OF BOTANICAL TERMS. 



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Spinclle-shaped, 36. 



Spiny or Spinose : bearing spines. 



Spores, 58. 



Spur : a slender hollow projection, as that of the 

 upper sepal of Larkspur (Pig. 251), the 

 lower petal of a violet (5'ig. 73), &c. 



Stamens, 7, 64. 



Staminate Flowers, 68. 



Standard of a papilionaceous corolla, 141. 



Stellate : star-shaped. 



Stem, 5, 23, 27. 



Stemless : without a stem, or without one rising 

 out of the ground. 



Stemlet, 9. 



Sterile Flowers, 68. 



Stigma, 8, 65, 



Stipel : the stipule of a leaflet. 



Stipules, 43, 54. 



Stock, 56. 



Stolon, 39, 57. 



Stoloniferous ; bearing stolons. 



Stone-Fruit, 77, 78. 



Stfap-shaped corolla, 165. 



Strawberry, 81. 



Striate : marked lengthwise with fine lines 



Strobilaceous : resembling or bearing a 



Strobile : a fruit like a Pine-cone, 82. 



Style, 8, 65. 



Subclass, 97. 



Subfamily or Suborder ; a marked division of an 

 order, such as might be considered impor- 

 tant enough to form a separate order. See 

 pp. 139, 146. 



Subgenus : a marked division of a genus, such 

 as might perhaps be taken as a separate 

 genus. 



Subulate : awl-shaped. 



Succulent : juicy. 



Sucker, 39, 57. 



Suspended : hanging from the top. 



Sword-shaped : erect and sharp-edged lance-lin- 

 ear leaves, hke those of Iris (Fig. 64). 



Superior : above some other part it is compound 

 with, as " ovary superior," 75 ; on the upper 

 side. 



Symmetrical Flower, &c., 69. 



Syngenesious, 73, 164. 



Taper-pointed, 48. 



Tap-root, 36. 



Tendrils, 38. 



Terete: long and round, like ordinary stems; 



same as cylindrical, but it may taper, as 



stems generally do. 

 Terminal : belonging to or borne on the summit 

 Terminal Bud, 24. 

 Terminal Flowers, 52. 

 Ternate : in threes, or divided into three. 

 Ternately compound, &c., 52. 

 Thorns, 37. 

 Thread-shaped, 53. 

 Throat of a corolla or calyx : the sunjmit of the 



tube inside. 

 Thyrse : a close compound panicle, like that of 



the Horsechestnut, 62. 

 Three-valved, &c., 80. 

 Thrice compound, thrice pinnate, &c , 52. 

 Tomentose : woolly, with a coat of soft entan- 

 gled hairs or down. 

 Toothed : the margin cut into short and sharp 



projections or teeth. 

 Top-shaped : conical inverted, or with the point 



downwards. 

 Trailing, 37. 

 Trees, 27. 

 Triadelphous, 73. 

 Trifid : same as three-cleft. 

 Triple-ribbed ; when a stout rib rises from each 



side of a midrib above the base. 

 Trumpet-shaped, 72. 

 Truncate : as if cut off at the end, 48. 

 Trunk, 37. 

 Tubers, 29, 40, 57. 



Tuberous or Tuber-like Roots, &c., 36. 

 Tube of a corolla, &c., 72. 

 Tubular: tube-shaped, or with a tube, 72. 

 Tumid : swollen or thickened. 

 Turgid : nearly same as Tumid. 

 Turnip-shaped, 36. 

 Twice compound, 52. 



" pinnate, &c., 52. 

 Twin : in pairs. 



Twining : climbing by coiling, 37. 

 Two-lipped, 72. 

 Two-valved, &c., 80. 



Umbel, 61 . 

 XJmbellet, 62. 



Unarmed : not spiny or prickly. 

 Undershrub : a very low, shrubby plant 

 Undulate : wavy. 

 Unsymmetrical Flowers, 70. 

 Upper : in a flower, the upper side is that next 

 the main stem and away from the bract 



