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GLOSSARY. 



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Rujescent : becoming reddish-brown, or 

 rust-colored. 



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



Rugose ; wrinkled. 



RuQvXose : finely wrinkled. 



Ruminated: a term ai)plied to a variegated 

 albumen— i. e.. when its substance is 

 wrinkled or plicate, and the investing 

 membrane prolonged witliin the folds. 



Runcinate : resembling the teeth of a 

 mill-saw ; somewhat pinnatifid, with the 

 segments acute and pointing back- 

 wards. 



Runner. 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<:. .A membranous bag, or boundary of a 

 cavity. 



Saccate ; having, or being in the form ot a 



sac, or pouch. 

 Sagittate ; arrow-shaped : notched at base, 



with the lobes (^and frequently the sinus; 



acute. 



Salver-form, or falver-shajped ; tubular, 

 with the limb abruptly and flatly or hori- 

 zontally expanded. 



Samara. A kind of Akene, or dry indehis 

 cent pericarp, having a winged apex, or 

 margin,— as the Maple, Ash, Elm, &c. 



Sdmaraid ; winged or margined like a Sa- 

 mara. 



Sdrcocarp. The fleshy portion of a pericarp 



(ecr. gr. of a Drupe i between the £pi- 



c^irj, and the Emh arj:. 

 Sarricmtosfi .- having, or sending forth, or 



being in the form of runners. 

 Scdhrotcs: rough witli little points, or hairs. 

 Scales Small thin plates, or leaf like pro 



cesses : also the leaflets of the involucre, 



in the (.'i i.Mi'- siT.n 

 Scart'lf-nt : dim ing, — usually by means 



of tendrils. 

 Scape. A peduncle proceeding directly 



from the root, and mostly naked. 

 Scarimt-<; dry and skinny, — generally 



tran-parent. ' 

 Svatt' red : disposed or distributed thinly, 



without any regular order. 

 ScorjAoid inflorescence : rolled back from 



the apex .circinate , before development. 

 Scrohu 'date : having the surface exca- 

 vated into little pits, or hollows. 

 SciMlidff ; shaped like, or resembling, a 



target or shield. 

 Seam. See S,n lire. 



Secimd : one ranked : all seated on, or 

 turned to the same side. 



Seed: the matured ovule, with the Embryo, 

 or young plant, formed within it. 



Segrrierd. The division, or separated por- 

 tion, of a cleft caly.x, leaf &c. 



Semi: half; as semi-Mvalved, half-2- 

 valved. — ■iem-i-terete. half-round, &c. 



S mpti/rire/it ; always green: living 

 thronsh the winter^ and' Retaining its 

 verdure. 



Sepal. The leaflet, or distinct portion of a 



ca'yx. 



Stj,o'/i'ld : resembling sepals; green and 

 not petal like. 



Septicidul dehiscence. AVhen 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. 



Sepd'ferous ; bearing a septum. 



Sep if ag<d dehiscence. "When the dis- 

 sepiments remain attached to the axis, 

 while the valves break away from them. 



Septum. The partition which divides thr- 

 cells of fruit. 



Sericeous: silky; covered with soft smooth 

 glossy appressed hairs. 



Set ies.' A divi-ion or comprehensive gi'oup 

 of objects in Natural History ; also, a 

 continued succession of things of the 

 same Order. 



Serrate ; sawed : having sharp teeth on 

 th^ margin, i)ointing towai ds the apex. 



Ser> atures. The teeth, or sharp segments 

 of a serrate margin. 



Serrulate ; finely' serrate ; having small 

 teeth or scrratures. 



Sessile: sitiin^' closely; without any foot- 

 stalk or pedicel. 



Seia {\Am-dl Ati-i). A bristle; a stiffish 

 elastic hair. 



Setaceous; bristle-like; resembling a bristle 

 in size and figure. 



Setose : bristly ; having the surface covered 

 with bristles. 



S!,f,itli. A membranous expansion which 

 is tubular, or convolute, and enclosing or 

 embracing a stem. 



S/ieidhed ; enclosed or embraced by a 

 sheath. 



S',<-i(T/d)ir/; embracing the stem with a 

 .-heath.' 



Shining ; glossy smooth and bright. 

 S/ouh. A small woody plant, branching 



near the ground, — often without any jirin- 



cipal stem. 



S/rrtibhy ; hard and woody ; of the texture 

 and size of a shrub. 



Sdicle. A little or short silique, nearly rts 

 wide as long. 



Silique. A long slender pod, or membra- 

 nous seed-vessel of 2 valves, having the 

 seeds fixed alternately along both sutures 



Sdiquose ; having siliques, — or resembling 

 a silique. 



Sim pi" : undivided; not branched; not 

 compound. 



Simjjle Umhel. When each ray terminates 

 in a single flower, — instead of a secondary 

 or partial umbel. 



Sinuate : havinfr sinuses, scallops, or ga'^hes 



which are <-,|,eii and inuiMlod at bottom. 

 Sinualf'-di,)iliitt —Si I, s- rrote: having 



teeth, or -ervatiir* ■-. with the clefts or 



openintrs rounded at bottom. 

 Sinus. An open notch : a rouiuled incision, 



or scallop. 



