Rugose. wrinkled or crumpled.
Scariose. dry and chaffy (opposed to tender and succulent).
Secund. all turned to one side.
Seta. the fruit-stalk.
Setaceous. bristle-shaped.
Spathulate. somewhat resembling a battle-door.
Strumose. swollen at base.
Sub-. in a slight degree; e. g. "sub-serrate" slightly serrate.
Subula. an awl.
Subulate. awl-shaped.
Sulcate. furrowed.
Synoicous. male and female fl. on same receptacle.
Terete. cylindrical.
Thæca. the capsule.
Tomentose. covered with down.
Truncate. having the point cut off.
Tumid. swollen.
Turbinate. shaped like a peg-top.
Vaginula. the cellular sheath surrounding the base of the seta.
Vermicular. narrow and wavy (like a worm).
Villi. short leafy processes on the stem amongst the leaves.
Villous covered with villi.
Uncinate. bent like a hook.
Undulate. wavy.
