GLOSSARY AND INDEX. 223 



Suckers, shoots from subterranean branches, 39, 



Siijf'ruttscent, !5lij:;lilly shrubby or woody at the l)ase only, 39. 



Stijf'ruticuse, rather more than suffrutescent, 37, 39. 



Sidcate, grooved longitudinally with deep furrows. 



Siiperivr, above, 9(j; sometimes equivalent to posterior, 96. 



Supernumerary Hwh, 30, 31. 



Stipervoluie, plaited and convolute in bud, 97. 



Supine, lying flat, with face upward. 



Supra-axillary, borne above the axil, as some buds, 31. 



Sapra-decompound. many times compounded or divided. 



Surculose, producing suckers (Surculi) or shoots resembling them. 



Suspended, hanging down. Suspended ovules or seeds hang from the very summit 



of the cell which contains them. 

 Sutural, belonging or relating to a suture. 



Suture, the line of junction of contiguous parts grown together, lOG. 

 Sicurd-t<liapcd, applied to narrow leaves, with acute parallel edges, tapering above. 

 Sycouium, the tig-fruit, 124. 

 Sylceslri7ie,^gro-\vmgm woods. 



Symmetrical Flower, similar in the number of parts of each set, 82. 

 Sympetalous, same as gamopetaknis. 

 Sympode, Sympodium, a stem composed of a series of superposed branches hi such 



a way as to imitate a simple axis, as in Grape-vine. 

 Synantherous or Symjenesious, where stamens are united by their anthers, 100. 

 Syncarpous (fruit or ])istil), composed of several carpels consolidated into one. 

 Synonym, an equivalent superseded name. 

 Synsepalous, same as gamosepalous. 

 System (artificial and natural), 182, 183. 

 Systematic Botany, the study of plants after their kinds, 9. 



Tahcsrent, wasting or shrivellmg. 



Tail, any long and slender prolongation of an organ. 



Taper-pointed, same as acuminate, bi. 



Tap-root, a root with a stout tapering body. 32-35. 



Tawny, dull yellowish, with a tinge of brown. 



Taxonomy, the part of botany which treats of classification. 



Terjmen, a name for the inner seed-coat. 



Tendril, a thread-shaped orgai? used for climbing, 40. 



Terete, long and round; same as cylimlrical, only it may taper. 



Terminal, borne at, or behmging to, the extremity or summit. 



Terminolor/y treats oi technical terms; same as Glossology, 181. 



Ternate, Ternately, in threes. 



Tessellate, in ciiecker-work. 



Testa, the outer (and usually the harder) coat or shell of the seed, 125. 



Testaceous, the color of unglaxed pottery. 



Tttra- (in words of Greek composition), four; as, Tetracorcous. of four cocci. 



Tetradynamous, where a liower has six stamens, two sliorter than the four, 101. 



Tetragonal, four-angled. Tetrayynous, with four pistils or styles. Tetramerous, 



with its parts or sets in fours. Tetrandrous, with four stamens, 100. 

 Tetraspure, a fjuadrnple spore, 109. 



Thalamafhirous, with petals and stamens inserted on the torus or Thalamus. 

 Thallopliyta, Thallophytes, 105. 



Thullus, a stratum, in place of stem and leaves, 10.5. 

 I'heca, a case; the cells or lobes of ihe anther. 

 Thecnphtire, the stipe of a cari)el, 113. 

 Thorn, an indurated pointed branch, 41, 42. 

 Thread-shaped, slender and round or roundish, like a thread. 

 Throat, the opening or gorge of a monoi)etalous corolla, &c., where the border and 



the tube join, and a little below, 89. 



