GLOSSARY. 



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gin of a leaf covered by the base of the one 

 above. 



Succulent. Juicy ; fleshy. 



Suffrittescent. Slightly or obscurely 

 shrubby. 



Suffruticose. Very low and woody ; dimin- 

 utively shrubby. 



Silicate. Grooved or furrowed. 



Superior (ovary). Free from the calyx. 



Suspended (ovule). Hanging from the apex 

 of the cell. 



Suture. A. line of dehiscence. 



Symmetrical (flower). Regular as to the 

 number of its parts ; having the same num- 

 ber of parts in each circle. 



Synonym. A superseded or unused name. 



Tail. Any slender terminal prolongation. 



Terete. Having a circular transverse section. 



Terminal. At or belonging to the apex. 



Ternary. Consisting of three. 



Ternate. In threes. 



Tetradynamous Having four long and two 

 shorter stamens. 



Tetragotia'. Four-angled. 



Thalamiflorous. Having the parts of the 

 flower hy(,ogynous. 



T/ial/oid, Thallose. Resembling a thallus. 



Thallus. In Cryptogams, a cellular expan- 

 sion taking tue place of stem and foliage. 



Throat. The orifice of a gamopetalous co- 

 rolla or calyx ; the part between the proper 

 tube and the limb. 



Thyrse. A contracted or ovate and usually 

 compact panicle. 



Thyrsoid. Resembling a thyrse. 



Tomentose. Densely pubescent with matted 

 wool. 



Tooth. Any small marginal lobe. 



Torose. Cylindrical with contractions at in- 

 tervals. 



Tnrulose. Diminutive of Torose. 



Torus. The receptacle of a flower. 



Transverse. Across ; in a right and left 

 direction. 



Trl-. In composition, three or thrice. 



Triandrous. Having three stamens. 



Trifoliolate. Having three leaflets. 



Trigonous. Three-angled. 



Trlmorphous. Occurring under three forms. 



Triquetrous. Having three salient angles, 

 the sides concave or channelled. 



Truncate. Ending abruptly, as if cut off 

 transversely. 



Tuber. A thickened and short subterranean 

 branch, having numerous buds or eyes. 



Tubercle. A small tuber or tuber-like body. 



Tuberiferous. Bearing tubers. 



Tuberous. Having the character of a tuber ; 

 tuber-like in appearance. 



Tumid. Swollen 



Tunicated. Having concentric coats, as an 

 onion 



Turbinate. Top-shaped ; inversely conical. 

 Twining. Winding spirally about a support. 



Umbel. An inflorescence in which a cluster 



of peduncles or pedicels spring from the 



same point. 



Umbellate. In or like an umbel. 

 Umbellet. A secondary umbel. 

 Umbonate. Bearing a stout projection in 



the centre ; bossed. 

 Underleaves. The small accessory leaves or 



stipules on the under side of the stem in 



Ilepaticse. 



Undulate. With a wavy surface ; repaud. 

 Unguiculate. Contracted at base into a 



claw. 



Unl-. Tn composition, one. 

 Unisexual. Of one stx, either staminate or 



pistillate only. 

 Urceolate. Hollow and cylindrical or ovoid, 



and contracted at or below the mouth, like 



an urn. 

 Utricle. A small bladdery 1-seeded fruit; 



any small bladder-like body. 



VaJoate. Opening by valves, as a capsule ; 

 in {estivation, meeting by the edges without 

 overlapping. 



Valve. One of the pieces iato which a cap- 

 sule spli's. 



Vascular Furnished with vessels or ducts. 



Veins. Threads of nbro-vascular tissue in a 

 leaf or other organ, especially those which 

 branch (as distinguished from nerves). 



Ventral. Belonging to the anterior or inner 

 face of an organ ; the opposite of dorsal. 



Ventricose. Swelling unequally, or inflated 

 on one side. 



Vernation. The arrangement of leaves in 

 the bud. 



Vrrrucose. Covered with wart-like eleva- 

 tions. 



Versatile (anther). Attached near the mid- 

 dle and turning freely on its support. 



Vertical. Perpendicular to the horizon ; 

 longitudinal. 



Verticillate. Disposed in a whorl. 



Vesicle. A small bladder or air-cavity. 



Vesicular, Vesiculose. Composed of or 

 covered with vesicles. 



Villous. Bearing long and soft hairs. 



Virgate. Wand-shaped ; slender, straight 

 and erect 



Viscid. Glutinous ; sticky. 



Whorl. An arrangement of leaves, etc , in 



a circle round the stem. 

 Wing. Any membranous or thin expansion 



bordering or surrounding an organ ; the 



lateral petal of a papilionaceous corolla. 

 Woolly. Clothed with long and tortuous or 



matted hairs. 



