OF BOTANICAL TERMS. 
Spindle-shaped, 36. 
Spiny or Spinose : bearing spines. 
Spores, 58. 
Spur: a slender hollow projection, as that of the 
upper sepal of Larkspur (Fig. 251), the 
lower petal of a violet (Fig. 73), &e. 
Stamens, 7, 64. 
Staminate Flowers, 68. 
Standard of a papilionaceous corolla, 141. 
Stellate : star-shaped. 
Stem, 5, 23, 27. 
Stemless: without a stem, or without one rising 
out of the ground. 
Stemlet, 9. 
Sterile Flowers, 68. 
Stigma, 8, 65. 
Stipel: the stipule of a leaflet. 
Stipules, 43, 54. 
Stock, 56. 
Stolon, 39, 57. 
Stoloniferous : bearing stolons. 
Stone-Fruit, 77, 78. 
Strap-shaped corolla, 165. 
Strawberry, 81. 
Striate: marked lengthwise with fine lines 
Strobilaceous : resembling or bearing a 
Strobile : a fruit like a Pine-cone, 82. 
Style, 8, 65. ; 
Subclass, 97. 
Subfamily or Suborder ; a marked division of an 
order, such as might be considered impor- 
tant enough to form a separate order. See 
pp. 139, 146. 
Subgenus: a marked division of a genus, such 
as might perhaps be taken as a separate 
genus. 
Subulate : awl-shaped. 
Succulent : juicy. 
Sucker, 39, 57. 
Suspended : hanging from the top. 
Sword-shaped: erect and sharp-edged lance-lin- 
ear leaves, like those of Iris (Fig. 64). 
Superior: above some other part it is compound 
with, as “ ovary superior,” 75; on the upper 
side. 
Symmetrical Flower, &c., 69. 
Syngenesious, 73, 164. 
Taper-pointed, 48. 
Tap-root, 36. 
Tendrils, 38. 
Terete: long and round, like ordinary stems ; 
223 
same as cylindrical, but it may taper, as 
stems generally do. 
Terminal : belonging to or borne on the summit. 
Terminal Bud, 24. 
Terminal Flowers, 52. 
Ternate; in threes, or divided into three. 
Ternately compound, &c., 52. 
Thorns, 37. 
Thread-shaped, 53. . 
Throat of a corolla or calyx: the summit of the 
tube inside. 
Thyrse: a close compound panicle, like that of 
the Horsechestnut, 62. . 
Three-valved, &e., 80. 
Thrice compound, thrice pinnate, &c., 52. 
Tomentose: woolly, with a coat of soft entan- 
gled hairs or down. 
Toothed : the margin cut into short and sharp 
“ projections or teeth. 
Top-shaped : conical inverted, or with the point 
downwards. 
Trailing, 37. 
Trees, 27. 
Triadelphous, 73. 
Trifid: same as three-cleft. 
Triple-ribbed : when a stout rib rises from each 
side of a midrib above the base. 
Trumpet-shaped, 72. 
Truncate: as if cut off at the end, 48. 
Trunk, 37. 
Tubers, 29, 40, 57. 
Tuberous or Tuber-like Roots, &c., 36. 
Tube of a corolla, &c., 72. 
Tubular: tube-shaped, or with a tube, 72. 
Tumid: swollen or thickened. 
Turgid: nearly same as Tumid. 
Turnip-shaped, 36. 
Twice compound, 52. 
“pinnate, &e., 52. 
Twin: in pairs. 
Twining: climbing by coiling, 37. 
Two-lipped, 72. 
Two-valved, &c., 80. 
Umbel, 61. 
Umbellet, 62. 
Unarmed : not spiny or prickly. 
Undershrub: a very low, shrubby plant. 
Undulate: wavy. 
Unsymmetrical Flowers, 70. 
Upper: in a flower, the upper side is that next 
the main stem and away from the bract. 
