GLOSSARY 131 



Stolon. A prostrate stem or runner which tends to take root and branch, as in 



strawberry. 

 Strigose. Covered with sharp, straight, and stiff hairs which tend to lie flat. 

 Stylopodium. The expansion at the base of the style, as in Umbelliferae. 

 Subcylindric. Somewhat cylindric. 

 Sympetalous. Said of corollas whose petals are more or less united. 



Ternate. In threes. 



Tomentose. Densely, woolly pubescent, as mullein leaves. 



Trifoliolate. Having three leaflets. 



Truncated. Ending abruptly; as if cut off. 



Tuberous. Tuber-like. 



Umbel, An inflorescence whose pedicels or peduncles arise from the same place. 

 Characteristic of Umbelliferae. 



Valvate, Opening by valves, as a capsule. 



Valve. One of the segments into which a capsule or pod splits. 



Vascular bundle. One of the groups of conducting and supporting tissue which 



are characteristic of vascular plants. 

 Vernal. Flowering in early spring. 

 Villous. Bearing long and soft hairs. 



Whorl. The arrangement of leaves or flower parts in circles, or groups, at the 

 nodes. 



