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Spinulose. Bearing small spines. 



Spur-shoot. Short stubby branch bearing leaves or fruit. 



Stamen. One of the pollen-bearing organs of the flower. 



Staminate. Provided with stamens and usually in the sense of without pistils 



Staminode. A sterile st^imen or other organ in the position of a stamen. 



Standard. The upper dilated petal of a papilionaeeous corolla. 



Stellate. Star-shaped. 



Sterigma. Projection from a t\vig bearing leaves in some conifers. 



Stigma. Thxit portion of the pistil which is receptive to pollen. 



Stigmatic. Belonging to or characteristic of the stigma. 



Stipular. Pertaining to stipules. 



Stipule. An appendage at the base of a petiole or on each side of its insertion 



Stoma (|il. stoiiKitii ). An uilice in the epicleiinis of a leaf. 



Stomatif erous. Bearing stomata or ' ' breathing pores. ' ' 



Strap-shaped. Long, flat, and comparatively narrow. 



Strobile. An inflorescence with imbricated bracts or scales. 



Style. That portion of the pistil which, when present, connects the ovary and 



stigma. 

 Sub-. The Latin prefix signifying * * somewhat " or " slightly. ' ' 

 Subtend. To be inserted under; to embrace in an axil. 

 Subulate. Awl-shaped. 

 Succulent. Juicy; fleshy. 



Sulcate. Longitudinally grooved or furrowed. 



Superior. Said of an organ when inserted above or when free from another. 

 Suture. Line of dehiscence or opening. 

 Syncarp. A fleshy multiple or aggregate fruit. 



Taper. Gradually narrowing toward one end. 



Taxonomy. Classification, especially of plants and animals, according to nat- 

 ural relationships. 



Terete. Circular in cross section. 



Ternate. In threes. 



Testa. The outer coat of a seed, commonly hard and brittle. 



Thyrse. A mixed flower-cluster Avith the main axis indeterminate and the 

 secondary or ultimate determinate. 



Tolerant. Capable of recovery after suppression. 



Tomentose. Bearing tomentum. 



Tomentum. A pubescence composed of matted woolly hairs. 



Torus. The receptacle of a flower. 



Trigonous. Three-angled. 



Truncate. Ending abruptly as if cut off at the tip. 



Tuberculate. Beset with knob-like projections. 



Tubular. Tube-shaped. 



Turbinate. Top-shaped ; inversely conical. 



Umbel. A simple indeterminate inflorescence in which the pedicels spring 



from a common point. 

 Umbellate. Umbel-like, or borne in umbels. 

 Umbo. Knob; protuberance. 

 Undulate. With a wavy margin or surface. 



