GLOSSARY. 397 



Spathulate, rounded and broad at tlie end, and becoming narrow 



like a spatula. 

 Spinous, armed with spines. 

 Squamose, scaly. 



Stellate, consisting of star-like figures. 

 Striated, marked witli fine lines. 

 Suh, in composition signifies approacliing to. 

 Subulate, awl-shaped. 

 Sulcate, furrowed. 



Tentacula, feelers. 



Terminal, forming the extremity. 



Tessellated, chequered like a chess-board. 



Transverse, crossing each other when the longitudinal line is cut 



through at right angles. 

 Truncated, cut across, terminating abruptly. 

 Tubercle, a little pimple-Hke knob. 

 Tubular, in the shape of a tube, hollow and cylindrical. 

 Tfpe, a general form, such as is common to the species of a genus. 



Uncinated, set or covered with bent spines like hooks. 

 JJndulaied, having a waved surface. 

 Unilateral, existing on one side only. - 

 Urceolate, swelling in the middle like a pitcher. 



Variolous, resembling small-pox. 



Vascular, pertaining to the vessels of animal bodies. 



