GLOSSARY. 



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fying term, equivalent to almost, some- 

 what, or about, as sub sessile, nearly 



sessile, &c. 



Suherose ; of a texture resembling cork. 

 Subulate ; shaped like an awl-blade; linear 



or cylindric below, angular and tapering 



to a sharp point at summit. 

 Succulent ; juicy; full of juice. 

 Sticker. A shoot, or off set, from the root, 



or bas of the stem. 

 Suffrntescent ; almost shrubby. 

 Sufi- nticose ; somewhat shrubby ; shrubby 



at base. 



Sulcate ; furrowed, or grooved. 

 Super, or supra; a preposition signifying 



above or upon, beyond or more than, 



as super-axillary, situated above the 



axil. 

 Super or Supra-decompound ; more than 



decompound; many times subdivided, 



or compound. 

 Superior ; above ; a term applied to the 



ovary when it is above the calyx, or free 



in the flower ; also to the calyx, when 



the tube is adherent to the ovary, and the 



segments borne on its summit. 

 Suppression ; the non-production, or fail- 

 ure in the development of an organ. 

 Surculose; bearing suckers, or off-sets. 

 Suspended ovules, or seeds. When they 



are attached to the summit of the ovary, 



or pericarp, and hang perpendicularly in 



the cavity. 

 Suture. The line, or seam, formed by the 



junction of two margins. 

 Symmetrical flower. When there is an 



equal number of parts in each series, or 



verticil. 

 S.'/ngenesious, having the anthers united, 



as in the COMPOSIT F. 

 Synonym. Another name for the same 



thing. 



Tenacious; sticky or adhesive; also hold- 

 in? on by means of very small hooked 



points. 

 Tendril. A filiform twining branch, or 



appendage, by which some plants climb, 



or sustain themselves ; in the grape vine, 



it is an abortive raceme. 

 Terete ; round, like a column, and either 



cylindric or tapering; applied to stems, 



or stem-like bodies. See orbicular. 

 Terminal ; situated at, or proceeding from, 



the end or summit. 

 Ternary; arranged in threes; consisting 



of three parts, or elements. 

 Terna-tA ; three-fold; three together, as 



the leaflets of clover, &c. 

 Tessellated ; resembling mosai work ; in 



little squares, or checkers, like a chess 



board. 

 Testa. The outer integument, or proper 



coat, of a seed. 

 Tt>tradynamous; having 4 long and 2 



short stamens, in a cruciate flower. 

 Tetrdgonous ; 4 cornered, or having 4 



angles. 



Tetra/merous ; consisting of 4 parts, or 

 constituent portions. 



Tetrand rous ; having 4 stamens of equal 

 length. 



Thorn. A sharp process from the woody 

 part of a plant, being a stunted or abor- 

 tive branch. 



Throat. The orifice or passage into the 

 tube of a corolla. 



Thyrsoid ; resembling, or being in the form 

 of a Thyrsus. 



Thyrsus. A kind of contracted, or dense, 

 ovoid panicle, as in the Lilac, Horse- 

 Chestnut, &c. 



Tiller. A sucker, or young shoot of Wheat, 

 Eye, &c. 



Tiller, or tittow ; to put forth suckers, or 

 new shoots, from the root, or base of 

 the stem as Wheat, Ac. See stole, or 

 stool. 



Tissue. Web, or fabric ; the intimate or- 

 ganic structure, or composition, of bodies ; 

 especially those which are, or have been, 

 alive. 



Tomentose ; covered with a curled, or mat- 

 ted, cottony pubescence. 



Totnentum. A matted downy or cottony 

 pubescence. 



Toothed. See dentate. 



Torose, or torulose ; swelled out in obtuse 

 ridges. 



Tortuous ; bent in different directions. 



Torus. The bed, or receptacle at the apex 

 of a flower stalk, on which are inserted 

 all the parts of the flower. 



Translucent; clear, or transmitting light 

 faintly. 



Transverse, transversely ; across ; cross- 

 wise ; at right-angles with lengthwise. 



TriadMphmis ; having the filaments united 

 in 3 parcels. 



Tridndrous ; having 3 stamens. 



Triangular ; having 3 angles, corners, or 

 points. 



Tribes. Groups of kindred plants, in^er- 

 mediate between Orders and Genera. 



Tribrdcteate ; having 3 bracts. 



Trichotomous ; three-forked; dividing by 

 3 equal branches. 



Tricoccous ; composed of three separable 

 indehiscent carpels or (cocci). 



Tricuspidate ; having, or terminating in, 

 3 sharp points. 



Trifdrious ; facing, or pointing, in 3 direc- 

 tions. 



Trifid: three cleft ; partially cut or divided 

 into 3 segments. 



Trifoliate ; having 3 leaves ; or the leaves 

 arranged in threes. 



T.-ifdliolate ; 3 leaflets together. 



Trigonous ; three cornered. 



Trio i/nous ; having 3 pistil ;. 



Trilobate ; three lobed. 



Trimero-iift ; consisting of 3 parts. 



Tripartite ; three parted. 



Tri.petalous ; having 3 petals. 



Tfip'innaie ; thrice pinnate ; the common 



