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Elementary Botany 



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convolute leaves are rolled one around 

 the other, 66 



Suture (Lat. suiitra, a seam). The line 

 of junction, especially used with re- 

 gard to the ovaries and fruits, 120, 138 



Sweet Cicely, 169 



S'jveet Pea, 162, 163 



Sytnphytujn, 176 



Sympodium (Gr. sun, together ; pons, 

 podosy a foot). Applied m branching 

 where the branches become strong so 

 as to form a false axis, 66, 67 



Syncarp (Gr. sun, together ; karpos, 

 fruit). A compound fruit formed by 

 the ripening of an inflorescence, 135 



Syncarpous (Gr. sun, together ; karpos, 

 fruit). The union of the several carpels 

 of one pistil, 119 



Syngenesious (Gr. sun, together -genesis, 

 origin). Union of stamens by means 

 of their anthers, 114 



'T'ABULAR ^Lat ta&ula, a table). 

 -^ Term applied to flattened cells, 17 

 Tamarind, 164 

 Taraxacum, 170, 172 

 Tares, 164 

 Tegmen (Lat. iego, I cover). The inner 



coat of the seed, 4 

 Temperature necessary for germination, 



148 

 Tendrils, 61 

 Terminal buds, 59 

 Ternate (Lat. iemus, three each). A 



leaf with three leaflets^ 80 

 Testa (Lat. a covering). The outer 



coat of the seed, 4 

 Tetradynamous (Gr. tetra, four ; duna- 



mis, power). With four long and 



two short stamens, 115 

 Teucrium^ 173 

 Thalamiflorm^ 154, 156 

 Thalamus (Lat. a bed-chamber). The 



end of the flower-stalk, to which the 



flower is attached, 123 

 Thistle, iTi 

 Thymus, 173 

 Thyrsus (Lat. a stalk). A panicle with 



short stalks, 96 

 Tongtiin Beans, 164 

 Tracheides (Lat. trachea, windpipe). 



Cells with both spiral markings and 



pores, 19 

 Transpiration of plants, 87, 14s 

 Traveller's Joy, 158 

 Trefoil, 163 

 Tri/oliutn, 163 

 Tr ill idem .^ 183 

 Trimorphic (Gr. treis^ three ; morphe, 



shap^. Plants where there are three 



different lengths of pistil and stamens 



in various flowers, 133 

 Tripinnate (Lat. tres, three ; pinna, a 



feather). A pinnate leaf in which the 



leaflets are themselves pinnate, and 



these secondary divisions are again 



divided in a pinnate manner, 82 



f Trliicum, 186, 188 

 Truncate (Lat. iruncatusj maimed). 



When a leaf terminates abruptly, 78 

 Trunk (Lat. iruncus, the stem of a 



tree), 54 

 Tuber (Lat. a swelling). A swollen 



underground branch, 57 

 Tuberculated. A root with tuber-like 



swellings, 33 

 Tubular (Lat. tubus, a pipe). Applied 



to the form of the calyx, 104 ; and 



corolla, 107 

 TubuUJloriE, 170 

 Turbinate (Lat. turhineus, top-shaped). 



Applied to the form of the calyx 



104 

 Turnip, 160 ; root of, 39 

 Tway blade, 182 

 Twining stems, 54 



TjLEX, 164 



^^ Umbel (Lat. nmhella, a sunshade). 

 An indefinite inflorescence with short- 

 ened axis and stalked flowers, 95 



Uinbelliferm, 155, 167 



Unicostate (Lat. unus^ one ; casta, a 

 rib). Leaves with only one principal 

 rib or vein, 75 



Unilocular (Lat, _ unns, one ; locitlus, a 

 cell). Containing only one cavity 

 Applied to anthers, 116 ; to ovaries 

 120; and to fruits, 138 



Urceolate (Lat. urceolus, a little pitcher). 

 Pitcher-shaped ; applied to the shape 

 of the calyx, 104 ; and corolla, 109 



Use of insects in fertilising flowers, 130, 

 182 



\7ACU0LI (Lat. vactium, an empty 

 space). The drops in which the 

 cell sap flrst appears in the proto- 

 plasm, 12 



Vagina (Lat. a sheath). Applied to the 

 base of the leaf when it encircles the 

 stem, 85 

 ; Valvate (Lat. valva, folding doors). 

 Applied to the bud when the indi- 

 ' vidual leaves touch without overlap- 

 ping, 66 



Vanilla, 182 



Veins. The fibro-vascular bundles in 

 the leaves, 72 



Venation, The arrangement of the veins 

 in the leaf, 72 



Verbascum, 175 



Vernal Grass, 187 



A^ernation (Lat. ver^ spring). Arrange- 

 ment of leaves in the bud, 63 



Veronica, 175 



Versatile (Lat. versatilis, revolving). 

 Applied to an anther which swings on 

 top of the filament, 113 



Verticil laster (Lat. verticillum, a little 

 whorl; aster, a. star). Cymose bun- 

 ches which give the appearance of 

 whorled flowers, 99 



