L. a little ditch). 
Marked with little pits or depressions. 
Scurate (scutum, L. a shield), 
Buckler-shaped. 
SEGMENTATION (segmenium, L. a segment). 
Dividing into segments. 
Srerecate (segrego, L. I separate). 
To separate from others, or set apart. 
Semi--(L. half). 
Prefix signifying “ half.” 
SEptum (septum, L. a hedge). 
A partition or division. 
Sremorp (sigma, Gr. the letter S). 
Shaped like the letter S. 
Srxvs (sinus, L. a hollow). 
A depression or notch. 
Spermatozoa, SPERMATOZOIDS (sperma, Gr. a seed, + zodn, an 
animal). 
Thread-like bodies possessed of motion, supposed to 
have fecundative power. 
Sporancium, Sporanera (spora, Gr. a seed, + angos, a vessel). 
A spore-case, having spores produced within it. 
SporiFERovs (spora, Gr. a seed, 4 fero, I bear). 
Bearing spores. 
SporocaRPium (spora, Gr. a seed, + carpos, a fruit). 
Covering or capsule enclosing spores, or carpospores, 
SporopERM (spora, Gr. a seed, 4+ derma, a membrane, 
The coating or covering of a spore. 
Sporvtes (diminutive of spore). 
Minute spore-like bodies. 
STRaTosE (stratum, L. a couch or bed). 
Arranged in layers or strata. 
Stratum (L. a couch or bed). 
A layer, or extended bed. 
Srriz (stria, L. a groove or furrow). 
Parallel lines or shallow grooves. 
Sus- (L. under). 
A common prefix indicating “ almost ” or “ nearly.” 
SupunatTe (subula, L. an awl). 
Shaped like an awl. 
TaNGENTIAL (tangens, L. touching). 
In the direction of a tangent. Touching a straight line 
on the are of a circle. 
Tra@umMEnT (tego, L. I cover). 
A covering or membrane. 
TerETE (teres, L. long, round, and tapering), 
Cylindrical, tapering like the trunk of a tree. 
TerranEDRIcaL (éetra, Gr. four, + hedron, a side), 
Having four sides. 
