BOTANICAL TERMS AND DEFINITIONS. XXxix 
Sagittatum, vide Arrow-shaped. 
Salver-shaped, {Hypocrateriformis) applied to a monopetalous 
corolla, the limb of which being placed on a tube spreads 
out horizontally. 
Sarmentose, or Trailing, (Sarmentosum) stems are so called 
that are thrown out from the roots for the purpose of 
increase, which are barren of flowers, and creep along, 
putting forth roots from various points ; when leafy, they 
are called Stolo, Sucker, or Scion. 
Scabrous, (Scaber) applied to stems that are rough from any little 
inequalities or tubercles. 
Scaly, {Squamosa) roots are so called that are covered with scales. 
Scandens, vide Climbing. 
Scape, (Scopus) an herbaceous stalk springing from the root and 
bearing the flower and fruit, but not the leaves ; a scape is 
either single flowered, as in the Leontodon Taraxacum, &c. 
or many flowered, as in the cowslip; it is also either 
naked, as in the dandelion ; or scaly, as in the Tussilago 
Farfara, &c. 
Scar, vide Eye. 
Scattered, (Sparsa) applied to leaves placed irregularly upon the 
stems; also to peduncles dispersed irregularly on the 
plant. 
Seed Vessel, vide Pericarp. 
Semicylindrical, {Semicylindraceum) applied to leaves flat on 
one side and convex on the other. 
Seminal Leaves, {Folia Seminalia) the first leaves of a plant, 
serving the office of Cotyledons. 
Sempervirens, vide Evergreen. 
Serrated, (Serratum) applied to leaves, the margins of which 
resemble a saw, the teeth pointing towards the extremity of 
the leaf; when the teeth are very fine, the term Serrulatum 
is used. 
Sessile, {Sessilis) applied to flowers when placed directly on the 
branch or stem; also to leaves when they grow directly 
from the stem, branch, or root, without any footstalk. 
Sharp, vide Acute. 
Sheathing, or Vaginant, {Vaginans) applied to leaves when 
the base forms a cylindrical tube, which invests the stem 
or other leaves : example, grasseSi 
Silicula, t>i<fe Pouch. 
Siliqua, vide Pod. 
