Silver-grain, the medullary rays of wood, [139].

Silvery, shining white or bluish-gray, usually from a silky pubescence.

Simple, of one piece; opposed to compound.

Sinistrorse, turned to the left.

Sinuate, with margin alternately bowed inwards and outwards, [55].

Sinus, a recess or bay; the re-entering angle between two lobes or projections.

Sleep of Plants (so called), [151].

Smooth, properly speaking not rough, but often used for glabrous, i. e. not pubescent.

Soboliferous, bearing shoots (Soboles) from near the ground.

Solitary, single; not associated with others.