GLOSSARY 



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Stomatosc. Having stomata. 



Stone. Tlie hard eiiclocarp or }nUamen of a drupe. 



Stramineous. Straw-like or of a straw-color. 



S/rap-shapud. See Licfiilale. 



Stridlc. Marked with fine longitudinal lines or 

 furrows. 



Strict. Upright and very straight. 



Slrigiliose. Minutely strigose. 



Strigose. Beset with short straight stiff and 

 appressed sharp-jjointed hairs. 



Stralnle. An inflorescenee formed of imbricated 

 scales, as in the Hop and the Coniferic. 



Strophiole. An appendage at the point of at- 

 taclnnent of sonui seeds. 



Struma. In mosses, a wen-like unsymnietrical 

 thickening of the pedicel at the base of the 

 capsule. 



Stijle. That portion of the pistil between the 

 ovary proper and the stigma, usually atten- 

 uated, often wanting. 



Sttjliform. Style-shaped. 



Slijlojmdium. A cushion-like expansion at the 

 ba.se of the style in Umbellifene. 



Sab-. In composition, somewhat or slightly. 



Submerged. Growing under water. 



Subtended. Supported or surrounded, as a pedi- 

 cel by a bract, or a flower-cluster by an in- 

 volucre ; fulcrate. 



Siihulatc. Awl-shaped. 



Sicccubous. Imbilcated downward, the apex of 

 each leaf covered by the ba.se of the one above. 



Succulent. Fleshy and juicy. 



Sucker. A shoot from the underground base of a 

 stem, or from undergi-ound roots or rhizomes. 



Suffrutesceut. Somewhat or slightly shrubby ; 

 woody at base. 



Suffruticosc. Low and shrubby. 



Suicide. Grooved or furrowed. 



Superior. Growing above ; a superior ovary is 

 one wholly above and free from the calyx ; 

 in a lateral Hower, nearest to the axis. 



Surculofie. Producing suckers. 



Suspended. Hanging directly downward ; hang- 

 ing from the apex of a cell. 



Suture. A line of union, or of dehiscence. 



Sword-shaiJed. A blade with two tliin acute 

 edges, <as in Iris. 



Si/mmetricat. Regular in shape or in the num- 

 ber of its part.s. 



Syncarpous. Composed of two or more united 

 carpels. 



Synonym. A superseded or unused name. 



Tail. Any long and slender terminal prolon- 

 gation. 



Teeth. Small marginal or terminal lobes of any 

 kind. 



Tendril. A thread-like i)roduction from an 

 axil, the extremity of a leaf, or elsewhere, 

 capable of coiling and used for climbing. 



Terete. Cylindrical or nearly so ; not angled 

 nor channelled. 



Ternate. In threes ; with three divisions. 



I'ernalc-pinnate. Ternate with the divisions 



pinnate. I 



• Tessellated. Checjuered ; like mosaic or chciiuei- 



work. I 



Testa. The outer seed-coat. 



Tctriidi/namous. Willi four long and two shorti-r 



stamens ; apjilied to the Crucifene. 

 Tetragonal. Kour-angled. 

 Tetravierous. Of a llower, having its parts in 



fouis. 

 Tetrandrous. "With four stamens. 

 Thalloid. Resembling a thallus. 

 T/i'illus. In cryptogams, a cellular e.xpmsion 



taking the place of stem and foliage, very 



vaiious in form. 

 Thorn. See Spine. 

 Throat. The orifice of a gamopetalous corolla 



or calyx; the j)ortion of the corolla immedi- 

 ately below the limb or between the limb and 



the tube. 

 Thyrse. A contracted or close ovate panicle. 

 Tissue. The various forms of cellular and 



vascular structure of which a plant is com- 



j)osed. 

 Toinentose. Pubescent with matted wool. 

 Tomcntum. Dense matted woolly pulM-scence. 

 Tongue-shaped. Oblong and somewhat fleshy, 



nearly flat, and rouniled at the ajiex. 

 Tootlicd. Provided with teeth. 

 Top-sluiped. Inverted broad-conical. 

 Torose. Swelling interruptedly ; cylindrical, or 



somewhat so, with constrictions at intervals. 

 Tortuous. Twisted. 

 Torulose. Slightly torose. 

 Torus. The receptacle of a flower ; the apex of 



the flower-stalk, more or less modified to sup- 

 port the parts of the flower. 

 Transverse. Across, from side to side. 

 2'ree. A woody branching plant, with erect 



trunk, ten feet high or more. 

 Triandrous. With three stamens. 

 Triangular. Tlu'ee-angled. 

 Trichotomous. Branching by threes. 

 Trifid. Three-cleft. 

 Trifoliate. Three-leaved. 

 Trifoliolate. Having three leaflets. 

 Trimerous. Having its parts in threes. 

 Tripin.na.te. Three times pinnate. 

 Triquetrous. Of a stem, etc., triangular with 



the sides somewhat concave or channelled. 

 Triquinatc. Ternate with the divisions agaiu 



divided into five. 

 Tristyclwns. In three vei-tical ranks. 

 Tritcrnate. Three times ternate. 

 Trnmpet-.shapcd. Tubular with a dilated oiilice. 

 Truncate. Ending abraptly as if cut off trans- 

 versely. 

 Trunk. A main stem. 

 Tube. Any elongated hollow body or part of 



an organ. 

 Tuber. A thickened rhizome, with seatteivd 



biuls or eyes. 

 Tubercle. A small projection or iiiniple ; a 



small tuber or a tuberous root. 

 Tulicrrulalr. Covered with small rounded pi-oni- 



inenees or knobs. 

 Tubrri/erous. Bearing tuhei-s. 

 Tuberous. Ke.sembling a tuber. 

 Tubular. Tube-.shaped. 

 Tubulifloroiis. When the llowei-s of a ln-ad 



liave only tubular corollas. 



