608 GLOSSARY OF BOTANICAL TERMS 
Spathaceous.......+. ......Having the appearance of a spathe, or being fur- 
nisked with one. ee ye 
Spathe cicecleleasceccesaee A large rolling oVer an inftorescence and guard- 
ing if While yoimg. hae 
Spathulate -. Oblong with the lower end very much attenuated. 
Spike -An inflovescence Consisting 6f flowers sessile on’ 
a long axis. ; ee ; 
Spike-compéund ...<:<::A collection of spikes arranged in’ a racemose 
; mariner. ‘ ; 
Spikelet eeece2..é0.0...-The small terminal éollection’ of florets among 
: grassés. : oo aes 
Spine ...... ‘eécusececeeeecA stiff shairp-pointed body consisting of woody 
tissue éovered with cellular tissue. 
Spreading ..lecceccecceee ‘Having a gradually outward direction, as petals’ 
, fron the ovary. 
Spur cescsesresereees A hollow terete extension of sdmé part of the 
Squti rowed vith bodies which pread iigle 
PPOCE  Svvesnsceoses -- Govered with bodies which spread at right aiigles, 
: or at a greater angle from the tie which 
; bears them ; or being so arranged. : 
SEAMEN. sacvverececpeaceress a e organ of the flower te which the pollen belongs’ 
Staminal 
Stellate, Stelliform 
Having no visible or obvious stem. 
That surfacé of a style usually at its extremity to 
which the pollen adheres wher it fertilises the’ 
Stipitate heaesteees sessed Elevated on a'sta@lk whielr is neither'a petiole nor 
Stipulary 
Stipules 
Striated s..cecccsccace v.-Marked: by streaks. 
Strigose 
Stoloniferous 
Style evs dedeesieesccesesecen Fhe narrowed upper end of a carpellary leaf; the 
SUD. cece swciaedicoscs’ 
Subuldte cccveccssscecceee Shaped like an awk 
Succulent... «Very cellular and juicy, as the stems of stapelias, 
Suffruted .....c00cecscees ..An under-shrul: A shrub of small size and her- 
: Baceous at the ends of the rosts, though woody 
at their base.’ 
Sulédte.......-. uae cuelg ...Furrowed. 
Superior «... ...Growing' above any thing: 
Supra-axillary............Growing abbve anaxiHl. =... : 
Supradecompound ......Dividéd into a multitude of pieces: So'much di- 
vided, that the number and mode of: division‘ 
. _¢annot be precisely ascertained. 
Suture oss sseseeatassees The parts where separated organs unite, or where 
the edges of a folded organ adhere. 
