sting 



Stomium 



which secretes an acid lymph, as in 

 nettles. 



Sting 'ing- hair = Sting. 



Stink'ing-smut, of Avheat, is Tilletia 

 Tritici (Winter). 



sti'pate {stipatus, surrounded), pressed 

 together, crowded ; Stipa'tion, an ac- 

 cumulation in the tissues or cavities. 



Stipe, Sti'pes (Lat., a stock or tnmk), 

 a support such as (1) the stalk which 

 bears the pileus of Agarics ; (2) the 

 "leafstalk" of a Fern ; (3) the sup- 

 port of a gynaecium or carpel. 



Stip'el, suggested by F. v. Mueller for 

 Stipella. 



Stipel'la, Stiperium (dim. of Stipula), 

 a minute stipule on a partial petiole 

 of compound leaves; stiperiate.s^ipeZ- 

 la'tus, furnished with Stipellae. 



StipelluB {dim. of Stipes), a synonym 

 of the Filament of an anther. 



stipif'erus % {stipes, a stock; fero, I 

 bear), bearing small flower-stalks, 

 as the receptacle of some Compos- 

 ites ; sti'piform, stipiform'is {forma, 

 shape), having the appearance of 

 the trunk of an endogenous tree, as 

 the Papaw; stip'itate, stipita'tiLs, 

 hia,vinga stipe or special stalk ; stip'- 

 itiform, stipitifonn' is. = stipiform. 



stip'ticus = STYPTicus, astringent. 



gtipula'ceous, -ecus (Stipula+aceus), 

 (1) belonging to a stipule ; (2) with 

 large stipules ; stip'ular, having 

 stipules, or relating to them; 

 stip'ulary, (1) occupying the place 

 of stipules, as some tendrils ; (2) 

 formed of stipules (Crozier). 



stip'ulate, stipula' tus, stipular'is, (1) 

 having stipules, or cons}>icuously 

 provided with them ; (2) with scales 

 which are degenerate stipules ; 

 Btip'ulaeform, stip'ulifonn {forma, 

 shape), shaped as though a stipule ; 

 Stipula'tion, Stipula'tio, the arrange- 

 ment of the stipules; Stip'ule, 

 Slip'ula (Lat., stubble), an a}>pend- 

 age of a leaf on each side of the 

 leaf-insertion of those plants which 

 possess them; stipulea'nus, result- 

 ing from the transformation of a 

 stipule; cf. Pseudo-ktipule; stip- 

 uliTerous, -rus {fero, I bear), bear- 



ing stipules; Stip'ulode, a stipular 

 organ of one cell, in one or more 

 rows subtending the branchlets in 

 Chara; stip'ulose, stipulo'sics, having 

 very large stipules. 



stirpalis | {stirps, a trunk, a plant), 

 growing upon a stem; Stirps, pi. 

 Stir'pes, (1) a race or permanent 

 variety, as the Red Cabbage; (2) 

 formerly equivalent to species; (3) 

 a stem (Kerner), as Stirps cirrho'sa, a 

 tendril-bearing stem ; '^ clath'rans, 

 a lattice-forming stem;'^fluctu'ans, 

 a floating stem ; '^ hnmifu'sa, a pro- 

 strate stem ; -^ palar'is, an erect, 

 unbranched stem; -^ plec'tens, a 

 weaving stem ; '-' radi'cans, a stem 

 which climbs by means of roots ; -^ 

 volu'bilis, a climbing stem. 



Stock, (1) a synonym of Race; (2) 

 the stem which receives the scion in 

 grafting; (3) a caudex or rhizome 

 which emits roots. 



Stole, Sto'lon, StoVo (Lat., a shoot), 

 a sucker, runner, or any basal 

 branch which is disposed to root ; 

 stolonif erous -rus {few, I bear), 

 sending out or propagating itself 

 by stolons; stolon^iform {forma, 

 shape) Stem, ' ' a slender creeping 

 stem with minute leaves" (Dixon 

 and Jameson). 



Stom'a, pi. Stom'ata {(n6^ia, a mouth) 

 or Sto'mate, (1) a breathing pore 

 or aperture in the epidermis, sur- 

 rounded by two guard-cells, leading 

 into an intercellular space com- 

 municating with internal tissue ; 

 according to Tschirch of four types ; 

 angiosper'mal '--, archego'nial, ^ 

 eiso'dial ~ , and opisthe'lial ~ ; (2) 

 the ostiole of certain Fungi, cf. 

 Epiphragma; sto'matal, stomat'ic, 

 pertaining to stomata; stomat'ic 

 Cells = GuARD-CKLLs ; '-' Cleft, an 

 actual stoma without the guard -eel Is; 

 stomatif'erous, -rus {fero, I bear), 

 bearing stomata ; Stomat'inm = 

 Stoma ; Stomat'ograph {ypitpu), I 

 write), an instnmient for measuring 

 stomatal variation ; stom'atose, in 

 Mosses, possessing stomata ; Stom'- 

 ium, an opening on the side of Fem- 



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