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inferior difk. A leaf, with regard to its fuper- 

 ficies, is vifcidum, iomentufum, fcabrum, glabruin, 

 Jlr'tatum, Sec. 



SUPERFLUA Polygamia, fupTfluous. The 

 fecond order in the clafs Syngenefm of Linnseus, 

 comprehending thofe plants in the compofition 

 of whofc flowers fome of the Jlofculi are herma- 

 phrodite, and others female ; in which cafe, the 

 fructification being perfe^ in the hermaphro-' 

 dites, the females ai*e fuperfluous, 



SUPERUS Flos \_fuper, above] when the 

 receptaculum of the flower ftands above the Ger- 

 men or fruit ; oppofed to Inferus. 



SUPINUM dtfcum folii, lying with the face 

 upwards ; the fuperior diflc or belly of a leaf. 



SUPRA-AXILLARIS Pedunculus [fupra, a- 

 bove, & axilla, the arm-pit] whofe infertion 

 is immediately above the axilla, formed by a 

 branch, or leaf, as in the Jfperifolice, Potentilla 

 monfpelienfis. 



SUPRADECOMPOSITA Folia, are thofc 



Folia Compofita which confift of foliola growing 



on a fubdivided/ir/zo/w ; cum petiohis aliquoties di- 



vifus adne^it pluritna foliola : they are of three 



A a 2 kinds, 



