Btellulate 



Stigmarhize 



lular, stel'lulate, stdlula'tus, di- 

 minutive of stellate. 



Stelolem'ma (0-7-17X77, a pillar, Xe/t/xa, 

 bark or skin), a sheath of thickened 

 perideemic or stelar tissue in an- 

 giospermous petioles (Strasburger). 



Stem, the main ascending axis ; ~ 

 Bud, the plumule ; <- -clasp'ing, 

 amplexicaul ; <~ Leaf, a leaf given 

 off from the stem, as opposed to a 

 radical leaf; ~ Parasite, a parasitic 

 plant which lives on the stem of its 

 host, as Loranthaceae ; ~ Ten'dril, 

 a tendril which is morphologically 

 a stem structure ; sufoterra'nean, 

 <~ , a rhizome ; stem'less, having no 

 visible stem, acaulous ; Stem'let, a 

 small stem, as the plumule. 



stenocar'pus (tr-r^os, narrow, Kapiros, 

 fruit), narrow fruited ; stenopet'al- 

 ous (TT^raXoi', a flower-leaf), narrow- 

 petalled ; stenophyl'lous, -liu 

 (<f>6\\ov, a leaf), narrow leaved ; 

 Steno'sis, (1) cell-formation with 

 constriction of the original cell- 

 wall ; (2) the contraction of a 

 passage. 



stephanocar'pus (ffre(pav68r}s, wreath- 

 ing, KapTTos, fruit), with fruit ar- 

 ranged so as to resemble a crown ; 

 Stephanodophy'tum (<f>vTi>v, a 

 plant), a plant producing an in- 

 ferior achene, as Compositae ; 

 Stepha'noum, a synonym of 

 CREMOCABP and CYPSELA. 



Ste'reid (o-repeos, solid), a lignified 

 cell from the stereome ; Ste'reom or 

 Ste'reome, the elements of a bundle 

 which impart strength to it, the 

 fibres, or strengthening tissue 

 generally (Schwendener) ; Ste'reo- 

 plasm (Tr\d<r/m, moulded), the solid 

 part of protoplasm (Naegeli). 



Sterig'ma, pi. Sterig'mata (aT-ripiyfj.a, 

 a prop), (1) in Fungi, a stalk from 

 which a spore is abjointed ; (2) 

 any leafy prolongation or elevated 

 line from the blade of a leaf down 

 the stem by decurrence ; (3) 

 Desvaux's name for CABCERULE ; 

 Sterig'mum is a synonym of the 

 last definition. 



ster'ile, ster'ilia (Lat.), (1) barren, as 



a flower destitute of pistil, or a 

 stamen wanting the anther; (2) 

 used for a male or staminate 

 flower ; (3) free from living organ- 

 isms, such as bacteria; ~ Basid'ium, 

 a body in the hymenium of Agarics 

 like a basidium, but not producing 

 spores, possibly a paraphysis ; ~ 

 Cells, cells of unknown function in 

 the pollen-grains of Cycas and 

 microspores of Isoetes and Sdag- 

 inella; Sterility, Steril'itas (Lat.), 

 barrenness, incapacity of producing 

 seeds ; Steriliza'tion, the act of steri- 

 lizing ; ster'ilize, to make free from 

 living organisms or their germs. 



Ster'om = STEREOME (Crozier). 



sternotri'bal ((rrepvov, the breast, 

 rplpw, I beat), Delpino's term for 

 those flowers whose anthers are so 

 arranged as to dust their pollen on 

 the under part of the thorax of 

 their insect visitors ; stern'otribe is 

 a synonym. 



Ste'somy (OTTJO-OMCU, fut. med. of 

 fory/Jit, to stop), Morren's term for 

 an arrest of metamorphosis. 



Stichid / ium((TTtx^60j', a little bladder), 

 (1) in Rhodophyceae, a special 

 branch of the thallus with imbedded 

 tetragonidia ; (2) = CARPOCLONIUM. 



stichocaVpus, stichocar'picus (trr^oy, 

 a row, KapTTos, fruit), when fruit is 

 disposed along a spiral line ; stichus, 

 in Greek compounds = row or rank, 

 usually vertical. 



stictopet'alus (CTTIKTOS, punctured, 

 ireraXoi', a flower-leaf), when petals 

 are covered with glandular points. 



Stig'ma, pi. Stig'mata, or Stig'mas 

 (orfy/ia, a point), (1) that part of 

 the pistil or style which receives 

 the pollen ; (2) a point on the 

 spores of Equiaetum; (3) a caducous 

 point on the apex of the columella 

 in Mosses ; (4) an old name for 

 STERIGMA ; (5) a coloured spot in 

 unicellular Algae ; ~ Disk, a disk 

 forming the stigmatic surface as in 

 Asdepiads ; ~ of Mosses (Hook. 

 Muse. ed. 2) the mouth of the 

 archegonium ; Stig marhize (plfa, a 

 root), a form of Stigmaria, regarded 



