INDEX AND GLOSSARY. 



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Sinus (sinus, a bay), the indenta- 

 tions on the edge of a leaf. 

 Sleep (155.\ 171. 

 Snag (225.), 229. 

 Soil, action of (289.), 285. 

 Soils, influence of (306.), 299. 

 Spadix (89. fig- 8S. 6), 86. 

 Spathe (ffvA, a. ladle), (91. Jig. 88.), 



90. 



Species (33.), 29. 

 Spermoderm (trxiefMt,, seed ; Ssj/t**, 



skin), (109.), lit 



Spicula? (spiculum, a dart), small 

 thread-like and sharp-pointed 

 bristles. 

 Spike (spica. an ear of corn), (89.), 



85. 

 Spikelet, a little spike (89. fig. 95. 



c), 86. 



Spine (spina, a thorn), (78.), 71. 

 Spiral-vessels (23.), 38. 

 Spongioles (ipongia, a sponge), 



(39.), 38. 



Sporules (ro, a seed), (36. 1.), 



the reproductive organs of the 



cryptogamic tribes, analogous to 



the seeds of flowering plants, 35. 



Spur, the prolongation backwards 



of a sepal, petal, &c., 

 Stamen (stamen, the chive of the 



flower). (92. 97.), 91. 

 Stations, botanical '(302.), 294. 

 Stations, botanical (308.), 301. 

 Stellate (stella, a star), star-shaped, 



(fit. 21. a). 

 Stem (44.), 42. 



Stems, direction of (299.', 291. 

 Stigma (100.), 98. 

 Stigma, action of (264.), 267. 

 Stings (31. fig. 20. a), 28. 

 Stings (214.), 221. 

 Stipes (stipes, trunk of a tree), (84.), 



77. 

 Stipules (stipula, husk round straw), 



(77.), 70. 

 Stomata (frtfut, the mouth), (30.), 



26 



Stock (227.), 238. 

 Striated, marked with stripes. 

 Style (<rn/Xo?, a style), (100.), 98. 

 Suckers (62.), 54. 

 Sugar (199.), 213. 

 Superior ilOl.), 100. 

 Suture (sulura, a seam), where a 

 division takes place naturally in 

 the fruit. 

 Syncarpous (o-vv, together ; xcte'ro;, 



'fruit), (fig. 106), 103. 

 Syngenesious (rut, together ; yvs<r;j, 

 generation), (138.), 149. 



T. 



Tap (39.), 38. 



Taste (2 10.), 219. 



Taxonomy (J<;, order; vo^tf, a 

 law), (130.), the same as sys- 

 tematic Botany. The Depart- 

 ment of the science in which 

 plants are arranged and classified, 

 135. 



Tegmen (legmen, a covering), 

 (266 ), 269. 



Temperature (157.), 172. 



Temperature, effects of (303.), 295. 



Tendril (79.), 71. 



Terminal inflorescence (88.), 83. 



Testa (testa, an earthen pot), (266.), 

 269. 



Thalamiflora (&aX,u.?, a bed- 

 chamber), (102.), 101. 



Thallus (84.), 78. 



Theca (.S-jjzsj, a sheath or case), 

 (113.), 115. 



Thecaphore (S-yxri, a case ; <? ea/, to 

 bear), (100.), 99. 



Thorns (62.), 53. 



Toothed (fig. 63. a), 67. 



Torus (torus, a bed), (92.), 90. 



Trachea? (23.), 21. 



Transport, means of (311.), 304. 



Transverse, embryo (111. fig. 126. 

 c), 113. 



Tribes (131.), 137. 



Tuber ( tuber, an excrescence), 



(64.), 56. 



Turio (turio, a young branch), 

 (58.), 51. 



Valve, a part which becomes de- 

 tached by means of a natural 

 rupture along a line of suture, as 

 in seed-vessels. 



Valvular (104.), 102. 



Variation (131.), 137. 



Varieties (33.), 30. 



Varieties (131.), 137. 



Varieties, origin of (297.), 290. 



Vasa propria (21.), 19. 



Vasculares (36. 2.), 36. 



Vascular tissue (22.), 20. 



Veins (69.), 59. 



Venation (71.), 61. 



Vernation (vernus, belonging to 

 spring-time), (81.), 74. 



Verticillate (verticulum, a whirl 

 for a spindle), (82.), 75. 



Vesicles (vesicula, a little bladder), 

 (16.), 14. 



Viscous (vt'scus, glue), clammy and 

 glutinous. 



Vital vessels (27.), 24. 



