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Slig'ma. The summit, or top of the pistil 



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

 seeds, as in the dandelion. 



Stip'itate. Supported by a stipe. 



Sti'pule. A leafy appendage, situated at the base of petioles, or leases 



Stolonif'erous. Putting forth scions, or running roots. 



Stramin'eous. Straw-like, straw coloured. 



Strap-form. Ligulate. 



Stratum. A layer, plural strata. 



Striate. Marked with fine parallel lines. 



Strictus. Stiff and straight, erect. 



Strigose. Armed with close thick bristles. 

 ^Strob'ilum. A cone, an arnent with woody scales. 



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



Skyfides. Plants with a veryilong style. 



Sua'vis. Sweet, agreeable.^ 



Sub. Used as a dimin utive, prefixed to different terms to imply the ex- 

 istence of a quality in an inferior degree ; in English, may be ren- 

 dered by somewhat: it also signifies under. 



Subero'se. Corky. 



Submersed. Growing under water. 



Subterra'-tieous. Growing and flowering under ground. 



Subtus. Beneath. 



Sub'acute. Somewhat acute. 



Sub'sessile. Almost sessile. 



Svh'uiate. Awl-shaped, narrow and sharp pointed. See Awl-ionr 



Sur/culent. Jurcy ; it is also applied to a pulpy leaf, whether juicy or 

 not. 



Sur/cus. Sap. 



Sucker. A shoot from the root, by which the plant may oe propagated. 



Suffru'ticose. Somewhat shrubby ; shrubby at the base j an under shrub. 



Sul'cate. Furrowed, marked with deep lines. 



Super. Above. 



Supradecompound. More than decompound ; many times sub-dividea. 



Superior. A calyx or corolla is superior, when it proceeds from the 

 upper part of the germ. . 



Supi'nus. Face upwards. See Resupinatus. 



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

 seed vessel. 



Sylvestris. Growing in woods. 



Sijncarpe, (from sun, with, and Jcarpos, fruit.) A union of fruits. 

 Hfyngenesious. Anthers growing together, forming a tube ; such plant? 

 as constitute the class Sygenesia, being also compound flowers, 



Synonyms. Synonymous, different names for the same plant. 



Synopsis. A condensed view of a subject, or science. 



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Taxonomy, f from taxis, order, and nonius, law. 5 ) Method ot < lassifica- 

 lion. 



Covering. 

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