Superficiarius 
sutural 
ees of certain Fungals ” 
(Lindley). 
superficiar’‘ius (Lat., on another’s 
land), on the surface of an organ. 
Super’flua, pl. of Super‘fluum (super- 
Jfluus, overflowing), a Linnean order 
of Syngenesia (Compositae) con- 
taining plants with the florets of 
the disk hermaphrodite, and those 
of the ray female. 
Superfoeta’tion (super, above, + 
Foetation), the fertilization of an 
ovary by more than one kind of 
pollen; superfolia’ceous = suPRA- 
FOLIACEOUS ; superfo'lius = sUPRA- 
FOLIUS. 
superior (Lat., higher), (1) growing 
or placed above; (2) also in a 
lateral flower on the side next the 
axis: the posterior or upper lip of 
a corolla is the superior ; ~ O’vary, 
when all the floral envelopes are 
inserted below it, on the torus; 
cf. HALF-SUPERIOR. 
superna ‘tant (supernatans, swimming 
above), floating on the surface. 
supernu’merary  (supernumerarius, 
over and above), additional; ~ 
Buds, are either ADVENTITIOUS ~, 
or POSTVENTITIOUS ~. 
Superpar’asite (super, above, + 
PaRASITE), a parasite of a parasite ; 
Su’per-plant, a plant which grows 
upon another, either as an epiphyte 
or parasite. 
superpo’sed,  superpos’itus  (Lat., 
placed over), vertically over some 
other part ; Superposit’ion, placed 
vertically, or in parts of the flower, 
opposite. 
Supertubera'tion (super, above, + 
TuseEr), the production of second- 
ary tubers upon the normal primary 
tubers ; Superspe’cies (+ SPEcIEs), 
«2 group of sub-species or new 
species regarded as an entity. 
supervac’uus (Lat.), redundant. 
supervolute’, supervolu’tus, rolled 
over, when applied to plants, the 
same as CONVOLUTE ; supervolu'tive, 
supervoluti’vus, convolute aestiva- 
tion. 
supine’, supi’nus (Lat., lying on the 
back), prostrate, with face turned 
upward. 
Suppor'ting (supporto, I carry or 
bring up) Plant, a plant upon or 
in which another grows; a host 
plant (Crozier). 
Suppression (suppressio, a keeping 
back), complete abortion, 
supra=above, in compounds from 
Latin; supra-axil’‘lary (+ AxIL- 
LARY), growing above an axil; sup- 
racom posite, swpracompos'itus, sup- 
radecompos'itus (compositus, com- 
posed), excessively subdivided ; 
suprafolia’ceous, -ceus (+ FOLIA- 
cous), inserted above the petiole, 
growing above a leaf; suprafo’lius 
(folium, a leaf), growing on a leaf ; 
supraterra‘neous, used by Spruce 
as the opposite of subterraneous, 
as ~ Perianth;¢f. Spruce,Cephalozia, 
p. 92. 
supreme’ (supremus, highest), as the 
top or highest point. 
surculig’erous, -rus (surculus, a young 
branch, gero, I bear), bearing 
suckers; sur’culose, surculo’sus, 
producing suckers ; Sur’culus, (1) a 
sucker, a shoot rising from an 
underground base, as from the 
root ; (2) the leafy stem of Bryo- 
phytes and Lycopods (Bischoff) ; 
Sur’culum is used by J. Smith for 
the rhizome of a Fern. 
surcur’rent (Fr., sur = upon, + cur- 
rent = running), having winged 
expansions from the base of the 
leaf prolonged up the stem. 
Sur’face-yeast, the same as Hicu- 
YEAST. 
Sur’foyl, Grew’s word for outer scales. 
sur’sum (Lat., upwards), directed 
upward and forward; ~ hamulo’- 
sus, bordered with hooks pointing 
to the apex. 
suspend’ed, suspen'sus (Lat., hung up), 
hanging directly downward, or 
from the apex of a cell ; Suspen’sor 
(1) of the embryo, a thread of 
cells at the extremity of a developed 
embryo ; (2) the cell which supports 
the conjugating cell in Mucorini. 
su’tural, sutura‘lis (sutura, a seam), 
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