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Sucker. A. shoot from the underground 

 base of a stem, or from underground 

 roots or rhizomes. 

 Suffrutescent. Somewhat or slightly 



shrubby ; woody at base. 

 Suffruticose.Ijovf and shrubby. 

 Sulcate. Grooved or furrowed. 

 Superior. Growing above ; a superior 

 ovary is one wholly above and free 

 from the calyx ; in a lateral flower, 

 nearest to the axis. 

 Surculose. Producing suckers. 

 Suture. A line of union or of dehiscence. 

 Symmetrical. Regular in shape if of a 

 plant or tree as a whole ; in the num- 

 ber of its parts, if spoken of a flower. 

 Sympetalous. Having the petals united. 

 Synsepalous. ^Having the sepals united. 

 Teeth. Small marginal or terminal 



lobes of any kind. 



Tendril. A. thread-like production from 



an axil, the extremity of a leaf or 



elsewhere, capable of coiling and 



used for climbing. 



Terete. Cylindrical or nearly so; not 



angled nor channelled. 

 Ternate.In threes; in three divisions. 

 Tessellated. Chequered; like mosaic or 



chequerwork. 



Testa. The outer seed-coat. 

 Tetradynamous With four long and 

 two shorter stamens; applied to the 

 Cruciferae. 



Tetragonal. Four-angled. 

 Tetramerous.Of a flower having its 



parts in fours. 



Tetrandrous. With four stamens. 

 Thorn. See Spine. 



Throat. -The orifice of a sympetalous 

 corolla or calyx; the portion of the 

 corolla immediately below the limb 

 or between the limb and the tube. 

 Thyrse. -A contracted or close panicle. 

 Tomentose. Pubescent with matted 



wool. 



Tomentum. Dense matted woolly pubes- 

 cence. 



Toothed. Provided with teeth. 

 Top-shaped. Inverted broad-conical. 

 Torose. Swollen at intervals. 



Tortuous, Bending about irregularly. 



Torulose. Slightly torose. 



Torus. The receptacle of a flower; the 

 apex of the flower-stalk, more or less 

 modified to support the parts of the 

 flower. 



Transverse. Across, from side to side. 



Tree. A woody branching plant, with 

 erect trunk, ten feet high or more. 



Triandrous. With three stamens. 



Triangu lar. Three-angled. 



Trichotomous. Branching by threes. 



Trifid Three-cleft. 



Trifo I iate .Three-leaved. 



Trifoliolate. Having three leaflets. 



Trimerous. Having its parts in threes. 



Tripinnate. Three times pinnate. 



Triquetrous .Of a stem, etc., triangu- 

 lar with the sides somewhat concave 

 or channelled. 



Triternate. Three times ternate. 



Truncate. Ending abruptly as if cut off 

 transversely. 



Trunk. A main stem. 



Tube. Any elongated hollow body or 

 part of an organ. 



Tuber. A. thickened rhizome, with scat- 

 tered buds or eyes. 



Tubercle. A small projection or pimple : 

 a small tuber or a tuberous root, 



Tuberculate. Covered with small 

 rounded prominences or knobs. 



Tunicated. Denoting bulbs made up of 

 concentric seamless tunic-like coats, 

 as in the onion. 



Turbinate. Top-shaped. 



Turgid. Puffed out ; distended. 



Twining. Ascending by winding about a 

 support. 



Type. The ideal pattern or form. 



Typical. That which corresponds to or 

 represents the type. A typical species 

 is one upon which the generic char- 

 acter was founded, or one which con- 

 forms most closely to the general 

 characters of the genus, deviations 

 from which form the basis for sub- 

 genera, etc. So the typical form of a 

 species is that upon which the specific 



