GLOSSARY 



pillar.) The stalk which stands upon the 

 ovary and carries the stigma. 



Subrotund. (L. sub, towards ; rotundus — rota, a 

 wheel.) A leaf which is nearly round. 



Subulate. (L. subula, an awl.) Awl-shaped. 

 (Plate I., Figs. C, 1 C 2 .) 



Sucker. (A.S. suean, sugan, to suck.) A shoot 

 rising from a subterranean stem. 



Suffrutescent. (L. sub, slightly ; frutex, a shrub.) 

 Slightly shrubby. 



Superior. (L. superior, comp. of swperus, high ; 

 super, above.) Placed above. 



Syngenesious. (G. syn, together ; genesis, genera- 

 tion.) Stamens united by means of their 

 anthers. 



Teleutospore. (Gr. teleute, finishing ; telos, the 

 end ; spora, seed ; speiro, to sow. ) The last 

 formed or winter spore of the Rust-fungi. 

 (TJredineae.) 



Tendril. (F. tendrille ; tendre ; L. tener, tender. 

 A modified leaf or other part of a plant, 

 which, being sensitive to touch, enables the 

 plant to cling to foreign objects for support. 



Terete. (L. teres, teretis, rubbed smooth, round ; 

 terere, to rub.) Oylindroid, but slightly 

 tapering. 



Terminal. (L.L. terminalis ; L. terminus, a bound- 

 ary.) Growing singly at the apex of a 

 shoot. 



Ternate. (L. term, three each; tres, three.) A 

 leaf having three leaflets. (Plate I., Fig. K.) 



Testa. (L. h-sta, a shell.) The outer coat of the 

 seed. 



Tetragonal. (Gr. tetragonon; tetra, four; gonia, 

 an angle.) Four-angled. 



Thalamiflorse. (L. thalamus, a bed-chamber; 

 flos, jloris,n, flower.) The division of Dicoty- 

 ledons having hypogynous stamens and supe- 

 rior pistil. "(Plate VI., Fig. E.) 



Thalamus. (L. thalamus, a bed-chamber.) The 

 end of the flower-stalk to which the flower is 

 attached. 



Throat. (A.S. fhrote, the throat.) The aper- 

 ture of a corolla-tube. 



Thyrsus. (Gr. thyrsos, a light, straight shaft.) 

 A panicle-like inflorescence, the branches of 

 which pass into cymes. (Plate II., Fig. G.) 



Tomentose. (L. tomentum, material used for 

 stuffing cushions ; akin to stuppa or stupa, 

 tow.) Loosely or woolly haired. 



Trifoliate. (L. tres, three; folium, a leaf.) 

 Having three leaflets. (Plate I., Fig. K.) 



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Trigonal. Trigonous. (Gr. trigonon ; tri, tris, 

 three; gonia, an angle.) Three-angled. 



Tripinnate. (L. tres, three; pinna, a feather.) 

 A bipinnate leaf in which the secondary 

 divisions are again divided in a pinnate 

 manner. 



Triquetrous. (L. tres, three ; quetrous, probaby a 

 formative.) Three-sided. 



Truncate. (L. truwatus, p.p. of truneo, I cut off ; 

 truncus, maimed, mutilated.) Sharply cut off 

 at the apex. 



Tubular. (L. tubulus, dim. of tubus, a tube.) 

 Drawn out to a tube. 



Turbinate. (L. turbinatus ; turbo, turbinus, a 

 top.) Top-shaped, like an inverted cone. 



Umbel. (L. umbella, dim. of umbra, a shade.) 

 An indefinite inflorescence in which the 

 pedicels spring from one point, and the 

 flowers are brought to the same level. 

 (Plate II., Fig. E.) 



Unguiculate. (unguiculus, dim. of unguis, a nail 

 of the finger) = Clawed. Petals which are 

 broad above and form a narrow limb 

 below. 



Unicostate. (L. units, one ; costa, a rib.) A 

 leaf having one chief vein — the midrib. 



Unisexual. (L. units, one; sexus, a sex.) Hav- 

 ing the stamens and pistil on separate 

 flowers. 



Urceolate. (L. urceolus, dim. of ureeus, a pitcher.) 

 Urn-shaped. 



Uredospore. (L. uredo, blight; uro, I burn.) 

 A non-sexual spore (conidium) in the Rust- 

 fungi which, after germination and the for- 

 mation of mycelium, gives rise to other 

 euredospores, either alone or together with 

 teleutospores. 



Valvate. (L. valvatus, with folding doors ; 

 valva, a folding door.) When the young 

 leaves in the bud touch each other latterly, 

 but do not overlap. 



Ventricose. (L. venter, the belly, a swelling.) 

 Swelling unequally, or inflated on one side. 



Versatile. (L. versatilis ; versare, freq. of vertere, 

 to turn.) An anther which swings on top of 

 the filament. 



Verticillaster. (L.L. verticillus, dim. of vertex, 

 a whorl ; aster, a star.) A cymose inflores- 

 cence in which the flowers stand tier upon 

 tier, having the appearance of whorls. 

 (Plate II., Figs. J. J 1 .) 



Vexillum. (L. vexillum, an ensign, a standard; 

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