scandix

[Lat., from Gr. skandix the herb chervil.] Bot.: Shepherd's Needle; the typical genus of Scandic ide (q.v.) Bracts one or none, bracteole (partial involucre) of five or seven leaves; calyx teeth obsolete; petals obovate, with an inflected point; fruit laterally compre ed, with a long beak. Known species eight to ten. The north temperate zone. scăn'-sion, subst . [Lat. scansio , from scan do =to climb, to scan; Sp.escansion ; Ital.scans i one .] The act of scanning or measuring a verse by feet, to see if the quantities are duly observed.