INDEX AND VOOABULAET. 
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Sua VIS. Sweet, agreeable. 
Sub. Used as a diminutive ; it may be rendered 
by somewhat ; it also signifies tinder, or less 
than. 
Hubacute'. Somewhat acute. 
Siib'erose. Corky. 
Submcrs'ed. Growing under water. 
Subses'sile. Almost sessile. 
Subterra'nean. Under ground. 
stem, 38, 4.3, 201. 
leaf-buds, 48. 
Sub'tus. Beneath. 
Siib'ulate. Awl-shaped, paiTow and sharp-point- 
ed. See Awl-furm. 
Succulent, Juicy; it is also applied to a pulpy 
leaf, whether juicy or not. 
Suck er. A shoot from the root by which the 
plant may be propagated. 
Suffru'ticosc. Somewhat shrubby; shrubby at 
the base ; an undershrub. 
Sugar, 140. 
cane, 176. 
SuHcate. Furrowed, mai'ked with deep lines. 
Sunflower, 258, 263. 
Super. Above. 
Superstition. 185, 305, 305, a. 
Supra-dccom'pound. More than decompound ; 
many times subdivided. 
Superior. A calyx or corolla is superior when 
it proceeds from the upper part of the ovary. 
Supi nus. Face upward. See Resupinate, 
Su'ture, 87. 
Sylves'tris. Growing in woods. 
Symmet'rical arrangement of leaves, 40. 
Sym'metry of floral organs, 241. 
of structure, 168. 
Syn'carpe. (From sun, with, and karpos, fruit.) 
A union of fruits. 
Syn^ene'sia, 257-260. 
Syn onyms. Synonymous, diflFerent nq.mes for the 
same plant. 
Synop'sis. A condensed view of a subject or 
scimce. 
Synopsis of the organs of plants, 112. 
of Mirbel's orders and genera of fruits, 82, 
■ of Tournefort's method, 147. 
■^^ of Jussieu's method, 153. 
Systemat'ic Botany, 10. 
■ , its divisions, 11. 
Tal'ipot-tree, 57. 
Tam'arind, 254. 
Tax'm, 
Taxon'omy. (From taxis, order, and nomas, 
law.) Method of classification. 
Tea, 231. 
Teeth of Mosses. The outer fringe of the peri- 
stomium is gwerally in 4, 8, 16, 32, or 64 divi- 
sions ; these are called teeth. 
Te'gens. Covering. 
Tegument. The skin or covering of seeds ; often 
burst off on boiling, as in the pea. 
Tem'perature. The degree of heat and cold to 
which any place is subject. 
Ten'dril, 64, b. 
'^enel'his. Tender, fragile. 
Tenuifo'lius. Slender-leaved. 
Ten'uis. Thin and slender. 
Terete'. Round, cylindrical, tapering. 
Ter'minal. Extreme, situated at the end. 
Ter'nate, 55. 
Ternstromia'cejE, 423. 
Tetradyn'amous. With four long and two short 
stamens. 
Tet^on'drous. Having four stamens. 
Teu crium, 237. 
Thal'amus, 66. 
. hal'lus. Fig, 219. 
Thul'lophytes. 391, 399. 
The'cce, 284, 285. 
Theophras'ta, PI. 5, Fig. 4. 
Theophras'tus, 332. 
The'ory of the metamorphosis of organs, iOi| 
109,111, ^ ^ 
Thorn, 64, c. 
Three kingdoms of nature, 375. 
THYMELA'cE.iE, 508. 
Thyrse, 84. 
Tigc. See Caulis. 
Tigel'le, Fig. 117. 
TiLiA'cEffi, 422. 
Tilland'sia, 39. 
Tincto'rious. Plants containing coloring matter 
Tis'stie, 116. 
Tobac'co, 185. 
Tomato, 185. 
Tomentose'. Downy ; covered with fine matted 
pubescence. 
Tonic. (From tono, to strengthen.) Medicines 
which increase the tone of the muscular fiber. 
Ton'ka bean, 254. 
Tooth' ed. See Dentate. 
Torose'. Uneven, alternately elevated and de- 
pressed. 
Torulose'. Slightly torose. 
To'rus, 66, 85. 
Tour'nefort, 350. 
Trachea:, 118. 
Transformation of organs, 69. 
Transform' ed organs, 68, h ; 323, 5th, 6th, 7th. 
Transuda'tion, 120. 
Transverse'. Crosswise. 
Tree-fern, Fig. 216. 
Trees, 280, 285. 
Trichot'omous. Three-forked. 
Tricom'pound, 55. 
Trien'talis, 202. 
Tri'fid. Three-cleft. 
Trifo'liate. Three-Ieaved. 
Trillia'cejE, 550. 
Trilo'bate. Three-lobed. 
Triluc'ular. Three-celled. 
Triter'nate, 55. 
Tropjeola'cejE, 428. 
Trump' et-flovi or, 238. 
honeysuckle, 187. 
Truncate. Having a square termination, as it 
cut ofi". 
Trunk. The stem or bole of a tree. 
Tube. The lower hollow cylinder of a mono* 
petalous corolla. 
Tuber, 35, a ; 43, 
Tuberous. Thick and fleshy, containing tubers, 
as the potato. 
Tuberous stem, 31, b. 
Tuberif erous root, 35, a. 
Tu'bular, 54, t. 
appendages, 54, t. 
Tulip, 196, b : 197. 
tree, 233. 
Tunicate. Coated with surrounding layers, ai 
in the onion. 
Tu'nicated bulb, 37. 
Turbinate. Shaped like a top, or pear. 
Tur'gid. Swelled, inflated. 
Tu'rious, 36, 
Turmeric, 165. 
Twining. Ascending spirally. 
Twist'ed. Coiled. 
Ty'pha, 275. 
TYPHA'cE.a:, 533. 
Uligino'sus. Growing in damp places. 
Ulma'< e.*:. 
Um'bel. Fig. 93, b. 
Umbelliferous. Bearing umbels. 
plants, 190. 
Umbil'icate. Marked with a central depressioiii 
