salverform

a. a united corolla having a slender tube that abruptly flares open

scale

n. in reptiles and fish: one of a series of thin, flat, overlapping plates that form a protective covering

scape

n. a leafless, or merely bracteate, flower stalk arising near the ground level in acaulescent plants

scarious

a. thin, dry and membranous

scutellum

n. in insects: a small triangular plate or shield on the thorax, position varies by order
in botany: particularly in the grasses, a thin membrane on the seed that is believed to facilitate nutrient absorption

secund

a. arranged on one side only

sepal

n. one division of the calyx

sericeous

a. silky with appressed trichomes

serrate

a. having saw-like forward pointing teeth along the margin

sessile

a. attached directly, without a supporting stalk, as in a leaf without a petiole or a flower without a pedicel or peduncle

sheath

n. an organ that partly or wholly surrounds another organ

sight

n. that which is seen

n. an aid to seeing as in a device to guide the eye in aiming a firearm or other instrument

n. a straight, uninterrupted stretch, as of a road or a river

n. in a drawing, picture, etc, that part of the surface which is within the frame or the border or margin; in a frame or the like, the opening

n. a great number, quantity or sum

v. perception of objects by the eye

v. an aim or observation taken by means of a sight or sights

sinuate

a. with a strongly wavy margin, more pronounced or deeper than undulate

site

n. the place where anything is, or is to be; as in a web site, a location

v. to posture or position

sori

n. in some ferns, the visible clusters of spore bearing cases

p. sorus

sorus

s. sori

spadix

n. a spike with small partially embedded flowers on a thickened fleshy axis in the Araceae, this is usually subtended by a spathe

spathe

n. a unusually large and solitary bract, surrounding or subtending an inflorescence

spike

n. an unbranched inflorescence of sessile or subsessile flowers, maturing from the bottom upwards
compare with a raceme in which the individual flowers are stalked (have pedicels)

spore

n. in ferns, a tiny reproductive body

stabilimentum

n. a design in a spider's web, such as is often found with the genus Argiope

stamen

n. male reproductive organ of a flower, consisting of an anther and filament

stigma

n. the portion of the pistil which is receptive to pollen

stipule

n. one of a pair of appendages found at the base of a petiole on many leaves

strigose

a. bearing straight, stiff, sharp, appressed hairs  [Ô]

style

n. the usually narrowed portion of the pistil connecting the stigma to the ovary

subocular

a. in reptiles: one or more scales found along the upper side of the mouth and below the eye

subtend

v. to extend under or be opposite to

v. to inclose or embrace in its axil

v. to occupy an adjacent position to

subulate

a. awl-shaped