GLOSSARY 



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Supra-decompound, subdivided many times. 



Sylvaticus, Sylvestris, inliabiting woods. 



Syn, signifies union or growing together, as 

 syncarpous, when the carpels are consoli- 

 dated, as shown in fig. 27, or syngenesioiu, 

 when the anthers are united, as in most 

 flowers of the Composite order. 



Tap roots, roots with stout tapering bodies 



developed direct from the seed, like 



Carrots and Turnips 



(fig. 107). 

 Tendril, a twisting 



slender organ for 



laying hold of objects. 

 Tenuis, slender, thin. 

 Terete, applied to 



round or nearly 



round stems, like an 



ordinary lead pencil 



or goose quill. 

 Ternate, growing in threes, as shown in the 



portions of fig. 19, and in fig. 108, like the 



leaves of Choisya ternata (p. 296). 

 Testa, the outer skin of a seed. 



Tri, in compounds, signifies three. 

 Triangular, with three angles and three 



flat faces. 

 Trichotomous, in forks of three prongs 



successively repeated. 

 Trifid, when leaves are divided about ha,lf 



way down into three parts, as shown in 



fig. 110. 



J?IG. 110. — TRUiaD, 



Eia. 111.— TRIFOLIATE. 



rm. 107. — TAP-ROOTS. 



FIG. 108. — TERNATE. 



FIG. 109. — 'l-ETRA- 

 DTNAMOtrS. 



Tetradynamous, having six stamens, of 



which two are shorter than the other four, 



as in the Wallflower (fig. 109) and most 



plants of the Crucifer order. 

 Tetragonous, with four angles and four 



convex faces, like the stems of Dead 



Nettles and many other plants of the 



Labiate order. 

 Thalamus, the receptacle or torus of a 



flower. 

 Thorn, an abortive branch with a sharp 



point ; distinguished from a Prickle by 



being woody. 

 Throat, the orifice of the tube of a gamo- 



petalous corolla or gamosepalous calyx. 

 Thyrsoid, having a close-branched raceme 



of which the middle is broader than the 



ends. 

 Tomentose, covered with cottony entangled 



hairs, forming a matted shagginess called 



tomentwm; felted. 

 Toothed, having small tooth-like divisions 



on the margin. 

 Torus, the part on which the divisions of 



a flower or fruit are seated ; the same as 



receptacle. 



Trifoliate, composed of three leaflets, as 



the leaves of Clover shown in fig. Ill, 



where the leaflets are ciliated on the 



margins; the stipules at the base are 



shown at s. 

 Trifoliolate, having three leaflets proceeding 



from the same point, as in fig. 19. 

 Trigonous, with three angles and three 



convex faces. ^ 



Tripartite, divided into three parts nearly 



to its base ; more than trifid. 

 Tripinnate, three times pinnately sub- 

 divided, as if the leaflets in fig. 17 were 



again divided. 

 Triquetrous, having three angles and three 



concave faces. 

 Tristis, dull-coloured. 

 Truncate, blunt as if cut off at the end, 



like the leaf of the 



Tulip tree (fig. 112). 

 Tube, the pipe formed 



by the cohesion of the 



petals in a gamopeta- 



lous corolla, as shown 



in fig. 63, t. 

 Tuber, a thickened and 



underground fleshy 



part of the stem, as 



the Potato and Jeru- 

 salem Artichoke. 

 Tubercles, little round knobs. 

 Tubercular, tubercled, tuberculate, covered 



with little knobs. 

 Tuberous, like a tuber, but not part of the 



stem. 

 Tubular, hollow and nearly cylindrical, 



something like fistular. 

 Turbinate, top-shaped, conical and attached 



by its long point, like many Pears. 



Ulig^nosus, inhabiting swampy places. 

 Umbel, when many stalked flowers spring 

 from one point and reach about the 



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FIG. 112.— TRUNCATE. 



