164 SAX 



STAMEN, 9. STAXitfA-TB, 13. 



STELLATE. Spreading* out in a radiate manner. Leaves are Stellate; 



when three or more surround the s^em in a whnri 

 STEM The main base or supporter of the fructification and herbage. 

 STIGMA, 11. STING :8 STIPE. 15. STIJULE, 18. 

 STOMACHICS. Subs<artce s which directly excite and strengthen the ac- 



tion of the stomach. 



STRIATB, STREAKED. Marked or grooved with slender lines. 

 STRIGOSE. Armed with small, close, rigid bristles, which are thickest 



below. 



STROBILE, 12. STYLI, 11. 



SUB Used in combination as a diminutive, for somewhat. 

 SUBULATE. See awl-form. 



SULCATE, sulcatus. Furrowed. Marked with deep lines. 

 SUPERIOR A calyx or corol is superior when it proceeds from the 



upper part of the germ. 

 SUTURE, A seam-like appearance at the meeting of two parts ; as the 



valves of pea-pods. 

 SWORD-FORM. See ensiform. 

 TEGUMENT, 12 TENDRIL, 18. 

 TERETE. Hound, columnar and tapering- from the base to the other 



end 

 TERMINAL. Proeeeding from or occupying the end of a stem, braneh, 



stvle, &c. 



TERNATE, 17. THORN, or SPIKE, 18. 

 THROAT. See faux. 

 THYRSE, 13. TIDGE, 15. 

 TOMENTOSK. Covered with fine downy or cottony substance matted 



together. 

 Toxics. Substances which give strength to the system. They are 



stimulants which are permanent in their operation. 

 TOOTHED, 16. 

 TOHULOSK, torulosrts With swelling ridges or humps, Hke the musk- 



melon o; horse radisi pod. 

 TRANSLUCENT. Transnrnti;:g light faintly. 

 THANSTEUSE. Crosswise. 

 TRIANGULAR. Havi ^ 3 angles or corners. It is applied to a leaf 



with 3 points or corners. 

 TBI PINNATE 8. 

 TRiPiNXATiFin. A pinnatifid leaf, with the divisions pinnatifid, and 



ti ose Lit r divisions pmnatifl.l again. 

 THITERNATE, \7. 



TRUNCATE. Tlie end appearing as if cut eff. 

 TUBE. The lower hollow cylinder of a monopetalous corol. 

 TUBERCLES That kind of receptacle of iichms, which is spherical 



or slightly conic, nearly closed, crust; ce. us, bL-ck ; more or .ess 



immerced in the surfare o the crustaceous frond, which it eleva- 



tes ; <-r sometimes it is exposed, ben. g merely sessile. E;tch crm- 



tains a ball, or ma^s, ot'cofnected seeds, destitute of cells, envelo- 



ped i: a common membrane. The whole mass ot seeds is at length 



disci, rgtd t< gather by an orifice at the top of the tubercle. W* 



often* find these tubercles after the seeds ar e discharged, 



