472 ORCHIDS. 



Streptopetalus, -a, -um. Twisted petals. 



Striatus, -a, -um. Striped. 



Suavis, -e. Sweet-scented or tasting. 



Suavissimus, -a, -um. Very fragrant. 



Subulifolia. Having foliage shaped like an awl ; from subula^ 



an awl. 



Sulcatus, -a, -um. Furrowed. 



Sulphureus, -a, -um. Sulphur-colored, light-yellow. 

 Superbiens. Becoming grand and stately. 

 Superbus -a, -um. Excellent, commanding. 

 Sumatrana. Native of Sumatra. 



Suttoni. In honor of Captain Sutton of the royal navy. 

 Sylhetense. Native of Sylhet. 

 Syringothyrsus, -a, -um. With trusses of flowers like a lilac. 



T. 



Tabularis, -e. Having a flat surface. 



Tankervilliae. In honor of Emma, wife of the Fourth Earl 



Tankerville, of Chillingham Castle, Northumberland. 

 Tattonianum. In honor of Lord Egerton of Tatton. 

 Taurinus, -a, -um. Having horns like a bull. 

 Tener. -era, -erum. Delicate. 

 Tenuifolius, -a, -um. Slender-leaved. 

 Tenuis, -e. Slender ; delicate. 

 Teres. Long and cylindrical ; terete. 

 Teretifolius, -a, -um. Having terete leaves. 

 Tetragonus, -a, -um. Having four angles. 

 Tesselatus, -a, -um. Tesselate, checkered. 

 Testaceus, -a, -um. Covered with spots the color of tiles. 

 Thibaultianus, -a, -um. Complimentary to Thibault de Ber- 



neaud, a French horticulturist, and secretary of the Lin- 



naean Society of Paris. 



Thouarsii. In memory of the botanist Du Petit Thouars. 

 Thunia. Complimentary to Von Thun. 

 Thyrse. A kind of panicle, broadest in the middle. 



