GLOSSARY 



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Spike. A form of simple inflorescence with the 

 flowers sessile or nearly so upon a more or less 

 elongated common axis. 



Spikelet. A small or secondary spike. 



Spindle-shaped. Same as Fusiform. 



Spine. A sharp woody or rigid outgrowth from 

 the stem. 



Spinose. Spine-like, or having spines. 



Spinule. A little spine or spine-like process. 



Sporangium. A spore-case. 



Spore. The reproductive organ in Cryptogams 

 which in function corresponds to a seed but 

 possesses no embryo. 



Sporocarp. The fruit-cases of certain Crypto- 

 gams containing sporangia or spores. 



Sporophyll. A leaf bearing spores. 



Spur. A hollow sac-like or tubular extension 

 of some part of a blossom, usually nectar- 

 iferous. 



Squarrose. Having its parts or processes (such 

 as the tips of involucral scales) spreading or 

 recurved at the end. 



Squarrulose. Diminutively squarrose. 



Stamen. One of the pollen-bearing organs of the 

 flower. 



Staminode or Staminodium. A sterile stamen, 

 or any structure without anther corresponding 

 to a stamen. 



Standard. The upper dilated petal of a papilio- 

 naceous corolla. 



Stellate, Stelliform. Star- shaped. 



Stem. The main ascending axis of a plant. 



Sterile. Unproductive, as a flower without pis- 

 til, or stamen without an anther. 



Stigma. That part of a pistil through which 

 fertilization by the pollen is effected. 



Stigmatic. Belonging to or characteristic of the 

 stigma. 



Stipe. The stalk-like support of a pistil ; the 

 leaf-stalk of a Fern. 



Stipitate. Having a stipe. 



Stipular. Belonging to stipules. 



Stipulate. Having stipules. 



Stipule. An appendage at the base of a petiole 

 or on each side of its insertion. 



Stolon. A runner, or any basal branch that is 

 disposed to root. 



Stoloniferous. Producing stolons. 



Stoma (pi. Stomata}. An orifice in the epider- 

 mis of a leaf communicating with internal air- 

 cavities. 



Stramineous. Straw-colored. 



Striate. Marked with fine longitudinal lines or 

 ridges. 



Strict. Very straight and upright. 



Strigose. Beset with appressed sharp straight 

 and stiff hairs. 



Strobile. An inflorescence marked by imbri- 

 cated bracts or scales, as in the Hop and Pine- 

 cone. 



Strophiole. An appendage at the hilum of cer- 

 tain seeds. 



Style. The usually attenuated portion of the 

 pistil connecting the stigma and ovary. 



Stylopodium. A disk -like expansion at the 

 base of a style, as in Umbelliferae. 



Sub-. A Latin prefix, usually signifying some- 

 what or slightly. 



Subulate. Awl-shaped. 



Succulent. Juicy ; fleshy. 



frutescent. Slightly or obscurely shrubby. 



Suffruticose. Very low and woody ; diminu- 

 tively shrubby. 



Silicate. Grooved or furrowed. 



Superior (ovary). Free from the calyx. 



Supra-axillary. Borne above the axil. 



Surculose. Producing suckers. 



Suspended (ovule). Hanging from the apex 01 

 the cell. 



Suture. A line of dehiscence. 



Symmetrical (flower). Regular as to the num- 

 ber of its parts ; having the same number of 

 parts in each circle. 



Teratological. Monstrous ; relating to a mon- 

 strosity. 



Terete. Having a circular transverse section. 

 Ternate. In threes. 

 Testa. The outer commonly hard and brittle 



seed-coat. 

 Tetradynamous. Having four long and two 



shorter stamens. 

 Tetragonal. Four-angled. 

 Thalloid, Thallose. Resembling a thallus. 

 Thallus. In Cryptogams, a cellular expansion 



taking the place of stem and foliage. 

 Throat. The orifice of a gamopetalous corolla 



or calyx ; the part between the proper tube 



and the limb. 

 Thyrse. A contracted cylindrical or ovoid and 



usually compact panicle. 

 Thyrsoid. Resembling a thyrse. 

 Tomentose. Densely pubescent with matted 



wool. 



Torose. Cylindrical with contractions at intervals. 

 Torulose. Diminutive of torose. 

 Torus. The receptacle of a flower. 

 Tri-. In composition, three or thrice. 

 Triandrous. Having three stamens. 

 Trifoliolate. Having three leaflets. 

 Trigonous. Three-angled. 

 Trimorphous. Occurring under three forms. 

 Triquetrous. Having three salient angles, the 



sides concave or channeled. 

 Truncate. Ending abruptly, as if cut off trans- 

 versely. 

 Tuber. A thickened and short subterranean 



branch having numerous buds or eyes. 

 Tubercle. A small tuber or tuber-like (not 



necessarily subterranean) body. 

 Tuberiferous. Bearing tubers. 

 Tuberoid. A fleshy-thickened root, resembling 



a tuber. 

 Tuberous. Having the character of a tuber; 



tuber-like in appearance. 

 Tumid. Swollen. 

 Tunicated. Having concentric coats, as an 



onion. 



Turbinate. Top-shaped ; inversely conical. 

 Turgid. Swollen, or tightly drawn, said of a 



membrane or covering expanded by pressure 



from within. 



