332 GLOSSARY OF TERMS. 



Stone cells Cells hardened by internal deposits, appearing- to 

 the naked eye or under a lens as hard points, in bark, &c. 



Striated Marked with more or less parallel lines. 

 Style The filament connecting the stigma and ovary. 

 Subulate Shaped like an awl. 



Suckers Underground branches from the stem or root that 

 arise at a distance from the stem, as in the Raspberry. 



Syconus A name given to the fruit of the Fig, derived from 

 the Greek name of the Fig. 



Tangential A vertical section at right angles to the centre of 

 the stem. 



Terminal At the end of a shoot or branch. 

 Ternate A leaf divided into three distinct segments. 

 Tetrahedral Having- four sides. 



Thallus The flat branching growth, of uniform texture, of 

 cryptogams. 



Toothed More or less pointed equal-sided incisions in the 

 margin of the leaf. 



Tortuous Twisted and undulated. 

 Trifid Nearly divided into three segments. 



Trifoliate Having- three distinct leaflets, as in Clover and 

 Bogbean. 



Tripinnate Three times divided in a pinnate manner. 



Truncate Appearing- as if cut off at the end, as in the leaf of 

 the Tulip Tree. 



Tuber An underground, more or less globular stem, bearing 

 leaf-buds, as in the Potato and Artichoke. 



Umbel An arrangement of flowers having stalks proceeding 

 from one point, and of equal length, so as to form a level 

 surface, the outer flowers opening first. 



Unisexual Flowers having either stamens or pistils, but not 

 both together. 



Vascular Consisting of vessels or minute tubes. 



Vittae The oil receptacles in the fruits of the Umbelliferce ; they 

 usually appear as dark vertical lines between the ridges of 

 the fruit. 



Whorl A circle of leaves around a node, as in Galium. 



