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GLOSSARY OF SPECIAL TERMS. 



Stoloniferous. Producing or bearing 

 stolons. 



Stoma (Stomata). The transpiring 

 orifices in the epidermis of plants. 



Strict. Straight and erect. 



Strigose. With appressed or ascend- 

 ing stiff hairs. 



Stroma. 



Strophiole. An appendage to a seed 

 at the hilum. 



Strophiolate. With a strophiole. 



Style. The narrow top of the ovary. 



Stylopodium. The expanded base of 

 a style. 



Subacute. Somewhat acute. 



Subcordate. Somewhat heart-shaped. 



Sub coriaceous. Approaching leathery 

 in texture. 



Subfalcate. Somewhat scythe-shaped. 



Subligneous. Somewhat woody in tex- 

 ture. 



Subsessile. Nearly sessile. 



Substratum. The substance on which 

 a plant grows. 



Subterete. Nearly terete. 



Subulate. Awl-shaped. 



Subversatile. Partly or imperfectly 

 versatile. 



Succulent. Soft and juicy. 



Suffrutescent. Almost or somewhat 

 shrubby. 



Sulcate. Grooved longitudinally. 



Superior. Applied to the ovary when 

 free from the calyx ; or to a calyx 

 adnate to an ovary. 



Suture. A line of splitting or open- 

 ing. 



Symmetrical. Applied to a flower 

 with its parts of equal numbers. 



Syncarp. A fleshy multiple or aggre- 

 gate fruit. 



Tendril. A slender coiling attachment 

 organ. 



Terete. Circular in cross section ; 

 cylindric. 



Ternate. Divided into three seg- 

 ments, or arranged in threes. 



Tetradynamous. With four long sta- 

 mens and two shorter ones. 



Tetrasporangium. A sporangium con- 

 taining four spores. 



Tetraspore. A spore formed by the 

 division of the mother-cell into four 

 parts. 



Tetrastichous. Arranged in four 

 ranks. 



Thalline. Pertaining to a thallus. 



Thallus. A plant body, usually flat, 

 showing no differentiation into 

 stem, leaves, and true roots. 



Thyrsoid. Like a thyrsus. 



Thyrsus. A compact panicle. 



Tomentose. Covered with tomentum. 



Tomentulose. Diminutive of tomen- 

 tose. 



Tomentum. Dense matted wool-like 

 hairs. 



Torsion. Twisting of an organ. 



Tortuous. Twisted or bent. 



Tracheae. The canals or ducts in 

 woody tissue. 



Tracheids. Wood-cells. 



Triandrous. With three stamens. 



Tricarpous. Composed of three car- 

 pels. 



Trlchogyne. The special receptive or- 

 gan of a procarp. 



Trimorphous. Flowers with stamens 

 of three different lengths or kinds ; 

 in three forms. 



Triquetrous. Three-sided, the sides 

 channeled. 



Truncate. Terminated by a nearly 

 straight edge or surface. 



Tuber. A thick short underground 

 branch or part of a branch. 



Tubercle. The persistent base of the 

 style in some Cyperaceae; a small 

 tuber. 



Tuberculate. With rounded projec- 

 tions. 



Turbinate. Top-shaped. 



Uliginous. Inhabiting mud. 



Umbel. A determinate, usually con- 

 vex flower-cluster, with all the 

 pedicels arising from the same 

 point. 



Umbellate. Borne in umbels ; resem- 

 bling an umbel. 



Umbellet. A secondary umbel. 



Umbelloid. Similar to an umbel. 



Uncinate. Hooked, or in form like a 

 hook. 



Undulate. With wavy margins. 



Unilocular. Having one cell or com- 

 partment. 



Urceolate. Urn-shaped. 



Utricle. A bladder-like organ ; a one- 

 seeded fruit with a loose pericarp; 

 the sac-like end of one of the cor- 

 tex-forming filaments of certain 

 Algae. 



Valvate. Meeting by the margins in 

 the bud, not overlapping; dehis- 

 cent by valves. 



