superflciarius 



sutural 



hymenium of certain Fungals " 

 (Lindley). 



superficiar'ius (Lat., on another's 

 land), on the surface of an organ. 



Super'flua, pi. of Super'fluum (super- 

 Jluus, overflowing), a Linnean order 

 of Syngenesia (Compositae) con- 

 taining plants with the florets of 

 the disk hermaphrodite, and those 

 of the ray female. 



Superfoeta'tion (super, above, + 

 Foetation), the fertilization of an 

 ovary by more than one kind of 

 pollen ; superfolia'ceous = SUPRA- 

 FOLIACEOUS ; superfo'lius = SUPRA- 

 FOLIUS. 



superior (Lat., higher), (1) growing 

 or placed above ; (2) also in a 

 lateral flower on the side next the 

 axis : the posterior or upper lip of 

 a corolla is the superior ; <~ O'vary, 

 when all the floral envelopes are 

 inserted below it, on the torus ; 



cf. HALF- SUPERIOR. 



superna'tant (super natans, swimming 

 above), floating on the surface. 



supernu'merary (supernumerarius, 

 over and above), additional ; ~ 

 Buds, are either ADVENTITIOUS ~ , 



or POSTVENTITIOUS ~. 



Superpar'asite (super, above, + 

 PARASITE), a parasite of a parasite ; 

 Su'per -plant, a plant which grows 

 upon another, either as an epiphyte 

 or parasite. 



superpo'sed, superpos'itus (Lat., 

 placed over), vertically over some 

 other part ; Superposit'ion, placed 

 vertically, or in parts of the flower, 

 opposite. 



Supertubera'tion (super, above, + 

 TUBER), the production of second- 

 ary tubers upon the normal primary 

 tubers ; Superspe'cies ( + SPECIES), 

 a group of sub-species or new 

 species regarded as an entity. 



supervac'uus (Lat.), redundant. 



supervolute', superrolu'tus, rolled 

 over, when applied to plants, the 

 same as CONVOLUTE ; supervolu'tive, 

 supervoluti' vuSy convolute aestiva- 

 tion. 



supine', supi'nus (Lat., lying on the 



back), prostrate, with face turned 

 upward. 



Supporting (supporto, I carry or 

 bring up) Plant, a plant upon or 

 in which another grows ; a host 

 plant (Crozier). 



Suppres'sion (suppressio, a keeping 

 back), complete abortion. 



supra = above, in compounds from 

 Latin ; supra-axillary ( + AXIL- 

 LARY), growing above an axil ; sup- 

 racom'posite, supracompos'itus, sup- 

 radecompos'itus (compositus, com- 

 posed), excessively subdivided ; 

 suprafolia'ceous, -ceus ( + FOLIA- 

 CEoUs), inserted above the petiole, 

 growing above a leaf ; suprafo'lius 

 (folium, a leaf), growing on a leaf ; 

 supraterra'neous, used by Spruce 

 as the opposite of subterraneous, 

 as ~ Perianth ;cf. Spruce, Cephalozia, 

 p. 92. 



supreme' (supremus, highest), as the 

 top or highest point. 



surculig'erous, -rns (surculus, a young 

 branch, gero, I bear), bearing 

 suckers ; sur'culose, surculo'sus, 

 producing suckers ; Sur'culus, (1) a 

 sucker, a shoot rising from an 

 underground base, as from the 

 root ; (2) the leafy stem of Bryo- 

 phytes and Lycopods (Bischoff ) ; 

 Sur'culum is used by J. Smith for 

 the rhizome of a Fern. 



surcur'rent (Fr., sur = upon, + cur- 

 rent = running), having winged 

 expansions from the base of the 

 leaf prolonged up the stem. 



Sur'face-yeast, the same as HIGH- 

 YEAST. 



Sur'foyl, Grew's word for outer scales. 



sur'sum (Lat., upwards), directed 

 upward and forward ; ~ hamulo'- 

 sus, bordered with hooks pointing 

 to the apex. 



suspend'ed, suspen'sus (Lat. , hung up), 

 hanging directly downward, or 

 from the apex of a cell ; Suspen'sor 

 (1) of the embryo, a thread of 

 cells at the extremity of a developed 

 embryo ; (2) the cell which supports 

 the conjugating cell in Mucorini. 



su'tural, sutura'lis (sutura, a seam), 



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