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Subulate, awl-shaped ; narrow, tapering into a fine point ; as the filaments 

 of Elder, Flax, Lily. 



Succulent, fleshy and containing jnice. 



Suffruticose, somewhat shrubby. 



Sulcate, furrowed. 



Subtended, furnished with some other body at the base or beneath. 



Superior ; when the calyx, corolla, or stamens are situated above the 

 germen or ovary, they are called superior ; when the contrary is the 

 case, the ovary is said to be superior, as in Foxglove ; the radicle is called 

 superior when placed at the end of the seed furthest from the hilum. 



Supine, lying with the face upwards. 



Supra-decompound, more than compound, doubly compound. 



Suture, the line formed by the cohesion or union of two parts, usually ap- 

 plied to the fruit. 



Syngenesious, having compound flowers, viz. many crowded florets, the 

 anthers of which are united into a tube, through which the style passes. 



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Tail, the long feathery appendage of some fruits. 



Taper-pointed, having a long taper point. 



Tap-root, the main root of a tree, which penetrates perpendicularly into 



the earth. 

 Tendrils, the curling twining supports or fulcra of some plants ; as those 



which proceed from the axils of the leaves of Bryony. 

 Terete, cylindrical ; round and long, as the stem of Fennel ; also applied 



to the fruit of umbelliferous plants, when it presents nearly a circle 



on a transverse section. 

 Terminal, situated at the top or summit, as distinguished from lateral or 



axillary. Flowers or modes of Inflorescence are said to be terminal 



when they clothe the upper part of the stem, no leaves intervening. 

 Ternary, \ arranged in threes, growing in threes ; as the leaves of Avens, 

 Ternate, > Broom, Melilot, Tormentil. 

 Tessellated, variegated by squares, chequered. 

 Testa, the skin or outer tegument of a seed. 

 Tetradynamous, having six stamens, four long and two short. 

 Tetragonal, having four angles. 

 Tetrapetalous, having four petals. 

 Thalamus, receptacle ; the summit of the flower-stalk which supports the 



ovary, and sometimes the calyx, corolla, and stamens. 

 Thallus, the part that bears the fructification in lichens. 

 Thecal, the cases that contain the sporules of cryptogamous plants. See Fern. 

 Throat, the orifice of a flower. 



Thyrse, a kind of dense panicle ; as in Lilac, Buckbean. 

 Tomentose, covered with short, dense, rather stiff, whitish hairs or down. 

 Toothed, divided at the margin so as to resemble teeth ; as the leaves of 

 Cowslip, Eyebright, White Horehound, &c. 



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