Subverticillate OF BOTANICAL TERMS. 



Superior 



SUBVERTIC/iLLATE, slightly 

 verticillate; in imperfect or 

 irregular whorls. 



SUCCEDA'NEUM, a substitute. 



SUCCESSIVE WH6RL, a whorl 

 the members of which do not 

 all originate at the same time, 

 but in succession, either in 

 regular order or otherwise. 

 Compare Simultaneous 

 Whokl. 



SUCClF'EROUS, producing or 

 conveying sap. 



SUCglSE', terminating abruptly, 

 as though cut sharply off. 

 Compare Truncate and Pre- 

 morse. 



SUC'COSE, see Succulent. 



SUC'CUBOUS, having the base or 

 lower edge of each leaf over- 

 lapping the apex of the pre- 

 ceding leaf, as in Jungerman- 

 nia. Compare Incubous. 



SUCCULENT, soft, and fleshy or 

 juicy; pulpy. 



SUCK'ER, (1) a sprout or shoot, 

 especially from the root or 

 lower part of the stem (sur- 

 culus); (2) sometimes applied 

 to aerial roots or other hold- 

 fasts; (3) a haustorium. 



SUCK'ER, v. i., to put forth 

 shoots from the lower part of 

 the stem, as Indian corn. 



SUDORlF'iC, causing perspira- 

 tion. 



SUFFRUTES'CENT, slightly 

 shrubby. 



SUF'FRUTEX, a plant with a 

 woody base and herbaceous 

 stems or branches. Applied 

 mainly to perennials. See 

 Undershrub. 



SUFFRU'TICOSE, either suffru- 

 tescent or like an undershrub. 



SUFFRUTIC'ULOSE, slightly fru- 

 ticulose, as some lichens. 



SUL'CATE, having one or more 

 large, straight, longitudinal 

 grooves or channels, as the 

 stem of parsnip. Compare 

 Rivose and .Striate. 



SUL'CUS (pi. Sul'ci), a longitudi- 

 nal groove or furrow; sulca- 

 tion. Compare Stria. 



SULPHU'REOUS, sulphur-yellow 

 — paler than Luteus. About 

 the same as Flavus. 



StJM'MER-SPORE, any spore or 

 gouidium which retains its 

 vitality but a short time, and 

 is intended for the propaga- 

 tion of the plant during the 

 summer, as the uredospores of 

 wheat-rust. Compare Rest- 

 ing-spore. 



SUPER- (or SUPRA-), a prefix 

 from the Latin, meaning above 

 in position or degree. 



SUPERAX'iLLARY, situated 

 above the axil, instead of 

 within it, as the accessory 

 buds sometimes seen in the 

 butternut; supraaxillary; su- 

 perfoliaceous; suprafoliaceous. 



SUPERCRES'CENCE, a parasite. 

 (Rare.) 



SUPERCRES'CENT, growing 

 above another part or body; 

 especially, growing upon some 

 other growing thing. (Rare.) 



SUPERDECOMPOUND', see Su- 



PRADECOMPOUND. 



SUPERFECUNDA'TION, the con- 

 jugation of more than two 

 gametes. Compare Superfe- 

 tation. 



SUPERFETA'TION, the fertiliza- 

 tion of an ovary by two or 

 more kinds of pollen, so that 

 its seeds are not all alike. 

 Compare Superfecundation. 



SUPERFOLlA'CEOUS, see Super- 

 axillary. 



SUPE'RlOR, said of a radicle 

 when it points towards the 



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