220 GLOSSARY AND INDEX. 



Sarmentaceom, Sarmentose, bearing long and flexible twigs (Sarments), eithe* 



spreading or procumbent. 

 Saw-toothed, see eerrate, 55. 

 Scabrous, rough or harsh to the touch, 



Scalanform, with cross-bands, resembling the steps of a ladder, 134. 

 Scales, of buds, 28 ; of bulbs, &c., 46. 

 Scalloped, same as crenate, 55. 

 Scaly, furnished with scales, or scale-like in texture. 

 Scandent, climbing, 39. 



Scape, a peduncle rising from the ground or near it, as in many Violets. 

 Scapiform, scape-like. 

 Scapigerous, scape-bearing. 

 Scar of the seed, 126. Leaf-scars, 27, 28. 

 Scarious or Scariose, thin, dry, and membranous. 

 Scion, a shoot or slip used for grafting. 

 Scleras, Greek for hard, hence Sclerocarpous, hard-fruited. 

 Scobiform, resembling sawdust. 



Scorpioid or Scorpioidal, curved or circinate at the end, 77. 

 ScroMculate, pitted ; excavated into shallow pits. 



Sour/, Scurjiness, minute scales on the surface of many leaves, as of Goosefoot, 

 Scutate, Scutiform, buckler-shaped. 



Scutellate, or Scutelliform, saucer-shaped or platter-shaped. 

 Secund, one-sided; i. e. where flowers, leaves, &c., are all turned to one side. 

 Secandine, the inner coat of the ovule, 110. 

 Seed, 125. Seed-leaves, see cotyledons. Seed-vessel, 127. 

 Segment, a subdivision or lobe of any cleft body. 

 Segregate, separated from each other. 

 Semi-, in compound words of Latin origin, half; as 

 Semi-adherent, as the calyx or ovary of Purslane ; Semicordate, half-heart-shaped ; 



Semilunar, like a half-moon ; Semiovate, half-ovate, &c. 

 Seminal, relating to the seed {Semen). Seminiferous, seed-bearing. 

 Sempervirent, evergreen. 

 Sensitiveness in plants, 149, 152. 

 Senary, in sixes. 



Sepal, a leaf or division of the calyx, 14, 79. 

 Sepaloid, sepal-like. Sepaline, relating to the sepals. 

 Separated Flowers, those having stamens or pistils only, 85. 

 Septate, divided by partitions. 

 Septenate, with parts in sevens. 



Septicidal, where dehiscence is through the partitions, 123. 

 Septiferous, bearing the partition. 



Septifragal, where the valves in dehiscence break away from the partitions, 123. 

 Septum (plural septa), a partition or dissepiment. 

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

 Sericeous, silky; clothed with satiny pubescence. 

 Serotinous, late in the season. 



Serrate, the margin cut into teeth (Serratures) pointing forwards, 55. 

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

 Sessile, sitting; without any stalk. 



Sesqui-, Latin for one and a half; so Sesquipedalis, a foot and a half long. 

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

 Setaceous, bristle-like. Setiform, bristle-shaped. 

 Setigerous, bearing bristles. Setose, beset with bristles or bristly hairs. 

 Setula, a diminutive bristle. Setutose, provided with such. 

 Sex, six. Sexangular, six-angled. Sexfarious, six-faced. 

 Sheath, the base of such leaves as those of Grasses, which are 

 Sheathing, wrapped round the stem. 

 Shield-shaped, same as scutate, or as peltate, 53, 



