GLOSSARY 



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Stamen, v. p. 43. 



Staminodia, false stamens, bearing no 

 anthers. 



Stellate, star-shaped. 



Stigma, v. p. 43. 



Stipule, a leaf or scale-like appendage at 

 the base of the leaf-stalk. 



Stoma, stomata, v. p. 39. 



Style, v. p. 43. 



Sub-quadrate, nearly square. 



Sucker, a shoot of subterranean origin. 



Superior, growing or placed above, usually 

 applied to the ovary when free from 

 the calyx ; or to the calyx when it 

 appears to be above the ovary. 



TERETE, circular in transverse sections 



cylindric, and usually tapering. 

 Ternate, in threes, as three in a whorl or 



cluster. 



Tetrangular, four-angled. 

 Tetrandrous, having four stamens, free 



from the pistil. 

 Tomentum, short, soft, dense, cottony 



hairs. 



Transpiration, v. p. 40. 

 Trimorphic, occurring in three forms. 

 Truncate, abruptly terminated, as though 



cut off at the end. 



Tubular, hollow and cylindrical. 

 Tumid, having a blistered appearance 

 swollen. 



UNDULATE, wavy in outline. 



Umbel, a flower cluster in which several 

 pedicels of about the same length 

 spring from one point, like the ribs 

 of an umbrella. An umbel is simple, 

 when each of its branches bears a 

 single flower ; compound, when each 

 ray bears a secondary umbel. 



Unicellular, formed of one cell. 



VASCULAR, relating to or furnished with 



Venation, the mode of veining. 

 Vernation, the order of unfolding from 



leaf-buds. 

 Volute, rolled up. 



WHORL, the arrangement of any organs 



in a circle around an axis. 

 Winged, with a membranous expansion 



attached. 



