112 GLOSSARY. 



Scattered; irregularly and thinly ar- Sorus; a cluster of sporangia in ferns. 



ranged. Spadrx ; an elongated spike, covered by 



Scions ; lateral shoots or offsets from the a spathe or modified bract. 



root. Span (measure) ; inches. 



Scorpoid: an unilateral raceme, which Sparse; scattered. 



is revolute before expansion. Spathe ; a kind ot sheathing bract, ft 



Serobiculate ; pitted. spadix or single flower. 



Scutellate ; shaped like a targetor shield. Spatulate : shaped iik«> a spatula. 

 Secund : turned to one side, one-sided. Species; the lowest division of plants. 

 Secundine ; the second coat of the ovule. Spermoderm ; testa, outer coat of seed. 

 Seed; the matured result of fecundation, Spike; flowers arranged en an elongated 

 and designed to reproduce the species. rachis, with very short, or no pediceli. 

 Segments; the parts into which a corol- Spikelet; a division of a spike. 



la, calyx, &c, are divided. Spindle-shaped ; fusiform. 



Semi; half. Spine; a thorn, connected with the wood. 



Semi-bivalved ; half divided into two Spinose; bearing spines. 



valves. Spiral vessels ; membraneous tubes, har- 



Fepaloid ; like sepals, not petal-like. ing internally a spiral fibre or fibres. 



Sepals ; the leaves of a calyx. Spongioles; the extremities of root fibres. 



S. pMcidal; when a pericarp opens by Sporangium: the case containing spores. 

 the opening of the ventral sutures, Spores; sporules ; the organs serving as 

 and a division of the dissepiments. seeds in Cryptcgamous plants. 



Septifercus ; bearing a septum. Sporidia ; mrmbraneou3 eases containing 



Septifragal; when the dissepiments re- spores in the Fungi. 

 main attached to the axis, separated Sporogens; parasitic plants, having ficw- 

 from the valves, as in the loculicidal eis, but propagated by spores, 

 dehiscence. Spur ; a process from the calyx or corol- 



Septum; a partition. la resembling a cock's spur. 



Sericeous; silky, covered with soft short Squamose ; scaly. [scales, 



hairs. Squamellate ; bearing small narrow 



Serrate; having teeth like those of a saw. Squarrose; ragged, scales or leaves stand- 

 Serrulate ; when serrate teeth are again ing out from a common axis. 



cerrated, it also means finely serrate. Stamens; the fecundating organs of 

 Sessile ; where any organ ia destitute of plants. 



a stalk or support. Staminate; having stamens only. 



Seta; a bristle. Standard; banner, the upper petal of ft 



Setaceous ; bristle-like. papillionaceous flower. 



Setiform; formed like a bristle. Stellate; star like, spreading out in ft 



Setose ; bristly, having bristles or stiff radiate manner. 



hairs. Stem : the ascending axis of a plant. 



Sheaths; the prolongation of a leaf, Stemless ; unprovided with a stem, 

 bract, &e., down a stem, so as to en- Sterile ; a staminate flower, 

 close it. Stigma ; the terminating organ on ft 



Sheathed ; embraced by a sheath. pistil. 



Sheathing ; surrounding by a convolute Stipe ; the stalk of a fern, fungus, or of 

 base. - Stipellate; having stipelles. [aped. 



Shield-shaped; shaped like an ancient Stipelles; a stipule of a leaflet. 



shield. Stipitate; having a stipe. 



Shining; glossy, smooth and polished. Stipulate; furnished with stiptiles. 

 Shrub ; a small plant with a woody stem. Stipule ; a leafy appendage or leaflet, at 

 Sickle-formed; much curved, with sharp or near the insertion of the petiole. 



edges. Stolon ; a rooting branch or shoot. 



Silicle; the pod of a plant of the order Stomato; pores in the epidermis. 



siliculosa. . Striate; streaked with longitudinal linen. 



Silieulosa; an order of Tetradynamia Strigose ; clothed with short, rigid, ap- 



having pods almost as broad as long. pressed hairs. 

 Silique; the pod of a plant of the order Strobile; a cone, a kind of pment with 

 siliqucsa. woody scales, each of which is an open 



Siliquosa; an order of Tetradynamia, carpel, 

 having the pods much longer than Strophiole; an appendage at the hilum 

 broad. of some seeds. 



Silky; clothed with soft and shining ap- Struma; a cushion-like swelling, a pro- 

 pressed hairs. tuberance at the base of tho carpel of 

 Simple; undivided. [sions. some Mosses. 



Sinuate; having rounded shallow inci- Style; that part of a pistil between the 

 Sinus ; a rounded incision in the margin. ovary and stigma ; it is often absent. 

 Smooth ; having an even surface. gtylopodium ; the thickened base of Bomc- 



Solitary; single. »tyle& 



