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GLOSSARY AND INDEX. 



the axis on which they are 

 crowded. 



Squdrruhse : diminutive of Squarrose. 



Squash, 423. 



Squills, 493. 



Stalked : furnished with a stalk, stem, 

 or any lengthened support. 



Stalked glands, 52. 



Stalklet : a diminutive or secondary 

 stalk. 



Stamen : the fertilizing organ of a flow- 

 er, 223. 



Stdminate, or stamineal: relating to the 

 stamens. A stanmiate flower has 

 no pistils, 261. 



Staminiferaus : bearing stamens. 



Stamin6dium : an altered and sterile sta- 

 men, or a body occupying the place 

 of a stamen. 



Standard: the posterior petal of a pa- 

 pilionaceous corolla, 253. 



StaphyleacesE, 409. 



Star-apple, 443 . 



Starch, 54, 193. 



StaticesE, 445. ^ 



Station: the locality or kind of situa- 

 tion in which a nlant natm'ally 

 grows. 



Stellatse, 432. 



Stellate: starry, star-shaped; arranged 

 in rays, like the points of a star. 



Stellate hairs, 52. 



Stillulate : diminutive of Stellate. 



Stem, 91. 



Stemless: having no obvious stem, 91. 



Stemlet : a diminutive stem ; the first 

 internode of the plumule. 



Sterculiacea3, 399. 



Sterigma : the adherent base or down- 

 ward prolongation of a decurrent 

 leaf. 



Sterile: barren. 



Sterile flower : one having no pistils, 

 261. 



Sterile stamens or filaments : those des- 

 titute of anthers, or with the anther 

 imjjerfect, 281. 



Stigma : the part of a pistil which re- 

 ceives the pollen, 223, 287. 



Sligmdtic, or siigmalose: relating to or 

 bearing the stigma. 



Stings, stinging hairs, 52. 



Stipe {stipes] : a stalk of an ovary (267), 

 of a Mushroom (507), and the 

 leaf-stalk of a Fern. 



Stipel: the stipule of a leaflet ; 171, flg. 

 286. 



Stipellate: furnished with stipels, 171. 



Stipitate: having a stipe, 267. 



Sttpitiform : shaped like a stipe. 



Stipuldceous, sUpular: belonging to or 

 resembling stipules. 



Stipulate, stipuled: possessing stipules, 



171. 

 Stipule: au accessory part of a leaf, 



one on each side of the base, 145, 



170. 

 Stock, 355. 



Stole, stolon: a rooting branch, 102. 

 Stoloniferous : bearing stolons. 

 Stoma (plural sitimata), stotnate: a 



breathing-pore, 52,150. 

 Stomatifei'ous : bearing stomates. 

 Stone : the endooarp of a drupe. 

 Stone-fruit, 312. 

 Stool : the plant from which layers are 



propagated. 

 Storax, 425, 442. 

 Stramineous : straw-like. 

 Strangulated : iiTCgularly contracted. 

 Strap-shaped: see Ligulate. 

 Stratum : a layer. - 

 Strawberry, 416. 

 Striate : marked with longitudinal 



streaks or furrows {strice). 

 Strict : very straight or close, or very 



upright. 

 Sirigitlose : same as Strigose. 

 Strigose : clothed with sharp and stout 



close-pressed hairs or scale-like 



bristles (strigce). 

 Strohildceous : relating to, or resem- 

 bling a 

 Slrdlile : the cone of a Pine, &c., 319. 

 Strobilijerous : bearing strobiles. 

 Strombuliferous : spirally twisted, like a 



corkscrew or a strombus. 

 Strdphiole : same as a Caruncle, 322. 

 Structural Botany, 14. 

 Strumose : swollen on one side, bearing 



a struma or wen. 

 Strychnine, 57, 434. 

 Stupose: tow-like. 

 Style : a columnar or slender part of the 



pistil above the ovary, 223, 287. 

 Styliferous : style-bearing. 

 Styliform : style-shaped. 

 Stylopddium: an enlargement or flcshy_ 



disk at the base of a style, as in 



Umbellifera3. 

 Styracese, 442. 

 Sub-, as a prefix, means somewhat, or 



slightly ; as 

 Subacute : somewhat acute. 

 Subclass, 362. 



Subcm-date ; slightly heart-shaped, &c. 

 Suberose : of a corky texture. 

 Subgenus, 361, 362. 

 Submerged : growing under water. 

 Suborder, 361. 



Subspecies : a marked variety. 

 Subtribe, 361. 



Subterranean : growing beneath the sur- 

 face of the ground. 



