Staminody 



A DICTIONARY 



Stenosis 



place of a stamen; stamiuode; 

 parastemon. See Lepal. 



STAM INODY, the conversion of 

 other organs of a flower into 

 stamens. 



STAM'InoSE, having the stamens 

 unusually large or numerous. 

 (Rare.) 



STANDARD, see Vexillum In 

 horticulture (1) a tree or shrub 

 which stands alone without 

 being attached to any wall or 

 support, as distinguished from 

 an espalier or cordon; (2) a 

 shrub, as a rose, grafted on 

 an upright stem or trained to 

 a single stem in tree form ; 

 (3) in the United States, a 

 fruit-tree grafted upon a free- 

 growing as opposed to one 

 upon a dwarf stock. 



STARCH - BUILDER, a plastid, 

 generally a leucoplast, in 

 which a starch - grain origi- 

 nates. See Chromatophore. 



STARCH GRAIN, the grain of 

 starch as it exists in the living 

 plant. It is of definite shape, 

 varying according to species, 

 but always rounded, and form- 

 ed of successive layers (or ap- 

 parently so) having a common, 

 and usually eccentric, centre. 



STARCH-LAY'ER, a term some- 

 times applied to the bundle- 

 sheath, which often serves es- 

 pecially for the storage of 

 starch. 



STARCH- STAR, a form of bulbil 

 in Chora stelligera, consisting 

 of an underground node. 



STAR'RY, see Stellate. 



STARVED, see Depauperate. 



STA'SIM6RPHY, a changed con- 

 dition of form or size arising 

 from arrested development. 



STATION, a particular limited 

 locality, without regard to 

 character or exposure, in 



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which a species is found. 

 Compare Region, Habita- 

 tion and Habitat. 



STATOSPORE, see Resting- 



SPORE. 



STEGOCARPOUS, applied to cap- 

 sules in mosses which have a 

 distinct lid or operculum. 



STEL'LATE, star-shaped; radi- 

 ating. 



STEL'LATE HAIR, a hair having 

 several branches arranged in 

 the form of a star, as the hairs 

 of Malpighiacese. 



STELLULAR, see Stellulate. 



STilL'LULATE, diminutive of 

 Stellate; resembling a little 

 star; stellular. 



STEM, see Trunk, Peduncle, 

 Pedicel and Petiole. 



STEM-CLAsP'ING, see Amplexi- 

 caul. 



STEM-LEAF, a leaf growing from 

 the stem above the ground. 

 Compare Radical Leap. 



STflM'LilSS, see A caulescent. 



STEM'LET, a little stem; the first 

 intern ode above the cotyle- 

 dons. 



STEM, SUBTERRANEAN, see 

 Subterranean Stem. 



STEM-TEN'DRIL, a tendril which 

 is a transformed stem, as in 

 the grape. Compare Leaf- 

 tendril. 



STENOPETALOUS, having nar- 

 row petals. 



STENOPH'YLLOUS, narrow- 

 leaved. Compare Latifoli- 

 ous. 



STENO'SiS, (1) cell-formation in 

 which there is a direct con- 

 striction of the walls of the 

 original cell, as in budding. 

 Compare C ytodieresis . 

 (2) The pathological narrow- 

 ing of a passage. 



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