308 CHINESE ECONOMIC TREES 



iSfrntts. A recess between the lobes. 



Spathe. The bract or leaf which surrounds or subtends an inflorescence. 



Spatulate. ■ Shaped like a spatula, with a spoon-like outline. 



Spicate. Resembling a spike. 



Spike. A flower cluster similar to a raceme but with the flowers sessile. 



Spine. A thorn. 



Spinescent. Ending in a thorn or spine. 



Stame,n. The male organ of a flower, composed of the filament and anther. 



Staminaie. Furnished witli stamens. 



Standard. The upper large petal of a papilionaceous flower. 



Stellate. Star-shaped. 



Sterile. Barren or infertile. 



Stigma. The part of the pistil which receives the pollen for fecundation. 



Stigmatic. Belonging to the stigma. 



^ipe. A stalk-like support. 



Stipel. A stipule of a leaflet. 



Stipitaie. Furnished with a stipe. 



Stipules. The appendages of a leaf at the base of the insertion of the 



petiole. 

 Striate. Marked with slender, shallow, longitudinal grooves or fissures. 

 Stomata. Breathing pores in the epidermis of a- leaf. 

 Stomatiferous. Bearing stomata. 

 Stone. The hard endocarp of a drupe. 

 Strobile. A cone. 



Style. The stalk-of the pistil between the stigma and the ovary. 

 Sub-. A prefix, meaning slightly, somewhat. 

 Subulate. Awl-shaped ; tapering from a thickish base to a point. 

 Succulent. Juicy. 



Sulcate. Grooved, with'deep furrows. 

 Superior. Growing or placed above, said of an ovary when the floral 



organs are inserted below it. 

 Suture. A line of junction, usually the place of dehiscence of a carpel. 

 Syvipeialous. A corolla of united petals. 

 Syncarp. A multiple fruit formed by the union of several carpels. 



Tawny. Dull yellowish-brown tinged. 

 Tegmen. The inner coat of a seed. 

 Terete. Round and long. 



