204 GLOSSARY OP SPECIFIC NAMES AND BOTANICAL TERMS. 



and blade abruptly narrowing below 

 the center. 



Spauldingii. 



Speciosa (4), showy, beautiful. 



Spectabilis (3), notable, remarkable. 



Specularioid.es, specularia-like. 



Spergulinum, spergu.a-like. 



Spicata (5), Spicate, flowers in a 



Spike, a raceme with sessile or short-ped- 

 iceled flowers. 



Spinosus, spiny. 



Spinulose, thorny. 



Spiralis. coiling. 



Spithamia (2), span-high. 



Splendens (2), Splendidum, brilliant, 

 shining. 



Sp^lr, a projecting appendage. 



Spurium, bastard. 



Squarrosa (2), Squarrose, spreading 

 widely from the axis (leaves). 



Stachyoides, stachys-like. 



Staminea, thready, full of fibers. 



Staminndia, stamens which have no an- 

 thers. 



Standard, the upper petal of a papilion- 

 aceous flower. 



Stanfordiana, Lei and Stanford Jr. 



Stellaris, Stellate, star-like. 



Stenantha, short-flowered. 



Stenocarpum, short-podded. 



Stenoloba, short-lobed. 



Stipe, stem of a pistil or of a pod above the 

 receptacle. 



Stipitata (2), Stipitate, having a stipe. 



Stipels, the stipules of a leaflet. 



Stipularis, Stipulate, bearing. 



Stipules, a pair of appendages at the base 

 of a petiole. 



Stiveri, Dr. Chas. Stivers, San Francisco. 



Stolonifera, Stoloniferousl bearing. 



Stolons, branches which bending down 

 take root. 



Stramonium, generic name. 



Striata, Striate, marked with grooves or 

 channels. 



Stricta (4), Strict, straight and nar- 

 row. 



Strigosa, Strigose, beset with rigid scale- 

 like appressed hairs. 



Strigulosa, Strigulosa, finely strigose. 



Strobiliacea, Strobilina, cone-like, like 



the cone of a pine. 

 Suaveolens, sweet-scented. 

 Subacaulis, nearly acaulescent. 

 Subcordata (2), nearly cordate. 

 Subglochidiata (4), somewhat glochi- 



diate. 



Subinclusa, partly included. 

 Subpinnata, nearly pinnate. 

 Subpinnatifida, nearly pinnatifid. 

 Subspicata, somewhat spicate. 

 Subulata, Subulate, awl-bearing. 

 Subvestitum, partly covered. 

 Succulent, fleshy, juicy. 

 Suffrutescens, (2), Snffrutescent, shrubby 



at the base. 



Suffruticosa, Suffruticose, shrubby. 

 Suksdorfii (2), Win. Suksdorf. 

 Sulphurous, sulphur-colored. 

 Sylvatica (2), Sylvester, Silvestris, 



forest, of the woods. 

 Systyla, close-stemmed. 



Tagitina, tagites-like, like the French 



marigold. 



Tanacetifolia, tansy -leaved. 

 Taraxacifolia, dandelion- leaved. 

 Tatula, generic name. 

 Tenax (2), tenaceous, tough. 

 Tenella (7), Tener, tender, delicate. 

 Tenuiloba (2), narrow-lobed. 

 Tenuiflora (3), slender-flowered. 

 Tenuifolia, narrow-leaved. 

 Teuuis (2), slender. 

 Tenuissimus, very slender. 

 Terete, rounded cylindrically. 

 Ternata, Ternate, in threes. 

 Terrestris, low, on the ground. 

 Tessellata, tessellated, marked in squares 



(the nutlets). 



Tetraphyllum (2), four-leaved. 

 Tetragona, four-sided. 

 Texana, Texas. 

 Thapsus, generic name. 

 Theophrasti, Theophrastus. 

 Thurberi, Dr. Geo. Thurber, whose 



special work was upon grasses. 

 Thyrse, a dense compound raceme. 

 Thyrsiflorus (3), thyrse-flowering. 

 Tinctoria, color-giving. 



