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GLOSSARY. 



[Vol. III. 



Slibe. The stalk of an organ. 



Stipitaie. Provided with a .stipe. 



Stipules. Appendages to the base of a petiole, 



often adnate to it 

 Sliputate. With stipules. 

 Stolon. \ basal branch rooting at the nodes. 

 Stoloni/erous. Producing or bearing stolons. 

 Stoma {.Stomata). The transpiring orifices in 



the epidermis of plants. 

 Strict. Straight and erect. 

 Stri^osi'. With appressed or ascending stiff 



hairs. 

 Stropliiole. An appendage to a seed at the hilum. 

 SIrop/itolatc: With a strophiole. 

 Style. The narrowed top of the ovary. 

 Stylopodium. The expanded base of a style. 

 Subacute. Somewhat acute. 

 Subcordale. Somewhat heart-shaped. 

 Subcoriacfons .Approaching leathery in texture. 

 Subfalcate. Somewhat scythe-shaped. 

 Subligiteous. Somewhat woody in texture. 

 Sublerete. Nearly terete. 

 Subulate. Awl shaped. 



Subversatile. Partly or imperfectly versatile. 

 Succulenl. Soft and juicy. 

 Sulcale. Grooved longitudinally. 

 Superior. Applied to the ovary when free from 



the calyx; or to a calyx adnate to an ovary. 

 Suture. .\ line of splitting or opening. 

 Symmetrical, .\pplied to a flower with its 



parts of equal numbers. 

 Sviicarp. .\ fleshy multiple or aggregate fruit. 



Tendril. A slender coiling organ. 



Terete. Circular in cross section. 



Ternate. Divided into three segments, or ar- 

 ranged in threes. 



Tetradvnniiioiis. With four long stamens and 

 two shorter ones. 



Thallus. A usually flat vegetative organ. 



Thyreoid. Like a thyrsus. 



Thyrsus. .\ compact panicle. 



Tomentose. Covered with tomentum. 



Tomentulose. Diminutive of tomentose. 



Tomentum. Dense matted wool-like hairs. 



Torsion. Twisting of an organ. 



Tortuous. Twisted or bent. 



Tracheae. The canals or ducts in woody tissue. 



Tracheids. Wood cells. 



Triandrous. With three stamens. 



Tricarpous. Composed of three carpels. 



Trimorphous. Flowers with stamens of three 

 different lengths or kinds; in three forms. 



Triquetrous. Three-sided, the sides channeled. 



Truncate. Terminated by a nearly straight 

 edge or surface. 



Tuber. A thick short underground branch or 

 part of a branch. 



Tubercle. The persistent base of the style in 

 some Cyperaceae ; a small tuber. 



Tuberculate. With rounded projections. 



Turbinate. Top-shaped. 



Ulif^inous. Inhabiting mud. 



Umbel. A determinate, usually convex flower- 

 cluster, with all the pedicels arising from the 

 same point. 



Umbellate. Borne in umbels; resembling an 

 umbel. 



Umbellet. A secondary umbel. 



Umbelloid. Similar to an umbel. 



Uncinate. Hooked, or in form like a hook. 



Undulate. With wavy margins. 



Urceolate. Urn-shaped. 



Utricle. .'V bhadder-like organ; a one-seeded 

 fruit with a loose pericarp. 



Vali'ale. Meeting by the margins in the bud, 

 not overlapping; dehiscent by valves. 



I'ascular. Relating to ducts or vessels. 



I'ein. One of the branches of the woody por- 

 tion of leaves or other organs. 



I 'emit t. A brancli of a vein. 



Velum. A fold of the inner side of the leaf- 

 base in Isoetcs. 



Vclutinous. Velvet}-; with dense fine pubes- 

 cence. 



I'enation. The arrangement of vein=. 



I'ernation. The arrangement of leaves in the 

 bud. 



Versatile. An anther attached at or near its 

 middle to the filament. 



Verttcitlate. With three or more leaves or 

 branches at a node; whorled. 



Vestigial. In the nature of a vestige or rem- 

 nant. 



Villous. With long soft hairs, not matted 

 together. 



Virgate. Wand-like. 



IVliorl. .4 group of three similar organs or 

 more, radiating from a node. Verticil. 



Whorled. See Verticillate. 



Winged. With a thin expansion or expansions. 



ERRATA. 



Vol. I, Fig. 63 For "one-forked " read "once- 

 forked." 

 Fig. 114. First line, read Pinus divaricata (Ait.) 



Gordon. The citation is Pinus divaricata 



Gordon, Pinetura; i6v 1S58. 

 p. 86. Generic description of Lophotocarpus, 



after "Perennial" add "or annual." 

 p. 93. Line 4. Read "elongated." 

 Fig. 467. Add Poa pscudopratensis Scribn. 



& Rydb. Contr. Nat. Herb. 3: 531. pi. zo. 



1896. 

 p. 209. Under Scolochloa, for "rickle-like," 



read "prickle-like." 

 Fig. 496. Read Puccinelha angustata ( R. Br. ) 



Redf. & Rand, Fl. Mt. Desert, iSi. 1894. 

 Fig. 918. For"i"-i;i" long." read " I'-I J^'." 

 p. 410. Under Liliaceae, for Agai'e read }'ucca 



in two places, 

 p. 416. Under Lilium ; for "diciduous," read 



"deciduous." 

 p. 456. Key, for Periamium read Peramium. 

 p. 476. Citation of Leplorchis. read "Philom." 

 Fig. 1 174. For IVardii read Wardi. I 



Vol. II, Fig. 1595. Read terrestris. ' 



Fig. 1630. For "recuri-ed " read "inflexed." 



A few errors in accent and in index paj^ng are 



p. 118, Key, for Sinapistnim read arvensis. 



p 127, Key, for Pouglasii read purpurea. 



Fig. 2065, after Blackseed insert period. 



Fig. 2249. Read " Pink Needle." 



Fig. 2250. Read "2'-6' high." 



p. 370, Ke}-. For strictospora read sticlospora. 



Figs. 2314, 2315. For "ash-colored," read 



"brown." 

 Fig. 2425. Read Ufalvaslruvi. 

 Fig. 2530. For "according to Hitchcock," read 



"according to B. B. Smyth." 

 Fig. 2669. For Anethrum read .4nelhum. 

 Fig. 2698. For "Britton." read" Heller." and 



add citation Spermolepis ecliinatus Heller, 



Contr. F. & M. Coll. i: 73 1895. 

 Fig. 2776. Read " Burren Myrtle." 



Vol. Ill, p. 18, First line, for laeris read laeve. 



Fig. 3174. Note, read ".Sage of Bethlehem " 



Fig. 3229. For "or" read " .Adam's-flannel." 



p. 144. For Fig 2333 read 3233. 



Fig. 3412. For "Clover" read " Claver-" grass. 



Fig. 3434. Read " Wayfaring." 



p. 300. Key. No. 3S, for laiiaetis read /onactis. 



Fig. 3708. Note. Var. 4, Read gilrocanescens. 



p. 396, Key, for z'iscnsa read foetida. 



corrected in the General Index. 



