GLOSSARY. 397 
Spathulate, rounded and broad at the end, and becoming narrow 
like a spatula. 
Spinous, armed with spines. 
Squamose, scaly. 
Stellate, consisting of star-like figures. 
Striated, marked with fine lines. 
Sub, in composition signifies approaching to. 
Subulate, awl-shaped. 
Sulcate, furrowed. 
Tentacula, feelers. 
Terminal, forming the extremity. 
Tessellated, chequered like a chess-board. 
Transverse, crossing each other when the longitudinal line is cut 
through at right angles. 
Truncated, cut across, terminating abruptly. 
Tubercle, a little pimple-like knob. 
Tubular, in the shape of a tube, hollow and cylindrical. 
Type, a general form, such as is common to the species of a genus. 
Uncinated, set or covered with bent spines like hooks. 
Undulated, having a waved surface. 
Unilateral, existing on one side only. 
Urceolate, swelling in the middle like a pitcher. 
Variolous, resembling small-pox. 
Vascular, pertaining to the vessels of animal bodies. 
