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gus ; also the stem of the down of 
seeds, as in the dandelion. 
Slip' date. Supported by a stipe. 
Stipule. A leafy appendage, situated 
at the base of petioles, or leaves. 
Slolonifcrous. l’utting forth scions, 
or running shoots. 
Stramin'eous. Straw like, straw 
coloured. 
Strap-form. Ligulate. 
Stratum. A layer, plural strata. 
Striate. Marked with fine parallel 
lines. 
Striclus. Stiff and straight, erect. 
Strigose. Armed with close thick 
bristles. 
Slrob'ilum. A cone, an ament with 
woody scales. 
Style. That part of the pistil which 
is between the stigma and the 
germ. 
Styl'idcs. Plants with a very long 
style. 
Sua’vis. Sweet, agreeable. 
Sub. Used as ? diminutive, prefixed 
to different terms to imply the ex- 
istence of a quality in an inferior 
degree; in English, may be ren- 
dered by somewhat ; it also signi- 
fies under. 
Subero'se. Corky. 
Submersed. Growing under water. 
Subterraneous. Growing and flower- 
ing under ground. 
Subtus. Beneath. 
Sub acute. Somewhat acute. 
Sub'sessile. Almost sessile. 
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. 
Suc'cus. Sap. 
Sucker. A shoot from the root by 
which the plant may be propagated. 
Suffru' ticose. Somewhat shrubby, — 
shrubby at the base; an under shrub. 
Sul" cate. Furrowed, marked with deep 
lines 
Super. Above. 
Supradeconi pound. More than de- 
compound ; many times subdivided. 
Superior. A calyx or corolla is su- 
perior, when it proceeds from the 
upper part of the germ. 
Supi'nus. Face upwards. See resu- 
pinatus. 
Suture. The line or seam formed by 
the junction of two valves of a seed 
vessel. 
Syco'ne. From sucon a fig ; a name 
given to one of Mirbel’s genera of 
fruits. 
Sylres'tris. Growing in woods. 
Syn'carpe. From sun, with, and kar- 
pos fruit, a union of fruits. 
Syngenc'sious. Anthers growing to- 
gether, forming a tube ; such plants 
as constitute the class Sygenesia, 
being also compound flowers. 
Synonyms. Synonymous, different 
names for the same plant. 
Synopsis. A condensed view of a 
subject, or science. 
T. 
Taxonomy. From taxis, order and 
nomos law; method of classification. 
Teeth of Mosses. The outer fringe of 
the peristomium is generally in 4, 8, 
Hi, ‘32, or G4 divisions; these are 
called teeth. 
Tcgens. Covering. 
Teg ument. The skin or covering of 
seeds ; often bursts oil’ on boiling, as 
in the pea. 
Tern' perature. The degree of heat 
and cold to which any place is sub- 
ject, not wholly dependent upon lat- 
itude, being affected by elevation ; 
the mountains of the torrid zone 
produce the plants of the frigid zone. 
In cold regions white and blue pe- 
tals are more common ; in warm re- 
gions red and other vivid colours : 
in the spring we have more white 
petals, in the autumu more yellow 
ones. 
Ten dril. A filiform or thread like 
appendage of some climbing plants, 
by which they are supported by twi- 
ning round other objects. 
Teneilus. Tender, fragile. 
Tenuifo'lius. Slender leaved. 
Ten'uis. Thin and slender. 
Ter ete. Round, cylindrical, tapering. 
Ter'minal. Extreme, situated at the 
end. 
Tcr'nate. Three together, as the 
leaves of the clover. 
Tctradyn' 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 bud indurated. 
TtiTead-form. See filiform. 
Thyrse. See panicle. 
Tige. See caulis. [ouring matter. 
Tincto'rius. Plants containing col- 
Tomen'tose. Downy: covered with 
fine malted pubescence. 
