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A GLOSSARY OF TERMS 



STATION. Habitat. In botany, f 

 term used to denote the peculiar 

 nature of the locality where each 

 species of plants is accustomed 

 to grow. 



STAU'ROTIDE. fr. gr. xtauros, a cross ; 

 eidos, form. Cross-stone. Prisma- 

 tic garnet. It is very abundant 

 in New England. 



STI:V AS. Lat. Stars. 



STEL-A'TE. fr. lat. Stella, a star. 

 Star-shaped. 



STE'LLATED. Consisting of star-like 

 figures. 



STEL'LIO. Lat. A kind of saurian. 



STEI/LUI.ATE. Resembling little 



stars. 



STEM. A general supporter of leaves, 

 flowers and fruits. 



STEMLESS. In botany, having no 

 stem properly so called, but only 

 a scape. 



STEM'MULE. A little stem. 



STEP'PE. Fr., formed fr. lat. stipes, 

 a landmark. Aterm applied to 

 the Savanahs of Tartary, of the 

 Crimea, &c., and salt deserts of 

 Northern Asia. 



STERNA. Systematic name of the 

 terns or sea-swallows. 



STERNAL. Belonging or relating to 

 the sternum. 



STERNUM. fr. gr. sterros, solid. The 

 breast bone. 



STERILE. Barren. 



STI'GMA. The superior terminating 

 part of the pistil: the female or- 

 gan of a flower. 



STIGMA'RIA. fr. gr. stigma, an im- 

 pression. A vegetable fossil. (Jig. 

 47, p. 43, Book viii). 



STIGMA'TA. Lat. plur. of stigma. 

 The spiracles or breathing-holes, 

 which form the external openings 

 of the tracheae or air-vessels, in 

 insects. 



STI'MULANS. Lat. Pricking, irri- 

 tating. 



STI'MULI. Lat. plur. of stimulus. 

 In botany, stings; stinging hairs. 



STIPE. The stem of endogenous 

 trees j the stalk which supports, 



the pileus of mushrooms, (fig 

 12, p. 22, Book vii). Also, thi 

 stem of the down of seeds; the 

 stalk of germs, seeds, &c., which 

 is superadded to the pedicel. 



STI'PELLATE. Having stipules or 

 stipelles. 



STI'PULE. fr. lat. stipula, the husk 

 of straw. Stipelle. A small leaf- 

 like organ, attached to the base of 

 the petiole of the leaf in many 

 plants, (fig. 16, p. 33, Book vii). 



STI'PITATE. Stalked ; furnished 



with a stipe. The term does not 

 apply to the petiole of a leaf, or 

 to the peduncle of a flower. 



STIPULA'CEOUS. Having stipules. 



STI'PULAR. Belonging to stipules. 



STI'PULARY. Occupying the place 

 of stipules. 



STOLE. fr. lat. stolo, a shoot or scion. 

 A kind of branch which differs 

 from the soboles or sticker in pro- 

 ceeding from the stem above the 

 surface of the earth, into which 

 it afterwards descends and tanes 

 root. 



STOLONI'FEROUS. Having creeping 

 roots or stoles. 



STOLONS. Root-shoots. 



STO'MATA. ) fr. gr. stoma, a mouth. 



STO'MATE. In botany, an oval 

 space, lying between the sides of 

 the cells in the epidermis of 

 plants, and opening into a cavity 

 in the subjacent tissue, (fig. 5, p. 

 14, Book vii). 



STHA'TA. Lat. plur. of stratum. 



STRATI FICA'TION. An arrangement 

 in beds or layers. 



STRA'TIFIED. Arranged in strata. 



STRA'TCJM. Lat. A bed, a layer. 



STRA'TCS A fall-cloud : it consists 

 of horizontal layers, and includes 

 fogs and mists; its under surface 

 usually rests upon the land or sea, 

 and it is therefore the lowest of 

 the clouds. 



STRI'A. Lat. In the plural stria. 

 A diminutive channel or create. 



STRIJE. Lat. Diminutive channels 

 or creases. 



