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Rtifescent ; becoming reddisli-bi own, or 

 rust-colored. 



Rufous ; reddiih-bro-svn, or rust colored. 



Ilugose ; -n-rinkled. 



EugiUose ; finely v,-rinkled. 



Eliminated; a term applied to a variegated 

 albumen— i. e., Avhen its substance is 

 ■wrinkled or plicate, and the investing 

 membrane prolonged within the folds. 



Euntinate, ; resembling the teeth of a 

 mill-saw ; somewhat pinnatifid, with the 

 segments acute and pointing back- 

 wards. 



Euiinei'. A slender shoot, producing roots 

 and leaves at the end, only, — and at that 

 point giving rise to another plant : exem- 

 plified in the Strawberry plants. 



Sa.c. A membranous bag, or boundary of a 

 cavity. 



Saccate ; having, or being in the foiTU of, a 



sac, or pouclL 

 Sagittate ; arrow-shaped ; notched at base, 



with the lobes (and* frequently the sinus) 



acute. 



Salve/ -farm, or f:a7rrr-slia]:ier7 : tubular, 

 with the limb abruptly and flatly or hori- 

 zontally expanded. 



Samara. A kind of Akcne, or dry indehis 

 cent i»ericarp, having a winged apex, or 

 margin,— as tlie Maple, Ash, "Elm, &c. 



Sdmurvid ; winged or margined like a Sa- 

 mara. 



SdrcGcarp. The floshy portion of a pericarp 

 (ea*. gr. of a Drupe; between the Lpi- 

 carp and \hc Endlcarp. 



Sarinentose ; having, or sending forth, or 

 bciiig in the form of runners. 



Scuhi owi: rough wiili little jioints, or hairs. 



Scales Small thin plate.-, or kaf like pro- 

 cesses : also the kaiiets of the involucre, 

 in tlie CoMr. feiT.r. 



Sc((nde»t: clinil ii,g,— usually by means 

 of tendi'iis. 



Scape. A peduncle proccc'ling directly 

 from the roof, and nuistly naked. 



ScarioU'S ; dry and skinny, — generally 

 transi)arent. 



S--attf'red • disposed or distributed thinly, 

 v/ithout any regular order. 



S'jofpioid iidlorescence ; rolled back from 

 the apex (circinatc, before development. 



Scroh'icidatc, : having the surface exca- 

 vated into little pits, or hollows. 



Scuttlliiti' ; shaped like, or resembling, a 

 target or shield. 



Seam. See Su tire. 



Sernrid : one ranked : all seated on, or 

 turned to the same side. 



S ed: the matured ovule, with the Embryo, 

 or young plant, formed within it. 



Segrmnt. The division, or separated por- 

 tion, of a cleft calyx, leaf, &c. 



Semi; half; as semi-hivalved, half 2- 

 valved, — semi-terete, half-round, &c. 



Sempervirent ; always green ; living 

 through the winter, and' retaining its 

 vferduve. 



Sepal. The leaflet, or distinct portion of a 

 calyx. 



Sepaloid : resembling sepals; green and 

 not petal like. 



Septic'idal dehiscence. When a compound 

 pericarp opens by splitting the dissepi- 

 ments— e., the carpels separate from 

 each other, and open to the seeds by the 

 ventral suture. 



Sep't f trails ; bearing a septum. 



Sepifagal dehiscence. When the dis- 

 sepiments remain attached to the axis, 

 while the valves brcftik away from them. 



Sepjtum. The partition which divides thti 

 cells of fruit. 



Sericeous ; silky; covered with soft smooth 

 glossy appressed hairs. 



Series. A division or comprehensive group 

 of objects in Natural History; also, a 

 continued succession of things of the 

 same Order. 



Serrate ; sawed ; having sharp teeth on 

 the margin, pointing towards the apex. 



Serratares. The teeth, or sharp segments 

 of a serrate margin. 



Serrulate ; finely" serrate ; having small 

 teeth or scrratures. 



Sessile; sitting closely; without any foot- 

 stalk or pedicel. 



Seta (plural Sci^c). A bristle; a stiffish 

 elastic hair. 



Sddccous; bristle-like; resembling a bristle 

 in size and figure. 



Setose ; bristly ; having the surface covered 

 with bristles. 



Sheath. A membranous expansion which 

 is tubular, or convolute, and enclosing or 

 embracing a stem. 



Sheathed; enclosed or embraced by a 

 sheath. 



Sheathing; embracing the stem with a 

 sheath. 



Shining ; glossy smooth and bright. 



S'nruh. A small woody plant, branching 

 near the gi'ound,— often without any prin- 

 cipal stem. 



Shruhhy ; hard and woody ; of the texture 

 and size of a shrub. 



S'dicle. A little or short silique, nearly as 

 wide as long. 



Sil'tque. A long slender pod, or membra- 

 nous seed-vessel of 2 valves, having the 

 seeds fixed alternately along both sutures. 



S'lUquose ; having siliques, — or resembling 

 a silique. 



Simple ; undivided ; not branched ; not 

 compound. 



Simjjle Umbel. When each ray terminates 



in a single flower, — ^instead of a secondary 



or partial umbel. 

 S'mnate ; having sinuses, scallops, or gashes 



which arc open and rounded at bottom. 

 Sinuate-dentate, — Simude serrate; liaving 



teeth, or serratnres, with the clefts or 



openings rounded at bottom. 

 Sin-as. An open notch ; a rounded incision, 

 I o»' scallop. 



