XXII 



GLOSSARY, 



Spines cent, becoming thorny ; or inclin- 

 ing to be thorny. 



Spinusc, thorny; armed with thorns. 



Spinulose, covered with small spines. 



S/wrules, those puns in Crypu>«:amous 

 plants which answer to ttie seeds of 

 other plants. 



Spur, a tapering hollow production of a 

 flower, -commonly called a nectary. 



Spurred, having a spur, or spur- like 

 elongations. 



Sauamose, scaly; covered more or less 

 with scales. 



Souarrose, ragged ; having scales with 

 the tips spreading, or divaricate. 



Stamen, the organ of a (lower whirl) 

 prepares the pollen,— usually stand- 

 ing next to the ovary within the 

 corolla. 



Stufiii/uite flower, having stamens, but 

 n »t pisti Is. 



Staminiftrous, bearing or supporting the 

 stamens. 



Stellate, like a star ; in the form of a star. 



Stellular pubescence, compoundor fascic- 

 ulate hairs, with the brandies spread 

 lug, like rays. 



Stem, the general supporter of leaves 

 flowers and fruit. 



Stcmlcss, having no apparent or usual 

 stem. 



Sterile, barren; producing 110 fruit. 



Stigmu, the summit of the pistil. 



S'.ipe, a little pedicel, or footstalk) of 

 seeds, &c. also the petiole of the frond, 

 in Ferns. 



Stipitate, having" a little footstalk, or ped 

 iccl. 



Stipular, furnished with stipules ; or re- 

 lating to stipules. 



Stipules, leaflets, or leaf like appendages, 

 at the base of a petiole, or leaf. 



Stoloniferous, having suckers, otYsets, or 

 running shoots (stolonex), from tin- 

 base of the stem or crown of the root. 



Stria, tine parallel ridges, or lines. 



Striate, marked or scared with parallel 

 lines, or minute ridecs and iiroovts. 



Strict, straight ami rigidly Upright. 



Slrigose, armed with small r«gfo bristles 

 tapering from base to apex. 



Style, that part of the pistil which is be- 

 tween the ovary and stigma,— some- 

 times wanting. 



Sub— a preposition much employed as a 

 diminutive, — equivalent to almost, 

 about, or approaching to: as sub-avs- 

 sile, for nearly sessile, &c. 



Subcrose, of a texture resemhlin<r cork. 



Subulate, awl-shaped ; linear or cylin- 

 dric below, angular and tapering to a 

 sharp point at summit. 



Succulent, juicy ; full of juice. 



Sucker, a snoot from the root, or lower 

 part of the stem. 



Suffruticttse, somewhat shrubby ; shrubby 

 at base. 



Sulcate, furrowed, or grooved. 



Super-axillary, situated or inserted al>ove 

 the axil. 



Super-decompound, more than decom- 

 pound; many limes subdivided. 



Superior, a term appicd to the ovary 

 when it is above the calyx, or free in 

 the centre of the flower ;— and also 

 (though rather incorrectly), to the 

 calyx, when the tube is adnate to the 

 ovary, and the segments borne on its 

 summit. 



Suture, the line or st a m formed by the 

 junction of two margins,— as in the 

 valves of seed- vessels, &c. 



Syngenesious, having >he anthers united, 

 — as in the compound flowers. 



Tenacious, adhesive, r holding on by 

 little hooked points. 



Tendril, a filiform twitting appendage by 

 which certain sl«n<j e r w plants are ena- 

 bled to climb, and b us tain themselves. 



Terete, round, like a c«,u, m n,— and either 

 cylindric <>r iape r j D g; applied to 

 stems, or stem-like bodies. See Or- 

 bicular. 



Terminal, proceding f* ro, or situated at, 

 the end or summit 



Ternary, arranged in hrees ; consisting 

 of three. 



Ternate, three-fold ; three together,— as 

 tin* ballets of clovc r , & c . 



Tessellated, resembling Mosaic work, or 

 chequered like a cl» C ss-board. 



Testa, tin: thin shell, «»r outer coaling of 



;i seed. 



Tetru lynamoue, havlnj 4 longand 2 short 

 Stamens, in a cruci a i c flower. 



Tetragonoue, four-con, C red, or having 4 

 angles. 



Tctrandrous, having 1 stamens of equal 

 length. 



Thecal (singular, Thee*) sheaths, or ca- 

 st's; the capsules of Cryptogamous 

 plants. 



Thorn, a sharp process from the woody 

 r.art of a plant, forced of an abortive 

 branch. 



'ITiroat, the orifice or passage into, the 

 tube of a cc roll a. 



Thyreoid, resembling, or being in the 

 form of, a Thyrsi^. 



Thyrsus, a kind of infl .resence, in which 

 the flowers are crowded into a dense 

 ovoid panicle. 



Tomentose, covered with a curled or mat- 

 ted cottony pulusctnce. 



Toinentum, a matted d., wn y pubescence. 

 or soft flocculent n*n. 



Toothed— See Dentate. 



Torose, swelling out in ridges, or knobs. 



Tortuous, winding, or bent in different 

 directions. 



Torulose, uneven, or spelling a little into 

 ridges. 



Translwent, clear, or transmitting light 

 faintly. 



Transverse, Transversely, across ; cross- 

 wise, or in a cross direction. 



Triadelphous, having t), e filaments united 

 in three parcels. 



Iriandrous, having three stamens. 



l\iungvlar % having three angles, corners, 

 or points. 



Tribracteate, furnished with three bracts. 



Irichotomous, ihree-fo*ked ; dividing by 



, three equal branches. 



