BOTAMCAL TERMS. 



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Starry, (stellatus) plants whose leaves grow in whorls round 

 the stem, as the goosegrass, cheese-rennet, and several 

 other plants in the class Tetrandria. 



Stellate, starry, or star-like. 



Stem, (caulis) the proper trunk of a plant, supporting the 

 leaves, branches, and flowers. 



Stem-clasping, (amplexicaulis.) 



Stem-leaves, (caulina) such as grow immediately upon the 

 ' stem, without the intervention of branches. 



Stemless. See Acmtlis. 



Sterile, barren. 



Stiff. See Rigid. 



Stigma, the summit of the style : the female organ of genera- 

 tion in plants, which receives the fecundating dust of the 

 tops of the stamina, and transmits its vapour or effluvia 

 through the style, into the heart of the seed-bud, for the 

 purpose of impregnating the seeds. 



Stimuli, stings ; a species of offensive weapon, designed to 

 keep off naked animals that would approach and injure 

 certain plants. 



Stings, (stimuli) sharp-pointed substances, conveying poi- 

 son into the parts they penetrate, as in the nettle. 



Stipes, a pillar or pedicle. 



Stipes, the trunk of a tree or plant, sometimes the foot-stalk; 

 likewise the slender thread which elevates the pappus, or 

 hairy crown, in many compound flowers. 



Stipitated, standing on a pillar or pedicle. 



Stipules, a sort of props ; small leaves or scales, situated on 

 each side the base of a leaf-stalk or fruit-stalk ; for the 

 purpose of supporting them in their first appearance, as 

 in the garden pea. 



Stolo, a sucker. 



Stoloniferaus, putting forth suckers. 



Stone. See Nux. 



Straddling, (divaricatus) branches standing wide from each 

 other. 



Straight, (rectus) not bending. 



Strap-shaped, (linearis) long and narrow, like a strap or 

 fillet ; as in the crocus leaf. 



Strap spear-shaped. See Spear egg-shaped. 



Straw. See Culm. 



Streaked, marked with depressed,but not always parallel lines. 



Striated, scored. 



Strictus, stiff and straight. 



Strigiz, strong spear-shaped bristles or thorns 



Strigose, furnished with strigse. 



Strings, fibres. See Filament. 



Strobiliform spike, a cone-shaped spike. 



Strobilus, a cone ; a species of seed-vessel, composed of 

 woody scales which are placed against one another, and 

 split only at top, being fixed below to an axis, which oc- 

 cupies the centre of the cone. 



Style, the slender part of the pistillum, or female organ re- 

 sembling a pillar, which stands upon the seed-bud, and 

 elevates the stigma, or summit. 



Subdivisus, subdivided. 



Submersus, under water. 



Subovate, nearly egg-shaped. 



Subramose, a little branched. 



Subrotund, nearly globular. 



Subulated, awl-shaped. 



Succulent, juicy. 



Succus, sap ; the juices of plants. 



Suckers, (stolones) shoots which rise from the root, spread 

 along the ground, and then take root themselves, as in 

 the sweet-violet. 



Suffruticose, somewhat woody, nearly shrubby, as sage and 

 lavender. 



Sulcated, furrowed. 



Summit, (stigma) the upper part of the Pistil, which see. 



Superficies, the surface. 



Superflua, superfluous. 



Superior (superus) cup or blossom ; when the calyx or co- 

 rolla is situated above the germen, it is said to be supe- 

 rior ; as in the Honeysuckle. 



Superus, superior, above. 



Supine, the upper surface. 



Supra-decomposite, more than doubly compound. 



Supra-foliaceous, placed above the leaf. 



Surculus, a shoot ; the branch of a Moss. 



Suture, a seam. 



Sword-shaped, (ensiforme) as the leaves of the Iris, or Fleur- 

 de-lis. 



Syngenesia, from aw, together ; and r/eveaK, generation : 

 the name of the nineteenth class in the Sexual System of 

 Linneus ; it consists of plants in which the antherae or 

 male organs of generation are united into a cylinder, the 

 filaments by which they are supported remaining sepa- 

 rate and distinct. 



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Tail, Ccauda) a sort of slender-pointed appendage to some 

 seeds. 



Taper leaf, (acuminatum) gradually tapering to a point. 



Target, (pelta) a kind of fructification on the leaves of some 

 of the Lichens, which is circular, and a little convex. 



Target-shaped, (peltatum) applied to a leaf having its leaf- 

 stalk fixed, not at the edges, but nearly in its centre. 



Target-shaped summit, one that is circular and flat. 



Tendril. See Cirrus. 



Tenuis, thin, slender. 



Teres, columnar. 



Teretusculus, roundish. 



Tergeminum, (leaf) doubly twin fork. 



Terminal, terminating. 



Terminating, (terminalis) opposed to lateral ; standing at 

 the end of the stem or branches, as the fruit-stalks of 

 Borrage. 



Ternate, growing three together from the same point. 



Ternis, by threes ; three in a place. 



Tessellated, chequered. 



Tetradynamia, from tuaaapci, four ; and Sui/a/ti?, power : 

 four powers ; the name of the fifteenth class in Linneus's 

 Sexual System, consisting of plants with hermaphrodite 

 flowers, having six stamina, four of which are longer 

 than the rest. 



Tetragynia, from aapes, four; and */vvrj, a woman : the 

 name of an order or secondary division in the fourth, 

 fifth, sixth, eighth, and thirteenth classes, of the Linnean 

 System ; it consists of plants, which, to the classic cha- 

 racter, whatever it be, add the circumstance of having 

 four styles or female organs, as its name imports. 



Tetragonous, four-cornered. 



Telrandria, from -teaaapc?, four ; and avijp, a husband : the 

 name of the fourth class in Linneus's Sexual System, con- 

 sisting of plants whose flowers are hermaphrodite, and 

 have four stamina or male organs of equal length. 



Tetrapetalous, f,our-petalled. 



Tetraphyllous, four-leaved. 



Tetraspermous, four-seeded. 



Thalamus. See Receptacle. 



Thorn. See Spine. 



