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Se'^minaLj Semina'lir— W hatever has re- 
ference to some portion of the seed. 
Semitalis — B elonging to or growing on 
waysides. 
Sempekvi'ueuh — With green leaves or sur- 
face throughout the year. 
Sena'kius — A rranged in six together of the 
same kind. 
Sensi'biu.s — Sensitive, or manifesting 
“ irritability.” Example : Minom 
jmdicn, the common Sensitive Plant. 
Seorsuji — A part. Seorsielora — F lenvers 
apart from each otl^^r, as in MeUileuca 
seorsiji<jm. 
Se'pal, Se'palum — O ne of the foliaceoua 
expansions forming the subordinate 
parts of the calyx. Sep.vline', Se'pa- 
Lous, Sepali'x'CS— H aving reference to 
sepals, Sepaloid'— L ooking like a 
sepal. 
SEPi'coLrs — Plants whose usual habitat is 
near a hedge Sr/pir.n— Grow- 
ing in the hedges or upon the hedge- 
banks, or used for forming hedges, as 
C(tsalpini(i sep-iaria. 
Septena'tus, Skpte'xus— Where either sub- 
ordinate parts or subdivisions of one 
part amount to seven. 
Septentrionalis — Northern, aa the 
Northern Borya, li. setficntriomUh. 
Sep'tum (A hedge) — A partition of any 
kind ; but more especially one which 
subdivides the ovary or fruit, and 
originates in tbo union of a portion 
of the contiguous carpels extending 
to the axis. SEPTAruss — Possessing 
septa. 
Seria'lis — Arranged in rows. 
Seri'ceus — Covered with fine, rather* long, 
close, and soft hair, wliicli has a silky 
appearance. (See the iiillorescence and 
joint of stem of the lUue-grass, Andfro- 
pogon acrnTRiJ.) 
Sero'tix'US — Late; when a plant flowers 
later in the year than others to wliich 
it is related. 
See'ratej), Sekba'tur — When the margin 
is cut into teeth like those of a .saw. 
SEBR.EPO'urs, SKRR.vnFO'Lius— Hav- 
ing serrated leaves. SERRULA'Tua — 
Synonym for “ Denticulatus.” (See 
leaves of Photinia sen idata.) 
Ser'tulum (Diminutive for b’erhim, a gar- 
land)— Synonym for ‘‘Umbella,” when 
simple. 
Ses'qui — This term, prefixed to the Latin 
name of a measure, shows that such 
measure exceeds its due length by one- 
half ; thus SKSyUJPKOA' LIS means a foot 
and a-half. 
Sessi'le, Ses'silis (As it were sitting)— 
"When an organ is attached to its sup- 
port without the intervention of some 
intennediate part ; as when a leaf is 
without petiole (sessilifolius), a flower 
without a pedicle (sessiliflorus). Thus 
the flowers of a spike are sessile, while 
those of the raceme are pedicellate, 
Se'ta (A bristle)^Any stiff hair. The 
stalk supporting the theca of Mosses. 
The arista of grasses, when it is not 
below the apex, but forms a termination 
to any of the floral bracts. Setaceo- 
SERKATUS — Where the serrafcures taper 
off to bristle-like points. Setaceous, 
Setackus — Possessing the characters 
ascribed to a seta. Setikormis — Shaped 
like a seta, or bristle-like. SETKiKiius 
—Furnished with one or more setae. 
Sex, Skx'us (A sex) — When btumens or 
pistils alone, or when both these organa 
are formed in flowering plants, the 
flowers are termed male, female, or 
hermaphrodite accordingly. 
Sex^vn'gular, Sexan*gi:la'ri.s— W ith six 
angles, or decidfjd projections from the 
surface. SEXKA'BlCS-;-Preseuting six 
rows, extending longitudinally round 
an axis. Sextc'plex — W here a part is 
six times repeated. 
Sial'agogue — Having the power of exciting 
saliva, as Ginger, Zingiber o;^ci7ialis. 
Sic'cus (Dry)— A h Hob'tus-sic'cus, a dry 
garden; synonym f<*r “Herbarium.” 
Sigilla'tus — W hen a rhizome is marked 
by scars left by the fall of branches 
successively developed upon it. 
Sig'moid, Siumoi'dkis — Curved in two 
directions like the letter S. 
Si'ucLE, SiLic'ULA (A little pod) — Formed 
like a siliqua, but where the length 
never exceeds four times the breadth. 
(See the cruciferous plant called 
“Shepherd’s Purse,” CapseUa- Bursa- 
pastoru. 
Sil'iqua and Siuc'ula are terms applied 
to the fruits of Criiciferse. Dr. Lind- 
ley’s definition : — Siliqua — One or two- 
celled, many seeded, superior, linear, 
dehiscent by two \ alves separating 
from the replnm ; seeds attached to 
two placentae adhering to the re.phrm, 
and opposite to the lobes of the stigma. 
The dissepiment of this fruit is con- 
sidered a spurious one formed by the 
projecting plaeeiuje, which sometimes 
do not meet in the middle ; in which 
case the dissepiment or phragma has a 
slit in its centre, and is said to be 
fenestrate. Silicula — This differs from 
the latter in nothing but its Hgure, and 
in containing fewer seeds. It is never 
more than four times as long as broad, 
and often much shorter, (See the seed- 
pods of Turnip or Cabbage.) 
Silver-Grain — Popular name for medul- 
lary rays. 
SiJiPLicis'siMUS— Without the slightest 
tendency to subdivision or lamifica- 
tions, as Asphiiivm simplicifrons. 
SiMVLANS — Kesembliog ; used for a specific 
name when the species closely resembles 
another, as in Stereitin shmdans, a 
fungus found on logs in dense scrubs. 
Sinen^sis— Synonym for “ Chinensis ” ; 
belonging to China, as Wistaria 
ckinensU, 
Sinis'tboese, Sinistbor'sum (Towards 
the left hand) — Where the coils of a 
spiral would appear, to a person in the 
axis, to rise from right to reft. 
Sin'uate, Sinca'ted, SiNUA'Trs( Crooked) — 
A margin rendered uneven by alternate 
rounded and rather large lobes and 
