GLOSSARY OF BOTANICAL TERMS. 233 



SPUR, processes resembling horns, produced at the base of the 



calyx or corolla. 



SQUARROSE, spreading at nearly right angles to the stem. 

 STAMEN, usually formed of a filament and anther; the male organ 



of a flower. 

 STAMINODIUM, a scale or barren stamen; in Orchis the two lateral 



and sterile stamens. 



STANDARD, the posterior petal in papilionaceous corollas. 

 STIGMA, the viscid apex of the style to which the pollen adheres. 

 STIPE, the footstalk of the frond in Ferns, on which no leafy 



portion is produced. 

 STIPITATE, furnished with a stipe. 

 STIPULES, leafy appendages at the base -of the petiole. 

 STOLON, STOLONIFEROUS, bearing creeping stems rooting at the 



joints, where young plants are produced. 

 STOMATA, minute openings in the epidermis of plants. 

 STRIDE, very fine lines on the surface. 



STRIGOSE, covered with small stiff hairs, often swollen at the base. 

 STROBILUS, a cone, the aggregated fruit in the -Conifers. 

 STYLE, the stalk which supports the stigma, arising from the 



ovary. 

 STYLOPODE, a fleshy disk or thickening of the base of the styles 



in the Umbelliferce. 

 SUB, almost, scarcely ; a prefix, as in subrotund, signifying nearly 



round. 



SUBEROSE, corky, of the nature of cork. 

 SUBMERGED, a plant entirely covered with water. 

 SUBULATE, awl-shaped, tapering from a prismatic base to a sharp 



point. 



SUCCULENT, filled with juice and fleshy. 



SUCKER, an underground shoot rooting at the end, and then pro- 

 ducing an serial stem. 



SULCATE, furrowed, marked with deep grooves. 

 SUPERIOR, above; when the calyx or corolla are seated on the 



ovary, they are said to be superior. 

 SUSPENDED, an ovule is said to be suspended when it hangs down 



from the top of the loculameiit by a small attachment near 



to the apex ; when it hangs from the apex it is then 



pendulous. 



SUTURE, the line formed by the cohesion of two parts. 

 SYCONOUS, the multiple inflorescence of the fig. 

 SYMMETRICAL, an organ when divided in equal halves by a vein 



or rib ; equal-sided ; a symmetrical flower is when all the rows 



are of equal numbers and alternating, or where the parts of 



one whorl are multiples of those of another. 



TAIL, the long feathery or hairy termination of certain fruits. 

 TAP-ROOT, one which penetrates deep into the soil without 

 dividing, but emitting small fibrils. 



