VOCABULARY. 



also the stem of the down of seeds, 

 as in the dandelion. 



Stip'ilate. Supported by a stipe. 



Stip'ule. A leafy appendage, situated 

 at the base or petioles, or leaves. 



Stoloniferous. Putting forth scions, or 

 running shoots. 



Stramin' cous. Slaw-like, straw-colour- 

 ed. 



Strap-form. Ligulate. 



Straium. A layer ; plural, strata. 



Marked with fine parallel 



Stiff and straight, erect. 

 Armed with close thick bris- 



an ament with 



Striate. 

 lines. 

 Strictiis. 

 Sirigose. 



ties. 

 Strobilum. A cone, 



woody scales. 

 Style. That part of the pistil which is 



between the stigma and the germ. 

 Styli'des. Plants with a very long style. 

 Sua'vis. Sweet, agreeable. 

 Sub. Used as a diminutive, prefixed to 

 different terms to imply the existence 

 of a quality in an inferior degree ; in 

 English, may be rendered by some- 

 what ; it also signifies under, or less 

 than. 

 Sub'acute. Somewhat acute. 

 Suhero'sc. Corky. 

 Submersed. Growing under water. 

 Sub'scsnle. Almost sessile. 

 Subterra'neoii,s. Growing and flowerin 



under ground. 

 Subtus. Beneath. 

 Sub'ulale. Awl-shaped, narrow and 



sharp pointed. See Awl-form. 

 Siic'culent. Juicy ; it is also applied to 



a pulpy leaf, whether juicy or not. 

 Sucker. A shoot from the root by 

 which the plant may be propagated. 

 Sujfrib'ticose. Somewhatshrubby, shrub- 

 by at the base ; an under shrub. 

 Sulcata. Furrowed, marked with deep 



lines. 

 Super. Above. 



Sup radecom' pound. More than decom- 

 pound ; many times subdivided. 

 Superior. A calyx or corolla is supe- 

 rior, when it proceeds from the upper 

 part of the germ. 

 Supi'nus. Face upwards. See Resupi- 



nate. 

 Suture. The line or seam formed by 

 the junction of two valves of a seed 

 vessel. 

 Syco'ne. (From sucon, 3. fig.) A name 

 given to one of Mirbel's genera of 

 fruits. 

 Sylves'tris. Growing in woods. 

 Syn'carpe. (From sun, with, and kar- 



pos, fruit.) A union of fruits. 

 Syngene'sious. Anthers growing to- 

 gether, forming a tube ; such plants 



as constitute the class Syngenesia, be- 

 ing also compound flowers. 



Syn'onyms. Synonymous, different 

 names for the same plant. 



Synop'sis. A condensed view of a sulw 

 ject, or science. 



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Taxon'omy. (From taxis, order, and 

 nonios, law.) Method of classifica- 

 tion. 

 Teeth of Mosses. The outer fringe of 

 the peristomium is generally in 4, 8, 

 16, 32, or 64 divisions; these are 

 called teeth. 

 Tcgens. Covering. 



Teg'unient. The skin or covering of 

 seeds ; often burst off on boiling, as 

 in the pea. 

 Tern' per ature. The degree of heat and 

 cold to which any place is subject, r* 

 wholly dependant upon latitude, be- 

 ing affected by elevation ; the moun- 

 tains of the torrid zone produce the 

 plants of the frigid zone. In cold re- 

 gions white and blue petals are more 

 common, in warm regions red and 

 other vivid colours; in the spring we 

 have more white petals, in the au- 

 tumn more yellow ones. 

 Ten'dril. A filiform or thread-like ap- 

 pendage of some climbing plants, by 

 which they are supported by twining 

 round other objects. 

 Tenel'lus. Tender, fragile. 

 Tenuifo'lius. Slender-leaved, 

 Tenuis. Thin and slender. 

 Ter'ete. Round, cylindrical, tapering. 

 Ter'minal. Extreme, situated at the 



end. 

 Ter'nate. Three together, as the leaves 



of the clover. 

 Tctradyn'amous. With four long and 



two short stamens. 

 Tetran'droV'S. Having four stamens. 

 Thorn. A sharp process from the 

 woody part of the plant ; considered 

 as an imperfect, indurated bud. 

 Thyrse. A panicle which is dense. 

 Tige. See Caulis. 



Tincto' rious. Plants containing colour- 

 ing matter. 

 Tomen'tose. Downy ; covered with fine 



matted pubescence. 

 Tonic. (From tone, to strengthen.) 

 Medicines which increase the tone 01 

 the muscular fibre. 

 Toothed. See Dentate. 

 Torose. Uneven, alternately elevated 



and depressed. 

 Torulose. Slightly torose. 

 Trachea. Names given to vessels sup- 

 posed to be designed for receiving 

 and distributing air. 



