336 GLOSSARY. 



Style. The stem of the pistil next above the ovary. 35. 



Su'bulate. Tapering like an awl. 9. 



Suspended ovules. Hanging from the summit of the cell. 103. 



$u'ture. The seam formed by the union of two margins. 94. 



Symmet'rical. Having an equal number of parts in each set. 43. 



Syncar'pous. United carpels. 52. 



Syngene'sious. United anthers. 50. 



Tendril. Any thread-shaped body used for climbing. 



Terete'. Same as cylindrical. 



Ter'nary. Arranged in threes. 



Tetradyn'amous. Having four long and two short stamens. 49. 



Thal'amus. The receptacle of the flower. 



Theca. A spore-case. 179. 



Thyrse. A compact panicle. 



To'mentose. Covered with woolly hairs. 



To'rus. Same as thalamus. 



Trian'drous. Having three stamens. 49. 



Tri'fid. Three-cleft. 



Trime'rous. Arranged in threes. 



Tris'tichous. In three ranks. 129. 



Triter'nate. Thrice ternate. 



Trun'cate. Abrupt ending of leaf-blade. 7. 



Tu'ber. A thickened portion of an underground stem, having eyes or 



buds on its surface. 28. 



Tuber'culated. Having a pimpled surface. 20. 

 Um'bel. A flower-cluster umbrella-like in form. 31. 

 Unguic'ulate. Having a claw. 

 Urce'olate. Urn-shaped. 



U'tricle. An achenium with thin membranous pericarp, ill. 

 Vag'inule. The collar at the base of a sporange-stalk. 181. 

 Valv'ate. Opening by valves. 



Valve. One of the parts of a pericarp or anther. 83, 95. 

 Ven'tral suture. The suture that looks toward the axis of the flower. 



94. 



Ven'tricose. Swelled out on one side. 

 Ver'satile. Attached by one point. 85. 

 Whorl. Leaves placed in a circle round the stem. 

 Zo'ospore. A spore of certain water-plants which moves by means 



of vibratile cilia. 



