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Slig'ma. The summit, or top of the pistil 



Stipe. The stem of a fern, or fungus ; also the stem of the down of 

 seeds, as in the dandelion. 



Stip'itate. Supported by a stipe. 



Sti'pule. A leafy appendage, situated at the base of petioles, or leaves. 



Stoloniferous. Putting forth scions, or running roots. 



Stramin'cous. Straw-like, straw coloured. 



Strap-form. Ligulate. 



Stratum. A layer, plural strata. 



Siriate. Marked with fine parallel lines. 



St rictus. Stiff and straight, erect. 



Strigose. Armed with close thick bristles. 



Strob'ilum. A conCj an ament with woody scales. 



Style. That part of the pistil which is between the stigma and the germ, 



SiyVides. Plants with a very long style. 



Sua'vis. Sweet, agreeable. 



Sub. Used as a diminutive, prefixed to different terms to imply the ex- 

 istence of a quality in an inferior degree ; in English, may be ren- 

 dered by somewhat: it also signifies under. 



Subcro'se. Corky. 



Submersed. Growing under water. 



Subterraneous. Growing and flowering under ground. 



Subtiis. Beneath. 



Sub' acute. Somewhat acute. 



Sub' sessile. Almost sessile. 



Sub'ulatc. Awl-shaped, narrow and sharp pointed. See Awl-form. 



Sur/culent. Juicy ; it is also applied to a pulpy leaf, whether juicy or 

 not. 



Suc'cus. Sap. 



Sucker. A shoot from the root, by which the plant may oe propagated. 



Suffru'ticose. Somewhat shrubby ; shrubby at the base ; an under shrub. 



Sul'cate. Furrowed, marked with deep lines. 



Super. Above. 



Supradccompound. More than decompound ; many times sub-dividea. 



Superior. A calyx or corolla is superior, when it proceeds from the 

 upper part of the germ. 



Supi'nus. Face upwards. See Resupinatus. 



Suture. The line or seam formed by the junction of two valves of a 

 seed vessel. 



Sylvestris. Growing in woods. 



Syncarpe, (from sun, with, and karpos, fruit.) A union of fruits. 



Syrtgenesious. Anthers growing together, forming a tube ; such plant? 

 as constitute the class Sygenesia, being also compound flowers. 



Synonyms. Synonymous, different names for the same plant. 



Synopsis. A condensed view of a subject, or science. 



T. 



Taxonomy, (from taxis, order, and nomus, law.) Method of classifica- 

 tion. 



Tcgens. Covering. 

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