GLOSSARY 



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Sporocarp. The fruit-cases of certain 

 Cryptogams containing sporangia or 

 spores. 



Sporophyll. A spore-bearing leaf. 



Sporophyte. The asexual generation of 

 plants. 



Spreading. Diverging nearly at right 

 angles; nearly prostrate. 



Spur. A hollow projection. 



Squamella {-ae) A scale-like member of 

 the pappus of some composites. 



Squamiform. ResembUng a scale. 



Squarrose. With spreading or projecting 

 parts. 



Staiven. The organ of a flower which 

 bears the microspores (pollen-grains). 



Staminate. Possessing stamens. Ap- 

 plied to flowers which have stamens but 

 not pistils. 



Stameniferous. Bearing stamens. 



Staminodium. A sterile stamen, or other 

 organ in the position of a stamen. 



Standard. The upper, usually broad, 

 petal of a papilionaceous corolla. 



Stellate. Star-like. 



Sterigmata. The projection from twigs, 

 bearmg the leaves, in some genera of 

 Ptnaceae. 



Sterile. Without spores, or without seed. 



Stigma. That part of a pistil through 

 wliich fertiUzation by the pollen is ef- 

 fected. 



Stigmatic. Belonging to or characteristic 

 of the stigma. 



Stipe. The stalk-like lower portion of a 

 pistil; the leaf-stalk of a fern. 



Stipitate. Pro-v-ided with a stipe. 



Stipular. Belonging to stipules. 



Stipulate. Ha\'ing stipules. 



Stipules. The appendages on each side 

 of the base of certain leaves. 



Stolon. A basal branch rooting at the 

 nodes. 



Stoloniferous. Producing or bearmg sto- 

 lons. 



Slo77ia (pi. Sl07nata). An orifice in the 

 epidermis of a leaf communicating with 

 internal air-cavities. 



StramiTieous. Straw-colored. 



Striate. Marked with slender longitu- 

 dinal grooves or channels. 



Strict. Very straight and upright. 



Strigillose. Diminutive of strigose. 



Strigose. With appressed stiff hairs. 



Strobilaceous. Like a pine-cone. 



Strobile. An inflorescence marked by im- 

 bricated bracts or scales, as in the pine- 

 cone. 



Strophiolate. With a stropliiole. 



Strophiole. An appendage to a seed at 

 the hilum. 



Style. The usually attenuated portion 

 of the pistil connecting the stigma and 

 ovary. 



Slylopodium. A disk-like expansion at 

 the base of a style, as in UmbelUferae. 



Sub- (in compound words). Somewhat, 

 almost, in a subordinate grade, of infer- 

 ior rank, beneath. 



Submarginal. Near the margin; situated 

 imder the margin. 



Subulate. Awl-shaped. 



Succulent. Soft and juicy. 



Sucker. A shoot from subterranean 

 branches. 



Suffrulescent. Slightly or obsciu"ely shrubby. 



Suffruticose. Very low and woody; dimin- 

 utively slirubby. 



Sulcate. Grooved longitudinally. 



Supra- (in compound words). Above, 

 being above. 



Supra-axillary. Inserted some distance 



above the axils. 

 Surculose. Producing shoots from the 



rootstock. 

 Superior (ovary). Free from the calyx or 



hypanthium. 

 Suspended (ovule). Hanging from the 



apex of the cell. 

 Suture. A line of splitting or opening. 

 Symmetrical. Apphed to a flower with 



the different series of its parts of equal 



numbers. 

 Sympetalous. With united petals. 

 Syngenecious. With stamens united by 



their antliers. 

 Synonym. A superseded or unused name. 



Taproot. A stout vertical root which 

 continues the main axis of the plant. 



Tawny. Dull yellowish, with a tinge of 

 brown. 



Tendril. A thread-shaped process used 

 for climbing. 



Terete. Circular in cross-section. 



Ternary. Consisting of three. 



Ternate. Divided into three segments, or 

 arranged in threes. 



Tesellate. Checkered. 



Testa. The outer coat or covering of the 

 seed. 



Tetra- (in compounds) means four. 



Tetradynamous. Apphed to stamens when 

 there are six in the flower, four of them 

 longer than the other two. 



Tetragonal. Four-angled. 



Tetramerous. Apphed to flowers con- 

 structed on the numerical plan of four. 



Thalloid. Resemblmg a thallus. 



Thallus. A usually flat vegetative organ. 



Throat. The orifice of a gamopetalous 

 corolla or calyx; the part between the 

 proper tube and the limb. 



Thyrsoid. Like a thyrsus. 



Thyrsus. A congested cyme. 



Tomentose. Covered with tomentum. 



Tomentulose. Diminutive of tomentose. 



Tomentum. Dense matted wool-like hairs. 



Torose. Cylindrical with contractions at 

 intervals. 



Torsion. Twisting of an organ. 



Tortuous. Twisted or bent. 



Torulose. Diminutive of Torose. 



Torus. The receptacle of a flower. 



Transverse. Across; in a right and left 

 direction. 



Tri- (in composition) three or thrice. 



Triandrous. Having three stamens. 



Trichotomous. Three-forked. 



Tridentate. Three-toothed. 



Trifoliolate. Having three leaflets. 



Trigonous. Three-angled. 



Triquetrous. Having three salient angles, 

 the sides concave or channelled. 



Truncate. Ending abruptly, as if cut off 

 transversely. 



Tuber. A thickened and short subter- 

 ranean branch, having numerous buds. 



Tubercle. The persistent base of the 

 style in some Cyperaceae; a small pro- 

 jection. 



Tubcrculale. With roimded projections. 



Tuberiferous. Bearing tubers. 



Tuberous. Resemblmg a tuber. 



Tumid. Swollen. 



Tunicate. Coated; Invested with layers, 

 as an onion. 



Turbinate. Top-shaped. 



Turion. A scaly shoot from a subter- 

 ranean bud. 



Turioniferous. Bearing turions or suck- 

 ers like the shoots of Asparagus. 



