GLOSSARY OF BOTANICAL TERMS 



STOLON. A runner ; or any basal branch that is disposed to root. 

 STOMATA, //. The transpiring orifices in the epidermis of plants. 

 STRIATE. Marked with fine longitudinal lines or ridges. 

 STROBILE. A compact flower cluster with large scales, concealing the 



flowers. When this cluster matures and contains seeds, it is still 



called a strobile. 

 STYLE. The attenuated portion of the pistil connecting the stigma and the 



ovary. 



SUTURE. A line of splitting or opening. 

 TERETE. Circular in cross section. 

 THROAT. The part between the proper tube and the limb of a gamopetal- 



ous corolla. 



THYRSE, OR THYRSUS. A compact panicle. 

 TOMEXTOSE. Covered with tomentum. 

 TOMEXTUM. Dense, matted wool-like hairs. 

 TRUXCATE. Ending abruptly as if cut off. 

 UMBEL. A flower -cluster, flat or convex, with all the pedicels arising from 



the same point. 



UMBELLATE. Borne in umbels ; resembling an umbel. 

 UNDULATE. With wavy margins. 



VALVATE. Meeting by the margins ; not overlapping. 

 VEIX. One of the branches of the woody portion of leaves or other organs. 

 VEINLET. A branch of a vein. 

 VENATIOX. Arrangement of veins. 

 VERXATIOX. The arrangement of leaves in the bud. 



VERSATILE. Applied to an anther attached at or near its middle to the fila- 

 ment. 



VILLOUS. Covered with long, soft, shaggy hairs. 

 \VHORL. A group of three or more similar organs at a node. 

 WIXG. Any thin expansion bordering or surrounding an organ. The lateral 



petal of a papilionaceous corolla. 

 WOOLLY. Clothed with long and matted hairs. 



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