HORTUS JAMAICENSIS. 



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ed. They are otherwise called Vertkil- 

 lata ; and come out regularly in sets one 

 above another A stellate bristle. When 

 a little star of smaller hairs is affixed to 

 the end. 



Stelldtce. The name of the forty-fourth 

 order in Linneus's Fragments, in Philos. 

 Bot. and the forty-seventh in his Natu- 

 ral Orders, at the end of Gen. Pi The 

 name of a class also in Ray's and Her- 

 man's Methods. 



Stem-clasping. Appliedto a leaf, when the 

 base surrounds the stem. 



Stigma. The top of the pistil, pubescent 

 and moist, in order to detain and burst 

 the pollen or prolific powder. 



Stipes. The base of a frond ; or, a species 

 of stem passing into leaves, or, not dis- 

 tinct from the leaf. 



Stipula A stipula or stipule. A scale 

 at the base of the nascent petioles, or 

 peduncles. 



Striatus. Striated or streaked. 



STRICTUS. Stiff and straight. 



Sttictissimus. Very stiff and straight. 



Strtga. Stiffish, flatfish bristles. 



Strigosus. Set with stiff lanceolate bristles. 



Strobilus A strobile A pericarp formed 

 from an ament by the - hardening of the 

 scales. 



Stylus. Tire style. The middle portion 

 of the pistil, connecting the stigma with 

 the germ. 



Subacuuiis. Almost without stem. 



Subaquuls. Nearly equal. 



Subavipli xicaulis. Slightly embracing the 

 stem. 



Snbcordtitus. Subccrdate. Somewhat 

 heart-shaped. 



Subeiosits. As if a little eaten orgnawn, 



Subexcedens A very little longer. 



Sublanutus. Somewhat woolly. 



Subnudus. Almos^ naked. 



Su urbkuht/us Almost orbrculate. 



Sttiovatus. >ubovute. Almost or nearly 

 ovate 



Stittoetiolatus. Scarcely petioled, or with 

 a very short petiole. 



Sitlrairtosus. Having only a chance branch. 

 or two. 



Subrepcindus. Somewhat tepand. 



Siibsessil'S. Subsessile, or almost sessile. 



Subtrifidus. Slightly tnfid. 



Subiiniflrrus. Having one or two flowers 

 only, or most commonly one one or 

 thereabouts. 



SiJBEtfOSUS. Corky, like cork. 



Subulatus. Subulate, or awl-shaped. 



Succulents (sucais, juice). The name 

 of the forty-sixth order in Linneus's 

 Fragments, and of the thirteenth in his 

 ' Natural Orders 



Succulentum. Succulent. 



Suffrutex. An undershrub. 



St'FFRUTiCOS'JS. Suffruticose. Under- 

 shrubby. 



Sulcata. Furrowed, grooved, or fluted. 

 Scored with deep broad channels longi- 

 tudinally. 



Superfi.ua Polygamic Superfluous po- 

 lygamy. The name of the second order 

 in the class Syngenesia,' wherein the flo- 

 rets of the disk are hermaphrodite and 

 fertile ; and the florets of the ray, though 

 female only, are also fertile. 



Supra-decompositum. A superdecom- 

 poand leaf. 



Supra-foliaceous. A peduncle or flower 

 inserted into the stem above the leaf, or 

 petiole, or axil. 



Surcui.us. A little branch or twig. 



Syngenesia. The name of the nineteenth 

 class in Linneus's Artificial System. 

 'Comprehending those plants -which have 

 the anthers united into a cylinder. 



Tail A process or thread, terminating a 

 seed, and facilitating its propagation. 



Tenpril or Clasper. One ol the fulcres. 

 A fi iform spiral band, by which a plant 

 is fastened to another body^ orbv which 

 a weak plant supports iisel! on ethers. 



Tenuis is put both -for Slender ai.d / kin. 



Tere^. Without angles. It may often be 

 safely expressed in English by Bound. 



Teretiusculus. Almost or inclining to co- 

 lumnar. 



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Tergeminum 



