33$ GLOSSARY. 



Supra- decomposita/bZm, are composite leaves, which have 

 little leaves growing on a subdivided footstalk. 



Supra-foliaceus pedunculus, the footstalk of a flower inserted 

 into the stem immediately above the leaf. 



Surculus, a twig, the stalks or branches of mosses. 



Syngenesia, to generate together, the nineteenth class in the 

 sexual system. 



Tegmentum, a cover, the perianthium and corolla. 

 Teres caulis, folium, a cylindrical stalk or leaf. 

 Tergeminum folium, composition, a leaf three times double, 



when a dichotomous petiolus is subdivided, having two fo- 



lioles on the extremity of each division. 

 Terminalis^os, flowers terminating a branch. 

 Term, folia, leaves in whorles by threes. 

 Tematum folium, leaves with three foliola on a petiolus. 

 Tessellatumyb/////^, a chequered leaf, whose squares are of 



different colours. 

 Testa, the including coat of aaseed, bursting irregularly, as 



in the Walnut. 

 Tetradynamia, the superiority, or power of four, the fifteenth 



class in the sexual system. 



Tetragonus caulis, a four-cornered or square stalk. 

 Tetragynia, four females, the fourth order of some of the 



classes in the sexual system. 



Tetrandria, four males, the fourth class in the sexual system. 

 Tetrapctula corolla, a flower consisting el* four petals. 

 Tetraphyllus calyx, a flower-cup consisting of four leaves. 

 Tetrasperma planta, producing four seeds. 

 Thalamus, a bed, the receptacle. 

 Theca, a sheath, or case, the fruit of the musci frondosi, 



opening in the middle with a lid. 

 Thyrsus, a spike like a pine-cone. 

 Tonientosus caulis, folia, a stalk or leaf covered with a 



whitish down like wool. 

 Tomentum, a species of pubescence, covering the surface of 



some plants, of a woolly or downy substance. 

 Torosum pericarpium, brawny protuberances, like the swell- 

 ing of the veins when a pericarpium is bunched out by 



the inclosed seeds. 

 Torta corolla, when the petals of a flower are twisted, as iii 



Nerium. 



Tortilis arista, awns or beards of corn twisted like a skrew. 



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