Stylostegium 



OF BOTANICAL TERMS. 



Subiculum 



STYLOSTE 6ltJM (pi. Styloste'- 

 gia), the peculiar orbicular 

 corona, called scutum or 

 shield, which terminates the 

 style in Stapelia and similar 

 asclepiads. 



STYLOSTE'MdN, an epigynous 

 stamen. (Rare.) 



SUAVE'OLENT, sweet-scented. 



SUB-, a Latin prefix meaning 

 under, beneath, subordinate, 

 or partially. 

 SUBACUTE', moderately acute. 

 SUBAE'RiAL, situated just above 

 the ground or substratum, but 

 covered with fallen leaves, etc., 

 as many rhizomes. 

 SUBAPlC ULATE, having a small 

 or poorly defined apiculus or 

 point. 

 SUBARBORES'CENT, somewhat 



tree-like. 

 SUB AX'lLLARY, situated beneath 



the axil. 

 SUBCAULES'CENT, with the leafy 

 stem so short as to be hardly 

 noticeable, but rather more de- 

 veloped than in Acaulescent. 

 SUBCES'PiTOSE, somewhat in- 

 clined to grow in bunches. 

 See Cespitose. 

 SUB'CLASS, a group of orders or 

 cohorts next subordinate to a 

 class. 

 SUBCdNCAT ENATE, .growing 

 somewhat in chains— in short 

 or imperfect rows or chains. 

 SUBCON'ICAL, slightly conical. 

 SUBCONTlN'UOUS, rarely or im- 

 perfectly septate; seldom or 

 slightly constricted. 

 SUBCdR'DATE, slightly cordate. 

 SUBCRE'NATE, slightly or ob- 

 scurely crenate. 

 SUBCUL'TRATE, slightly cul- 



trate. 

 SUBDEN'TATE, imperfectly or 



obscurely dentate. Compare 

 Denticulate. 



SUBDflNTlC'ULATE, obscurely 

 denticulate: having small, im- 

 perfect marginal teeth. 



SUBEFFUSE', having slightly 

 spreading branches or fila- 

 ments. 



SUBENTIRE', only slightly 

 notched or toothed. 



SUBEPIDERMAL TlS'SUE, see 



Hypoderma. 

 SU'BER, see Cork. 

 SUBERECT', nearly erect. 

 SUBE'REOUS, see Suberose. 

 SU BERlN, cork - substance— 



nearly or quite the same as 



Cutin. See Cork. 

 SUBERlFlCA'TION, see Suberi- 



ZATION. 



SUBERtZA'TION, conversion into 

 cork; suberisation; suberifica- 

 tion. 

 SUBEROSE', having somewhat 

 the appearance of being 

 gnawed ; slightly e r o s e . 

 Compare Erose. 

 SUBEROSE, of the nature of 



cork; suberous. 

 SU'BEROtJS, see Stjberose. 

 SUBFAMILY, a group of genera 



subordinate to a family. 

 SUBFLEX'UOSE, slightly wavy. 

 SUB<jENIC'ULATE, slightly bent. 

 StJB6E'NUS, a species, or group 

 of species, having nearly the 

 rank of genus. 

 SUBOL0B0SE', nearly globose. 

 SUBHYME'NttJM, a layer of tis- 

 sue next below the hymenium; 

 hypothecium. 

 SUBlCULUM, a term applied by 

 M. C. Cooke to the abnormally 

 thickened portion of a leaf or 

 stem bearing the cluster-cups 

 in iEcidium. 

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