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upper side only) and exposing only the woody lower surface. The awn 

 of the fr. is long, ending in a long feather, and hygroscopic, curling 

 up when dry and uncurling when damp. The fr. is thin and sharply 

 pointed, with backward-pointing hairs on the tip. As in Erodium, 

 the awn when damped uncurls, and, if the point of the fr. be on the 

 soil and the feather be entangled with other objects, drives the fr. into 

 the soil. When the air dries the feather is drawn down, not the fr. 

 up. <$". tenacissima L. (N. Afr.) is the esparto grass, from which paper 

 is extensively made. 



Stipe, a stalk or leafstalk ; -itate, on a special stalk. 



Stipecoma Muell. -Arg. Apocynaceae (it. i). i C. Brazil. 



Stipel, a stipule of a leaflet. 



Stiptanthus Briquet (Anisochilus p.p.). Labiatae (YII). i N. India. 



Stipularia Beauv. Rubiaceae (i. 7). 3 W. trop. Afr. 



Stipularia Delpino {Thalictrum p. p.). Ranunculaceae (3). i Himal. 



Stipule, an outgrowth of the base of the 1. (q.v.}, usu. small, green, leafy ; 

 large, assimilating, in Azara, Lathyrus Aphaca, many Rubiactac (esp. 

 II. u], Viola; scaly, aiding in bud protection (q.v.) in Artocarpus, 

 Alagnolia, &c.; repres. by hairs in Anacampseros, &c. ; by tendrils in 

 Smilax; by thorns in Acacia, Afachaeritim, Palittrus; stipulate, with 

 slips.; inter- and intra-petiolar, cf. Rubiaceae. 



Stipulicida (Rich.) Michx. Caryophyllaceae (i. 3). i S.E. N.Am. 



Stirlingia Endl. (Simsia R. Br.). Proteaceae (i). 5 Austr. 



Stironeurum Radlk. ex Willd. et Dur. Sapotaceae^i)- i trop. Afr. 



Stitchwort, Stellaria. 



Stixis Lour. (Roydsia p.p. BH.}. Capparidaceae (m). 6 S.E. As. 



Stizolooium P. Br. = Mucuna Adans. p.p. (Legum.). 



Stizophyllum Miers (Bignonia p.p. BH.). Bignoniaceae (i). 10 Braz 



Stobaea Thunb. ^Berkheya Ehrh. (Comp.). 



Stock, Matthiola incana R. Br.; Virginian-, Hesperis. 



Stocksia Benth. Sapindaceae (n). i Beluchistan. 



Stoebe L. Compositae (4). 20 Bourbon, Madag. , S. Afr. 



Stokesia L'Herit. Compositae (i). i S.E. U.S. 



Stolidia Baill. Olacaceae. i Mauritius. 



Stollaea Schlechter. Cunoniaceae. i New Guinea. 



Stolon, a runner, Pistia. 



Stolzia Schlechter. Orchiclaceae (n. 9). i Nyassaland. 



Stoma, a breathing pore. 



Stomatostemma N. E. Br. (Crypiolepis p.p. EP.}. Asclepiadaceae (i). 

 i trop. Afr. 



Stonecrop, Sedum ; - pine, Finns Pinea L. 



Stool, a pi. from which offsets may be taken, or with several stems arising 

 together. 



Stopper (Am.), Eugenia. 



Storage of reserves in pi. may take place in any part, most often below 

 ground, often in the stem in trees or shrubs, and always in the seed ; 

 cf. Edible products. 



Storax, Liquidambar, Styrax. 



Storckiella Seem. Leguminosae (n. 5). 2 Fiji, New Caled. 



Stork's bill, Erodium. 



Stormia Sp. Moore (Hexalobus p.p.). Anonaceae (i). i S.W. Brazil. 



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