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also the stem of the down of seeds, 
as in the dandelion. 
St.ip'itate. Supported by a stipe. 
atip'ule. A leafy appendage, situated 
at the base or petioles, or leaves. 
Stolofiiferous. Putting forth scions, or 
running shoots. 
Stramin' eous. Slaw-like, straw-colour- 
ed. 
Strap-form. Lignlate. 
Stratum. A layer ; plural, strata. 
Striate. Marked with fine parallel 
lines. 
Strictus. Stiff and straight, erect. 
Strigose, Armed with close thick bris- 
tles. 
Strobilum. A cone, an ament with 
woody scales. 
Style. That part of the pistil which is 
between the stigma and the germ. 
Sttjli'des. Plants with a very long style. 
Sua'vis. Sweet, agreeable. 
Sub. Used as a diminutive, prefixed to 
different terms to imply the existence 
of a quality in an inferior degree ; in 
English, may be rendered by some- 
what; it also signifies under, or less 
than. 
Sub'acute. Somewhat acute. 
Subero'se. Corky. 
Submersed. Growing under water. 
Sub'sessile. Almost sessile. 
Subterraneous. Growing and flowering 
under ground. 
Subtus. Beneath. 
Sub'ulate. Awl-shaped, narrow and 
sharp pointed. See Awl-form. 
Suc'culent. Juicy ; it is also applied to 
a pulpy leaf, whether juicy or not. 
Sucker. " A shoot from the root by 
which the plant may be propagated. 
Suffru'ticose. Somewhat shrubby, shrub- 
by at the base; an under shrub. 
SuLcate. Furrowed, marked with deep 
lines. 
Super. Above. 
Supra.decom' pound. More than decom- 
pound ; many times subdivided. 
Superior. A calyx or corolla is supe- 
rior, when it proceeds from the upper 
part of the germ. 
Supi'nus. Face upwards. See Resupi- 
iiate. 
Suture. The line or seam forr^ed by 
the junction of two valve' -^f a seed- 
vessel. 
Syco'ue. (From sucon, a fig.) A name 
"given 'o one of Mirbel's genera of 
fruits. 
Sylves'tris. Growing in woods. 
Syn'co,rpe. (From sun, with, and kar- 
pos.irmi.) A union of Iruits. 
Syngene' nous. Anthers growing to- 
ther, Ibrming a tube; such plants 
as constitute the class Syngenesia , b©- 
ing also compound flowers. 
Synonyms. Synonymous, difieront 
names for the same plant. 
Synop'sis. A condensed view of a sulv 
ject, or science. 
T 
Taxon'omy. (From taxis^ order, and 
nomos, law.) Method of classifica- 
tion. 
Teeth qf Mosses. The outer fringe of 
the peristomium is generally in 4, 8, 
16, 32, or 64 divisions; these are 
called teeth. 
Tegens. Covering. 
Teg'ument. The skin or covering of 
seeds ; often burst olf on boiling, as 
in the pea. 
Tem'perature. The degree of heat and 
cold to which any place is subject, rrf 
wholly dependant upon latitude, be- 
ing affected by elevation ; the moun- 
tains of the torrid zone produce the 
plants of the frigid zone. In cold re- 
gions white and blue petals are more 
common, in warm regions red and 
other vivid colours; in the spring we 
have more white petals, in the au- 
'tumn more yellow ones. 
Ten'dril. A filiform or thread-like ap- 
pendage of some climbing plants, by 
which they are supported by twining 
round other objects. 
Tenel'lus. Tender, fragile. 
Tcnuifo'lius. Slender-leaved. 
Ten%tis. Thin and slender. 
Terete. Round, cylindrical, tapering. 
T'er'minal. Extreme, situated at tiie 
end. 
Ter'naie. Three together, as the leaves 
of the clover. 
Telradyn amous. With four long and 
two short stamens. 
Tetran' drous. Having four stamens. 
Thorn. A sharp process from the 
woody part of the plant; considered 
as an"^ imperfect, indurated bud. 
Thyrse. A panicle which is dense. 
Tige. See Caulis. 
Tincto'rious. Plants containing colour- 
ing matter. 
Tomen'tose. Downy ; covered wi.h fine 
matted pubescence. 
Tonic. (From tono, to strengthen.) 
Medicines which increase the tone oi 
the muscular fibre. 
Toothed. See Dentate. 
Torose. Uneven, alternately elevated 
and depressed. 
Torulose. Slightly torose. 
Trachece. Names given to vessels sup- 
posed to be designed for receiving 
and distributing air. 
