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GLOSSARY. 



Solitary; standing alone: one onlv in & \ Stellular : radiating after the manner oi 



place. " I little stars. 



Sjyadix. A sn-t of dense flowered, Qesbj \ Stellular 'pnheS'pence. Corapound or fasi 



club"like Spike, — usually enveloped 

 b}-, or proceeding from, a sheathing invo- 

 lucre called a Spathe. 

 Soan : a measure of 9 inches. 

 Spathaceous ; having a spathe, or resem- 

 bling a spathe. 

 Spat'te. A sheathing kind of bract, com- 

 mon calyx, or involucre, open on one 

 side, — often containing the spadix. 

 Spdthiilate, ov sjydtukiie; like a spatula;^ 

 obovate-oblong, or larger and rounded at' 

 the end. and tapering to the base. 

 Species. The lowest permanent division of 

 natural objects, in a systematic arrange- 

 ment; a group comprising all similar 

 individuals. 

 Specific: belonging to, or distinguishing 



the species. 

 Sphacelate ; dark colored, as if gangrenous, 

 or dead. 



Sphagnous; full of bog-moss,or Sphagnum. 

 Spicate ; in the form^ or after the manner 

 of a spike. 



Spike. A kind of inflorescence in which 

 the flowers are sessile on the sides of a 

 long common peduncle, or rachis. 



Spilcelet. A little spike, — or subdivision of 

 a compound spike. 



Si'tiiidl --shaped ; see fusiform. 



Spine. A thorn : a sharp process originat- 

 ing in the wood — i. e.. pointed abortive 

 bi-anch. 



Spinellose ; armed with minute spines. 



Spinesceni ; becoming thorny, — or inclin- 

 ing to be thorny. 



Spinose ; thorny'; armed with thorns. 



Spiiiiilo-S'-' ; covered with small spines. 



Spores, or sporules. The seminal equiva 

 leuts, or analogues of seeds, in crypto- 

 gamous plants. 



Spjur. A tapering hollow production of the 

 base of a petal, or sepal, — usually called 

 a nectary. 



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

 gations. 



Squamose; scaly; covered more or less 

 with scales. 



Squarrose ; jagged ; having spreading tips, 

 or divaricate" points, all round, — as the 

 scales of some involucres. 



Stamen. TIte organ of a flower which pre- 

 pares the pollen, — usually consisting of a 

 Ji'ament and anther, and situated be- 

 tween the corolla and pistils. 



Starninate flower. Having stamens, but 

 not pistils. 



Stami lifn'ous ; bearing or supporting the 

 stamens. 



Staminodia . Imperfect organs occupying 

 the position of, and resembling sta- 

 mens. — being the transition stage between 

 l)ttals and stamens. 



Stlllate ; like a star ; ai-ranged like the rays 

 of a star. ' 



nlate hairs, with the branches spreadin:,' 

 like rays. 



Stem. The main axis or body of a plant ; 

 tne common supporter uf branches, 

 leaves, flowers and fruit. 



Stemlem ; having no vi.-ible or aerial stem ; 

 applied to plants whwe the stem is sup- 

 pressed, or so short as to be apparently 

 wanting. 



-.Sterile; barren, or unproductive: applied 



to flowers which produce no fruit. 

 Stigma. The summit of the style.— or that 



■portion of the pistil through which the 



pollen acts. 

 Stigmatic; belonging, or relating to the 



stigma. 



Stiginatiferous, or stigmatose ; bearing, or 



belonging to, the stigma. 

 Stipe. A "little pedi'cel, or footstalk, of 



seeds, &c. 



Stipulate; fxirmsheA with stijjell-es, — i. e., 

 the stipules of leaflets, in compound 

 leaves. 



StipeUes. The stipular appendages, or littU 

 stipules, of leaders, in compound leaves. 



St'/pitate: having a .>tlpe ; supported on a 

 little pedicel. 



Stipdtiform; resembling a stipe. 



Stipular; belonging or relating to stipules. 



Stipulate; furnished with stipules. 



Stipules. Leaflets, or leaf-like appendages, 

 at the base of a petiole, or leaf. 



Stoles l i. e. <=.•>■— corruptly 6ioo?.<). The 



shoots, suckers, or ofF-sets, from the base 

 of the stem, or roots of plants: usually 

 applied to vmniir winter srain. — as wheat, 



&c. See rrirr: 



Stolonifin ti-^ : having sucker?. otF sets, or 

 running shoot? i -v/o/o/^e-v •. Irom the base 

 of the stem, or cr«iwn of the root. 



Strii\ Fine parallel ridges or lines. 



Striate ; marked with longitudinal lines, 

 or stripes. 



St>'iate-suh-ate : scored with minute longi- 

 tudinal grooves and ridges.. 



Strict : straight and rigidly uprisht. 



Strigose : armeil with spre-ading bristly 

 hairs, which taper from base to apex. 



Strobile. The cune. or collective fruit, of 

 the Pines, Firs. .^:c. 



Strdpliiole. A littl ' croicn. or fimgous ap- 

 pendage to the hilum of a seed. 



Style. The columnar usually slender) 

 portion of the pistil, betvveen the ovary 

 and the stigma — sometimes wanting. 



Styliferous .-"bearing or producing a style, 

 or styles. 



Stylop'ndium. The/oo^or thickened base 

 of the style < or united styles), at the 

 junction with the epigynous disk, — as in 



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Su'' — :i I'repM-ition ^iu'•nit'ying under, or a 

 diri^ioii. — as a >'/''-cla??. > -order. &c.: 

 also employed as a diminutive, or quali- 



