GLOSSARY 137: 
SupeRiN.—A fatty cell wall constituent serving to water-proof the wall. 
Susert’zED (Corky).—Applied to a cell wall infiltrated with suberin. 
SuBTERRA’NEAN.—Beneath the surface of the soil. 
Su’BULATE.—Narrow and tapering to an acute end. 
Suc’cULENT.—Soft and juicy or fleshy. 
Suc’KER.—A shoot from the root or lower part of the stem or underground stem. 
SurrRru’tTICosE.—Applied to stems or plants that are woody at their base and 
herbaceous above. 
SuL’cATE.—Having longitudinal grooves. 
Supe’RIoR.—Said of an ovary that is not adherent to and above the calyx; also 
applied to a calyx which is situated on the upgrown receptacle above the 
ovary or to a tubular calyx whose limb appears to spring from the top of the 
ovary. 
SuspEN’sor.—A row of cells, representing the first development of the fertilized 
egg of a seed plant, upon the end of which an embryo is formed. 
Su’rurE.—The line of union of two carpels. The line of dehiscence. 
Swarm Spore.—A spore which possesses one or more cilia for movement. 
Sycon’1uM.—The characteristic multiple fruit of the Fig, which consists of a fleshy, 
invaginated receptacle bearing numerous akenes. 
Syaro’sts.—The living together of two individuals having a communion of life 
interests. 
SYMMET’RICAL.—Said of flowers when the parts of each whorl are of the same num- 
ber or multiples of the same number. 
SympET’ALous.—See Gamopetalous. 
Sym’puysis.—A union of parts. 
SynApsis.—The union in pairs of homologous chromosomes, respectively of 
maternal and paternal origin, to form bivalents. 
SyncAr’pous.—Said of fruits and gyncecia when they are formed of two or more 
united carpels. — 
Syner‘cips.—Two nuclei in 
nucleus. 
SyNGENE’sIous.—Said of stamens when their anthers are united. 
Syn’onym.—Another name for the same thing. 
SynpHyLL’ous.—Applied to sepals or petals which are united by their margins. 
SynsEp’ALous.—See Gamosepalous. 
the upper region of the embryo sac above the egg 
TAp’ULAR.—Flattened from above downward. 
TANGENT’IAL.—Applied to cell walls more or less parallel to a tangential plane of 
the plant organ. The walls which are at right angles with the radial walls. 
Tapr’rum.—A layer of cells lining the cavity of an anther sac. 
TAp-Root.—TLhe main root coursing directly downward. 
Taxon’omy.—The science of classification. 
Trc’meNn.—The inner seed coat. 
TeLEeu’TOsPORE.—A spore produced by the Rusts toward the close of the season 
which forms a promycelium the next year. 
Ten’prit.—A modified stem, stipule, leaf, or leaflet which has taken on the form 
of a slender appendage that is capable of coiling spirally around some object. 
Trerato.’ocy.—The study of monstrosities. 
Trrete’.—More or less cylindrical. 
