BOTANICAL TERMS. 265 



lules, or the separate flowers, in umbelliferous 

 plants. 



STA'MEN ; part of a flower ; composed of a Filament 

 and an Anther. [Plate 1.] 



STANDARD ; the upper petal of a butterfly-shaped 

 blossom. [Plate 19.] In the common Pea, the stan- 

 dard is very remarkable. 



STEM ; the trunk of a plant, supporting the leaves, 

 branches, and flower-stalks, or flowers. It rises 

 immediately from the root. [Plates 5. and 9.] 



STIP'ULA ; a scale, at the base of young leaf-stalks. 

 [Plate 19.] 



STOLONIF'EROUS ; putting forth suckers. 



STRAW ; the stem of a Grass. 



STROBILE. See CONE. 



STYLE ; that part of a pistil, which stands upon the 

 germen and supports the summit. [Plate 1.] 



SUCKERS ; shoots which spring from the root, spread 

 along, or under, the ground, and then take root 

 themselves. 



SUMMIT ; the uppermost part of a pistil. [Plate 1.] 



SUPERIOR ; a term applied to the calyx or corolla, when 

 it is placed above the germen ; which last is then 

 called Inferior. [Plate 9.] The Germen is Supe- 

 rior, when it is placed above, or within, the calyx or 

 corolla. [Plates 10. and 12.] 



SYNGENE'SIA, (production, or growing, together.) The 

 name of the nineteenth class : flowers compound ; 

 anthers united. [Plates 2. and 21.] 



