636 SYNNEMA 



Synnema Benth. (Cardanthera EP.). Acanthaceae (iv. A). 12 palaeo- 



trop. 



Synnotia Sweet. Iridaceae (in). 38. and trop. Afr. 

 Synoum A. Jnss. Meliaceae (in), 2 Austr. 



Synsepalum Baill. (Sideroxylon p.p.)- Sapotaceae (i). i W. trop. Afr. 

 Synsiphon Regel (Colchiaim p.p. BH.). Liliaceae (i). i C. As. 

 Syntherisma Walt. (Panicum p.p.). Gramineae (5). 15 N. Am. 

 Synthlipsis A. Gray. Cruciferae (3). 2 Mexico, Texas. 

 Synthyris Benth. in DC. Scrophufariaceae (in. i). 8 Mts., W. N.Am. 

 Syntriandrum Engl. Menispermaceae. 3 W. trop. Afr. 

 Syntrichopappus A. Gray. Compositae (6). 2 S.W. U.S. 

 Syrenia Andrz. ex DC. (Erysimum p.p. EP.). Crucif. (4). 4 N. As., 



E. Eur. 

 Syrenopsis Jaub. et Spach (Iberidella BH.). Cruciferae (4). i E. 



Medit. 

 Syringa L. Oleaceae. 10 Eur., As. S. vulgaris L. is the lilac, cult. 



in Brit. Serial accessory buds in axils. Well-marked false dichotomy ; 



the term, bud usu. fails to develop each spring and the two nearest 



lat. buds continue the growth. Winter buds scaly; the scales secrete 



a gummy substance as the bud elongates. Fls. in panicles, each branch 



with a term. fl. Seeds flat, slightly winged. 

 Syringa Tourn. ex Adans. = Philadelphia Riv. (Saxifr.). 

 Syringodea D. Don = Erica Tourn. p.p. (Eric.). 

 Syringodea Hook. f. Iridaceae (i). 3 Cape Colony. 

 Syrrhonema Miers. Menispermaceae. 2 W. trop. Afr. 

 Syrtidium (Cl.), a dry sandbar formation. 

 Systematic Botany, the study of the relationships of plants. 

 Systemonodaphne Mez (Goepperlia p.p.). Lauraceae (n). i Guiana. 

 Syzygium Gaertn. (Eugenia p.p. BH.). Myrtaceae (i). 140 palaeo- 



trop. 



Szechenyia Kanitz (Lloydia p.p. EP.). Liliaceae (v). i China. 

 Szovitsia Fisch. et Mey. Umbelliferae (in. 5). 2 W. As. 

 Tabascina Baill. Acanthaceae (iv. B). i Mexico. 

 Tabashir, cf. Bamboos. 



Tabebuia Gomez. Bignoniaceae (2). 10 trop. Am., W.I. 

 Taberna Miers (Tabernaemontana p.p.)- Apocyn. (i. 3). 7 W.I., 



S. Am. 



Tabernaemontana Plum, ex L. Apocynaceae (i. 3). 50 trop. Am. 

 Tabernanthe Baill. Apocynaceae (i. 3). 6 W. trop. Afr. 

 Tabescent, wasting, shrivelling. 

 Tabraca Nor. Anonaceae. Nomen. 

 Tabular, flattened horizontally. 

 TacamaLac, Calop/tylluin, Popuhts. 

 Tacazzea Decne. Asclepiadaceae (i). 10 trop. Afr. 

 Tacca Forst. Taccaceae. 15 trop. Creeping tuberous rhiz. bearing 



large branched 1. on long stalks, and cymose umbels of fls. on scapes. 



P3 + 3, reg. ; A 3 + 3; 0(3), i-loc. with parietal plac. and oo anatr. 



ov. Style short, with 3 branches petaloid above, each 2-lobed with the 



stigmas on under sides. Berry. East Indian arrowroot is made from 



the rhiz. of T. pinnatifida Forst. and other sp. 

 Taccaceae (EP., BH.). Monocots. (Liliiflorae ; Epigynae BH.). 2 



