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GLOSSAET. 



Hiei^cia ; and to the stalk bearing the 

 theca in Mosses. 



Setaceous and Setiform, in the fonn of 

 bristles. 



Setigerous, bearing setse. 



Setose, covered with setse. 



Sex, in Latin, six ; same as Greek Hexa. 



Sheath. See Vagina. 



SiLicuLA or SiLiCLE, a short pod with a double 

 placenta and replum, as in some Cruciferae. 



SiliculosjE, bearing a silicula. 



SiLiQUA, a long pod similar in .structure to the 

 silicula. 



SiLiQU^FORM, fruit like a siliqua in form. 



SiLiQUOS^, bearing a siliqua. 



Simple, not branching, not divided into sepa- 

 rate parts ; Siniple fruits are those formed 

 by one flower. 



SiNiSTRORSE, directed towards the left. 



SiNuATED, the margin having numerous large 

 obtuse indentations. 



Sinuous, with a wavy or flexuous margin. 



Slashed, diyided by deep and very acute in- 

 cisions. 



SoBOLES, a creeping underground stem. 



Social Plants, such as grow naturally in 

 groups or masses. 



Soeedia, powdery cells on the surface of the 

 thallus of some Lichens. 



SoROSis, a compound or polygyncecial succulent 

 fruit, such as Breadfruit and Mulberrj^ ; also 

 applied by some to the fructification in 

 Alaria, containing pyriform stipitate spores. 



SoRUS, a cluster of sporangia in Ferns ; applied 

 also to fructification in Alaria, containing 

 pyriform stipitate spores. 



Spadix, a succulent spike bearing male and 

 female flowers, as in Arum. 



Spathaceous, having the aspect and membran- 

 ous consistence of a spathe. 



Spathe, large membranous bract covering 

 numerous flowers. 



Spathell^e, another name for the glurtiellse of 

 Grasses. 



Spathulate, shaped like a spathula, applied 

 to a leaf having a linear form, enlarging sud- 

 denly into a rounded extremity. 



Spawn, same as Mycelium, 



Specific Character, the essential character 

 of a species. 



Spermatia, motionless spermatozoids in the 

 spermogones of Lichens and Fungi. 



Spermatozoids, moving filaments contained 

 in the antheridia of Cryptogams ; called also 

 phytozoa and antherozoids. 



Spermoderm, the general covering of the seed. 

 Sometimes applied to the episperm or outer 

 covering. 



Spermogone, a microscopic conceptacle in 

 Lichens, containing reproductive bodies 

 called Spermatia ; also a conceptacle con- 

 taining fructification in Fungi. 



Sph^raphides, globular clusters of raphides, 

 as in Ficus. 



SpHjERENCHyma, tissue composed of spherical 

 cells. 



Spike, inflorescence consisting of numerous 

 flowers sessile on an elongated axis. 



Spikelet, small cluster of flowers in Grasses. 



Spine or Thorn, an abortive branch with a 

 hard sharp point 



Spinescent or Spinose, bearing spines. 



Spiral Vessels or Spiroidea, having a spiral 

 fibre coiled up inside a tube. 



Spirillum, same as Spermatozoid. 



Spirolobe^, Cruciferae having the cotyledons 

 folded transversely, the radicle being dorsal. 



Spongiole or Spongelet, the cellular extre- 

 mity of a' young root. 



Sporadic Plants, confined to limited local- 

 ities. 



Sporangium, a case containing spores. 



Spore, a cellular germinating body in Crypto- 

 gamic plants. 



Sporidium, a cellular germinating body in 

 Cryptogamics containing two or more cells 

 in its interior, 



Spoeocarp, the involucre or ovoid-sac con- 

 taining the organs of reproduction in Mar- 

 sileaceEe. 



Sporophoee, a stalk .supporting a spore, 



Sporophores, filamentous, processes support- 

 ing spores in Fungi. 



Sporozoid, a moving spore furnished with cilia 

 or vibratile processes. 



Spur, same as Calcar, 



Squama, a scale ; also applied to bracts on the 

 receptacle of Compositae, to bracts in the in- 

 florescence of Amentiferae, and to the lodiculse 

 of Grasses. 



Squamose, covered with scales. 



Squarrose, covered with processes spreading 

 at right angles or in a greater degree. 



Stachys and Stachva, in Greek words signify 

 a spike. 



Stamen, the male organ of the flower, formed 

 by a stalk or filament and the anther con- 

 taining pollen. 



Staminate and Staminiferous, applied to 

 a male flower, or to plants bearing male 

 flowers. 



Staminodium, an abortive stamen. 



Staminody, change of an organ into stamens. 



Standard, same as Vexillum.. 



Stellate or Stelliform, arranged like a 

 star. 



Sterigmata, cells bearing naked spores ; also 

 cellular filaments bearnig spermatia and stylo- 

 spores, in the Spermogones and Pycnides of 

 Lichens. 



Sterile, male flowers not bearing fruit. 



Stichidia, pod-like receptacles containing 

 spores. 



Stichous at the termination of words means 

 a row, as distichous^ in two rows. 



StigmAj the upper cellular secreting portion of 

 the pistil, imcovered with epidermis ; SHg- 

 jnatiCf belonging to the stigma. 



Stimulus, a sting, applied to stinging hairs 

 with an irritating secretion at the base. 



Stipe, the stem of Palms and of Tree-ferns ; 

 also applied to the stalk of Fern-fronds, and 

 to the stalk bearing the pileus in Agarics. 



Stipel, a small leaflet at the base, of the pinnae 

 or pinnules of compound leaves. 



Stipitate, supported on a stalk. 



Stipulary, applied to organs occupying the 

 place of stipules, such as tendrils. 



Stipulate, furnished with stipules. 



Stipule, leaflet at the base of other leaves, 

 having a lateral position, and more or less 

 changed either in form or texture. 



Stolon, a sucker, at first aerial, and then turn- 

 ing downwards and rooting. 



