GLOSSARIAL INDEX. 



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Stipulate, having stipules. 



Stoloniferous, bearing runners which root at the 



joints. 

 Stomata, pores of the epidermis. 

 Striated, streaked. 



Strigose, covered with little, upright, stiff hairs. 

 Strobile, a cone : this term is also applied to 



indicate the kind of fruit produced by the 



magnolia. 

 Stt/le, that part of the pistil which is situated 



upon the germen, and elevates the stigma. 

 Sub, somewhat ; as sub-rotund, somewhat round, 



or roundish, &c. 

 STi.ffruticose. rather shrubby. 

 Sulcate, furrowed. 



Surculi, young shoots; suckers; stems of mosses. 

 Surculose, producing surculi, or young shoots. 

 Suture, the line formed by the cohesion of two 



parts, usually applied to the fruit. 

 Sycon, a fleshy rachis, having the form of a 



flattened disk, or of a hollow receptacle, with 



distinct flowers and dry pericarpia, as in 



the flg. 



Tendrils, the twining organs by which some 

 plants lay hold of others, as the vine. 



Terete, long and round ; straw-like. 



7'erminul, at the end. 



Ternary, consisting of threes. 



Ternate, a leaf of three leaflets is called ternate. 



Tessellaied, chequered. 



Testa, the shell or cuticle of a seed, containing 

 all its parts. 



Tetragonal, four-angled. 



Teiragonous, having four angles. 



Thyrse, \ a mode of inflorescence in a dense 



Thyrsus, J or close panicle, as in the lilac. 



Thyrsoid, resembling a thyrse. 



Tomentum, down ; white hairs closely matted 

 together, and soft to the touch. 



Toothed, so divided as to resemble teeth. 



Toothleted, having small teeth. 



Top-shaped, inversely conical ; having a contrac- 

 tion towards the point. 



Tortuous, twisted. 



Torulose, having slight swellings. 



Torus, the receptacle when somewhat elevated. 



Trailing. See Sar7nentose. 



Trapezoidal, bearing a resemblance in form to 

 that of a trapezium, or quadrilateral figure, 

 whose four sides are not equal, and none of its 

 sides parallel. 



Trapezoideo-cordate, a form between that of a 

 trapezium and that of a heart. 



Trichotomous. branches dividing into threes. 



Trifid, three-cleft. 



Trifoliate, having three leaves. 



Trifoliolate, having three leaflets. 



Trigonal, S-angled. 



Trigynous, having three styles. 



Triple-nerved, 3-nerved. 



Triquetrous, 3-sided. 



Truncate, blunt, as if cut off. 



Tube, the cylindrical part of a flower. 



Tubercle, a little knob. 



Tuberculate, covered with little knobs or tuber- 

 cles. 



Tubulous, having a tubular calyx, corolla, nec- 

 tary, stem, or leaf. 



Tufted, forming a dense tuft. 



Tumid, swelling. 



Turbinate, top-shaped. 



Turgid, puffed up ; swollen 



U. 



Umbellate, having the flowers in round flat heads, 



the flower-stalks proceeding from one common 



centre. 

 Umbellule, a small umbel ; a division of an 



umbel. 

 Umbilicate, hollowed like the navel. 

 Umbilicus, the cord which attaches the seed to 



the placenta. 

 Umbo, a projecting point in the centre, like the 



bofs in an ancient shield. 

 Umoonate, having an umbo. 

 Unctuous, oily ; fat. 

 Undulate, waved. 

 Unguiculate, furnished with a claw, or an unguis, 



as the petals of the pink. 



Urceolus, the part when bellying out in the form 



of a pitcher. 

 Utricle, a little bladder. 



Valvate, opening by valves. 



Valvular, consisting of valves. 



Vaulted, formed like the roof of a vault. 



Velvety, covered with soft down, like velvet. 



Ventricose, inflated ; swelled out. 



Vernation, the disposition of the young or grow. 



ing leaves within the bud. 

 Verrucose, warted ; covered with fleshy processes, 



in form resembling warts. 

 Versatile, vane-like : an anther fixed in the 



centre on the point of the filament, so as to 



be continually changing its position, is said to 



be versatile. 

 Verticel, a mode of inflorescence in which the 



flowers surround the stem in a kind of ring, 



though not, perhaps, inserted on all sides of it, 



but merely on two opposite ones. 

 Verticillate, growing in whorls round the stem. 

 Vexillum, the standard, or banner (the upper 



petal), of a papilionaceous, or pea, flower. 

 Villous, clothed with soft, close, loose iiairs. 



rtel^'^y;^''hesive. 



VittcE, longitudinal ducts or canals, containing an 

 oily or resinous substance, found within the 

 coat of the carpels of some umbelliferous 

 plants. 



W. 



Wavy, undulated. 



Wedge-shaped, inversely triangular, with rounded 

 angles. 



Whorl, a disposition of leaves or flowers round 

 the stem, resembling the spokes round the nave 

 of a wheel. 



Wing, a membranous border ; a membrane at- 

 tached to some kinds of seeds, by which they are 

 supported in the air when floating from place 

 to place. 



Winged, furnished with a wing or wings. 



Wings, the side petals of a papilionaceous, or pea, 

 flower. 



Woolly, covered with hairs closely matted to- 

 gether. 



Wrinkled, having an unequal surface. 



I Zigzag, bending from side to side. 



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