saperior 



Swang 



inserted below it, on the torus ; cf. 



HALF-SUPERIOR. 



Bupema'tant {supernatans, swimming 

 above), floating on the surface. 



supernu'merary {super nuynerarius, 

 over and above), additional ; '-- 

 Bads, are either adventitious '-, 



or POSTVENTITIOUS '-' . 



Superpar'asite (super,' above, + 

 Parasite), a parasite of a parasite ; 

 Bu'per-plant, a plant which grows 

 upon another, either as an epiphyte 

 or parasite. 



superpo'sed, superpos'itvs (Lat., placed 

 over), vertically over some other 

 part ; Superposit'ion, placed ver- 

 tically, or in parts of the flower, 

 opposite. 



Buperspe'cies (aa^jscr, above, -f- Species), 

 a group of sub-species or new species 

 regarded as an entity; Supertubera'- 

 tion (+ Tuber), the production of 

 secondary tubers upon the normal 

 primary tubers. 



■upervac'uus (Lat.), redundant. 



supervolute', superrolu'tu«, rolled 

 over, when applied to plants, the 

 same as convolute ; supervolu'tive, 

 supervoluti'vus, convolute aestiva- 

 tion. 



supine', supi'nus (Lat., lying on the 

 back), prostrate, with face turned 

 upward. 



suppor'ting [supporto, I carry or bring 

 up) Fi'bres, in nuclear division those 

 fibres which run from pole to pole of 

 the spindle ; -^ Plant, a plant iipon 

 or in which another grows ; a host 

 plant (Crozier). 



Suppres'sion (suppressio, a keeping 

 back), complete abortion. 



Bu'pra = above, in compounds from 

 Latin ; su'pra-axil'lary (-f axil- 

 lary), growing above an axil ; 

 supracomp'osite, supracompos'itus, 

 supra decompos'itus {compositus, com- 

 posed), excessively subdivided ; 

 sapracnta'neous {cutis, skin), above 

 the epidermis ; suprano'dal ( + 

 nodal), above a node ; suprafolia'- 

 ceous, -c<?ws(-4-foliackous), inserted 

 above the petiole, growing above a 

 leaf ; suprafo'lius {folium, a leaf), 



growing on a leaf; su'pra-litt'oral 

 {litoralis, pertaining to the seashore), 

 a coast region above high-water 

 mark (Warming) ; supraterra'neous 

 (+ terraneus), used by Spruce as 

 the opposite of subterraneous, as 

 '-' Perianth; cf. Spruce, Cephalozia, 

 p. 92. 



supreme' {supremiis, highest), as the 

 top or highest point. 



surculig'erous, -rics {surculus, a young 

 branch; gem, I bear), bearing 

 suckers ; sur'culose, surculo'sus, 

 producing suckers ; Sur'culus, (1) 

 a sucker, a shoot rising from an 

 underground base, as from the root ; 

 (2) the leafy stem of Bryophytes 

 and Lycopods (Bischoff") ; Sur'culum 

 is used by J. Smith for the rhizome 

 of a Fern. 



surcur'rent (Fr., sur = upon, -f cur- 

 rent = running), having winged 

 expansions from the base of the 

 leaf prolonged up the stem. 



Sur'face-yeast, the same as High- 

 yeast. 



Sur'foyl, Grew's word for outer scales. 



sur'sum (Lat., upwards), directed up- 

 ward and forward ; '-' hamulo'sus, 

 bordered with hooks pointing to the 

 apex. 



survi'val (Fr., survivre, to outlive) 

 Char'acters, those which do not 

 become merged or lost in transmission 

 (Lotsy). 



suspend'ed, suspen'stts (Lat., hung up), 

 hanging directly downward, or from 

 the apex of a cell; Suspen'sor (1) of 

 the embryo, a thread of cells at the 

 extremity of a developed embryo ; 

 (2) the cell which supports the con- 

 jugating cell in Mucorini ; pri'mary 

 <-, the whole of the row of cells 

 preceding the actual embryological 

 divisions. 



su'taral, s^ttura'lis {sutura, a seam), 

 relating to a suture ; Su'ture, (1) a 

 junction or seam of union ; (2) a line 

 of opening or dehiscence ; sutura'riui, 

 possessing a suture. 



Swanff, local Yorkshire term for- moor- 

 land bogs, particularly those in 

 hollows. 



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