Tergispermous 



A DICTIONARY 



Tetrandrous 



Ternate, Ternate-finnate, 

 and Tiujugate. 



TERGlF'EROUS (obs.), see Dor- 

 siferous. 



TER6ISPER MOUS, bearing re- 

 productive bodies upon tbe 

 back, as the leaves of ferns. 

 (Obs.) 



TER'GTJM (obs.), see Dorsum. 



TER'MlNAL, attached to or per- 

 taining to the extremity or 

 apex. 



TER MiNAL Bu"D, a bud at the 

 extremity of a branch or stem. 

 Compare Lateral Bud. 



TER'NARY, consisting of three. 



Compare Ternate. 

 TER'NATE, growing in threes, as 



tbe leaflets in clover. 



TER'NATELY TRIFO'LIOLATE, 



baviug three leaflets attached 

 at one point, as in clover. 

 Compare Trifoliolate. 



TER'NATE -PINNATE, having 

 three secondary petioles, each 

 bearing pinnate leaflets, at- 

 tached to the apex of a com- 

 mon petiole. If each second- 

 ary petiole bears but a single 

 pair of leaflets the leaf is called 

 Tergeminate. 



TERPIN'NATE, see Tripinnate. 



TflRRES'TRIAL, growing on 

 laud, not aquatic; growing 

 on tbe ground, not on trees. 



TESSELLATED, having square 

 spots, arranged like those on a 

 chess-board. 



TES'TA, the outer seed - coat, 

 called primine, in the ovule ; 

 spermoderm. 



TESTA'CEOtJS, brownish yellow, 

 like unglazed earthen-ware. 



TESTiC'tJLATE, oval and solid, 

 like the tuberous roots of cer- 

 tain orchids. 



TEST'tJLE (obs.), see Frustule. 



TETRA-, in Greek compounds, 

 four. 



TETRACAM'AROtiS (obs.), about 

 the same as Tetracoccous. See 

 Camara. 



TETRAcAR'PELLARY, of four 

 carpels. 



TETRACHE'NltfM, a fruit con- 

 sisting of four acheuium-like 

 carpels, as in Labiatae. 



TETRA€HuT'6M0tfS, dividing at 

 the end into four branches. 



TfiTRACDCCOtJS, of four cocci. 



TETRAgYC'LlC, composed of 

 four whorls, as a flower hav- 

 ing calyx, corolla, and sta- 

 mens each of one whorl and 

 a single (simple or compound) 

 pistil. 



TflT'RAD, a group of four pollen- 

 grains. 



TETRADYN'AMOUS, having six- 

 stamens, four of which are 

 longer than the other two. 

 Compare Didynamous. 



TETRAFO'LiOUS, having biju- 

 gate leaves, I.e., having leaves 

 with two pairs of leaflets. 



TETRAGONAL, prismatic and 

 quadrangular ; four - angled ; 

 tetragonous. Compare Te- 



TRAQUETROUS. 



TiHRAGONID IUM (pi. Tetrago- 

 nid la), see Tetraspore. 



TETRAG'ONOtTS, see Tetrag- 

 onal. 



TETRAG'YNOtfrS, having four 

 pistils or styles. 



TETRAM'EROTJS, having four 

 parts or the parts in fours. 

 Applied mainly to flowers 

 which have four members in 

 each set or whorl of organs. 

 Compare Dimerous, Trim- 

 erous. etc. 



TETRAN'DROtJS, having four 

 stamens. 



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