GLOSSARY 



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Spadix, a spike with a fleshy axis, 

 like that of the Indian turnip or 

 the "calla." 



Spathe, a large bract wliich encloses 

 a flower-cluster, often a spadix. 



Staminate, having stamens only. 



Standard, the posterior petal of a 

 papilionaceous corolla. 



Sterile, (1) barren, as a flower with- 

 out a pistil or an antherless sta- 

 men ; (2) staminate or male, said 

 of flowers. 



Striate, marked with fine longitudi- 

 nal parallel lines. 



Sub- (in composition), somewhat, as 

 subglobose. 



Subtend, to extend beneath, as a 

 bract in the axil of which a 

 flower is borne. 



Succulent, fleshy or juicy. 



Three-ranked, with three vertical 

 rows on a stem or axis. 



Throat, the top of the tubular part 



of a gamopetalous corolla. 

 Truncate, appearing as if cut 



squarely off, as the leaves of the 



tulip-tree. 

 Tubercled, covered with warty 



growths. 

 Tubercular, having tubercles, or 



like a tubercle. 

 Two-ranked, with three vertical 



rows on a stem or axis. 



Utricle, a small bladdery ovary- 

 wall. 



Versatile, turning freely on its sup- 

 port, as an anther on its filament. 



Whorled, arranged in a circle 

 around an axis, as the leaves of 

 some lilies. 



Wings, the side-petals of a papilio- 

 naceous flower. 



