Supernatant 



A DICTIONARY 



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apex of the fruit (ascending); 

 said of the ovary when t lie 

 calyx is free from it; said of 

 the calyx when adherent to 

 the ovary aud thus, with the 

 other floral organs, situated 

 upon its summit; applied to 

 the upper side of a lateral 

 flower, the side next the axis: 

 the vexillum, for example, is 

 the superior petal of a papilio- 

 naceous corolla. 



SUPERNATANT, floating on the 

 surface. 



SUPERNUMERARY BUDS, see 

 Accessory Buds. 



SU'PERPArAsITE, a parasite of 

 a parasite; hyperparasite. 



SUPER -PLANT, a plant which 

 grows upon another plant, 

 either as an epiphyte or a 

 parasite. 



SUPERPOSITION, situation 

 above some other organ; or, 

 when referring to parts of the 

 flower, the non-alteration of 

 the members of contiguous 

 circles, the corresponding 

 parts being opposite instead 

 of alternate; ante position. See 

 Direct and Inverted Super- 

 position. 



SUPERTUBERA'TION, an abnor- 

 mal production of secondary 

 tubers directly upon those pro- 

 duced in the ordinary manner. 



SUPERVOLUTE', plaited and the 

 plaits convolute, as the corolla 

 of morning glory. 



SUPINE', lying flat, with face up- 

 ward ; dorsicumbent — opposed 

 to Prone. Compare Resu- 

 pinate. 



SUPPORT !NG PLANT, a plant 

 upon or within which another 

 grows, either as a parasite or 

 an epiphyte. See Host. 



SUPPRESSION, the entire non- 



development of a part; com- 

 plete abortion; obliteration. 



SUPRA-, see Super-. 



SUPRAAX'IllARY, see Super- 

 axillary. 



SUPRAdECOM'POUND, three or 

 more times compounded, or 

 very much subdivided in any 

 manner. A pinnate leaf, like 

 that of walnut, is compound ; a 

 bipinnate leaf, like that of 

 honey locust, is decompound ; 

 a tripinnate leaf, as in many 

 acacias, is supradecompound. 



SUPRAfOLIA'CEOUS, see Super- 

 axillary. 



SUPREME', situated at the high- 

 est point. 



SURCULl6'ER0US, see Surcu- 



LOSE. 



SUR'CULOSE, having suckers 

 (surculi). 



SUR CULtJS (pi. Sur'cull), a sprout 

 or shoot from the ground or 

 base of the stem; sucker. 



SURCUR'RENT, having winged 

 expansions from the base of 

 the leaf prolonged up the stem. 

 Compare Decurrent. 



SUSPENDED, said of seeds or 

 ovules which are attached to 

 the top or sides of the ovary 

 and hang downward; pendu- 

 lous; inverted. Compare 

 Erect and Ascending. 



SUSPEN'SOR, (I) ii single or mul- 

 tiple row of cellswhich is the 

 first development of the fertil- 

 ized oosphere in phenogams, 

 and at the extremity of which 

 the embryo is developed: it 

 appears upon the embryo as a 

 continuation of the radicle; 

 proembryo; (2) the cell which 

 supports the conjugating cell 

 in Mucorini. 



SU'TURE, a line of junction or 

 dehiscence. 



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