GLOSSARY AND INDEX. 



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Subulate, snbuliforni ; awl-shaped ; nar- 

 row, and tapering to a sharp rigid 

 point, as the leaves of Juniper, &c. 

 166. 



Sicctse: as if cut off at the end. 



S'txase, succulent: juicy. 



Succulious: the apex of caeli leaf cov- 

 ered by the base of the next, as in 

 Jungcrmahnia. 



Succulent leaves, 1C6. 



Sucker, 102. 



S iff) utc'ticent : slightly shrubby, 101. 



S'ljfuitex: an undcrshrub 



Sujj'i littcosc : low and shrubby, or shrub- 

 by at the base, 101. 



Sugar, 53, 193, 194 



Sulcale: longitudinally grooved. 



Super-, above ; as 



Super-axillary : above the axil. 



Superior: above, 252 ; also, on the up- 

 per side of the flower, i. e. next the 

 common axis (237), as, for exam- 

 ple, the vcxillum of a papiliona- 

 ceous coiolla (fig. 372, a) is the 

 superior petal. 



Stper posed : one above another. 



Superposition, 248. 



Snpervoliite., 274. 



Supine: lying flat with face upwards. 



Suppiession: obliteration of parts, 239, 

 255. 



Sipru-, above ; as 



Supra-axillary : above the axil. 



Supra-decompound : several times com- 

 pounded. 



Siirculose: producing suckers. 



Siii cuius: a sucker, 102. 



Suspended: hanging fiom the apex, 297. 



Sispensor of the embryo, 300. 



Sutinal: relating to the 



Suture: the scam, or line of opening 

 of a pod, &c., 289. 



Sicoi d-shaped : a blade with two sharp 

 and nearly parallel edges, tapering 

 to a point, as in Iris, fig. 291. 



Syconium, or syconus: such a fruit as a 

 fig. 



Syinmi-trical : equal in the number of 

 all the parts, 232, 239. 



Sjmpetcdo'is : becoming somewhat mon- 

 opctalous by a junction of the base 

 of the petals with the monadcl- 

 phous stamens, as in the Mallow 

 family. 



Simphijdntherons: same as Syngcnesious. 



Symphysis: a growing together of parts. 



Si/mplii/ste'inonoiis : the stamens united. 



Svmplocincae, 4 43. 



Sjnuiitlieious: united by their anthers; 

 wheirce Composite have been 

 named 



.Svnanthcra, 435. 



Syncdrpcms : formed of two or more 



united carpels, 290. 

 Syncoty/c'donous : the cotyledons soldered 



together. 

 Synedial: growing on the angles. 

 Syne'mu : a name for a column of mon- 



adelphous filaments. 

 Syngenesia, 513. 

 Syngenes : otis: stamens united by their 



anthers; 280, fig. 403. 

 Synonijme: equivalent or superseded 



names. 

 Synonymy : what relates to synonymes. 

 System, 305, 300. 

 Systematic Botany, 15, 351. 



Tahescent : wasting or shrivelling. 



Tabular: flattened horizontally. 



Tad : any long and slender terminal 

 appendage. 



Tail-pointed : tipped with a prolonged 

 and weak acuminatum.. 



Tannin, Tannic Acid, 57. 



Taper-pointed: same as Acuminate. 



Tapioca, 472. 



Tap-root, 84. 



Tar, 480. 



Taro, 485. 



lawny: dull yellowish, verging to 

 brown. 



Taxinca:, 480. 



Taxd/oyy, or Taxdnonnj : the depart- 

 ment of Botany which relates to 

 classification. 



Tea, 401. 



Teasels, 435. 



Teeth of calyx, corolla, &c , 275 ; of 

 leaves. 159. 



Teqmen : the inner seed-coat, 321. 



Tendid, 102, 167. 



Tepal : a name proposed for a leaf or 

 part of the perianth when it is un- 

 certain whether it belongs to the 

 calyx or the corolla. 



Teratoloqi/ : morphology applied to 

 monstrous states. 



Tercine: a third coat of the ovule. 



Terete : long and round, i. e. the cross- 

 section circular. 



Tergemmate : thrice twin. 



Te'rminal : belonging or relating to the 

 summit. 



Terminoloyij : the same as Glossology, 

 15. 



Ternary: consisting of three, 239. 



Ternary products, 53. 



Termite: in threes. 



Tcrnstroemiacese, 401. 



Tessellated: in checker-work. 



Testa: the outer seed-coat, 320. 



Testaceous: brownish-yellow, like un- 

 glazcd earthen-ware. 



