GLOSSARY. 19 
Shield shaped, see Peltate. 
Stlicle, a pouch, or short pod. (Plate 25, fig. 9.) 
Stlique, a long pod of the mustard family. (Plate 23, fig. 5.) 
Simple, of one piece. 
Sinistrorse, turned to the left. 
Sinuate, said of a leaf when its margin waves out and in. (Plate 143, fig. 2; plate 19, fig 1.) 
Szuus, the recess between two parts of an organ (as the re-entering angle in the fruits of 
plate 174). 
Solitary, unassociated with its kind. 
Solarly, with the sun ;—solarly voluble, turning daily to keep face to the sun. 
Spadix, a fleshy spike of flowers. (Plate 167, fiz. 3; plate 169, fig. 6.) 
Spathe, a large bract covering an inflorescence. (Plate 169, fig. 2.) 
Spatulate, shaped like a spatula. (Plate 105, fig. 3.) 
Species, the individuals of a genus having special characters belonging to themselves and no 
other known plant. 
Spicate, belonging to or disposed like a 
Spike, an arrangement of flowers similar to a raceme, but the flowers are sessile (as in plate 
107). 
Spine, a thorn (as seen on fig. 1, plate 61). 
Spindle-shaped, see Fusiform. 
Spinescent, degenerating into a thorn (as the end of the branch, plate 41). 
Spinose, thorny. (Plate 15, fig. 1.) 
Spore, the reproducing grains of cryptogams. 
Squamate, Squamose, scaly. (Plate 105, fig. 1.) 
Sguarrose, where scales, leaves, or other appendages, spread widely from the axis. 
Stalk, a stem. ; 
Stamen, the male organ of a flower (usually arranged around the pistil, and appearing gener- 
ally like those seen in fig. 2, plate 10. In fig. 3, plate 34,an enlarged stamen is depicted ; 
the stem part is the filament; the head, the anther). 
Standard, the upper petal of a papillionaceous corolla. (Plate 46, fig, 3 4.) 
Stellate, disposed in a star-like manner. 
Sterile, incapable of producing its kind. 
Stigma, the highest point of a pistil (see Pisti/); the receptive portion of the female organs 
ofa plant. (Plate 178, fig. 4.) ae 
Stigmatose, that portion of a style resembling a stigma in being capable of receiving | the 
pollen. ; 
Stipe, the stalk of a pistil, or ovule when present. (Plate 149, fig. 6) 
Stipel, the stipule of a leaflet. 
Stipitate, being possessed of a stipe (as the ovule, fig. 6, plate 28). 
Stipulate, having stipules. 
Stipules, the appendages at the base of certain leaves (seen in ot 15 ) 
Stoloniferous, producing stolons or rooting shoots. _ 
Stomata, the breathing pores of leaves. — I 79 — 8.) 
Strap-shaped, \ong, flat and narrow, 
Striate, marked with longitudinal, slender grooves oe 
Strict, straight. 
Strobile, a multiple, cone-shaped fruit, (Plate 159, — : ore 15 es ig I Ce 
Style, that portion of the pistil that unites the scene to 2 He ovny i description of th - ge 
Sub-, almost; as, subcordate, bagi a 
