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Spike — An inflorescence in which numerous flowers are sessile along the 

 primary axis. 



Staminode — An imperfect stamen. 



Subulate — x\wl-shaped. 



Succulent — Thick and fleshy. 



Suture — The line of junction of separate organs or of parts of the same organ 

 folded over. 



Syncarpous — With the carpels united. 



Syngenesious — With the anthers united. 



Terete — Nearly cylindrical, without angles. 



Temate — Applied to a compound leaf consisting of three leaflets. 



Tetradynamous — With four long stamens and two short ones. 



Thecae — The spore-cases of ferns, etc. 



Torulose— Beaded. 



Trifarious — In three rows. 



Trifid — Divided into three. 



Trifoliate — The same as temate. 



Tripinnate — A pinnate leaf in which the pinnse themselves are bipinnate. 



Triternate — A bitemate leaf of which each leaflet is also ternate. 



Truncate — Terminating abruptly as though cut off. 



Tubercled — Covered with little excrescences. 



Tubular — Shaped like the yellow florets of a daisy. 



Turbinate — In the form of a top. 



Umbel — An inflorescence in which the pedicels all grow from one point. 



Unilateral— One-sided. 



Unilocular — Having only one cavity. 



Urceolate — Urn-shaped, swollen in the middle contracted above and below. 



Ventricose — Swelling unequally on one side. 



Versatile — Applied to an anther attached by one point to the filaments so as 

 to be easily turned about. 



VerticUlate— WTiorled. 



Viscid — Sticky. 



Whorled — With several leaves arranged in a circle round the stem at the 

 same height. 



