Stipel 



A DICTIONARY 



Stone 



phore, gynobase, gonopliore, 

 carpophore. 



STI'PflL, the stipule of a leaflet. 



STLPEL'LATE, furnished with 

 stipels. 



STI'PE§, an uncommon spelling 

 of Stipe. 



STI'PLFdRM, resembling a stipe; 

 stipitiform. 



STiP'lTATE, having a stipe; sup- 

 ported on a stipe. 



STiP'lTlFdRM, see Stipiform. 



STlP'tJLA (pi. Stip'iilae), see Stip- 

 ule. 



STLPULA'gEOu"S, see Stipular. 



STLP'tJLAR, having stipules; 

 formed of stipules; situated 

 near or upon stipules; per- 

 taining to stipules; stipula- 

 ceous. 



STlP'tJLARlf, formed of stipules. 



STlP'ULATE, having stipules; 

 stipulated; stipuled. 



STIPULATED, see Stipulate. 



STIPULATION, the situation or 

 arrangement of the stipules. 



STLP'ULE, an organ situated in 

 pairs upon the stem, one on 

 either side of the petiole at its 

 base and often adherent to it. 

 They are usually expanded, 

 scale - like or leaf - like, but 

 sometimes exist in the form 

 of glands, prickles, tendrils, 

 or other organs, and are often 

 wanting altogether. They fre- 

 quently serve for protection to 

 the bud or growing point, and 

 fall away as the bud expands 

 and the leaves develop. 



STLP'ULED, see Stipulate. 



STtPULLF'EROUS, bearing stip- 

 ules. 



STiP'ULOSE, having very large 

 stipules. (Rare.) 



STOCK, (1) the persistent base 

 of an herbaceous perennial ; 



(2) any plant or part consid- 

 ered with reference to another 

 part which it supports; (3) in 

 horticulture a tree or other 

 plant which receives a bud 

 or graft; (4) the original or 

 originals (parentage) of a spe- 

 cies or variety; (5) a seeds- 

 man's term for a quantity of 

 seed grown in a particular lo- 

 cality or from a particular 

 source. It does not imply 

 any peculiarity of character. 

 Compare Strain. 



STOLE, see Stolon. 



STO'LON, a slender branch, above 

 or below the surface of the 

 ground, which takes root or 

 bears a bulb at the extremity 

 where it forms one or more 

 new plants; stole; sobole. 

 Compare Runner, Rhizome, 

 and Offset. 



ST&LONLF'EROUS, bearing sto- 

 lons. 



STO'MA (pi. Stom'ata), an open- 

 ing in the epidermis for the 

 admission of air and liberation 

 of moisture; breathing- pore. 

 See Guard-cells. 



STO'MATE, see Stoma. 



STOMAT IC, pertaining to a 

 stoma. 



STOMAT'IC c£LL§, see Guard- 

 cells. 



STOMAT'IC CHAM BER, the inter- 

 cellular space beneath a stoma; 

 substomatic chamber; air- 

 chamber; respiratory cham- 

 ber; respiratory cavity. See 

 Cistome. Compare Ante- 

 chamber and Vestibule. 



STOMATlF'EROUS, bearing stom- 

 ata: stomatose. 



STdM ATOSE, see Stomatif- 



EROUS. 



STONE, the bony endocarp of a 

 drupe, containing the seed ; 

 pit. 



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