Stans 
stellular 
petal of a papilionaceous corolla ; 
(2) a tree or bush with a clear stem. 
stans (Lat., standing), supporting 
itself in an erect position. 
Star-rings, small central steles in the 
fossil Medulloseae, 
Starch, a carbohydrate of the same 
percentage composition ascellulose ; 
an amylose which occurs abund- 
antly in grains as a reserve material 
in plants; ~ Buil’der, a plastid 
which forms the starch-grain; ~ 
Cel’lulose, the framework of starch- 
grains, remaining after the soluble 
parts have been removed; ~ 
Genera’tors = LEUCOPLASTIDS; ~ 
Grain, ~ Gran’ule, a body of de- 
finite shape, varying according to 
the plant which produces it, having 
the appearance of parallel layers 
around a hilum; ~ Lay’er, a form 
of Bundle Sheath, consisting of a 
single layer of cells filled with 
small grains of starch; ~ Pro- 
du’cer = LrvucopiasTiIp; ~ Star 
of Chara stelligera, Bauer, stellate 
nodules or internodes on the roots, 
filled with starch; ~ Sub’stance, 
A. Meyer’s term for the pure- 
starch material, apart from any 
associated or transformed matters 
which may be also present. 
starry, stellate. 
starved, when a plant or part is less 
developed than the normal con- 
dition, by want of nourishment. 
Stas‘imorphy (ordovs, a standing or 
pause, popdy, shape), a deviation 
from the normal arising from arrest 
of development ; Stas‘is, used to 
denote the retardation especially 
of longitudinal growth. 
State, the most trivial variation from 
the type. 
Sta'tion (statio, a standing still), 
botanically means a _ particular 
locality for a given plant. 
Statosper’mus (c7dros, standing still, 
orépua, a seed), when a seed is 
straight or erect within the peri- 
carp; Stat’ospore (c7opi, a seed), 
a resting spore. 
Staurogam’ia (cravpes, a stake or 
cross, duos, marriage), Delpino’s 
term for cross-fertilization; adj. 
staurogam’ic ; Stau’ros, in Diatoms, 
(1) the central nodule of the valve ; 
(2) a transverse band without 
markings ; staurophyl’lus (@vAAov, 
a leaf), cruciate. 
Ste’arin (c7éap, suet), an abundant 
ingredient of animal and vegetable 
fats ; Stearop’tene( + m7ryvds, winged 
=volatile), a solid crystallizable 
matter allied to camphor, present 
in many essential oils. 
Steg’ium (oréyn, a roof or covering), 
term proposed by Miers for the 
thread-like appendages sometimes 
found covering the style of Ascle- 
piads ; Steg’mata, pl. flat, tabular 
cells in certain Ferns, etc., contain- 
ing a mass of silica in contact with 
their inner wall (Mettenius) ; also 
termed Covering-plate ; stegocar’- 
pous (xapzros, fruit), applied to those 
Mosses whose capsules have a dis- 
tinct operculum. 
ste’lar (o77\7, a pillar), possessing a 
stele ; Stele, an axial cylinder of 
tissue passing from the plerome into 
the older tissues, in which the vas- 
cular tissue is developed; some- 
times more than one,cf. PoLYSTELY, 
ScHIzosTELy ; ste’lic, relating to 
a stele or its tissues. 
Stelid’ium, pl. Stelid’ia (ory\ldiov, a 
small pillar), Ridley’s term for the 
teeth of the column in Bulbophyl- 
lum. 
stel'late, stela’tus (Lat., starry), star- 
shaped or radiating like the points 
of a star ; ~ Hairs, hairs of a star- 
like form; ~ Scales, trichomes, 
discs borne by their edge or centre ; 
stelliferus (/fevo, I bear), star- 
bearing; stelliform’is (forma, 
shape), star-shaped; stellig’erus 
(gero, I bear), star-bearing or pro- 
ducing; stella’to-pilo’sus, covered 
with stellate hairs; stelliner’vius 
(nervus, a nerve), star-ribbed, as 
the leaves of Hydrocotyle vulgaris, 
Linn. ; Stel'lula (Lat., a little star), 
(1) a whorl of perigonial leaves in 
Mosses ; (2) a small rosette; stel/- 
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