atrophic 
(SUPPLEMENT) 
taxineous 
atroph’ic, applied by Rothert to a 
twisting movement in Chemotaxis 
and Phototaxis, as contrasted with 
APOBATIC or repulsive movements ; 
Stroph’y =STRoPHisM. 
strychni’nus (Mod, Lat.), the colour 
of the seeds of Strychnos Nua- 
vomica (Hayne). 
sty/lans (+STYLE), used by Burchell 
for a gradual enlargement of the 
style into the ovary. 
Stylod’‘ium (Mod. Lat. from Stylus), 
(1) a style-like stigma, as in grasses, 
and Compositae ; (2) a false style, 
as the appendages to the anthers 
of Cynomorium. 
subba’sal (+ BASAL) Cell, the cell next 
below the BasaL CELL in Angio- 
ee cee) ; 8ub-Bellar’dian, 
slightly resembling Rubus Bellardi 
(Rogers); Subdioe’cism (+ Dioz- 
cIsM), a tendency to be dioecious ; 
Subgreg’iform (grex, gregis, a flock, 
+ Form), a VerRsIForm which has 
varied in different localities or 
countries (Kuntze) ; sub-Koeler’- 
ian, somewhat resembling Rubus 
Koeleri (Rogers); submarit/ime, 
plants characteristic of the sea, but 
also occurring inland, as Armeria 
maritima ; subxerophiilous (+ 
XEROPHILOUS), preferring dry 
situations, but not confined to them. 
Succes’sion, appearing in successive 
intervals, on soila of differing 
character. 
Suc’tor (suctus, sucked), Henslow’s 
term for the haustoria of Bartsia 
and other root-parasites. 
Suda‘tion (sudatus, sweated out), ex- 
udation of water containing a small 
amount of substances in solution; 
as opposed to Secretion. 
Sun-leaves, leaves adapted to develop 
in full exposure to the sun. 
supracuta’neous (cutis, skin), above 
the epidermis ; suprano’dal (+ 
NODAL), above a node. 
symbiotroph’ic (rpopi, food), deriving 
nourishment by symbiotic relation- 
ship (Kirchner). 
Symphyl'lode (pvA)or, & leaf), cone 
scales of Abietineae (Celakovsky). 
aynan’gic, relating to a SyNANGIUM; 
synan’'thic, (2) fruit resulting from 
pollen from the same flower (Pear- 
son) ; Syncar’yocyte (xdpvoy, a nut, 
kuros, a vessel), the 88 (Maire) ; 
Syncar’yon, a nucleus formed by 
fusion of two nuclei (Maire); Syn- 
car’yophyte (purov, a plant) = 
SPOROPHYTE ; Synchronog’amy 
(xpéves, time, yduos, marriage), 
the simultaneous maturity of male 
and female flowers on the same 
stock (Kirchner);  synclad’ous 
(x\d60s, a@ branch), used when 
branchlets grow in tufts from the 
same point; Syncotyle’dons (+ 
CotyLEpon), seedlings in which 
the cotyledons are united (De 
Vries) ; synoe’ cious (ofxos, a house), 
the occurrence of flowers of dif- 
ferent sexes in the same inflor- 
escence (Kirchner); Syn’gamy 
(yduos, marriage), fertilization in 
modern restricted sense, producing 
a zygote ; adj. syn’gamous, synga- 
mic; bi’nary ~ , when sex is present 
(Hartog); Syn’plast = SyMPuast ; 
Syn’‘sperms (o7épua, a seed), plants 
with ‘‘seeds integrated with pla- 
centa” (MacMillan); synzo’ic 
({gov, an animal), used of inten- 
tional dispersal by means of 
animals (Sernander). 
Syrtid’ium (cdpris, cipridos, a sand- 
bank), ‘a dry sandbar formation” ; 
syrtidoph’ilus (gi\éw, I love), 
‘‘dwelling on dry sandbars” ; 
Syrtidophy’ta (¢vrov, a plant), 
‘dry sandbar plants” (Clements). 
systy’lous (Berkeley) = sysTYLivs. 
Tank-ep’iphyte (+ EpipHyTs), epi- 
phytes in which the roots are re- 
duced to anchoring appendages 
(Schimper). 
Taph’rium (rd¢pos, a ditch), a ditch 
formation ; taphroph’ilus (¢:Aéw, I 
love), ditch-dwelling ; Taphro- 
phy'ta (gvrov, a plant), ditch 
plants (Clements). 
Tar’gets, Smith’s term for PELtaz. 
taxa’ceous, taxin’eous, relating to 
the Taxineae, 
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