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GLOSSAEY. 



Solitary : standing alone : one only in a 

 place. 



Sjjadix. A SDrt of dense dowered, fleshy 

 or club-like Si)ike, — usualiy enveloped 

 by, or proceeding from, a sbeatliing invo- 

 lucre called a Spatlie. 



Span ; a measure of 9 inches. 



Sjjatka-ceoics : having a spathe, "or resem- 

 bling a spathe. 



Sjjat'ie. A sheathing kind of bract, com- 

 mon calyx, or involucre, opei; on one 

 side, — often contaioing the spadix. 



Sj)dthit.late, or spdtuUiie\ like a spatula: 

 obovate-oblong, or larger and rounded at 

 the end, and tapering to the base. 



Species. The lowest peraianent division of 

 natural objects, in a systematic arrange- 

 ment ; a group comprising all similar 

 indivMuals. 



Bpecijio; belongyig to, or distinguishing 

 the species. 



Spliacelate; dark colored, as gangrenous, 

 or dead. 



SpJiagiiov^^; full of bog-moss.or Sphagnum. 

 Sjjijdte ; in the form, or after the manner 

 of a spike. 



SpirC:'. A kind of inflorescence in ^hich 

 the flowers are sessile on the sides of a 

 long common peduncle, or rachis. 



Sj^ikclet. A little spike,— or subdivision of 

 a compound spike. 



S[jin/ILe-s]taped ; see fusiform. 



Spijie. A thorn; a sharp process originat- 

 ing iu the wood — i. e., pointed abortive 

 branch. 



S.-:' \ . V .• armed with minute spines. 



- ' becoming thorny, — or inclin- 

 - tliorny. 



Spiiiosi : thorny"; armed with thorns. 

 Spiiiulose; covered with small spiues. 

 Spores, or sporulea. The seminal eqniva 



lents, or analogues of seeds, in crypto- 



gamous plants. 

 Spur. A tapering hollow production of the 



base of a petal, "or sepal,— usually called 



a nectary. 



Spurred ;' a spur, or spur-like elon- 



gations. 



Sqiiamoie; scaly; corered more or less 

 with scales. 



Sg-'iarrose ; jagged; having spreading tips, 

 or divaricate"poi:its, all round, — as the 

 scales of some involucres. 



Stamen. The organ of a flower wliich pre- 

 pares the pollen,— usually consisting of a 

 fJament and anther, and situated be- 

 tween the corolla and pistils - 



Stamiiiafe flower. Uaving stamens, but 

 not pistils. 



S'aminifrrou\; bearing or supporting the 

 stamens. 



Staminodic Imperfect organs occupying 

 the position of, and resembling ^a- 

 ineivs, — being the transition stage between 

 petals and stamens. 



Stellate ; like a star ; arranged like the rays 

 of a star. 



SteUidar-, radiating after the mamier oi 

 little stars. 



St^i/ular pubescence. Compour.d orfascic- 

 nlate hairs, with the branches spreading 

 like rays. 



Stem. The main axis nr br/-Jy of a plant 

 t£ie common supporter of branches, 

 leaves, flowers and fruit. 



Slemless ; having no visible nr aerial stem : 

 applied to plants where t]jo stem is sup- 

 pressed, or so short as to be apparently 

 wanting. 



5ie/'z7e ; barren, or unpro^Qctive : applied 



to flowers which produc-j no fruit. 

 Sligma. The summit of tbe style,— or that 



portion of the pistil thiougb which the 



pollen acts. 

 Siigrnatic; belonging, or relating to the 



stigma. 



Stigrnatiferous, or ttigmatose ; bearing, or 



belonging to, the stigma. 

 Stipe. A little pedicel, or footstalk, of 



seeds, &c. 



Stipellaie-. furnished with stipell-es, — i. e.. 

 the stipules of leof.ets, in compound 

 leaves. 



Stipelle-s. The stipnlar appendages, or littl-e 

 stipides, of leaflets, in compound leaves. 



St'ipitate: having a stipe ; supported on a 

 little pedicel. 



Stipitform; resembling a stipe. 



Stipular ; belonging or relating to stipules. 



Stipulate; furnishe'd with, stipules. 



Stipules. Leaflets, or leaf-iike append.iges, 

 at the base of a petiole, or leaf. 



Stoles ■\. e. ^!tolonef<—Q.OTY\\\^t^ystoc^s^. The 

 shoots, suckers, or oft'-sets. from theba>e 

 of tlie stem, or roots of plants: usually 

 applied to young winter grain,— as wheat, 

 etc. See filler. 



Stoluniferous ; having suckers, ofl" sets, or 

 running shoots (stolones). from the base 

 of the stem, or crown of the root. 



Stri-e. Fine parallel ridges or lines. 



Striate ; marked with longitudinal lines, 

 or stripes. 



Stf iate-'iuL^ate : scored with minute longi- 

 tudinal grooves and ridges. 



Strict : straiirht and rigidly upright. 



Sirigose : armed with spreading bristly 

 hairs, which taper from base to apex. 



Str-nhUe. The cone, or collective fruit, of 

 the Pines, Firs, .tc. 



Strnjy'iitil '-. A llttl' croicn. or fungous .ap- 

 pendage to the hilnm of a seed. 



Stijle. "The columnar (usually slender") 

 portion of the pistil, between the ovary 

 and the stigma. — sometimes wanting. 



Styliferou-s /"bearing or producing a style, 

 or styles. 



Stylop'ndium. The foot or thickened base 

 of the style for united styles'), at the 

 junction with the epigynous disk, — as in 

 Umi;eu,iff.p. v. 



Su^'-' — a ]irenosition signifying under, or a 

 dici-iioh. — as a .b'i?/-cta<s. ^''ii-order, «se.: 

 also employ( " as a diminutive, or qaali 



