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sinuses. Sinuato-dentatus — Between 
sirniate and dentate. SiNUOnA'TU» — 
Synonym for “Kepandus.’’ (See the 
leaves of young plants of Stenocarpus 
sinvatus.) 
Si'nus — A bay. The re-eiiteriug angle or 
depression between two projections or 
prominences. 
SlPHONi'PHYTUM— A Composite plant with 
all the florets ttoscular. 
Si'tus (Situation) — The peculiar mode in 
which parts ai*e disposed, as well as the 
position they occupy. 
SiiARAG'i)iNU8 — Pure green, without any 
admixture of grey ; resembling an 
emerald. 
So'i}OLE.s — A shoot. Soboijf'krus — Bear- 
ing shoots ; applied to creeping stems, 
which are slender, and creep along hori- 
zontally below the surface of the earth, 
emitting roots and new plants at 
intervals. 
So'l.eform — S lipper-shaped. 
SOLVBiLhxY, SoLUBiL'iTAS— The property 
of separating into distinct portions by 
a kind of spurious articulation ; as 
wherr certain legumes become trans- 
veraelj? divided between the spaces 
occupied by the seeds. SoLUTUS 
(Loosed) — Separate. 
Som'nuh — Sleep. Somntf'eru.-h — Causing 
sleep, as the Pop)jy from wliich the 
otjium is obtained is called Papaver 
somniferuvi. 
SOR'PiPUs (Dirty). — When a colour con- 
tains more or less admixture of grey. 
SoRDiDis'snics — When the grey greatly 
predominates. 
Soee'dium, Soek'cma— a patch of propa- 
gula (otherwise termed gouidia), which 
have burst through the surface of the 
thallus of Lichens. 
SoRO'SA, SoEO'sis, SoRO'sua — A spike or 
raceme converted into a fleshy fruit by 
the cohesion in a single mass of the 
ovaria and floral envelopes. Examples 
are found in the Pineapple, Mulberry, 
Jack-fruit, &c. 
So'bus — A patch of the aggregated thecae 
in Ferns. 
Spadi'ceus — Bay; clear reddish-brown; 
red, with small admixture of grey. 
Spa'DIX — The axis of a spiked inflorescence 
among monocotyledons, when the 
flowers are densely aggregated. It in 
usually, but not always, accompanied 
by one or more spathes, and is fre- 
quently fleshy. (See Cunjevoi, Colo- 
casia vutcrorrhiza.) 
Spanan'tiius — B earing few flowers. 
Spar'sus (Scattered) — Irregularly, and 
often scantily, distributed, as Sfaksi- 
FLOBU8, having few scattered flowers. 
Spabsifowus — Where the leaves are 
distantly scattered over the herbage. 
Spa'tha, Spathk — A broad sheathing leaf, 
enclosing flowers arranged on a spadix ; 
in other words, a bract or floral leaf 
enclosing the inflorescence of some 
monocotyledons. Spatha'ceus — E ither 
furnished with a spathe, and more 
especially if it is large, or having the 
general apirearance of a spathe. (See 
(Junjevoi flower, Colocaminuwrorrhiza.) 
SPA'Tm:i.ATE, Spa’tulatic, Spathula'tus— 
More or less rounded towaids the sum- 
mit, and narrowed towards the base; 
somewhat spoon-shaped. (See the 
leaves of the English Daisy.) 
Spe'CIEs — A species comprises ail the indi- 
vidual plants which resemble each 
other sufficiently to make us conclude 
that they are all, or nmy have been all, 
descended from a common liarent. 
These individuals may often differ from 
each other in many striking particulars, 
such ns the colour of the flower, size or 
the leaf, tVc., but these particulars are 
such as experience teaches ua ai*e liable 
to vary in the seedlings raised from one 
individual. 
Specio'sus— V ery handsome or ornamental. 
(See the Pink Water Lily, Nelmnhium 
Spectabilis, Spectabtlk— G ood-looking. 
Speikk'.ma— Synonym for “ Propagulum’^ 
in Lichens, otherwise called “ Goni- 
dium.” 
Speu'ma, SpER'in^M— The seed. 
Spkhmaoo’.nks — Minute open cavities in the 
thallus <»f Lichens, coutaining filaments; 
“sterigmata.** 
Spermago'nia— S|)ore-cases. Sperwago'- 
MUii— Recejitacle in which si)erraatia 
are abjointed. 
Spkrmaiozo'a, Spkrmatozoids— Thread- 
like bodies possessed of inotitm, sup- 
posed to have fecuiidative' power. 
SpBRSfAN'ciUM— The spore-case of AIgse, 
SrKUSJATii^iuYE, Speumatil’m — The 
spore of AJgge. Also iion-iuotile gamete- 
cell which conjugates with a trichogone. 
The male sexual function of all sper- 
inalia is not yet demonstrated. 
Speumafh'orum, SpER5iOPH'ORrM ~ Syno- 
nym for “Placenta,” and also for 
“Funiculus.” 
Spermapo'dium, Spermapodopk'orum — 
The branched gynophorus of Uinbelii- 
ferre. 
Spkrma'to - cvsTuyifM — Synonym for 
“ Anthera.” and more csi)ecialiy for the 
supijosed anther of Musci, otherwise 
called Antheridium. 
SpermatotdiTm — A case containing the 
progagula (otiierwise gonidia) in Algse. 
Spermi'dels— P roducing seed. 
SPEBMi'DirM— Synonym for “Achenium.” 
Sper'modekji, Spermoder'mis — The skin or 
integument of a seed, formed by the 
union of the several coats which in- 
vested the embryo in its earlier stages. 
Speumo'phoritm — Synonym for “Pla- 
centa,” Spermothk’ca— Synonym for 
“Pericarp.” 
Sphacelate— W ithered nr dead. 
Spha:ren'chyma— Cellular tissue in which 
the se})arate vesicles are more or less 
spherical. 
SPH.tROBLAS'TUS— When a inonocotyledon- 
ous embryo produces a cotyledon, 
during germination, wliich terminates 
in a swollen globular apex. 
SPH^ROCAR'pus—When a fruit is globular. 
