GLOSSARY OF BOTANICAL TERMS. 



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Simple, not divided branched or com- 

 pound. 



Sinuate, having sinuses at the edge. 



Sinuate-dentate or sinuate-toothed, 

 sinuate-serrate, having teeth or ser- 

 ratures, with the clefts rounded at 

 the bottom. . 



Sinus, a large rounded indentation 

 or cavity, 



Soboliferous, producing young plants 

 from the roots. 



Sori, plural of Sorus, small clusters 

 of minute capsules or spore-cases 

 on the back of the fronds of ferns. 



Spadix 64. 



Spathaccous, having or resembling a 

 spathe. 



Spathe, a sheathing calyx opening 

 lengthwise on one side, and con- 

 sisting of one or more valves. 



Spatulate or spathulate, obtuse or 

 large at the end and gradually ta- 

 pering into a stalk at base. 



Spermoderm, the skin of a seed. 



Spike, 63. 



Spikelet, a small spike, the subdivision 

 of a compound spike ; as in mftny 

 of the Grasses. 



Spindle-shaped, see Fusiform. 



Spine, 27. 



Spinulose, covered with small spines, 



Spoi-e or Sporule, that part in cryp- 

 togamous plants which answers to 

 the seed of other plants. 



Spur, a sharp hollow projection from 

 a flower commonly called the nec- 

 tary. 



Spurred, having spur-like elonga- 

 tions. 



Squamifoi-m, scale-shaped. 



Squamhse, scaly. 



Sguarrose or squarrous, ragged, hav- 

 ing reflected or divergent scales. 



Staminate, having stamens but not 

 pistils. 



Staminiferous, bearing or supporting 

 the stamens. 



Sta,ndard, see Banner. 



Stellate, like a star. 



Stellular pubescence, hairs with 

 branches like rays. 



Stem, 13. 



Stemless, 14. 



Sterile, barren, producing no fruit. 



Stigma, 111, 



Stigmatiferous or stigmatose, bearing 

 or belonging to the stigma. 



Stipe, the stem of a fern or fungus ; 

 also the little footstalk of seeds, 

 &c. ; as in the Dandelion. 



Stipitate, having or supported on a 

 stipe. 



Stipular, belonging to stipules. 



Stipxde, 47. 



Sloloniferous, having scions or run- 

 ning shoots. 



Stricc, fine parallel ridges streaks or 

 furrows. 



Striate, marked with striag. 



Strict, straight and stiffly erect. 



Strigose, clothed with bristly and ap- 

 pressed hairs. 



Strobile, 161. 



Strophiolate, smrrounded by protube- 

 rances. 



Style, 112. 



Stylopodium, the thickened foot or 

 base of the style which is confluent 

 with the epigynous disk ; as in the 

 Umbelliferse. 



Sub, a particle prefixed to various 

 terms, to imply the existence of a 

 quality in a diminutive or inferior 

 degree, as 



Subaaite, somewhat acute, less than 

 acute, &c. 



Subcrose, cork-like. 



Subserrate, slightly serrate, 



Subsessile, nearly sessile. 



Subulate, awl-shaped, narrow, stiff, 

 and sharp-pointed. 



Succulent, juicy. 



Sucker, a shoot from the root or 

 lower part of the stem. 



Suffrutescent, almost shrubby. 



Svffruticose, somewhat shrubby at 

 base. 



Silicate, furrowed or grooved. 



Superior, above; a term apphed to 

 the ovary when it is above the 

 calyx, «fcc. 



Surculose, with suckers or offsets. 



Suture, 137. 



Tendril, a fihform appendage of cei- 

 tain vines, which supports them 

 by twining round other objects. 



Terete, round, either cylindric or ta- 

 pering. 



Terminal, extreme, situated at the 

 end. 



Ternate, three together; as the leaves 

 of common Clover. 



