GLOSSARY OF BOTANICAL TERMS. 



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Simple, the reverse of compound. 



SinutUe or Sinuosc, bending in and out. 



Sinuaio-dentcUe, sinuate and toothed. 



Sinus, tlie bays' or recesses formed by the lobes of leaves 

 or other bodies. 



Soboli/erous, producing young plants from the root. 



Saddened, soaked. 



Somniferous, causing sleep. 



Soporific, causing sleep. 



Sori, the patches of fructifieation on the back of the 

 fronds of ferns. 



Spadia, a spike protracted from a spatha. 



Spatia, a broad sheathing leaf enclosing flowers ar- 

 ranged upon a spadix. 



Spathaceous, furnished "with a spatha. 



&>ailmlate', shaped like a spatula, a knife so called. 



Spluuxlate, withered or dead. 



%}htBrical, round like a sphere. 



Splieroidal, almost like a sphere. 



Sphervles, minute spheres. 



&»j!x, flowers sessile upon a long laehis. 



Spues, indurated branches or processes formed of 

 woody fibre, and not falling off from the part that 

 bears them. 



Spintform, formed like a spine. 



Spinous, full of spines. 



Spinukscent, having a tendency to produce small spines. 



&pinuhse, covered with small spines. 



%>iral, circularly involved. 



Spondes, that part in Cryptogamous plants which an- 

 swers to the seeds of other plants. 



SporuliferoTis, bearing sporules. 



%>uriows, counterfeit. 



SpurSj long processes resembling horns produced by 

 various parts of the flower. 



Squamiform, like scales. 



Squarrose, spreading rigidly at right angles, or in a 

 greater degree. 



Stamen, the male organ of a flower. 



Siaminiferous, producing stamina. 



Standard, the upper segment of the flower of Legu- 

 mindsEe. 



Stellate, in the manner of a star. 



Stellitlaie, resembling little stars. 



Sterile, barren. 



StermUatory, qualities which provoke sneezing. 



Stigma, the female organ of a flower. 



StimvlaUng, exciting. 



StimvU, stinging hairs. 



Stipes, the stalk of Fungi. 



SUpUaie, having a short stalk. 



Stipulaeeous, having appendages called stipulffi. 



Stipularp, occupying the place of stipulae. 



Stipules, small scales at the base of the petiole of cer- 

 tain leaves. 



Stotoniferous, having creeping roots. 



Stolons, root shoots. 



Stomachic, relating or agreeable to the stomach. 



Stranguri/, a disease, and produced on plants by tight 

 ligatures. 



Strata, layers, beds. 



SiriiB, small streaks, channels, or furrows. 



Striated, having strise. 



StrigtB, little, rigid, unequal, irregular hairs. 



Strigose, having strigae. 



Strapliiolate, surrounded by protuberauces. 



Struma, a wen or protuberance. 



Strumose or Strumous, covered with strumas. 



Stijle, the stalk which intervenes between the ovarium 

 and stigma, bearing the latter. 



Styptic, having the power to staunch blood. 



Sub, in composition, signifies subordinate, or some- 

 what. . . 



Szoraferf, fleshy and filled with juice. _ 



Sudorific, having the power of producing perspu:ation. 



Suffrutioose, slirubby in a slight degree. 



Sii/mfe, furrowed. ,, - , j.i,;„„ 



Supernatant, floating on the surface of any tlimg. 



Suppurate, to generate matter. 



Supra-dedmpound, doubly compounded. 



fltMSetrted by the cohesion of two parts. 

 S^mfnelious, belonging to the mneteenth class of the 



sexual system. , ,. i 



6>Bfefe«/, combining; opposed to analytical. 



Tails, the long feathery or hairy terminations of certain 

 fruits. 



Tap-root, a root which penetrates deep and perpendi- 

 cularly into the ground without dividing. 



Tcated, resembling the figure of the teat of animals. 



Tendrils, the curiing" twining organs by which somo 

 plants lay hold of others. 



Terebinthinate, consisting of turpentine. 



Terete, taper, round and long. 



Terminal^ ending, or at the top. 



Ternary, consisting of threes. 



TerTiate, growing together in threes. 



Tessellated, variegated by squares. 



Testa, the skin or integument of the seed. 



Testacemts, having a pale brown colour. 



TetraeJuitomous, a stem that ramifies in fours. 



Teti-a7idro2is, having four stamens. 



Tetrapetalous, having four petals. 



Tetrasepalous, having four sepals. 



Thalamus, that part of a flower which rises from below 

 the ovarium and sometimes supports the outer enve- 

 lopes. 



TJialtas, that part which bears the fructification of 

 Lichens. 



Tluxm, the eases that contain the sporules of Crypto- 

 ganiic plants. 



Threads, long delicate hairs. 



Tliroat, the orifice of a flower. 



Thyrse, a kind of dense panicle like that of the lilac. 



Thyrsoid, resembling a particular kind of panicle called 

 a thyrsus. 



Tomet^ose, densely and closely hairy. 



Tomeniwm, dense close hair. 



TonUs, bracing, strengthening. 



Toothed, divided so as to resemble teeth. 



TootUetted, fumislied with little teeth. 



Topical, local, confined to some particular place. 



Torose, uneven ; alternately elevated and depressed. 



Toriuose, twisted. 



Torulose, slightly torose. 



Torus, the same as thalamus, which see. 



Trapeziform, in the shape of a trapezium. 



Trapezoid, like a trapezium. 



Triandrous, having three stamens. 



Trichotomous, branches divided in threes. 



Tricusjmkde, having tliree points. 



Trifarious, arranged in triple rank. 



Trifid, divided in three. 



Ti-Uocular, having three cells. 



Tripeialoid, appearing as if furnished with three petals. 



Tripetalous, having three petals. 



Triquetrous, having tliree sides or angles. 



Triturated, reduced to powder by pounding. 



Tropical, belonging to the torrid zone. 



Truncate, blunt, as if cut off. 



l^uberadate, covered with knobs or tubercles. 



Tuberous, bearing solid fleshy roundish roots like the 

 potato. 



Tubers, roots so called. 



Tumid, swelling. 



Tunic, a coat. 



Tunicaied, having a coat. 



Turbinate, having the figure of a top. 



Turgid, swollen, puffed up. 



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UnibeUules, divisions of an umbel. 



Umbels, the round tuft of flowers produced by the 



carrot, &c. 

 Umbilicus, the cord which attaches the seed to the 



receptacle. 

 Umlonate, having a top in the centre like that of the 



ancient shield. 

 Unarmed, destitute of prickles or spines, which are the 



arms of plants. 

 Uncinate, hooked. 

 Uizctuous, fat, oily. 

 Undulate, waved. 



Undulato-rugose, rugose or rugged and waved. 

 Unguiculated, fumislied with a short unguis. 

 Unguis, the taper base of a petal. 

 Unilateral, one-sided. 

 Unilocular, one-celled. 

 Unisexual, being of one sex. 



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