GLOSSARY 
Spadix, a spike with a fleshy axis, 
like that of the Indian turnip or 
the ‘‘ calla.’’ , 
Spathe, a large bract which encloses 
a flower-cluster, often a spadix. 
Staminate, having stamens only. 
Standard, the posterior petal of a 
papilionaceous corolla. 
Sterile, (1) barren, asa 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. 
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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. 
