GLOSSARY OF TERJMS. 



Sort, the patches of fructification ou the bark of the frond in ferns. 

 Spatha, a sheathinsj leaf enclosing the flower, pi. 6, fig. 3. 

 Sputliaccous, furnished with a spathe, pi. 6, fig 3 ; pi 10, fig 4, ». 

 Spaiufatc, circular at the end, and tapering towards the base, pi. 28, 



fig. 15. 

 Spherical, round, like a sphere. 

 Spherou/al, almost a sphere. 



Sp/Jce, a mode of flowering, page 72, pi. 33, figs. 3, 4, 5. 

 Spikelet, applied to grasses and other plants, where the inflorence is 



made up of small spikes. 

 Spindle-shaped root, when thick and fleshy, tapering downwards, pi. 23, 



fig 3. 

 l^i)ie, hardened, acute processes arising from the wood, page 75, pi. 



36, fig. 4 

 Spinous, full of spines. 



Spur, a tapering process of the corolla, page 13, pi 10, figs. 1 and 2. 

 Squamose, having scales. 

 Squarrose, spreading rigidly at right angles. 

 Stamen, one of the essential organs of fructification, pages 5, 15; 



pi. 11, fig. 1 

 Staminiferous, producing stamens and not pistils. 

 Standard, a banner, the upper part of a papilionaceous flower, page 13, 



pi. 9, fig. 5. 

 Stellate, in the form of a star, pi. 31, fig. 11. 



Sterile, barren; flower, when destitute of a pistil, pi. 19, fig. 4, left- 

 hand flower. 

 Sftg-^wa, the summit of the pistil, pi. 11, fig. 6,e. 

 Stimuli, stinging hairs. 



Stipules, small appendages to a leaf, page 74, pi. 36, fig. 1, pi 37, fig. 3. 

 Stolon/ferous, with creeping roots, page 60. 



Striated, marked with parallel sti'eaks, faint channels or furrows. 

 Strobile, an enlarged and hai'dened catkin, page 9. 

 Sti/le, the intermediate part between the gennen and stigma of a 



pistil, page 17, pi. H? fig- 6 b. 

 iSub, somewhat. 

 Submersed, partly imder water. 

 Subulate, awl-shaped. 

 Succulent, fleshy and filled with juice. 

 Subfruticose, somewhat shrubby. 

 Sulcate, furrowed. 



Supra-deco?npoit7ul, doubly compounded. 

 Surculi, young shoots. 



Suture, a line formed by the union of two parts. 

 Syngenesious, belonging to the class Syngenesia, page 25, 27, 51, pi. 16, 



figs. 4,5,6; pi. 19, fig. 1. 



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Tail, a long feathery or hairy appendage to a fruit or seed. 



Tap-mot, thick and fleshy ; tapering downwards, pi. 24, fig. 3. 



Tendril, a slender, thread-like suppoi't to a plant, pi. 37, figs. 2, 3. 



Terminal, at the end of a branch or stem. 



Ternary, consisting of threes. 



Termite leaf, when the three leaflets originate from a common stalk, 



pi. 30, fig, 2. 

 Testa, the skin or integuiiient of a seed. 

 Tctradynamious, having four long, and two short stamens, page 46, 



pi. 18, fig. 4. 

 Tclrandro/fs, ha\ing four equal stamens, pi. 17, fig. 4. 



