324 A GUIDE TO FLORICULTURE. 



SPATULATE, large, obtuse at the end, tapering into the stalk at 



the base. 



SPECIFIC, belonging to a species only. 

 SPIKE, a flower so called; seated upon a long rochis. 

 SPINDLE-SHAPED, thick at top, fusiform. 

 SPINOUS, full of prickles. 

 STAMEN, the male organ of a flower. 

 STAMINATE, having a stamen without pistils. 

 STELLATE, like a star. 

 STIGMA, the female organ of a flower. 

 STIPULE, a leafy appendage at the base of petioles, or leaves. 

 STYLE, the part of the pistil between the stigma and the germ. 

 STRLE, small streaks, channels or furrows. 

 SUBULATE, awl-shaped, narrow, and sharp pointed. 

 SUCCULENT, juicy: also a pulpy leaf, juicy or not. 



TANNIN, an astringent principle of plants, &c. 



TENDRIL, a filiform or thread-like appendage of a climbing plant. 



TERMINAL, ending, or at the top. 



TERN ATE, consisting of three leaflets. 



TISSUE, thin fabric or envelop composed of, or interwoven with 



small fibres. 



TOPICAL, local, confined to a place. 

 TOOTHED, cut so as to resemble teeth. 

 TRIFID, cut into three. 

 TUBER, a solid fleshy knob. 



TUBEROUS, thick and fleshy, containing tubers as the Dahlia. 

 TUMID, swelling. 



UMBELS, the round tuft of flowers, as produced by the Carrot. 

 UNARMED, opposed to spinous; free from prickles. 

 UNILATERAL, when the leaves are all turned one way, and are 

 all on one side. 



VARIETY, subdivision of species, distinguished by characters not 

 permanent. 





