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Stipitate (Stipes, Lat.,a stock or 

 post), having a special stalk. 



Stolon (Stolo, Lat., a useless 

 sucker), a basal prostrate 

 branch disposed to root, a 

 kind of sucker. 



Striate (Stria, Lat., a furrow), 

 marked with fine longitudinal 

 parallel lines, as grooves or 

 ridges. 



Style (Stylus, Lat., a stem or 

 column), the stalk which 

 bears the stigma; arms, or 

 branches, the divisions of 

 the style in Iris, each bearing 

 a stigma. 



Sub (Lat., under or below), 

 used as a prefix implies an 

 approach to the condition in- 

 dicated by the rest of the word. 



Sword-shaped, the same as 

 ensiform. 



Terete (Tercs, Lat., rounded), 

 circular in transverse section. 



Tetragon, -al, -ous (Tetras, Gr., 

 four, Gonia, Gr., an angle), 

 with four obtuse angles in 

 section. 



Trigon, -al, -ous, with three ob- 

 tuse angles in section. 



Triquetrous (Triquetrus, Lat., 

 three-cornered), with three 

 sharp angles in section. 



Truncate (Truncus, Lat., a 

 stump), terminating very ab- 

 ruptly. 



Tube (Tubus, Lat., a pipe), the 

 united lower part of a calyx, 

 corolla, or perianth, usually 

 hollow, but in Iris most 

 frequently solid with the 

 enclosed style. 



Tuber (Tuber , Lat., a hump), 

 a short, thickened under- 

 ground stem or tumour, set 

 with buds : Ex. Potato. 



Tuberculate (Tuberculum, Lat., 

 a small swelling), beset with 

 warts. 



Tuberous, assuming the form of 

 a tuber, as the root of a 

 Dahlia. 



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Undulate ( Undulatus, Lat., 

 wavy), frequently applied to 

 a wavy margin. 



Unguiculate ( Unguis, Lat., a 

 nail of finger or toe), applied 

 to petal or perianth-segment 

 when stalked. 



Valve (Vafoae (plu.), Lat., 

 the leaves of a door), of a 

 capsule, each of the portions 

 into which it splits ; of a 

 spathe, the bracts of which it 

 is composed. 



Variety, see Species. 



Ventricose ( Center, Lat., the 

 belly), inflated on one side, 

 bellied. 



