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GLOSSARY 



Shrub, a woody perennial, 

 smaller than a tree, usually 

 with several stems. 



Silicula, a short siliqua. 



Siliqua, the peculiar pod of 

 Cruciferce. 



Simple, of one piece ; not com- 

 pound. 



Sinuate, with the outline of the 

 margin strongly wavy. 



Sinus, the cleft or recess be- 

 tween two lobes. 



Spadix, a spike with a fleshy 

 axis enclosed by a spathe. 



Spathe, bract or bracts inclos- 

 ing an inflorescence. 



Spatulate, gradually narrowed 

 downward from a rounded 

 summit ; spatula-shaped. 



Spike, a form of simple inflo- 

 rescence with the flowers 

 sessile or nearly so upon a 

 more or less elongated com- 

 mon axis or rachis. 



Spikelet, a small or secondary 

 spike. 



Spindle-shaped, same as Fusi- 

 form. 



Spine, a sharp, woody, or rigid 

 outgrowth from the stem. 



Spinose, spine-like, or having 

 spines. 



Spore, the reproductive cell in 

 Cryptogams, which in func- 

 tion corresponds to a seed 

 but possesses no embryo. 



Spur, a hollow, sac-like or 

 tubular extension of some 

 part of a blossom, usually 

 nectariferous. 



Stamen, one of the pollen-bear- 

 ing organs of the flower. 



Staminode or staminodium, a. 

 sterile stamen, or any struc- 

 ture, without anther, corre- 

 sponding to a stamen. 



Standard, the upper dilated petal 

 of a papilionaceous corolla. 



Stem, the main ascending axis 

 of a plant. 



Sterile, unproductive, as a 

 flower without pistil, or sta- 

 men without an anther. 



Stigma, that part of a pistil 

 through which fertilization 

 by the pollen is effected. 



Stigmatic, belonging to or 

 characteristic of the stigma. 



Stipe, the stalk-like support of 

 a pistil, that is, the gyno- 

 phore; the leaf-stalk of a 

 Fern. 



Stipitate, having a stipe. 



Stipular, belonging to stipules. 



Stipule, an appendage at the 

 base of a petiole or on each 

 side of its insertion. 



Stolon, a runner, or any basal 

 branch that is disposed to 

 root. 



Stoloniferous, producing sto- 

 lons. 



Style, the usually attenuated 

 portion of the pistil connect- 

 ing the stigma and ovary. 



Sub-, a Latin prefix, usually 

 signifying somewhat or 

 slightly. 



Subulate, awl-shaped. 



Succulent, juicy ; fleshy. 



Superior (ovary), free from the 

 calyx. 



Supra-axillary, borne above the 

 axil. 



Suspended (ovule), hanging 

 from the apex or the cell. 



Suture, a line of junction. 



Symbiotic, living a lifeof mutual 



help. 

 Symmetrical (flower), regular as 



to the number of its parts; 



