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A FLORA OP MANILA 



StellAte; etar-like; where several Bimilar parts 

 spread out from a common center, like a 

 star. 



Stem; the main ascending axis of a plant. 



Stemless; without, or apparently without, a 

 stem. 



Sterile; barren or imperfect. 



Stigma; the part of the pistil which receives 

 the pollen. 



Sttgmatic; belonging; to the stigma. 



Stipe; the stalk of a fern. 



Stipel; a stipule of a leaflet. 



Stipellate; furnished with stipels. 



Stlpltate; furnished with a stipe. 



Stipulate; furnished With Stipules. 



Stipules; the appendages, on each side of the. 

 babe of certain leaves. 



Stoloniferous; producing stolons; that is, re- 

 clining and rooting stems. 



Strap-shaped; long, flat, and narrow. 



Striate; marked with slender longitudinal 

 grooves. 



Strict; straight and narrow. 



Strigose; covered with appresscd bristles. 



Style; a stalk between ovafy and stigma. 



Sub-; as a prefix, about, nearly, somewhat, as 

 subcordate, somewhat cordate, etc. 



Subulate; awn-shaped, tapering to a sharp 

 point. 



Succulent; juicy. 



SufFrute$oent; slightly shrubby or woody. 



Sulcate; grooved With deep furrows. 



Superior; above; the ovary is said to be 

 puperior when all the floral envelopes are 

 inserted below it. 



Suture; the line of junction of contiguous. parts 

 grown together. 



Symbiosis; dissimilar organisms living to- 

 gether. 



Sympetalous; same as ganiopetalous. 



Synoarpous; composed of several carpels con- 

 solidated into one. 



Tall; any long and slender prolongation of an 

 organ. 



Teeth; small marginal lobes. 



Tendril; a slender, usually coiled, organ Used 

 for climbing. 



Terete; long and round. 



Terminal; borne at, or belonging to, the ex- 

 tremity or summit. 



Ternate; in threes. 



Tetragonal ; four-anglod. 



Tetramerous; with its parts or sets in fours. 



Throat; the opening of a mouopetalous corolla, 

 where the border and the tube join. 



Tomcntose; clothed witli matted woolly hairs. 



Toothed; furnished with teeth or short pro- 

 jections of any sort on the margin. 



Top-shaped; sliaped like a top, or a cone with 

 the apex downward. 



Torus; the receptacle of the flower. 



Trailing; prostrate but not routing. 



Transverse; across. 



Tree; a woody plant exceeding 5 to 6 m in 

 height; with a distinct trunk, 



Trichotomus; three-forked. 



Tridentate; three-toothed. 



Trifid; three-cleft. 



TrlfoHoiate; of three leaflets. 



Trifurcate; three-forked. 



Trigonous; three-angled, or triangular. 



Trilobed; three-lobed. 



Trilocuiar; three-celled. 



Trimerous; with its parts in threes. 



Trlplnnate; thrice pinnate. 



Triquetrous; sharply three-angled. 



Trumpet-shaped; tubular, enlarged at or to- 

 ward the summit. 



Truncate; as if cut oflf at the top. 



Tube; any hollow, cylindric body. 



Tuber; a thickened portion of a subterranean 

 stem or branch, provided with buds j^ji 

 the sides. 



Tubercle; a small excrescence. 



Tuberous; resembling a tuber. 



Tubular; hollow and elongated. 



Turbinate^ top-shaped. 



Twintng; ascending by coiling around a sup- 

 port. 



Umbel; the umbrella-like form of inflorescence. 

 Umbellate; in umbels. 



Unarmed; destitute of spinesj prickles, etc. 

 Uncinate; hook-shaped. 

 Uridershrub; a very low shrub. 

 Undulate; wavy-margined. 

 Unequally pinnate; pinnate with an odd num- 

 ber of leaflets. 

 Ungulculate; furnished with a claw. 

 Unifolioiate; with one leaflet. 

 Unilateral; one-sided. 

 Unilocular; one-celled. 

 Unisexual; having stamens or pistils only. 

 Uroeolate; urn-shaped. 



Utricle; a small, thin-walled, one-seeded fruit. 

 Utricular; like a smaU bladder. 



Vaginate; surrounded by a sheath. 



Valve; one of the parts into which a. dehiscent 



pod splits. 

 Valvate; the arrangements of petals, sepals, 



etc., when their margins touch but do not 



overlap. 

 Variegated; blotched or marked with various 



colors. 

 Veins; the small ribs or branches of the frame- 

 work of loaves. 

 Veined; furnished with evident veins. 

 Veinless; destitute of veins. 

 Velnlets; the smaller branches of veins. 

 Venation; the veining of leaves. 

 Ventral; belonging to the lower or inner s'de 



of any organ, the opposite of dorsal. 

 Ventricose; inflated or swelled out on one side, 

 Verrucose; covered with small projections like 



little warts. 

 Versatile; attached by one point, so t'lat it 



may swing to and fro. 



