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BOTANY. GLOSSARY. 



closed within a kind of bract, 

 called a spathe, as in palms. 



SPARSE. From the Latin, sparsus, 

 scattered. 



SPA'RTIUM. Latin. Broom. 



SPA'THE. Greek, a ladle. A form of 

 involucre. 



SPA'TULATE. See p. 40. 



SPE'RMODERM. From the Greek, 

 sperma, seed, and derma, skin. 

 Seed-covering. 



SPIKE. An assemblage of axillary 

 flowers arranged on a simple axis. 



SPIKE' LET. A little spike. 



SPINO'SA. Latin. Thorny. 



SPONGI'OLES. Seep. 19. 



SPORE. Seed of Lichens. 



SPORI'FEROUS. From spora, and/ero, 

 1 bear. Bearing spores. 



SPO'RULES. Diminutive spores. 



STA'MEN. Latin. Male apparatus 

 of a flower. 



STEM'MULE. A little stem. 



STELLA'TE. From the Latin, Stella, a 

 star. Star-shaped. 



STI'GMA. The superior terminating 

 part of the pistil. 



STIGMA'TA. Plural of stigma. 



STI'MULANS. Latin. Pricking, irri- 

 tating. 



STI'MULI. Latin, plural of stimulus. 

 Stings. 



STIPE. See p. 22. 



STI'PULE. See p. 33. 



STO'MATA. See p. 14. 



STYLE. That part of the pistil be- 

 tween the stigma and ovary. 



SUB'ULATE. Awl-shaped. See p. 34. 



SUC'CULENT. Juicy. 



SUPE'RFLUA. Latin. Superfluous. 



SUPER-O'VARY. Applied to flowers 

 which have the perianth and sta- 

 mens above the ovary. 



SUPER PO'SED. From the Latin, super, 

 upon, and pono, I place. One 

 lying upon or placed on another. 



SU'TURE. From the Latin, suo, I 

 stitch. A seam or line of junction. 



SY'CONE. From the Greek, sukon, a 

 fig. A form of fruit. 



SYNANTHE'RE^E. From the Greek, 

 sun, with, and anthos, flower. 

 Name of a family of plants. 



SYNCA'RPOUS. From the Greek, 

 sun, with, and karpos, fruit. Ap- 



plied to fruits formed of several 

 carpels. 



SYNGENE'SIA. From the Greek, sun, 

 together, and geinomai, to grow. 

 Name of a Linnsean class. 



TABAC'CUM. Latin. Tobacco. 



TEGUME'NTARY. From the Latin, 

 tegere, to cover. Belonging or re- 

 lating to covering. 



TEN'DRIL. See p. 34. 



TER'MINAL. Applied to flowers at the 

 extremity of the stem. 



TER'NARY. Relating to three. 



TER'NATE. See p. 44. 



TETRADY'NAMOUS. From the Greek, 

 teltcres, four, dunamis, power. Ap- 

 plied to plants having four long and 

 two short stamens. 



TETRADYNA'MIA. Name of a Lin- 

 nean class. 



TETRAGY'NIA. From the Greek, 

 tetteres, four, and gune, pistil. 

 Name of an order of plants. 



TETRA'NDRIA. From the Greek, 

 tetteres, four, and aner, stamen. 

 Name of a class of plants. 



TETRA'NDRODS. Relating to tetran- 

 dria. 



THA'LLUS. A flat membrane belong, 

 ing to cellular plants. 



THY'RSUS. A kind of cluster. 



TI'SSUE. From the Latin, texere, 

 to weave. The interlacement or 

 union of many things which form 

 a body, as threads of flax, silk, 

 wool, &c., of which cloths and 

 stuffs are made. From analogy 

 the term is employed to describe 

 the substances of which the organs 

 of plants and animals are com- 

 posed. 



TOLA'MEN. A border. 



TO'RUS. Terminal portion of the 

 pedicil. 



TRA'CHEA (trak-ea). (In the plural, 

 tracheae). Tubes or vessels in the 

 structure of plants which are sup- 

 posed to convey air. 



TRIA'NDRIA. From the Greek, treis, 

 three, and aner, stamen. Name 

 of a class of plants. 



TRIA'NDROUS. Having three sta- 

 mens. 



TRICO'LOR. Latin. Three-coloured. 



TRIE'NNIAL. Every three years. 



