GLOSSARY. 



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gin of a leaf covered by the base of the one 

 above. 



Succulent. Juicy; fleshy. 



Suffrutescent. Slightly or obscurely 

 shrubby. 



Suffruticose. Very low and woody ; dimin- 

 utively shrubby. 



Sulcate. Grooved or furrowed. 



Superior (ovary). Free from the calyx. 



Suspended (ovule). Hanging from the apex 

 of the cell. 



Suture. A line of dehiscence. 



Symmetrical (flower). Regular as to the 

 number of its parts ; having the same num- 

 ber of parts in each circle. 



Synonym. A superseded or unused name. 



Tail. Any slender terminal prolongation. 



Terete. Having a circular transverse section. 



Terminal. At or belonging to the apex. 



Ternary. Consisting of three. 



Ternate. In threes. 



Te tradynamous . Having four long and two 

 shorter stamens. 



Tetragonal. Four-angled. 



Thalamiflorous. Having the parts of the 

 flower hypogynous. 



Thalloid, Thallose. Resembling a thallus. 



Thallus. In Cryptogams, a cellular expan- 

 sion taking the place of stem and foliage. 



Throat. The orifice of a gamopetalous co- 

 rolla or calyx ; the part between the proper 

 tube and the limb. 



Thyrse. A contracted or ovate and usually 

 compact panicle. 



Thyrsold. Resembling a thyrse. 



Tomentose. Densely pubescent with matted 

 wool. 



Tooth. Any small marginal lobe. 



Torose. Cylindrical with contractions at in- 

 tervals. 



Torulose. Diminutive of Torose. 



Torus. The receptacle of a flower. 



Transverse. Across ; in a right and left 

 direction. 



Tri-. In composition, three or thrice. 



Triandrous. Having three stamens. 



Trifoliolate. Having three leaflets. 



Trigonous. Three-angled. 



Trimorphous. Occurring under three forms. 



Triquetrous. Having three salient angles, 

 the sides concave or channelled. 



Truncate. Ending abruptly, as if out off 

 transversely . 



Tuber. A thickened and short subterranean 

 branch having numerous buds or eyes. 



Tubercle. A small tuber or tuber-like body. 



Tuberiferous. Bearing tubers. 



Tuberous. Having the character of a tuber ; 

 tuber-like in appearance. 



Tumid. Swollen. 



Tunicated. Having concentric coats, as an 

 onion 



Turbinate. Top-shaped ; inversely conical 

 Twining. Winding spirally about a support. 



Umbel. An inflorescence in which a cluster 



of peduncles or pedicels spring from the 



same point. 



Umbellate. In or like an umbel. 

 Umbellet. A secondary umbel. 

 Umbonate. Bearing a stout projection in 



the centre; bossed. 

 Underleaves. The small accessory leaves or 



stipules on the under side of the stem in 



Hepaticae. 



Undulate. With a wavy surface ; repand. 

 Unguiculate. Contracted at base into a 



claw. 



Uni-. In composition, one. 

 Unisexual. Of one sex, either staminate or 



pistillate only. 

 Urceolate. Hollow and cylindrical or ovoid, 



and contracted at or below the mouth, like 



an urn. 

 Utricle. A small bladdery 1-seeded fruit; 



any small bladder-like body. 



Valvate. Opening by valves, as a capsule ; 

 in aestivation, meeting by the edges without 

 overlapping. 



Valve. One of the pieces into which a cap- 

 sule splits. 



Vascular. Furnished with vessels or ducts. 



Veins. Threads of fibro-vascular tissue in a 

 leaf or other organ, especially those which 

 branch (as distinguished from nerves). 



Ventral. Belonging to the anterior or inner 

 face of an organ ; the opposite of dorsal. 



Ventricose. Swelling unequally, or inflated 

 on one side. 



Vernation. The arrangement of leaves in 

 the bud. 



Verrucose. Covered with wart-like eleva- 

 tions. 



Versatile (anther). Attached near the mid 

 die and turning freely on its support. 



Vertical. Perpendicular to the horizon ; 

 longitudinal. 



Verticillate. Disposed in a whorl. 



Vesicle. A small bladder or air-cavity 



Vesicular, Vesiculose. Composed of or 

 covered with vesicles. 



Villous. Bearing long and soft hairs. 



Virgate. Wand-shaped; slender, straight 

 and erect 



Viscid. Glutinous; sticky. 



Whorl. An arrangement of leaves, etc , in 



a circle round the stem. 

 Wing. Any membranous or thin expansion 



bordering or surrounding an organ ; the 



lateral petal of a papilionaceous corolla. 

 Woolly. Clothed with long and tortuous 01 



matted hairs. 



