GLOSSARY. 



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sti'pel, u)i apiH-nduye to a leaflet corrpsijund- 



ing to a stipule in o leu/. 

 Bti^Vla.te, J'urnis/ied irith stipelx, us in the 



bean tribe. 

 stTp'i tate, supported on d stipe. 

 stlp'u late, furnished with stipules. 

 stTp'ule, an appendage, or little leaf, on 



each side of the base of a petiole or 



leaf. 

 stSck, a word used for race or source ; also, 



for any root-like base from which the herb 



grows up. 

 sto'lon, a branch at the base of a plant which 



roots easilij. 

 sto'lo infer ous, producing stolons. 

 tito'ma, a mouth ; one of the openings in 



the epidermis of a leaf ; a breathing 



pore. 

 stramin'e ous, straw-like, or straw-colored. 

 strSp'-shaped, yf«/, narrow, and straight. 

 stri 'ate, or stri 'at ed, marked with slender 



longitudi)Hd bars or strijies. 

 strict, erect and very straight. 

 stri gose', set ivith stiff, straight bristles. 

 8tr5b'ile, a multiple fruit in the form of a 



cone, as of the Hop and Pine. 

 Strom bu'li form, twisted, like a spiral shell. 

 stro'phi o late, furnished with a strophiole 



or caruncle about the hilum. 

 stro'phi ole, a crest-like excrescence about the 



hilum of certain seeds. 

 struc'tur al b5t'an y, the science which treats 



of the organs or parts of plants, of their 



forms and uses. 

 Btnj'ma, a wen ; a swelling or protuberance 



of any organ. 

 stu pose', composed of or having tufted fila- 

 ments like low. 

 style, that part of the pistil between the ovary 



and the stigma. 

 sty ITf 'er ous, bearing one or more styles. 

 sty'loid, having the form of or resembling a 



style. 

 sty lo po'di um, an epigynous disk, or en- 

 largement at the base of the style. 

 sQb' class, a natural group, more important 



tfutn an Order, 

 sube'reous, or su'berose, having a corky 



texture. 

 Riih or'der, a group of genera a little lower 



in rank than an Order, and of greater im- 

 portance than a Tribe or Family, 

 sfib' tribe, a divi.s-inn of a Tribe, 

 eu'bu late, awl-shaped ; very narrow, and 



tapering gradually to a fine point from a 



broad ish base, 

 am- else', appearing as if cut off at the 



extremity. 

 sfic'cu bona, having the leaves so placed that 



the upper part of each one is covered by 



the base of the leaf above. 

 sHc'cu lent, very juicy and celhdar. 

 sfick'er, (/ shoot coining from a part of the 



stem beneath the ground. 



suf fru tds'ceut, slightly woody at the base. 



8uf f rij'ti cose, woody in the lower part of Ihi 

 stem ; more woody than suffrutescent. 



bQl'cate, furrowed. 



su pe'ri or, above the ovary. 



8u pe'ri or ca'lyx, calyx adherent to ovary. 



su pe'ri or o'vary, ovary free from calyx. 



su per nu'mer ar y (buds), exceeding the num- 

 ber stated or prescribed. 



Hu'per vo lute', rolled upfront the .tides. 



su'piue, lying flat, with face upward. 



su'pra-Sx'il la ry, situated above the axU. 



su'pra-de c5m'pouiid, divided many times. 



sQr'cu lose, producing suckers, or shoots re- 

 .sembling suckers. 



sus p§nd'ed, hanging downward. 



su'tural, jfcrtaining to a suture; taking 

 place at a suture. 



su'ture, the line of junction of two contiguous 

 parts grown together. 



syco'nus, a collective, fleshy fruit, in which 

 the ovaries are hidden within a hollow 

 receptacle, as in the Fig. 



syl ves'tri an, growing in woods; sylvan. 



sym'me try, equality in the number of par It 

 of the successive circles in a flower ; like- 

 ness in form and size of floral organs of 

 the same kind; regularity. 



sym pSt'al ous, having the petals united; 

 gamopetalous. 



sym phyl'lous, with perianth leaves united. 



sym'pode, or sjTn po'di um, a stem resem- 

 bling a simple axis, but composed of su- 

 perposed branches, as the .stem of the 

 grapevine. 



synSn'therous, having the staniens united 

 by their anthers. 



syn car'pi imi, an aggregate fruit, in which 

 the ovaries cohere in a solid mass. 



syii car 'pons, composed of several carpels, 

 united into one ovary. 



syn ge ne'sious, having the stamens attached 

 to each other so as to form a ring. 



syn'o nym, an equivalent name. 



sjTi sSp'al ous, Aarinjr united sepals; ga mo- 

 sepal ous. 



sys tern St'ie b5t'an y, that department of 

 botany uhich pertains to the classification 

 of plants. 



T. 



tail, any long and slender prolongation of 



an organ. 

 ta'per-point'ed, acuminate. 

 tSp'root, a simple descending root. 

 taw'ny, a dull, yellowish brown. 

 tax 5n'o my, that division of natural science 



ivhich treats of the classification of animals 



and plants. 

 tSg'men, the inner seed coat. 

 tSn'dril, a shred-like pmcess. irhirh helps 



the plant to cling to other plants. 



