GLOSSARY OF BOTANICAL TERMS. 



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Simple, the reverse of compound. 



SintuUc or Sinuose, bending in and out. 



SinuatO'deniate, sinuate and toothed. 



Sinus, tlie bays or recesses formed by the lobes of leaves 

 or other bodies. 



Soboliferous, producing young plants from the root. 



Saddened, soaked. 



Somniferous, causing sleep. 



Soporific, causing sleep. 



Sori, the patches of fructification on the back of the 

 fronds of ferns. 



Spadir, a spike protracted from a spatha. 



Spatlia, a broad sheathing leaf enclosing flowers ar- 

 ranged upon a spadix. 



Spaihaceous, furnished witli a spatha. 



Spathulaie, shaped like a spatula, a knife so called. 



Sphacelate, witliered or dead. 



SpJuBrical, round like a sphere. 



&>heroidal, almost like a sphere. 



Spherules, minute spheres. 



Spiie, flowers sessile upon a long rachis. 



Spines, indurated branches or processes formed of 

 woody fibre, and not falling off from the part that 

 bears them. 



Spini/brm, formed like a spine. 



Spinous, full of spines. 



Spinulescerit, having a tendency to produce small spines, 



Spinulose, covered with small spines. 



Spiral, circularly involved. 



Sporules, that part in Cryptogamous plants which an- 

 swers to the seeds of other plants. 



Sporuli/erous, bearing sporules. 



Spurious, counterfeit. 



Spurs, long processes resembling horns produced by 

 various parts of the flower. 



Squamif&rm, like scales. 



Squarrose, spreading rigidly at right angles, or in a 

 greater degree. 



Stamen, the male organ of a flower. 



Stamimferous, producing stamina. 



Standard, the upper segment of the flower of Legu- 

 minosas. 



Stellate, in the manner of a star. 



Stellu/ate, resembling little stars. 



Sterile, barren. 



Sternutatory, qualities which provoke sneezing. 



Stigma, the female organ of a flower. 



Stimulating, exciting. 



Stimuli, stinging hairs. 



Stipes, the stalk of Fungi. 



Sttpitale, having a short stalk. 



SHpuhceous, having appendages called stipnlse. 



Stipulary, occupying the place of stipulse. 



Stipules, small scales at the base of the petiole of cer- 

 tain leaves. 



Stoloni/erous, having creeping roots. 



Stolons, root shoots. 



Stomachic, relating or agreeable to the stomach. 



Strangury, a disease, and produced on plants by tight 

 ligatures. 



Strata, layers, beds. 



Stria, small streaks, cliannels, or furrows. 



Striated, having striae. 



StrigcB, UttlCj rigid, unequal, irregular hairs. 



Strigose, havmg strigse. 



Strophiolate, surrounded by protuberances. 



Struma, a wen or protuberance. 



Sirumose or Strumous, covered with struma. ,arium 



Style, the stalk which intervenes between the 

 and stigma, bearing the latter. 



Styptic, having the power to staunch blood „, some- 



Sub, in composition, signifies subordlnn' 

 what. 



Succulent, fleshy and filled with juice, perspiration. 



Sudorific, having the power of produc' 



Sufruticose, slxrubby m a slight degr 



Sdcale, furrowed. j any thing. 



Supernatant, floating on the surfar 



Suppurate, to generate matter, j^jied. 



Supra-decompound, doubly com* 



Surculi, young shoots. cohesion of two parts. 



Suture, the hne formed by tl nineteenth class of the 



SyngcTiesious, belonging to ' 

 sexual system. osed to analytical. 



Synthetical, combmmg; c 



Tails, the long feathery or hau-y terminations of certain 

 fruits. 



Taproot, a root which penetrates deep and perpendi- 

 cularly into the ground mthout dividing. 



Teated, resembling the figure of the teat of animals. 



Tendrils, the curling twining organs by which some 

 plants lay hold of others. 



TereUnthinaie, consisting of turpentine. 



Terete, taper, round and long. 



Terminal, ending, or at the top. 



Ternary, consisting of threes. 



Temate, growing together in threes. 



Tessellated, variegated by squares. 



Testa, the skin or integument of the seed. 



Testaceous, having a pale brown colour. 



Tetradiotomous, a stem that ramifies in fours. 



Tetrandrous, having four stamens. 



Tetrapetalous, having four petals. 



Tetrasepalous, having four sepals. 



Tlialamics, that part of a flower which rises from below 

 the ovarium and sometimes supports the outer enve- 

 lopes. 



ThcUlus, that pait which bears the fructification • / 

 Lichens. ^ 



Theca, the cases that contain the sporules rfCrypto- 

 gamlc plants. 



Threads, long delicate hairs. 



Throat, the orifice of a flower. 



Thyrse, a kind of dense panicle like that of the lil.i<;. 



Thyrsoid, resembling a particular kmd of panicle calleU 

 a thyrsus. 



Tomentose, densely and closely hairy. 



Tomentum, dense close hair. 



Tonic, bracing, strengthening. 



Toothed, divided so as to resemble teeth 



Toothletted, furnished with little teeth. , 



Topical, local, confined to some partir . j^' Jt^- , 



roros«, uneven; alternately elevatcrf ""^ depressed. 



Tortuose, twisted. 



Torulose, slightly torose. ^j, g^g 



Torus, the same as thalamus, 'apeziurn 



Trapeziform, in the shape of • 



Trapezoid, like a trapeziumjg„g_ 



Triandrous, having three s^d jq threes. 



Trichoiomous, branches f^oints. 



Tricuspidate, having th^jpi,, rank. 



Trifarious, arranged i; 



Trifid, divided in tke cells. 



Trilocular, having.g as if furnished with three petnls. 



TripetaJM, appc'three petals. 



Tripetalous, \ui\f, tliree sides or angles. 



Tritjuetrous, Ivced to powder by pounding. 



Triturated, figing to the torrid zone. 



Tropical, Ijnt, as if cut off. 



Truncate, covered with knobs or tubercles. 



TVierabearing solid fleshy roundish roots like the 



Tvlerii, 



Pf, roots so called. 



"^'lid, swelling. 



:nic, a coat. 

 1 urtimted, having a coat. 

 Turbinate, having the figure of a top. 

 Turgid, swollen, puffed up. 



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 Unibellules, divisions of an umbel. 

 Umbels, the round tuft of flowers produced by the 



carrot, &c. 

 UnMlicus, the cord which attaches the seed to tlic 



receptacle. 

 Umhonate, having a top in the centre like that of the 



ancient shield. 

 Unarmed, destitute of prickles or spines, wliioh are tlio 



arms of plants. 

 Uncinate, hooked. 

 Unctuous, fat, oily. 

 Undulate, waved. 



Undulato-rugose, rugose or rugged and waTe<l. 

 Unguiculated, furnished with a short unguia. 

 Unguis, the taper b.ase of a petal. 

 Unilateral, one-sided. 

 Unilocular, one-celled. 

 Unisexual, being f f the sex. 

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