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GLOSSARY AND INDEX. 



the nxis on which they arc 

 crowded. 



Sjndriulose: diminutive of Squarrosc. 



Squash, 423. 



Squills, 493. 



Stalked: furnished with a stalk, stem, 

 or any lengthened support. 



Stalked (/lands, 52. 



Stalklet : a diminutive or secondary 

 stalk. 



Stamen : the fertilizing organ of a flow- 

 er, 223. 



Stdminate, or stamineal: relating to the 

 stamens. A staminale flower has 

 no pistils, 261. 



Stannnifeious : hearing stamens. 



Staminddium: an altered and sterile sta- 

 men, or a body occupying the place 

 of a stamen. 



Standard: the posterior petal of a pa- 

 pilionaceous corolla, 253. 



Staphylcaccce, 409. 



Star-apple, 443. 



Starch, 54, 193. 



Staticea;, 445. 



Station: the locality or kind of situa- 

 tion in which" a plant naturally 

 grows. 



Stellatse, 432. 



Stellate: starry, star-shaped; arranged 

 in lays, like the points of a star. 



Stellate hairs, 52. 



Stc'1/u/ate : diminutive of Stellate. 



Stem, 91. 



Stem/ess: having no obvious stem, 91. 



Slemlet: a diminutive stem; the first 

 intemode of the plumule. 



Sterculiaceaj, 399. 



Sterigma: the adherent base or down- 

 ward prolongation of a decurrent 

 leaf. 



Sterde: barren. 



Sterile flower : one having no pistils, 

 261. 



Sterile stamens or filaments: those des- 

 titute of anthers, or with the anther 

 imperfect, 281. 



Stigma : the part of a pistil which re- 

 ceives the pollen, 223, 287. 



Sligmdtic, or stigmatose : relating to or 

 bearing the stigma. 



Stings, stinging haiis, 52. 



Stipe (stipes) : a stalk of an ovary (267), 

 of a Mushroom (507), and the 

 leaf-stalk of a Fern. 



Stipel: the stipule of a leaflet ; 171, fig. 

 286. 



Stipellate: furnished with stipels, 171. 



Stipitate: having a stipe, 267. 



S'ijiitiform : shaped like a stipe. 



Stipuldceous, stipular : belonging to or 

 resembling stipules. 



Stipulate, stipulcd: possessing stipules, 



171. 

 Stipule: an accessory part of a leaf, 



one on each side of the base, 145, 



170. 

 Stock, 355. 



Stole, stolon: a rooting branch, 102. 

 S'oloniferous : bearing stolons. 

 Stoma (plural stdmalu), stomate : a 



breathing-pore, 52, 1 50. 

 Stomatiferous : bearing stomates. 

 Stone : the endocarp of a drupe. 

 Slone-fnut, 312. 

 Stool : the plant from which layers arc 



propagated. 

 Storax, 425, 442. 

 Stramineous : straw-like. 

 Strangulated : irregularly contracted. 

 Strap-shaped: see Ligulatc. 

 Stratum : a layer. 

 Strawberry, 416. 

 Striate : marked with longitudinal 



streaks or furrows (stria). 

 Strict : very straight or close, or very 



upright. 

 Strigtl/ose : same as Strigosc. 

 Stiigose: clothed with sharp and stout 



close-pressed hairs or scale-like 



bristles (strigo?). 

 Stroht/dcioiis : l elating to, or resem- 

 bling a 

 Shdhile : the cone of a Pine, &.C., 319. 

 Stiobdiferous: bearing strobiles. 

 Sliomlmliferons : spirally twisted, like a 



corkscrew or a stiombus 

 Stwphiole: same as a Caruncle, 322. 

 Structuial Botany, 14. 

 Strumose: swollen on one side, beating 



nstiuma or wen. 

 Strychnine, 57, 434. 

 St a pose: tow-like. 

 Sti/le : a columnar or slender part of the 



pistil above the ovary, 223, 287. 

 Sfyliferous : style-bcai ing. 

 Stijliform : style-shaped. 

 Stylopodium : an enlargement or fleshy 



disk at the base of a style, as in 



Umbelliferae. 

 Styracca?, 442 

 Sub-, as a prefix, means somewhat, or 



slightly ; as 

 Subacute : somewhat acute. 

 Subclass, 362. 



Suhcordate ; slightly heart-shaped, &c. 

 Siiberose: of a corky texture. 

 Subgenus, 361, 362". 

 Submerged : growing under water. 

 Suborder, 361. 



Subspecies : a marked variety. 

 Subtrihc. 361. 



Subtei ranean : growing beneath the sur- 

 face of the ground. 



