GLOSSAET. XXlir 



Sucker ; a stem prbdiieed at the end of an underground ahoot. 'i'. 



Superior ; above anything; a calyx is superior when its tube is 

 wholly attached to the ovary, half-superior when attached 

 only to the lower half of itj an ovary is superior when 

 wholly free from the calyx ; a part of a flower ^jlaced next 

 to the axis. ■ -. ■ 



Suspended ovules hang down from near the top of the ovary. 



Suture ; the line of junction of similar organs cohering. 



Swordshaped ; very long, narrow, nearly parallel-sided, sharps 

 edged,. acute. 



ra'iZcrf ; having a long slender point. 



Taasel-UJce ; resembhng a silken tassel or, painters' camels'-hair 

 pencil. 



Tendril; a twisting slender organ for laying hold of objects. 



Terete ; having a nearly round transverse section. 



Temate ; growing in threes about the same point of a stem. 



Testa ; the outer coat of a seed. 



Testaceoxis ; broVnish yellow^ 



Tetrago^wvs ; yiji\i four angles an^d four convex faces. 



Thorn; an abortive branch with a sharp point ; distinguished 

 from a prickle by being woody. 



Three-veined ; having three veins, usually of nearly equal size, 

 proceeding from the base. S.ometimes leaves are fahehf 

 three-veined wten the ends of a series of lateral veins com- 

 bine to'form a submarginal vein near each edge of the leaf. 



Throat; the orifice of the tufje of a gamopetalous corolla or 

 gamosepalous calyx, 



Thyrsoid- ; having a close-branched raceme of which the middle 

 is broader than the ends. 



Tomentose ; covered with, cottony entangled hairs, forming- a 

 matted shagginess called tomentum; felted. 



Tmndose; uneven, alternately elevated and depressed like a 

 ' ' imotted cord. 



Torus '; the part within the calyx to which the floral organs are 

 attached. ; . , , , ■ ■ , 



Transversely; applied to, forms like oval when attached by one 

 of their longer sidesl ' 



Trianffular ; with three angles and: three flat fe?e8f.,., 



2VjcAo«on20!<«;-in.J'9rks, of three prongs, ,; ' 



TrifyrifOm ■, arranged in three rows. 



Tnjid; dividing aboUfhalfway down into three parts. 



Trifurcate ; forked with three nearly equal prongs. 



Trigonous; with three angles~and three convex faces. 



Tripartite ; divided into three parts nearly to its base. 



Triquetrous; having three angles and three concave faices.' '''■ -^ 



Truncate; blunt as if cut off at the end. ' -' 'j '■" J 



