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COMMON". Helianthus annuus. — , FALSE. 

 HeUn'uun. — , TICKSEED. Coreopsis tri- 

 chosperma. 



STJNIPIA. An epiphytal genus of or- 

 chids belonging to the tribe Malaxideoz. 

 The leaves are solitary, leathery ; the spike 

 radical or from beneath the base of the 

 P-eudobulb ; and the flowers small white, 

 stained with pink, nearly hidden by the 

 large spathaceous bracts. It differs from 

 all other genera in the anther opening 

 vertically with two pairs of equal pollen- 

 masses, adhering to as many tough round 

 elastic legs or caudicles meeting at the 

 rostellum, which has no gland. In habit 

 it approaches Bolboplujllum. The name is 

 derived from the Indian word Sunipiang. 

 The onlv species, .5. scariosa, J* found in the 

 Khasya" Hills, the Sikkim Himalaya, &c, 

 at an "elevation of 5,000 to 6,000 feel above 

 the sea-level. 



• SUNN. Crotalaria jim 



SUNSTROKE. See Heliosis. 



SUPERBE DU MALABAR. (Fr.) Me- 

 thonica superba. 



SUPERFICIAL, SUPERFICIARIUS. 

 Found at the surface. 



SUPERIOR. Growing above anything. 

 A calyx is half-superior when it appears to 

 grow from above the base of an ovary; 

 and absolutely superior when it appears to 

 grow from the top of the ovary. On the 

 contrary, the ovary is superior when it 

 grows above the origin of the calyx. 



SUPERPOSED, SUPERPOSITUS. Sta- 

 tioned above anything ; placed one above 

 another, as ovules in an ovary. 



SUPERVOLUTE. "When one edge is 

 rolled inwards and is enveloped by the 

 opposite edge, also rolled inwards, as the 

 leaves of an apricot-tree. 



SUPERVOLUTIVE. An aestivation in 

 which leaves are supervolute. 



SUPPLE-JACK. Paullinia curassavica, 

 polyphylla, and barbadensis; also Cardio- 

 speriiiam grandiflorum. Also a Virginian 

 name for Berchemia voiubilis. 



SUPRA Above or upon anything. 



SUPRA-AXILLARY. Growing above 

 an axiL 



SUPRADECOMPOUND. Divided into a 

 multitude of pieces ; so much divided that 

 the number and mode of division cannot 

 be precisely ascertained ; as the leaves of 

 the carrot, fennel, &c. 



SUPRAFOLIACEOUS. Growing above a 

 | leaf. 



I SUPRAFOLIAR. Growing upon a leaf. 



J SURCULUS. The same as Sucker ; also 

 j the young prostrate stem of a moss. 



i SURCURRENT. The opposite of de- 

 current ; when a leafy expansion runs up 

 the stem. 



SUREAU. (Fr.) Sambucus nigra. — 

 D'EAU. Viburnum Opulus. 



SURELLE. (Fr.) Oxalis acetosella. 



SURETTE. (Fr.) Byrsonima spicata. 



SURIANACE^E. Suriana, a branching 

 pubescent maritime shrub, found on most 

 tropical coasts, with narrow entire rather 

 thick leaves, and terminal yellow flowers, 

 has so many peculiarities of structure 

 that, after having been successively added 

 on to various orders, it has been proposed 

 to consider it as forming an order by itself 

 under the above name, or at most to asso- 

 ciate with it Rigiostachys,a Mexican shrub 

 of a very dissimilar aspect. Suriana has 

 now, however, been referred with very 

 little hesitation to Simarubacece, whilst the 

 place of Bigiostachys still remains very 

 doubtful. 



SURINAM-POISON". Tephrosia toxica- 

 ria. 



SURINGEE. An Indian name for the 

 flower-buds of Calysaccion longifolium. 



SURISHA. An Indian name of Sinapis 

 nigra and S. dichotoma. 



SURON. (Fr.) Bunium B ulbocastanum. 



SURRE. (Fr.) The acorns of Quercus 

 Suber. 



SURRIER. (Fr.) Quercus Suber. 



SURSAH, SURSEE, SURSON. Indian 

 names of Sinapis nigra and S. dichotoma. 



SURSUM. Upwards; as sursum hamur 

 losus — bordered with hooks directed up- 

 wards, i.e. towards the point of the leaf. 



SUSPENDED. Hanging up by the side ; 

 as many seeds. 



SUSPENSOR. A cellular cord by which 

 the embryo of some seeds is suspended 

 from the foramen. 



SUSUM. A tall reed-like herb from 

 Java, with lanceolate radical leaves, and 

 numerous flowers in a large terminal pani- 

 cle, forming a genus of Juncacece, closely 

 allied to the Australian Xerotes, but differ- 

 ing in the three connate thick and undi- 

 vided stigmas which crown the ovary. 



SUTHERLANDTA. Several species of 

 this genus of Leguminosce (Papilionacece) 

 have been described, but it is probable 

 they all belong to one variable species, S. 

 frutescens, a showy shrub of moderate 

 size, with unequally pinnate leaves, and 

 large scarlet flowers succeeded by dry 

 bladdery thin-shelled pods containing nu- 

 merous seeds. The flowers have a hoary 

 nearly equally five-toothed calyx ; a pea- 

 like corolla, with the sides of the upper 

 petal folded back, very short wing or side 

 petals, and rather longer boat-shaped 

 lower petals ; one free and nine combined 

 stamens; a slender style, bearded length- 

 ways along the back, and transversely at 

 the apex in front; and a terminal stigma. 

 It is a native of the Cape of Good Hope, 

 and in English gardens is called the Cape 



