succise 
Superficies 
abnormal occurrence of resin in 
fossil amber-trees. 
succise’, succi’sus (Lat., cut off), as if 
abruptly cut or broken off at the 
lower end. 
suc’cose, succo’sus (Lat., juicy), suc- 
culent, sappy. 
suc’cubous, -bus (Lat., lying under), 
the oblique insertion of distichous 
leaves of Hepaticae, so that the 
upper overlaps the lower on the 
dorsal side of the stem, as in 
Plagiochila. 
sue’culent, succilen’tus (Lat., sappy), 
juicy. 
Suc’cus (Lat., sap), any juice which 
can be expressed from a plant. 
Suc’ker, (1) a shoot of subterranean 
origin ; (2) an haustorium, some- 
times restricted to the penetrating 
organ or papilla. 
Su’crase (Fr., Sucre, sugar, + ase), = 
InVERTASE; Su’crose (+ ose), a 
group of sugars, such as cane- 
sugar and maltose. 
suffrutes’cent,  suffrutes‘cens (sub, 
somewhat, frutex, a shrub), ob- 
scurely shrubby; Suffru’tex, an 
undershrub ; suffru'ticose, suffru- 
tico’sus, suffrutic’ulose, somewhat 
shrubby, 
sufful’tus, (1) supported or propped ; 
(2) Sufful’tus, a plate or disc form- 
ing the basis of a bulb ; when much 
lengthened gives rise to the term 
Bulbus suffultus (Endlicher). 
Sugar, a group of sweet, crystalline 
substances and soluble in water 
(sucroses and glucoses); Beet ~ 
extracted from specially selected 
strains of Beta vulgaris, Linn.; 
Cane ~, or saccharose, from Sac- 
charum oficinarwm, Linn.; Fruit ~ 
= LAEVULOSE; Grape ~ = GLU- 
cosz or Dextrose; Inver'ted ~, 
occurs in some ripe fruits and 
honeydew; Ma‘ple ~, from Acer 
saccharinum, Wangenh.; Palm ~ 
from species of Arenga, etc. 
sul’cate, sulca’tus (Lat., furrowed), 
grooved or furrowed. 
Sul‘ci, pl. of Sul’cus, (1) small grooves 
or Fossuntaz in some Diatom 
valves; (2) lamellae of certain 
Fungi (Lindley); sul’ciform (forma, 
shape) =SULCATE. 
sulfu’reous, etc., see 
ovS, etc. 
Sulphobacter’ia (sulphur, brimstone 
+ Bacteria), those microbes which 
reduce sulphur out of its solutions ; 
sul’phur-col’oured, = SULPHUREUS ; 
~Rain, pollen from pines brought 
by currents of air; Sulphurar’ia, 
Planchard’s name for Algae which 
reduce sulphates from waters con- 
taining those salts ; sulphurel’lus, 
slightly sulphur-coloured ; sulphu’- 
reous, -reus, the colour of brim- 
stone, a very pale yellow; 
sulphures’cens, becoming sulphur- 
coloured; sulphuri’nus, sulphury 
in tint. 
Sum’mer-spore, any spore which 
germinates quickly, and retains 
its vitality a short time only, as 
conidia and uredospores, in con- 
trast to winter- or resting-spores. 
Sum’mit, used by Grew and his suc- 
cessors for ANTHER. 
Sun-plants, plants which prefer full 
sun-light ; their stems are often 
short, the leaves have the palisade 
cells well developed (Willis). 
sup’er (Lat.), above; often modified 
into supra-; superagrar’ian (+ 
AGRARIAN), a name applied to a 
zone which includes the region of 
vegetation in Great Britain above 
the limits of cultivation; super- 
arc'tic, those plants which are 
confined to the highest zone in 
Great Britain, the most alpine of 
the flora in our islands; super- 
axillary, superaxilla’ris (+ AXIL- 
LARY), yrowing above an axil; 
supercompos‘itus = SUPRACOMPOS- 
ITus; Supercres’cence (cresco, I 
grow), @ parasite (Crozier) ; super- 
cres’cent, growing above or on 
another body ; superdecom’pound 
= SUPRADECOMPOUND ; Superfe- 
cunda’tion (+ FEcunpDaTION), the 
union of more than two gametes. 
Superficies (Lat., the surface), 
Cor’poris, ~ Placenta’ris, ‘the 
SULPHURE- 
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