318 GLOSSARY 
Scar (Gk. eschara = a scar produced by burning). Applied 
to the mark on the stem left when a leaf has been pulled 
off, as in the case of the Abies or Silver Fir. Vide Disk. 
SCATTERED. Applied in contradistinction to such terms as 
Whorled, OpposiTE (g. vide). 
Semi. In composition = half. 
SEROTINUS (serus = late in the day). Untimely. Applicable 
to anything botarically that arrives late or out of season. 
Note Pinus Serotina. 
SERRATE (serra = a saw). Vide MARGIN. 
SESSILE (sessilis = low, sedere [sessum] = to sit). Growing 
close to, and indirectly upon, the stem without a stalk. 
SHEATH. Membraneous substance rolled round a stem or 
leaf. Vide BASAL SHEATH. 
SmootH. Applied more generally to the surface of the twig, 
while Glabrous represents freedom from hair attachments. 
Sort-woop Pines. Vide FIBRO-VASCULAR and Harp-woop 
PINEs. 
SPATHULATE or SPATULATE (spatula = a word used in con- 
nection with a little spade or druggist’s spatule). Oblong 
figure, with lower end very much attenuated. 
SPINDLE-SHAPED. Vide FUSIFORM. 
Spur: The woody extension from the branchlet of a cedar 
bough whence the leaves spring. 
Sguama; SQuaMATA (squama =a scale). A scaly rudi- 
mentary leaf or bract. The covering of a leaf bud. Note 
Juniperus Squamata. 
Souamose. Covered with minute scales. 
SQUARROSE ; SguaRRoUS. Ragged, or rough, with projecting 
scales or deflexed leaves. 
‘STAMEN ; STAMINATE. One of the male organs of the flower 
that produces pollen, having stamens. 
Stigma. Vide PISTILLATE. 
StomaTa (Gk. stoma = mouth), Lines of minute breathing- 
pores, which give a white or pale-blue tinge to the foliage. 
Stone. A hard body or fruit with seed enclosed. 
STRIATUuS (stria = a ridge between two channels). Striped or 
streaked. 
Srrictus (strictus = contracted). Very upright or straight. 
STROBILE. Vide Cone. j 
