xvi GLOSSARY OF BOTANIC TERMS, 



Spine:— a sharp -pointed woody or 

 hardened body, usually a branch, 

 sometimes a petiole, stipule or 

 other part of a leaf. 

 Spinose :— fixrnished with spines. 

 Spur :— a hollow extension of some 

 part of the flower, usually nectari- 

 ferous. 

 Squamose :— scaly or scale-like, 

 Sq.ua rrose :— rough with spreading 



and projecting processes. 

 Stamen:— one of the component 

 parts of the androecium or male 

 element of a flower, consisting of 

 filament and anther or of the 

 latter only. 

 Staminal :— relating to the sta- 

 mens. 

 Staminode :— a sterile or abortive 



stamen. 

 Standard :— the posterior and usu- 

 ally the most conspicuous petal 

 of a papilionaceous coiolla. 

 Stenocarpus :— having a narrow 



fruit. 

 Stenophyllus :— with narrow 



leaves. 

 Stictophyllus :~having_ leaves 



covered with raised points. 

 Stigma :— that part of the pistil 



which receives the pollen. 



Stipe :— a stalk, often applied to 



the stalk-like support of a carpel 



or gynaeoium, 



Stipel:— an appendage to a leaflet, 



analogous to the stipule of a leaf. 



Stipellate :— furnished with sti- 



pels. 

 Stipitate :— having a stipe cr- 



special stalk. 

 Stipular:- relating to stipules. 

 Stipulate :— bearing stipules. 

 Stipule:— an appendage at the 



"base of a leaf. 

 Stolon :— a sucker, runner, or any 

 basal branch which is capable of 

 rooting. 

 Stoloniferous:— provided with 



stolons. 

 Stone:— the hard endocarp of a 



drupe. 

 Strictus:— straight or erect. 



Strigose :— beset with appressed,. 

 straight and stiff hairs or bristles. 



Strophiole :— an appendage at the 

 hilum of some seeds. 8ee Carun- 

 cle. 



Style :— the usually attenuated 

 portion of a pistil or carpel 

 between the ovary and the stigma. 



Suaveolens :— sweet-scented. 



Suberose :— of a corky texture. 



Subulate :— awl- shaped. 



Sucker :— a shoot of subterranean 

 origin. 



Sulcate : - grooved or furrowed, ' 



Supinus :— prostrate with face 

 upwards. 



Surculosus :— producing suckers.* 



Suture :— a junction or seam of 

 union, often indicating a line of 

 dehiscence. 



Syncarpous :— composed of two or 

 more united carpels. 



Syngenesious :-with the anthers 

 cohering in a ring. 



synonym :-a superseded for un- 

 used name. 



Tendril :— a filiform production, 

 either cauline or foliar, by which 

 a plant may climb. 

 Terete :— circular in transverse 



section. 

 Ternate :— in threes. 

 Ternifolius :— with the leaves in 



threes. 

 Tessalate :— chequered. 

 Testa :— the outer coat of a seed, 



usually hard and brittle. 

 Tetradynamous :— having four 

 long stamens and two short, as in 

 CrucifercB. 

 Tetragonal :— four-angled. 

 Tetrandrous :— with four stamens. 

 Tetraspermous :— with f air seeds. 

 Thalamifloral :— when the calyx, 

 corolla and stamens are attached 

 to the thalamus or receptacle 

 below the pistil. 

 Thalamus :— see Eeceptacle. 

 Thyrsus:— a contracted or ovate 

 panicle with the main axis inde- 



