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GLOSSARY. 



Stamen; the organ of a flower which; Subulate; shaped like an awl-blade. 



prepares the pollen, usually consist 

 ing of & filament and anther, and situa- 

 ted between the corolla and pistil. 

 Staminate flower ; having stamens only. 

 Staminiferous ; bearing the stamens. 

 Staminodia ; imperfect organs, occupying 

 the position of, & resembling stamen?. 

 Stellate; star- shaped; the parts spread- 

 ing from a common centre, like rays of 

 a star. 



Stellular; radiating like a star. 

 Stellular pubescence; compound or fas 



ciculate hairs, with the branches 



spreading like rays. 



Stem; the main axis, or body, of a plant 

 Stemless ; having no visible or aerial stem 

 Sterile barren ; producing no fruit. 

 Stigma; the summit of the style, or 

 that portion of the pistil through which 



the pollen acts. 

 Stigmatic, or stigmatose ; relating to the 



stigma. 

 Stigmatic lines; slightly prominent glan 



dular lines (being the proper stigmas) . 



on the style-branches of the Compositae. 

 Stipe ; a foot- stalk of a frond, or of a 



pileus ; also, the pedicel of a pod, &c. 

 StipeUate; furnished with stipelles, i. e. 



the stipules of leaflets, in compound 



leaves. 



Stipelles; the stipular appendages of leaf- 

 lets, in compound leaves. 

 Stipilate ; having a stipe / supported on 



a little pedicel. 



Stipitiform ; resembling a stipe. 

 Stipular ; belonging, or relating to sti 



pules. 



Stipulate; furnished with stipules. 

 Stipules ; leaflets, or leaflike appendages 



at the base of a petiole, or leaf. 

 Stoles (i. e. stolones) ; shoots, or offsets 



from the base of the stem, or roots, 



usually applied to young winter wheat 

 Stoloniferous ; producing offsetts, or run 



ning shoots (stolones) . 

 Striate ; marked with longitudinal lines 



or streaks. 



Strict ; very straight and erect. 

 Strigose; armed with flattish tapering 



bristly hairs. 

 Strobile ; the cone, or collective fruit, o: 



the Pines, Firs, Ac. 

 Strumose capsule (in some mosses) ; hav 



ing a cushion-like swelling, or protub 



erance, at base. 

 Style: the columnar (usually slender 



portion of the pistil, between the ovary 



and stigma. 

 Styliferous; bearing or producing a sty I 



or styles, 

 Stylopodium ; the thickened base of som 



styles, as in Umbelliferae. 

 Sub, in composition ; a qualifying prefix 



equivalent to somewhat, or nearly, 



as swfccordate, somewhat cordate, sub 



sessile, nearly sessile, &c. 

 fhiberose ; of a texture like cork. 

 Submersed ; entirely under water. 



"uccubous leaves (in Hcpaticae) ; their 

 bases severally covering the apex of 

 the preceding. 

 icculi'nt ; juicy ; full of juice. 



Sucker; a young shoot, or offset, from 

 the root, or base of the stem. 



Suffrutescent ; almost shrubby. 



luffruticose ; somewhat shrubby. 



falcate; furrowed, or grooved. 



"Super, or supra, in composition; mean- 

 ing, above, or upon, beyond, or more 

 than. 



-Super axillary ; above an axil. 



Supra-decompound ; more than decom- 

 pound ; many times divided, or com- 

 pounded. 



Superior; above; a term applied to the 

 ovary, when it is free in the calyx, 

 and to the calyx, when the tube is ad- 

 herent to the ovary, and the segments 

 borne on its summit. 



Suppression ; the non -production, or fail- 

 ure in the development, of an organ. 



Suspended ovules, or seeds ; when they 

 are attached to the summit of the ovary, 

 or pericarp, and hang perpendicularly 

 in the cavity. 



Suture ; the line, or seam, formed by the 

 junction of two margins. 



Symmetrical flower; when the number 

 of the parts in each series, or verticil, 

 is equal, or some multiple of the pri- 

 mary number. 



Syngenesious: having the anthers unit- 

 ed, as in the Compositae. 



lynonyms : different names for the game 

 things. 



Tenacious; sticky, or adhesive; also, 

 holding on by hooked points. 



Tendril; a filiform twining branch, by 

 which some climbing plants are sus 

 tained: in the Grape-vine, it is an 

 abortive raceme ; in the Vetches, an 

 appendage to the leaves. 



Terete ; round, like a column, and eith- 

 er cylindric or tapering. See Orbicu- 

 lar. 



Terminal; situated at, or proceeding from, 

 the apex. 



Ternary ; arranged in threes ; consisting 

 of 3 parts, or elements. 



Ternate; three-fold; three together, 

 as the leaflets of clover, Ac. 



Tessellated: resembling mosaic work; 

 checquered. 



Testa; the proper or outer coat of a seed. 



Tetradynamous : having 6 stamens, of 

 which 4 are regularly longer. 



Tetragonous ; 4 covered. 



Tetramerous ; consisting of 4 part?. 



Tetrandrous ; having 4 stamens of equal 

 length. 



Thalamium : the fructification of Lichens 

 which is situated in the substance of 

 the thallus. 



Thallogenous plants; destitute of stem, 

 or axis, consisting of Thalli, or mere 

 cellular expansions. 



