stellulate 



Stigmarhize 



lular, stel'lulate, stdlula'tus, di- 

 minutive of stellate. 



Stelolem'ma (o-njX?;, a pillar, Xe^a, 

 bark or skin), a sheath of thickened 

 peridesmic or stelar tissue in an- 

 giospermous petioles (Strasburger). 



Stem, the main ascending axis ; ~ 

 Bud, the plumule ; <- -clasp'ing, 

 amplexicaul ; ~ Leaf, a leaf given 

 off from the stem, as opposed to a 

 radical leaf; ~ Par'asite, a parasitic 

 plant which lives on the stem of its 

 host, as Loranthaceae ; ~ Ten'dril, 

 a tendril which is morphologically 

 a stem structure ; subterra'nean, 

 "- , a rhizome ; stem/less, having no 

 visible stem, acaulous ; Stem'let, a 

 small stem, as the plumule. 



stenocar'pus (CTT^OS, narrow, icapiros, 

 fruit), narrow fruited ; stenopet'al- 

 ous (Tre'raAoc, a flower-leaf), narrow- 

 petalled ; stenophyl'lous, -lus 

 (<f>v\\ov, a leaf), narrow leaved ; 

 Steno'sis, (1) cell-formation with 

 constriction of the original cell- 

 wall ; (2) the contraction of a 

 passage. 



stephanocar'pus (ffretpavJiid-qs, wreath- 

 ing, Kapiros, fruit), with fruit ar- 

 ranged so as to resemble, a crown ; 

 Stephanodophy'tum (tyvrbv, a 

 plant), a plant producing an in- 

 ferior achene, as Compositae ; 

 Stepha'noum, t a synonym of 

 CKEMOCARP and CYPSELA. 



Ste'reid (o-repeds, solid), a lignified 

 cell from the stereome ; Ste'reom or 

 Ste'reome, the elements of a bundle 

 which impart strength to it, the 

 fibres, or strengthening tissue 

 generally (Schwendener) ; Ste'reo- 

 plasm. (Tr\da-/j.a, moulded), the solid 

 part of protoplasm (Naegeli). 



Sterig'ma, pi. Sterig'mata (ffTripiy/j.a, 

 a prop), (1) in Fungi, a stalk from 

 which a spore is abjointed ; (2) 

 any leafy prolongation or elevated 

 line from the blade of a leaf down 

 the stem by decurrence ; (3) 

 Desvaux's name for CARCERULE ; 

 Sterig'mum is a synonym of the 

 last definition. 



ster'ile, ster'ilis (Lat.), (1) barren, as 



a flower destitute of pistil, or a 

 stamen wanting the anther ; (2) 

 used for a male or staminate 

 flower ; (3) free from living organ- 

 isms, such as bacteria; <- Basid'ium, 

 a body in the hymenium of Agarics 

 like a basidium, but not producing 

 spores, possibly a paraphysis ; ~ 

 Cells, cells of unknown function in 

 the pollen-grains of Cycas and 

 microspores of Isoetes and Selay- 

 inella; Steril'ity, Steril'-itas (Lat.), 

 barrenness, incapacity of producing 

 seeds ; Steriliza'tion, the act of steri- 

 lizing ; ster'ilize, to make free from 

 living organisms or their germs. 



Ster'om = STEREOME (Crozier). 



sternotri'bal (a-repvov, the breast, 

 rpifiu, I beat), Delpino's term for 

 those flowers whose anthers are so 

 arranged as to dust their pollen on 

 the under part of the thorax of 

 their insect visitors ; stern'otribe is 

 a synonym. 



Ste'somy (O-TTJO-O^CU, fut. med. of 

 iffTijfu, to stop), Morren's term for 

 an arrest of metamorphosis. 



Stichid'ium(crTixt5toj', alittle bladder), 

 (1) in Rhodophyceae, a special 

 branch of the thalluswith imbedded 

 tetragonidia ; (2) = CARPOCLONIUM. 



stichocar'pus, stichocar'picus (CTLXOS, 

 a row, Kapiros, fruit), when fruit is 

 disposed along a spiral line ; stichus, 

 in Greek compounds = row or rank, 

 usually vertical. 



stictopet'alus (UTIKTOS, punctured, 

 weraXov, a flower-leaf), when petals 

 are covered with glandular points. 



Stig'ma, pi. Stig'mata, or Stig'mas 

 (ffriyij-a, a point), (1) that part of 

 the pistil or style which receives 

 the pollen ; (2) a point on the 

 spores of Equisetum; (3) a caducous 

 point on the apex of the columella 

 in Mosses ; (4) an old name for 

 STERIGMA ; (5) a coloured spot in 

 unicellular Algae ; ~ Disk, a disk 

 forming the stigmatic surface as in 

 Aadepiada ; ~ of Mosses (Hook. 

 Muse. ed. 2) the mouth of the 

 archegonium ; Stig'marhize (pt'fa, a 

 root), a form of Stirjmaria, regarded 



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