septiferous 
sexangular 
dehisces through the dissepiments 
or lines of junction ; septif’erous 
(fero, I bear), bearing the parti- 
tion or dissepiment. 
septifo'lious (septem, seven, folium, a 
leaf), seven-leaved. 
sep’tiform, septiform’is (septum, a 
hedge, forma, shape), having an 
appearance of a dissepiment, as the 
placenta of Pluntago ; septif’ragal, 
septif’ragus (frag, the root of 
Jrango, I break), when in dehiscence 
the valves break away from the dis- 
sepiments ; sept’ilis, of or belong- 
ing to dissepiments ; sep’tulate, 
having spurious transverse dissepi- 
ments, (a) sparsely septate, (b) 
indistinctly septate, its true sense ; 
Sep’tulum, a little partition of any 
kind. 
septupliner’vis, -viws (septuplum, in 
sevens, nervus, a nerve), seven- 
nerved, applied to a leaf. 
Se’reh, a disease of sugar-cane, pro- 
bably due to Hypocrea Sacchari, 
Went. 
serial, seria/lis, sé’riate, seria’tus 
(serzes, a row), disposed in series of 
rows, either transverse or longi- 
tudinal. 
seric’eous, seric’eus (Lat.), silky, 
clothed with close-pressed soft and 
straight pubescence. 
Series (Lat.), (1) a row; (2) by A. 
Gray used as equivalent to sub- 
kingdom, by others used for vari- 
ous groups. 
sero’tinal, sero’tinous, -nus (Lat., 
that comes late), produced late in 
the season, or the year, as in 
autumn, 
Ser’ra (Lat., a saw), the tooth of a 
serrate leaf; serraefo’lius, prefer- 
ably serratifo’lius (folium, a leaf), 
having serrate leaves; serrate, 
serra‘tus, beset with antrorse teeth 
on the margin; serrate-cil’iate, 
toothed, and with a marginal series 
of hairs;  serra’tulus, slightly 
toothed, denticulate; Ser’rature, 
Serratu'ra, the toothing of a ser- 
rate leaf; ser’rulate, serrula’tus, 
serrate, but the teeth minute; 
Serrula’tion, (1) being serrulate ; 
(2) a serrulate tooth. 
ser'ried, close together in rows 
(Crozier). 
Ser’tulum (sertum, a garland), (1)t¢ a 
simple umbel; (2) a selection of 
plants described or figured ; Ser’- 
tum, used for an account of a 
collection of plants. 
se’samoid (Sesamum, + eldos, resem- 
blance), granular, like the seeds of 
sesamum. 
sesqui (Lat.), a prefix meaning one 
and a half; sesquial’ter, (1) when 
the stamens are half as many again 
as the petals or sepals ; (2) when a 
fertile flower is accompanied by a 
neuter flower, as in some grasses ; 
sesquipeda’lis (Lat.), a foot and a 
half in length. 
ses’sile, ses‘silis (Lat., sitting), as 
though sitting close, destitute of 
a stalk. 
Se'ta (Lat., a bristle), (1) a bristle or 
bristle-shaped body ; (2) the sporo- 
phore of a Moss, the stalk which 
supports its capsule ; (3) the arista 
or awn of grasses, when terminal ; 
(4) a peculiar stalked gland in 
Rubus ; (5) by cyperologists used 
for the bristle within the utricle of 
certain species of Carex; it repre- 
sents the continuation of the 
floral axis (C. B. Clarke) ; 
seta’ceous, -cews (+ aceous), bristle- 
like; applied to a stem it means 
slender, less thansubulate ; seta’ceo- 
serra tus, having the serratures end- 
ing in a bristle-like point; setife’- 
rous (ero, Ibear), bristle-bearing ; 
se’tiform (forma,shape),in the shape 
of a bristle; setig’erous (gero, I 
bear), bristle-bearing ; se’tose, seto’- 
sus (Lat.), bristly, beset with 
bristles ;Se’tula, the stipe of cer- 
tain Fungi (Lindley); setu’liform 
(forma, shape), thread-like ; se’tu- 
lose, setulo'sus, resembling a fine 
bristle. 
Sex, Sex'us (Lat.), in botany, male 
or female functions in plants. 
sexan'gular, sexangula’ris, secan'gulus 
(Lat.), six-angled. 
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