Scleros, Greek for hard, hence Sclerocarpous, hard-fruited.

Scobiform, resembling sawdust.

Scorpioid or Scorpioidal, curved or circinate at the end, [77].

Scrobiculate, pitted; excavated into shallow pits.

Scurf, Scurfiness, minute scales on the surface of many leaves, as of Goosefoot.

Scutate, Scutiform, buckler-shaped.

Scutellate, or Scutelliform, saucer-shaped or platter-shaped.

Secund, one-sided; i. e. where flowers, leaves, &c., are all turned to one side.

Secundine, the inner coat of the ovule, [110].

Seed, [125]. Seed-leaves, see [cotyledons]. Seed-vessel, [127].