iternotribal 



StiBf 



aiTanged as to dust their pollen on 

 the under part of the thorax of 

 their insect visitors ; stern'otribe, 

 Btemotri'bous, are synonyms. 



Ster'om = Stekeome (Crozier). 



8ter'rhad((TT€ppos, nigged — ofcountries, 

 4-ad), a moor plant (Clements) ; 

 Sterrhi'um, a moor formation ; ster- 

 roph'ilus {(pi\fw, I love), moor- 

 loving ; Sterropby'ta {(pvrhv, a plant), 

 moor plants (Clements). 



Ste'somy {<TTi]<Tofiai, fut. med. of 

 'icrrrjiJLi, to stop), Morren's term for 

 an arrest of metamorphosis. 



Stich'id = Stichidium. 



Stichid'ium {anxi^iov, a little row or 

 rank), (1) in Rhodophyceae, a special 

 branch of the thallus with embedded 

 tetragonidia ; (2) = Carpoclonium. 



Bticbocar'puB, sticbocar'picus {arlxos, 

 a row ; Kupiros, fruit), when fruit is 

 disposed along a spiral line ; sticb'as, 

 in Greek compounds = row or rank, 

 usually vertical. 



stictopet'alus {(ttiktos, punctured ; 

 ittrdXov, a flower-leaf), when petals 

 are covered with glandular points. 



Stig'ma, pi. Stig'mata, or Stig'mas 

 {ffriyna, a point), (1) that part of 

 the pistil or style which receives the 

 pollen ; (2) a point on the spores of 

 Equisetum ; (3) a caducous point on 

 the apex of the columella in Mosses; 

 (4) an old name for Sterigma; (5) 

 a coloured spot in unicellular Algae ; 

 ~ Disk, a disk forming the stigmatic 

 surface as in Asclepiads ; '- of Mosses 

 (Hook. Muse. ed. 2), the mouth of 

 the archegonium. 



stigmar'ian, resembling Stigmaria iu 

 structiu-e or affinities ; Stigm'aria, 

 roots of fossil plants having regular 

 dotted or pitted markings ; Stig'ma- 

 rhize {(>tO^, a root), a form of Stig- 

 maria, regarded by Renault as a 

 root; Stigmarhi'zoine (+ Rhizome), 

 Renault's term for a form of Stig- 

 7/iaria which he considered a rhizome. 



Btig'matae {(rriyna, a point), Van 

 Tieghem's term for Phanerogams 

 having stigmata ; Stigmataste'mon t 

 {(TT'hfiwv, a filament), a body formea 

 by the union of anthers to the 



stigma (De Candolle) ; stigmatlo, 

 stigmat'icus, relating to the stigma ; 

 r^ Cells, of archegonia, = Lid- 

 cells; r^ Cham'ber, that part of 

 the rostellum in Orchids in which the 

 retinaculum is developed ; -^ Flu'id, 

 '-' Secre'tion, the viscid fluid secreted 

 by the stigma at maturity, securing 

 the adhesion of pollen grains and 

 their subsequent germination ; Stig- 

 mat'icae, Knuth's term for wina- 

 fertilized flowers with conspicuous 

 stigmas ; stigmatif'erous {/ero, I 

 bear), stigma-bearing ; stigmati- 

 form'is {formay shape), shaped like 

 a stigma, or having the appearance 

 of one ; stigmatoi'dens (efSos, re- 

 semblance) = stigraatiformis ; Stig- 

 matoph'orus X {(popeu, I carry), that 

 part of the style of Compositae which 

 bears the stigmas ; stig'matose, stig- 

 inato'sus, provided witn stigmas, or 

 having them conspicuous ; Stig'ma- 

 tospore ( + Spore) = Osmospore ; 

 Stig^mula, a division of a stigma, 

 when present. 



Stilidlum {crvKU, a small post), a 

 canal -like portion of the archegonium 

 of a Moss. 



Stiliplank'ton (+ Plankton), floating 

 marine vegetation, chiefly consisting 

 of Ehizosolenia styli/ormis. 



still, dormant ; --' Spore, a resting 

 spore. 



Stilogonid'ia = Stylogonidia. 



Stilt-roots, the oblique adventitious 

 roots of the Mangrove and similar 

 forms (Kerner). 



Stimola'tion {stimulatio, incitement), 

 the act of being roused by some ex- 

 citing cause, such as heat or light ; 

 cf. Reaption; Stimula'tors, pi., 

 tactile hairs or bristles which trans- 

 mit stimuli to the sensitive motor- 

 tissue (Haberlandt) ; Stim'uli, pi. of 

 Stim'uluB (Lat., a goad) = (1) 

 StiiJg ; (2) the particular active agent 

 which produces definite changes in 

 the organism, as moisture, light, etc. ; 

 stim'ulose, stimulo'sus, covered with 

 stinging hairs ; -stim'ulous (Lat. ), 

 stinging. 



Sting, a hollow liair seated on a gland 



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