SCIURUS, in botany: A genus of the monogynia order, belonging to the diandria class of plants; and in the natural method ranking with those that are doubtful. The calyx is quinquedentate; the corolla bilabiate; the filaments are barren; the capsules five, and joined together; bivalved, unilocular, with one seed. Of this there is one species, viz. aromatica, a native of Guiana.