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Sterile. Barren. 



Stigma. The summit or extremity of the pistil, Fig. 98. 

 Stipe. The stem of a fern, or fungus ; also the stem of the down of seeds 

 also a particular stalk of germs, seeds, &c., which is superadded to 



the pedicel, Fig. 25. 

 Stipitate. Supported by a stipe. 

 Stipule. A leafy appendage situated at the base of petioles or leaves, 



Fig. 87. 



Stipular. Belonging to stipules. 



Stoloniferous. Having scions or running shoots. Ex. Indian corn. 

 Striate. Marked with fine parallel lines. 

 Strigose. Bristly. 

 Strobile. A cone ; an ament with woody or rigid scales, as in the fruit 



of pines, firs, &c., Fig. 143. 

 Style. The part of the pistil which is between the germ and stigma. 



Fig. 98. 

 Sub. A particle prefixed to various terms, to imply the existence of a 



quality in a diminutive or inferior degree, as 

 Subacute. Somewhat acute. Less than acute, &c. 

 Subsessile. Nearly sessile. 

 Subserrate. Slightly serrate, &c. 



Subulate. A wl-shaped. Narrow, stiff, and sharp pointed, Fig. 33. 

 Succulent. Juicy. Ex Peach, Orange. 

 Sucker. A shoot from the root, or lower part of the stern. 

 Sujfruticose. Somewhat shrubby. Shrubby at base. 

 Sulcate. Furrowed. 



Supradecompound. More than decompound. Many times subdivided. 

 Suture. The linear seam formed by the junction of two valves of a 



seed vessel, Fig. 134. 



Tendril. A filiform appendage of certain vines, which supports them bv 



twining round other objects. 

 Terete. Round, cylindrical. 

 Terminal. Extreme, situated at the end. 



Ternate. Three together ; as the leaves of Menyanthes trifoliata. 

 Tetradynamous. Having four long and two short stamens. 

 Tetrandrous. Having four stamens. 

 Thorn. See Spine. 



Throat. The passage into the tube of a corolla. 

 Thyrse. A close, compact panicle. 



Tomentose. Downy. Covered with fine matted pubescence. 

 Triandrous. With three stamens. 

 Trifid. Three-cleft. 



Trifoliate. Three-leaved. See Ternate. 

 Trilobate. Three-lobed. 

 Trilocular. Three-celled. 

 Tripartite. Three-parted. 

 Trivial name. The specific name. 

 Truncate. Having a blunt termination, as if cut off, as the leaves ui 



Liriodendron tulipifera. 

 Tuber. A solid, fleshy 'knob. 

 Tuberous. Thick and fleshy, containing tubers ; as the roots of the Po 



tato, Preony, &c. 

 Tubular. Shaped like a tube. In a compound flower, the florets which 



are not ligulate, are called tubular. 



