Solution 



OF BOTANICAL TERMS. 



Species 



SOLU'TION, the isolation or sepa- 

 ration of whorls (apostnsis), or 

 of organs or parts which are 

 usually close together or ad- 

 herent. Compare Dialysis. 



SOMA (pi. So'mata), a small body 

 or granule of any kind. Com- 

 pare Microsoma. 



SOMATIC CELL§, cells forming 

 a part of the body of the indi- 

 vidual, not modified for any 

 particular purpose; especially 

 the growth-cells of an organ- 

 ism, in distinction from repro- 

 ductive cells of any kind. 



S6mAt6T'R0PISM, an influence 

 which the substratum exerts 

 on the direction of growth of 

 certain plants andorgans. Thus 

 the hypocotyl of the mistletoe 

 is directed toward the brauch 

 (positive somatotropism) and 

 the stem at first away from it 

 (negative somatotropism) upon 

 whatever side of the branch the 

 seed is situated. 



SOR DID, of a dirty white or 

 muddy color. 



SORE'DlA, pi., see Soredium. 



SORE'DJAL BRANCH, a branch 

 produced by the development 

 of a soredium into a new thal- 

 lus while still on the mother- 

 thallus. 



SORE'DIATE, see Sorediferous. 



SdREDLF EROUS,beariug soredia; 

 sorediate. 



SORE'DitJM (pi. Sore'dia), a single 

 gouidial cell or group of go- 

 nidia in lichens, surrounded 

 by a weft of hyphae, which is 

 thrust out of the thallus and 

 grows directly into a new li- 

 chen; brood-bud. 



SO'RI, pi., see Sorus. 



SORIF'EROUS, bearing sori. 



SO ROSE, (1) heaped or clustered 

 together; (2) bearing a sorosis, 

 or in the form of a sorosis. 



SORO'SIS (pi. Soro'se?), a collect- 

 ive fruit, consisting of a con- 

 solidated fleshy spike, as the 

 mulberry and pineapple. 



SORROWFUL FLOWERS, .those 

 which exhale their odors only 

 at certain hours of the day, as 

 Pelargonium triste. (Rare. ) 



SO RUS (pi. So'ri), a heap or col- 

 lection of spores or other ob- 

 jects, as a "fruit-dot" or 

 group of sporangia in ferns. 



SPADI §EOtlS, resembling or bear- 

 ing a spadix. 



SPA'DICOSE, resembling a spadix. 



SPA'DIX, a spike, usually fleshy, 

 enclosed within a spathe. 



SPAN, the space between the 

 tip of the thumb and that of 

 the little finger, separated as 

 widely as possible: nine inches. 



SPARSE, few and scattered. 



SPA'THA, see Spathe. 



SPATHA'CEOUS, bearing or re- 

 sembling a spathe; spathose. 



SPA'THAL, furnished with a 

 spathe. (Rare). 



SPATHE, a large bract, usually 

 colored, enclosing or subtend- 

 ing an inflorescence, wmich is 

 generally a spike (spadix). 



SPATHEL'LA (pi. Spathel'lse) 

 (rare), (1) a glume in grasses; 

 (2) a spathilla. 



SPATHIL'LA (pi. Spathll'lae), a 

 diminutive or secondary 

 spathe, as in palms. 



SPATH'OSE, see Spathaceous. 



SPATH'tJLATE, see Spatulate. 



SPAT'tJLATE, flat, with a linear 

 base and gradually rounded 

 summit, like a druggist's 

 spatula; spatulate. 



SPAWN, the mycelium of mush- 

 rooms; occasionally applied to 

 that of some other fungi 



SPE'CIEg, the lowest well-defined 

 natural group of plants, the 

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