GLOSSARY AND INDEX. 



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SiSmlate, sulmliform : awl-shapecl ; nar- 

 row, and tapering to a sharp rigid 

 point, as tlio leaves of Juniper, &c. 

 166. 



Succise : as if cut off at the end. 



iSuccose, succulent: juicy. 



Succubous: the apex of each leaf cov- 

 ered by the base of the next, as in 

 Jungermannia. 



Succulent leaves, 166. 



Sucker, 102. 



Siiffrutescent : slightly slirubby, 101. 



Siiffnilex : an undershrub. 



Suffruticose: low and shrubby, or shrub- 

 by at the base, 101. 



Sugar, 53, 193, 19-t. 



Sulcate : longitudinally grooved. 



Super-, above ; as 



Super-axillanj : above the axil. 



Superior: above, 252 ; also, on the up- 

 per side of the flower, i. c. next the 

 common axis (237), as, for exam- 

 ple, the vexiUum of a papiliona^ 

 ccous corolla (fig. 372, a) is the 

 superior petal. 



Superposed : one above another. 



Superposition, 248. 



Supe'rvolute, 274. 



Supine : lying flat with face upwards. 



Suppression : obliteration of parts, 239, 

 255. 



Supra-, above ; as 



Supra-axillary : above the axil. 



Supra-decompound: several times com- 

 pounded. 



Surculose : producing suckers. 



Surculus : a sucker, 102. 



Suspended: hanging from the apex, 297. 



Suspensor of the embryo, 306. 



Sutural : relating to the 



Suture: the seam, or line of opening 

 of a pod, &c., 289. 



Sword-shaped : a blade with two sharp 

 and nearly parallel edges, tapering 

 to a point, as in Iris, fig. 291. 



Syconium, or syconus: such a fruit as a 

 fig. 



Symmetrical: equal in the number of 

 all the parts, 232, 239. 



Sympetalous : becoming somewhat mon- 

 opetalous by a junction of the base 

 of the petals with the monadel- 

 phous stamens, as in the Mallow 

 family. 



Sympliydnt/terous: same as Syngenesious. 



Sumpliysis : a growing together of parts. 



Symphi/st^monous : the stamens united. 



SympiocinesB, 443. 



Syndntherous: united by their anthers; 

 whence Compositse have been 

 named 



Synantherse, 435. 



Syncdrpous : formed of two or more 



united carpels, 290. 

 Syncotylidonous : the cotyledons soldered 



together. 

 Synedral : growing on the angles. 

 Syne'ma : a name for a column of mon- 



adelphous filaments. 

 Syngenesia, 513. 

 Syngenesious : stamens united by their 



anthers ; 280, fig. 463. 

 Synonyme: equivalent or superseded 



names. 

 Syndnymy: what relates to synonymes. 

 System, 365, 366. 

 Systematic Botany, 15, 351. 



Tabescent : wasting or shrivelling. 



Tabular : flattened horizontally. 



Tail : any long and slender terminal 

 appendage. 



Tail-pointed : tipped with a prolonged 

 and weak acumination. 



Tannin, Tannic Acid, 57. 



Taper-pointed: same as Acuminate. 



Tapioca, 472. 



Tap-root, 84. 



Tar, 480. 



Taro, 485. 



Tawny: dull yellowish, verging to 

 brown. 



Taxinece, 480. 



Taxdlogy, or Taxdnomy: the depart- 

 ment of Botany which relates to 

 classification. 



Tea, 401. 



Teasels, 435. 



Teeth of calyx, corolla, &c., 275 ; of 

 leaves, 159. 



Tegmen : the inner seed-coat, 321 . 



Tendril, 102, 167. 



Tepal : a name proposed for a leaf or 

 part of the perianth when it is un- 

 certain whether it belongs to the 

 calyx or the corolla. 



Teratology : morphology applied to 

 monstrous states. 



Tercine : a third coat of the ovule. 



Terete : long and round, i. e. the cross- 

 section circular. 



Tergeminate : thrice twin. 



Terminal : belonging or relating to the 

 summit. 



Terminology: the same as Glossology, 

 15. 



Ternary : consisting of three, 239. 



Ternary products, 53. 



Ternate : in threes. 



Tcvnstroemiaceae, 401. 



Tessellated: in checker-work. 



Testa : the outer seed-coat, 320. 



Testaceous: brownish-yellow, like un- 

 glazed earthbu-wiu'c. 



