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Syncarpous. When the ovaries are connected or grown together. 

 Synconus. A fruit like the Fig, which is a fleshy rachis, having 

 the form of a hollow receptacle or flattened disc. 



T. 

 Tendril. A filiform appendage of certain vines, which supports 



them by twining round, or adhering to other objects. 

 Terete. Round, cylindrical. 

 Terminal, Extreme, situated at the end. 

 Temate. Three together ; as the leaves oi Menyanthes trifoliata. 



Med. Bot. PI. 46. 

 Tetradynamous. Having four long and two short stamens. 

 Tetrandrous. Having four stamens. 

 Thec(B. The little capsules of Ferns. 

 Thorn, See Spine. 



Throat, The passage into the tube of a corolla. 

 Thyrse. A close, compact panicle. 



Tomentose. Downy. Covered with fine matted pubescence. ' 

 Torose. Knobby. 

 Torus. The same as Receptacle. 

 Triandrous. With three stamens. 

 Tricuspid. Having three points. 

 Trifid. Three cleft. 



Trifoliate. Three leaved. See Temate. 

 Trilobate. Three lobed. 

 Trilocular. Three celled. 

 Tripartite. Three parted. 

 Trivial name. The specific name. 

 Truncate. Having a square termination as if cut off, as the 



leaves oi Liriodendron tulipifcra. Med. Bot. PI. 31. 

 Tryma. A fruit like the Shagbark, superior, by abortion one 



celled, one seeded, with a two valved indehiscent endocarp, 



and a coriaceous or fleshy sarcocarp. 

 Tuber. A solid, fleshy knob. 

 Tuberous. Thick and fleshy, containing tubers; as the roots of 



the Potatoe, Pceony, &c. 

 Tuhular. Shaped like a tube. In a compound flower, the flor- 

 ets which are not ligulate, are called tubular. 

 Tunicated. Coated with concentric layers ; as the Onion. 

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