Glossary of Terms. 



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Spike. Having sessile flowers on a 

 long axis. 



Squamatus. Clothed with scales. 



Stamen. The male orgaii of a flower. 



Staminode. Rudimentary organs next 

 to the stamens. 



Stigma. The viscous part of a style to 

 which the pollen adheres. 



Stipes. The main stalk of Fern fronds. 



Stipitate. Stalked, applied to carpels. 



Stipules. Bract-like or spinescent pro- 

 cesses at the base of the petioles of 

 many plants. 



Stolon. An offset or runner producing 

 roots at intervals. 



Style. The slender termination of a 

 carpel bearing the stigma. 



Sub, in composition, is equal to sonic- 

 what, in some degree. 



Subulate. Awl-shaped. 



Sulcate. Furrowed. 



Superior. As an ovary when the calyx 

 is below it. 



Sylvestris, sylvaticus. Inhabiting 

 woods. 



Syn, signifies union or growing to- 

 gether, as syncarpous, when the car- 

 pels are consolidated ; or syngenesious, 

 when the anthers are united. 



Tennis. Slender, thin. 



Terde. Cylindrical. 



Testa. The skin of a seed. 



Tdradynamous. Having six stamens, 

 of which two are shorter than the 

 other four. 



Thalamus. The receptacle or torus of 

 a flower. 



Tomcntose. Having a dense short 

 down. 



Toothed. Having small divisions on 

 the margin. 



Torus. The part on which the divisions 

 of a flower or fruit are seated, 



Tri, in compounds, signifies three. 



Trifoliolate. Having three leaflets pro- 

 ceeding from the same point. 



Tristis. Dull-coloured. 



Truncate. Terminating abruptly, as the 

 leaf of the Tulip-tree. 



Tuber. An underground fleshy stem, 

 like the Dahlia. 



Tuberculatc. Covered with excres- 

 cences. 



Uiiginosus. Inhabiting swampy places. 



Umbel. An inflorescence, having the 

 flower " stalks radiating from one 

 point. An umbel is either simple or 

 compound. 



Umbrosus. Growing in shady places. 



Unarmed. Destitute of spines or 

 prickles. 



Undulate. Having a wavy margin. 



Urens. Stinging, 



Valvate ((estivation}, Sepals or petals 

 meeting at the margins, but not 

 overlapping each other. 



Velutinus, Velvety, as the surface of 

 leaves. 



Ventral. The anterior part of an organ. 



VernaUs, Produced in Spring. 



Vernation, The arrangement of leaves 

 in bud. 



Verruoosus, Warty. 



Versatile. Affixed by the middle. 



Vertioillate. When several leaves, 

 petals, etc., are on the same plane 

 around the axis. 



Virens. Green. 



Vir gains. Twiggy. 



Viridis. Clear full green. 



Volubilis. Twisting. 



Whorl. A ring of organs on the same 

 plane. 



Winged. Furnished with a membranous 

 expansion, as the seeds of many 

 Conifers and the fruits of the Maples. 



