Physical geography. By Mary Somerville ...

GILOSSARY. 549
R1'MINANT. An animal that chews the cud.
RUMINA'NTIA. An order of mammals which are characterized by chewing thq
cud.
RJ'MINATE. To chew the cud.
SA'LINES. Natural deposits of salt; salt springs.
SA'LIx. Lat. Willow. A genus of plants of the family of Salici'nese. Sa'lix
lana'ta. Woolly willow.
SALT. A combination of an acid with one or more bases.
SA'roLus. From the Celtic, san, salutary, and mos, pig. Salutary to pigs.
Brook-weed. A genus of plants of the family of Primulacese. Sac'molus valerat'ndi. Common brook-weed.
SAN'DARACH. A name given by the Arabs to an odorous resin,
SANDALI'NUS. Lat. Sandal-like.
SAtNDsToNE. Any rock consisting of aggregated grains of sand.
SAPAtJOU. Fr. A genus of monkeys.
SAPI'NDUS. Abbreviation of sapo, soap, and indicus, Indian soap. Soap-berry.
A genus of plants of the family of Sapindaceae. Sapi'ndus sapona'ria. Common soap-berry.
SAPONA'RIA. Lat. Soapy.
SAPOTA'CEAE. A family of plants.
SA'PPsIRE. A very hard gem consisting essentially of crystallized alumina. It
is of various colors; the bllue variety being usually called sapphire; the red,
the oriental ruby; the yellow, the oriental topaz.
SA'IIs. } A genus of monkeys.
SARGA'suer. From the Span. sarga'to, sea-lentils. A genus of plants of tho
family of Phy'ceo.
SARRACE'NIA. After Dr. Sarrazin. The side-saddle flower, or pitcher plant. A
genus of plants of the family of Sarrac6neze.
SAU'RIAN. From the Gr. sauros, a lizard. Applied to animals of the lizard
tribe.
SAU'RoID. From the Gr. sacros, a lizard, and eidos, resemblance. Resembling
a lizard.
SCA'NDENS. Lat. Climbing.
SCHIST. From the Gr. schistos, split. Slate.
SCHISTOTSE. Slaty.
SCHOTTIA. After Schott, a Dutch gardener. A genus of plants of the family of
Legumin6se. Scho'tia specio'sa. Small-leaved Schotia.
SoJTAMaE'NEE. A family of plants.
SCLE'RIA. From the Gr. skleroos, hard. A genus of plants of the family of
Cyperdcese.
Sco'LOPAx. Lat. A genus of birds: a heron.
SCOPA'RIA. From scopa, a broom. A genus of plants of the family of Scrophulari'neae.
Sco'are. Volcanic cinders. Cinders and slags of basaltic lavas of a reddish
brown and black color.
SCORIAz'cEOUS. Of the nature of scoriae.
ScosRIFORr. In form of scorise.
SCYtTHROPS. From the Gr. skcuthrops, sad. A genus of birds of the order of
climbers. A cuckoo.
SEAMS. In geology, thin layers of strata interposed between others.
SEBI'FERA. Lat. Containing tallow.
SE'CONDARY FORMATION. In geology, the formation which is next in order to
the transition formation.
SEcCULAR. From the Lat. sectulum, a century. Secular elevations are those
which take place gradually and imperceptibly, through a long period of time.
Secular tides are those which are dependent upon the secular variation of the
moon's mean distance from the earth.