GLOSSARY. 



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Si/iiamella, Squdmula. Diminutive 

 squama; scales of secondary order 

 or reduced size. 



Si/iiii/iii/'uriii (-iii-mta). Scale-like. 



Squnmulose (-osus). Covered or beset 

 with minute scales. 



Squarrose (-osus). Literally rough- 

 scurfy; applied to bodies rough with 

 spreading and projecting processes, 

 such as tips of bracts, &c. 



Squarrulose (-osus). Diminutively squar- 

 rose. 



Stni-lii/K. Greek for spike. 



Stalk. Any kind of lengthened support 

 on which an organ is elevated. 



Stamen. One of the elements or phylla 

 of the andrcecium ; 105. 



Stamineiil, Stamineaus (-&us). Relating 

 to the stamens ; 191. 



Staminiferous (-us). Stamen-bearing. 



StaminotHum. A sterile stamen, or 

 what answers to a stamen, whatever 

 its form, without anther. 



Staminody. Name for the metamor- 

 phosis of other floral organs into 

 stamens ; 174. 



Standard. The posterior petal of a 

 papilionaceous corolla; 184. 



Stuns. Supporting itself in an erect 

 position. 



Station. Particular place as to soil, ex- 

 posure, &c. , which a plant affects ; 

 366. 



Stellate (-atus). Star-shaped, arranged 

 like the rays or points of a star. 



Stellulate (-atus) or Stellular. Dimin- 

 utive of Stellate. 



Stem. The main ascending axis of a 

 plant; 45. 



Stemless. See Acaulescent ; with no leaf- 

 bearing stem above ground; 45. 



Stemlet. Diminutive stem ; as that of 

 the plumule. 



S/CHOA-. Greek for narrow ; hence 



N/r inijiliijllus. Narrow-leaved, &c. 



S/i rii/nia. Any foliaceous prolongation of 

 the blade of a leaf down on the stem 

 by decurrence. 



Steriymitm. Name of Desvaux for the 

 Dieresilis of Mirbel. 



Sterile (-///.-.). Barren, as a blossom 

 destitute nt pistil, 191; a stamen 

 without anther, or an anther without 

 pollen; an ovary, without good ovules, 

 seeds without embryo, &c. In com- 

 mon English use, a male or staminate 

 flower is said to be a sterile flower. 



Stichus. Greek for row or rank, usually 

 meaning vertical rank ; hence such 



compounds as Distichous, two-ranked ; 

 J'/i.-<i!c/i(>ii.<. three-ranked, &c. 



Stiyma, pi. stiymata. That part or sur- 

 face of a pistil (usually on or a part of 

 the style, or in place of it) which re- 

 ceives the pollen for the fecundation 

 of the ovules ; 166. 



Stly inn tic (-icus), Stiymntose (-osus). 

 Relating to stigma. 



Stigmatiferous. Stigma-bearing. 



Stings. Stinging hairs, seated on a 

 gland which secretes an acrid liquid, 

 as in Nettles. 



Stipe (Stipes). A stalk of various sorts; 

 the support of the cap of a mush- 

 room ; the leafstalk of a Fern ; any 

 stalk-like support of a gyncccium or 

 a carpel; 212. 



Stipel (Stipellum). An appendage to a 

 leaflet analogous to the stipule of a 

 leaf; 106. 



Stipulate (-atus). Provided with stipels; 

 L06. 



Stipitate (-atus). Having a stipe or 

 special stalk. 



StipitiJ'nrm (-ormis). Shaped like a stipe; 

 stalk-like. 



Stipulaceous (-eus), Stipular (-aris). 

 Belonging to stipules. 



Stipulate. Possessing stipules. 



Stipules. Appendages or adjuncts of a 

 leaf one on each side of the insertion ; 

 85, 105. 



Stirps, pi. stirpes. A race. 



Stock. Synonym of Race ; also the 

 portion of a stem to which a graft is 

 applied; a caudex, rhizoma, or root- 

 like base of a stem from which roots 

 proceed; 51. 



Stole, Stolon (Stolo). A sucker, runner, 

 or any basal branch which is disposed 

 to root ; 53. 



Stolontferous (-us). Sending of or propa- 

 gating by stolons, runners, &e. 



Stomn, pi. stdmata, Stomate. One of 

 the apertures in the epidermis of folia- 

 ceous parts, through which cavities 

 within communicate with the external 

 air; 89. 



Stomatiferous (-us). Bearing stomata 

 or "breathing pores." 



Stone. The hard endocarp of a drupe. 



Stone-fruit. A Drupe, such as a peach 

 or plum; 297. 



Stool. The plant from which layers are 

 propagated, by bending down to the 

 ground to be rooted. 



Stramineous (-eus). Straw-like or straw- 

 colored. 



