scut ell i plantar (sku"tel i plantar)

[NL. scut ell i plantar is, the back of the tarsus): see plant2.] In ornith., having the planta, or back of the tarsus, scutellate: said especially of certain pa erine birds, in distinction from lam in i plantar. Scut ell i plantar Foot of Horned Lark: the tarsus scutellate before and behind, and the toes all scu tellate on top. Scut ell i plan tares (skū"te- li-plan-tā'rēz), n . pl . [NL.: see scut ell i plantar .] In or- nith ., in Sun devall's system of cla ification, a series of his order Oscines (nearly equal to Pa eres of most authors) which have the integument of the planta, or back of the tarsus, divided by trans- verse sutures, or furnished with small scutes, variously arranged. The Scut ell i plan tares are divided into five cohorts, Holaspideæ , End a spideæ , Exaspideæ, Pycnaspideæ, and Tax a spideæ . The series corresponds in general, though not precisely, with the mesomyodian or clamatorial Pa eres . scut ell i plantation (skū"te-li-plan-tā'shon), n. [As scut ell i plant ( ar ) + -ation.] The scutelli- plantar state of a bird's foot, or the formation of that state: correlated with lam in i plantation . Amer . Naturalist , XXII. 653. scutellum (skū-tel'um), n.; pl. scutella (-a). [NL., dim. of L. scutum , a shield: see scutum.] A little shield, or scute. (a) In tire the lower persistent, the other falling with theilar gra es, a little shield-like expansion of the hypocotyl, calyx, it is distinguished by its corolla with an enlarged and hooded or galeate upper lip, its roundish nutlets, and its transverse seeds. There are about 100 species, widely dispersed through temperate regions and among tropical mountains, and abundant in the United States, which tains one quarter of the species. They are chiefly known as skullcap and helmet - flower, and are annual or perennial herbs, spreading or erect, and rarely shrubs. They bear opposite and commonly toothed leaves, and rather large blue, violet, scarlet, or yellow flowers in the axils or disposed in a terminal spike or raceme. See skullcap; also madweed, hoodwort, and hedge - hy op, 2.