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GLOSSARY. 



SpatJiaocom. Having; a spathe. 



Spathe- Asheatli: a kind of calyx which first en- 

 closes the flower, and after it expands, is often left 

 a distance below it. Sometimes it retains the spa- 

 dix in its cavity; as in Synijilocarpus. 



Spat'iulate, or Spatulate- Like a tpatula: roundish 

 above, with a Ion?;, narrow, linear base. 



Species. The fourth, or lowest permanent division 

 of natural objects in a systematic arrangement. 



Specific. Belonging to, or distinguishinj? the species. 



Spike. A mode of flowering, in which sessile flow- 

 ers are arranger! along a common, simple peduncle. 



Spikelet. A little spike; or one of the subdivisions 

 of a spike. 



Spine. A Thorn: a sharp process proceeding from 

 the wood. 



Spinescent. Becoming thorny; or inclining to be 

 thorny. 



Spinose, or Spinous. Thorny; armed with thorns. 



Spur. The hinder part of the nectary in some flow- 

 ers; resembling a Cocks' spur, or a horn. 



Spurred. Having a spur. 



Squamoie. Covered more or less with scales. 



Squarrose. Havin;; scales with the points widely 

 divaricating, or spreading every way. 



Stamen. The organ of a flower which prepares the 

 pollen; asually standing next to the germ, withm 

 the corolla. 



Staminiferotis. Beari.ig, or supporting the stamens. 



Stigma- The top of the pistil. 



Stipe. The little stem which supports the pappus, 

 in some plants— sometimes also the fruit, as inCau- 

 lophyllum. 



Stipiiute. Having a stipe. 



Stipxde. A leaflet, membrane, or scale, at the base 

 of a petiole, or leaf. 



Stipular. Belonging to the stipules. 



Stoloniferous Putfting forth suckers. 



Striate. Marked or scored with lines, or very su- 

 perficial grooves. 



Strict. Both stiff and straight. 



Strigose. Armed with small, rigid bristles, tapering 

 to the point. , 



Strobile, or Strohihis. An ament with woody scaies. 



Style. That portion of the pistil which is between 

 the germ and stigma: sometimes wanting. 



Sub- Much used in composition as a diminutive; in 

 lieu of somewhat, or approaching <o— -as sub-cor- 

 date, for somewhat cordate, &c. 



Suberose. Resembling Cork. 



Subulate. Awl-form: linear below, but tapering 

 above to a sharp point, and often a little curved- 



Succuleiit. Juicy, full of juice. 



Sucker. A shoot from the root. 



Silicate. Furrowed, or grooved. 



Sunradecomvound. More ihan decompounu. 



Sup-rior Ca'lyx, or Corolla. Seated above, or pro- 

 ceeding from the upper part of. the germ. 



Suture. A seam-like junction of two parts; as the 

 valves of a pod. . 



Sijngenesious. Having the anthers united; with the 

 flowers compound. 



Sipionyms. Dift-erent names for the same thing. _ 



Tmdril A filiform spiral band, by which a plant is 

 fastened to another body. 



Terete. Round, or columnar; like a cyhnder. 



Terminal. Proceeding from, or occupying the end . 



Ternate. Three fold. In threes. I'hree leaflets on 

 one petiole, as in clover, &c. 



Tetradynamous. Having two short, and four long, 

 stamens. 



Tetragonoii.i. Having four angles, or corners. 



TetrandroHS. Having four stamens. 



Tetrnpetalous. Having four petals. 



Thorn. A sharp process from the woody part of a 

 plant. . 



Throat. The orifice of the tnbp. in a nngent corolla. 



Thyrsus. A mod.' of flowe' ing. consisting of a Pan- 

 icle contiL'.ctiid into an ovate form. 



T'jmentose. Covered with a fine downy or cottony 

 pubescence, matted together. 



Toothed. See dentate. 



Torose. .Swelling out in riclges, or knobs. 



Torulose. Swelling a little in ridges. 



Triandrous. Having three stamens. 



Triangular. Having three corners, or points. 



Tribracteate- Having three bractes, or floral leaves- 



Tricuspidate. Having three points. 



Trifariovs. Facing, or pointing, three ways. 



Trifid. Three-clett. 



Trifoliate. Having three leaves, or the leaves arran* 

 ged in threes. 



Trigonou.s. Three cornered. 



Trigynous. Having three styles. 



Trilobate. Having three lobes. 



Tripttalled. Having three petals. 



Tiipinnate Leaf. When a petiole has bipinnate 

 leaves ranged on each side of it. 



Tripinnutif.d. A pinnatifid leaf with the segments- 

 twice pinnatifid. 



Triqttctrous. Three-sided; having three flat side.*. 



Tritcrnaie. When a petiole is biternate, and each 

 branch bearing ternate leaves. 



Truncate. The end appearing as if cut ofF. 



Tube. A hollow pipe; the lower hollow cylinder 

 of a monopetalous corolla. 



Tuber. A knob in roots, solid, with the component 

 particles all similar 



Tubercle. A little rough point, or pimple. 



Tuberculate. Having rough points, or tubercles. 



Tuberose, or Tuberous. Consisting of, or produ» 

 cing tubers. 



Tubular. Having a tube, or being in the form of 

 a tube. 



Ti'ft. Growing in a bunch. 



Tunicate. Coated: consisting of concentric coats, 

 la3'ers, or nripmbranes. 



Turbinate. Top-shaped. A cone with the point 

 downwards. 



Turgid. Swelled; but not inflated. 



Turion. The tender shoot of a plant, in the spring; 

 as Asparagus, Hop, &c. 



Twin- Two connected, or growing together. 



Tunning. Ascending spirally. 



Two-ranked. See distichous. 



Umbd. A mode of flowering, where severpl flow- 

 er stems diverge from one place, like the braces 

 of an umbrella 



TImbelUferouf. Bearing the flowers in umbels. 



Umhellules. Partial umbels: the sub-divisions of a 

 compound umbel. 



Umbilicate- Having a kind of central hollow; re- 

 sembling n navel. 



Unarmed. Having no thorns nor prickles. 



Uncinate. Hooked at the end. 



Undaiate.- Wavy: rising and falling like wave.'!. 



Unequal. The parts not corresponding in size, form, 

 and duration. 



Unequally pinnate. Having an odd, terminal leaf- 

 let. 



Unguiculate Petal. Having a narrow ba.<^e, or claw. 



ifnilat^ral. Growing on one side of a »tcm. 



Urceolate. Shaped like a pitcher. 



Utriculus- A little bladder, or sac- 



Valves- The several pieces of a pericarp, which 

 separate n.nturally on ripening. Also the leaflets 

 composing the calyx and corolla of the grasses: 

 and the scales which close the tube, iu some co- 

 rollas. 



Variety- A plant changed by some accidental 

 cause; as soil, culture, climate, &c. but not spe- 

 cifically distinct. 



Vaulted. Arched like the roof of the mouth. 



Veined. Having the vessels variously branching 

 over the surface. 



Vi-ntrirotc. Bellied: swellingoul in the middle. 



Verriirnsc. Warty; covered with waxt-like excres- 

 cences. 



