Subclass 



subpedunculate 



what tufted (Crozier) ; Sub'class 

 (+ CLASS), a group of Orders or 

 Cohorts next in rank to a Class, 

 or intermediate between Class and 

 Cohort; subconcat'enate (+ CON- 

 CATENATE), growing in imperfect 

 chains or connections; subcon'ical 

 ( + CONICAL), slightly conical ; 

 subcontin'uous (continuus, un- 

 broken), rarely or imperfectly 

 septate (Crozier) ; subcon'volute, 

 subconvolu'tus ( + CONVOLUTE), 

 partially convolute ; subcor'date 

 ( + CORDATE); subcordifor'mis ( + 

 OORDIFORM), somewhat heart- 

 shaped ; subcre'nate ( 4- CRENATE), 

 obscurely crenate ; suboul'trate ( + 

 CULTRATE), slightly cultrate ; sub- 

 den'tate (+ DENTATE), imperfectly 

 dentate ; subdentic'ulate ( + DENTI- 

 CULATE), with small or imperfect 

 marginal teeth; subdifform'is ( + 

 DIFFORMIS), having some amount 

 of irregularity ; sub'effuse ( + 

 EFFUSE), slightly spreading ; sub'- 

 entire (+ ENTIRE), having very 

 slight marginal incisions ; subepi- 

 derm'al (+ EPIDERMAL), below 

 the epidermis ; ~ Tis'sue, = HY- 



PODERMA. 



Su'ber (Lat., the cork-oak), cork or 

 phellogen ; suber'eous, = suberose ; 

 Suberifica'tion (facio, I make), or 

 Suberiza'tion, conversion into 

 cork, cutinization ; su'berized, con- 

 verted into cork ; ~ Mem'brane, 

 with cell- walls turned into cork ; 

 Su'berin, the substance of cork, 

 nearly the same as cutin ; su'berose, 

 subero'sus, su'berous, corky in tex- 

 ture. 



sub'erect, suberect'us (sub, somewhat, 

 + ERECT), nearly erect, but nod- 

 ding at the top (Babington) ; sube- 

 rose' (+ EROSE), slightly gnawed 

 in appearance. 



Sub'ex (Lat., support, underlay er), 

 that part of the axis which bears 

 cataphyllary leaves (Kerner). 



Subfam'ily (sub, below), a Suborder 

 or group of genera within an 

 Order ; subflex'uose ( + FLEXUOSE), 

 somewhat wavy ; subgenic'ulate ( + 



OENICULATE), slightly bent or 

 kneed; Subgen'us (+ GENUS), a 

 group, ranking as a section, or 

 possibly a true genus held doubt- 

 ful ; subglobose' ( + GLOBOSE), 

 nearly globular ; subgluma'ceous 

 (+ GLUMACEOUS), somewhat glu- 

 maceous ; subhyme'nial ( + HY- 

 MENIAL), below the hymenium ; 

 ~ Lay'er or Subnyme'nium, = 

 HYPOTHECIUM. 



Subic'ulum (Lat., an underlayer), a 

 felted or byssoid stratum of hyphae, 

 bearing perithecia. 



subim'bricate, subimbrica'tus (sub, 

 somewhat, + IMBRICATE), some- 

 what overlapping ; subinsip'idus 

 (insipidus, tasteless), almost devoid 

 of flavour ; subja'cent (jacens, 

 lying), lying just below (Dixon & 

 Jameson); Subking'dom, the main 

 division of a kingdom, a primary 

 botanic division, as Phanerogams 

 and Cryptogams. 



subla'tus (Lat., lifted up), when the 

 ovary has a support, real or ap- 

 parent. 



sublentic'ular (sub, somewhat, + 

 LENTICULAR), more or less doubly 

 convex ; sublit'toral ( + LITTORAL), 

 employed by H. C. Watson for 

 those plants which have a tendency 

 to grow near the sea, but not 

 actually shore-plants; submar'ginal 

 ( + MARGINAL), near the margin. 



submerged', submersed', submer'sus 

 (Lat., dipped or plunged under), 

 growing under water ; submersib'i- 

 lis, capable of existing when sub- 

 mersed. 



subnas'cent (subnascor, I grow up 

 under), growing or arising from 

 below some object. 



subni'ger (sub, somewhat, + NIGER), 

 = NIGRICANS ; sub'nude (nudus, 

 naked), nearly destitute of covering, 

 as leaves or hairs ; sub'obtuse ( + 

 OBTUSE), slightly obtuse or blunt ; 

 suborbic'ular ( + ORBICULAR), nearly 

 circular ; Subor'der, Subor'do, a 

 group of genera lower than an 

 order ; subo'vate ( + OVATE), some- 

 what ovate ; subpedunc'ulate ( -f 



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