330 GLOSSARY. 



Style. The part of the pistil which is between the germ and 

 stigma. 



Sub. A particle prefixed to various terms, to imply the exist- 

 ence of a quality in a diminutive or inferior degree, as 



Subacute. Somewhat acute. Less than acute, &.c. 



Subsessiie. JNearly sessile. 



Subsermle. Slightly serrate, &.c. 



Subulate. Awl shaped. Narrow, stiff and sharp pointed. 



Succulent. Juicy. 



Sucker. A shoot from the root, or lower part of the stem. 



Suffrulicose. Somewhat shrubby. Shrubby at base. 



Sulcate. Furrowed. 



Supradecompound. More than decompound. Many times sub- 

 divided. 



Suture. The line or scam formed by the junction of two 

 valves of a seed vessel. 



T 



Tendril. A filiform appendage of certain vines, which supports 



them by (wining round other objects. 

 Tert-ie. Round, cylindrical. 

 Terminal. Extreme, situated at the end. 

 Ternale. Three together ; as the leaves of common Clover, 



Kidney-beans, &tc. 

 Tetrad unamous. Having four long and two short stamens. 

 Tetrandrous. Having four stamens. 

 Thorn. See Spine. 



Throat. The passage into the tube of a corolla. 

 Thyrse. A close, compact panicle. 



Tomentose. Downy. Covered with fine matted pubescence. 

 Trifid Three cleft. 



Trifoliate. Three leaved. See Ternale. 

 Trilobate. Three lobed. 

 Trilocular. Three celled. 

 Tripartite. Three parted. 

 Trivial name The specific name. 

 Truncate. Having a square termination as if cut off; as the 



leaves of Liriodendron tulipifera, or Tulip tree. 

 Tuber. A solid, fleshy knob. 

 Tuberous. Thick and fleshy, conlaining tubers; as the roots of 



the Potatoe, Pasony, kc. 

 Tubular. Shaped like a tube. In a compound flower, the 



florets which are not ligulale, are called tubular. 

 Tunicated. Coated with concentric layers ; as the Onion. 

 Turbinate. Shaped like a top or pear. 



V 



Valves- The segments or parts of a seed vessel, into which it 

 finally separates. Also the leaves which make up a glume 

 or snathe. 



