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STERILIS Flos, barren, Tourncf. Mafcu* 

 his of Linnsus. 



STIGMA [from 2t('(^&>, Jignum quod inuritur, 

 a brand] tlie apex or capital of the PijlUhim, 

 containing the Vifcus which receives the PoUen. 

 Linnaeus compares this organ to the Vulva m 

 the female animals. 



STIMULI [r'y,M6;, Si'igmulus, per fync. 

 Stimulus^ ftings : a fpecies of Jrma growing up- 

 on fome plants for their defence ; fun£lura ve- 

 nenata arcent auimalia nuda, as in the Urtica, 

 Jatropha, Acalypha, 1'ragia. Linnaeus divide^ 

 th.t Jlimidi into piingentes and urentes. 



STIPATUS Pappus [Stipes] elevated on Sii- 

 ptes. 



STIPES [a '^vxo';, a flump] that fpecies of 

 Truncus, which is the bafis of a Frons, and is pe- 

 culiar to the Palmes^ Filices, and Fungi. 



Stipes, the thread which elevates and con- 

 nects the pappus with the feed. 



STIPUr.A [a _/?;>«, tow] flubble. One of 

 the feven Fulcra of plants, according to Lin- 

 paeus : fquama qua baft petiolorum aut peduncuh- 



