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GLOSSARY AND INDEX. 



Saururacese, 469. 



Saw-toothed: same as Serrate. 



Sdxatile : living in rocky places. 



Saxifragacex, 424. 



Scabrate, scabrid, or scabrous : rough to 



the touch. 

 Scaldriform : ladder-shaped, or bam3d. 

 Scalariform ducts, 46. 

 Scales : any thin scale-like appendages ; 



usually degenerated leaves, 105. 

 Scalloped : same as Crenate. 

 Scaly : furnished with scales, 95, 191. 

 Scamraony, 455. 

 Scandent : climbing. 

 Scape : a ' flower-stalk rising from the 



ground or near it, 220. 

 Scdpiform, or scapoid : resembling a 



scape. 

 Scar : see Leaf-scar and Hilum. 

 Scdriose, or scdrious: thin, dry, and 



membranaceous. 

 Scattered : either sparse, or without ap- 

 parent symmetry of aiTangement. 

 Schizandrese, 382. 

 Scion : a shoot, especially one used for 



grafting. 

 Sciuroid : like a squirrel's tail. 

 Scleranthese, 396. 

 Scle'rofjen : same as Lignine, 36. 

 ScdbifoTvn, or scohicular : lilie sawdust. 

 Scdrpioid : coiled round like a scorpion, 



as the branches of the cyme of 



Heliotrope. 

 Scrobiciilate : pitted. 

 Scrophulariaceffi, 448. 

 Scrdllform : pouch-shaped. 

 Scurf: minute or bran-like scales on 



the epidermis, 52. 

 Scutate, scuiifonn : shield-shaped. 

 Scut€Uiform : shaped like a platter {scu- 



tella). 

 Secretions, 51. 



Sectile : divided into portions. 

 Secund: all turned to one side of an 



axis. 

 Secundine : the second coat of an ovule, 



298. 

 Seed, 70, 320. 

 Seed-vessel, 308. 

 Segment : one of the divisions or lobes 



of a leaf or other organ ; 159, 275. 

 Segregate : kept separate. 

 Semi-, in Latin compounds : half 

 Semi-adherent : the lower half adherent. 

 Semi-amplexicaul : half-clasping. 

 Semicordate: half heart-shaped (divided 



lengthwise). 

 Semi-double : half-double. 

 Semi-floscular : when the flowers of a 



head are ligulate. 

 Semilunar, or semilunate : like a crescent 



or half-moon. 



Seminal : relating or belonging to the 

 seed. 



Seminiferous ; seed-bearing. 



Semiorbicular ; Iialf-round. 



Semioval : half of an oval, and 



Semiovate : half of an ovate figure, di- 

 vided longitudinally. 



Semisagittate : arrow-headed with one 

 lobe wanting. 



Semiseplate : a pai-tition reaching partly 

 across. 



Semiterete : half-cylindrical. 



Sempervirent : evergreen. 



Senna, 414. 



Sensitive plants, 345. 



Sepal : a calyx-leaf, 222. 



Se'paline, sepalous : relating to sepals. 



Se'patoid : resembling a sepal. 



Separated flowers : the stamens and the 

 pistils occupying separate blossoms, 

 261. 



Sep1a1e : with a partition (septum). 



Septicidal, or se'pticide : dehiscent 

 through the partitions, i. e. by the 

 lines of junction ; 316, fig. 582, 

 584. 



Sepiifcrous : bearing a partition. 



Septifragal : where the valves separate 

 from the dissepiments, 317. 



Septum (plural septa) : a partition of 

 any kind, 316. 



S&ial, or striate: arranged in rows. 



Sericeous : silky. 



Series: rank. 



Serotinous : flowering or fruiting late. 



Serrate : beset with teeth pointing for- 

 wards, like those of a saw, 159, fig. 

 254. 



S&ratures : the teeth of a serrate body. 



Se'rrulate : Serrate with fine teeth. 



Scsamese, 447. 



Sissile (sitting) : not stalked, 145, 211, 

 281. 



Seta : a bristle, or bristle-like body, 52. 



Setaceous, setiform : like a bristle. 



Setigerous : bristle-bearing. 



Setose ; bearing or abounding with bris- 

 tles. 



S^tula : diminutive of Seta. 



Se'tulose : bearing minute bristles. 



Sex : six ; as in 



Sexangular : six-angled. 



Sexfarious : six-rowed. 



Sexpartiie : six-parted, &c. 



Shaggy : see Villous. 



Sheath : a tubular body, enclosing or 

 surrounding some other ; as the 

 base of the leaves of Grasses ; 170, 

 fig. 237. 



Sheathing : forming a sheath ; see Va- 

 ginate. 



Shields : see Apothecia, 506. 



