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GLOSSARY 



Sporocarp. The fruit-cases of certain 

 Cryptogams containing sporangia op 

 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. 



Squ ami form. Resembling a scale. 



Squarrose. With spreading or projecting 

 parts. 



Stamen. The organ of a flower which 



bears the microspores (pollen-grains). 

 Staminate. Possessing stamens. Ap- 

 . plied to flowers which have stamens but 



not pistfls. 

 Stameniferous. Bearing stamens. 

 Staminodium, A sterile stamen, or other 



organ in the position of a stamen. 

 Standard. The upper, usually broad, 



petal of a papihonaceous corolla. 

 Stellate. Star-like. 

 Sterigmata. The projection from twigs, 



bearing the leaves, in some genera of 



Pinaceae. 



Sterile. Without spores, or without seed. 



Stigma. That part of a pistil through 



which fertihzation 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. Provided with a stipe. 



Stipular. Belonging to stipules. 



Stipulate. Having stipules. 



Stipules. The appendages on each side 

 of the base of certain leaves. 



Stolon. A basal branch rooting at the 

 nodes. 



Stoloniferous, Produchig or bearing sto- 

 lons. 



Stoma (pi. Stomata). An orifice in the 

 epidermis of a leaf communicating with 

 internal air-cavities. 



Stramineous. Straw-colored. 



Striate. Marked with slender longitu- 

 dinal grooves or channels. 



Strict. Very straight and upright. 



Strigillose. Diminutive of strigose. 



Strigose. With appressed stiff hau^. 



Sirobilaceous. Like a pine-cone. 



Strobile. An inflorescence marked by im- 

 bricated bracts or scales, as in the pine- 

 cone. 



Strophiolate. With a stropliiole. 



SirophioJe. An appendage to a seed at 

 the lulum. 



Style. The usually attenuated portion 

 of the pistil connectmg the stigma and 

 ovary. 



Stylopodium. A disk-like expansion at 

 the base of a style, as in Umbelhferae. 



Sub- (m compound words). Somewhat. 

 almost, in a subordinate grade, of infer- 

 ior rank, beneath. 



Submarginal. Near the margin; situated 



under the margin. 

 Subulate. Awl-shaped. 

 Succulent. Soft and juicy. 



Sucker, A shoot from subterranean 

 branches. 



Suffrutescent. Slightly or obscm-ely shrubby. 



Suffruticose. Very low and woody; dimin- 

 utively shrubby. 



Sulcate, Grooved longitudinally. 



Supra- (in compound words). Above, 

 bemg 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. Applied to a flower with 



the different series of its parts of equal 



numbers. 

 Sympetalous. With united petals. 

 Syngenecious. With stamens united by 



their anthers. 

 Synonym. A superseded or unused name. 



Taproot, A stout vertical root which 

 continues the main axis of the plant. 



Tawny. Dull yeUowish, 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 tliree segments, or 



arranged in threes. 

 Tesellate. Checkered. 

 Testa. The outer coat or covering of the 



seed. 



Tetra- (in compounds) means four. 



Tetradynamous. Applied to stamens when 

 there are six m the flower, four of them 

 longer than the other two. 



Tetragon a I. Four-angled . 



Tetramerous. Applied to flowers con- 

 structed on the numerical plan of four. 



Thalloid. Resembling a thallus. 



Thallus. A usuaUy flat vegetative organ. 



Throat. The oriflce of a gamopetalous 

 corolla or calyx; the part between the 

 proper tube and the hmb. 



Thyrsoid. Like a thyrsus. 



Thyrsus. A congested cyme. 



Tomentose. Covered with tomentum. 



Tomentulose. Diminutive of tomentose. 



Tomentum. Dense matted wool-like haii^, 



Torose. Cyhndrical 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. Tliree-toothed. 



Trifoliolate. Having tliree 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 ntimerous buds. 



Tubercle. The persistent base of the 



style in some Cypcrcu;eae; a small pio- 

 jection. 



Tubcrculate. With rounded projections. 

 Tuberiferous. Bearing tubers. 

 Tuberous. Resembling 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 nf Asnaramis 



