INDEX 705 
Starch, 34 
Starr-grass, Ammophila , &c. 
Stasium (Cl.), a stagnant nool 
formation 
Stearine, Cocos 
Stellate, star-shaped 
Stem, 40, 44; - as tendril, 172; 
-succulents, 167 
Stemless palm, 191 
Stenocarpus (Lat.), narrow fruited 
Steppes, 188 
Sternotribe (firs.), dusting pollen 
on under side of visitor 
Sterrhium (Cl.), a moor formation 
Stimulants, 206 
Stinging hairs, 153, Loasaceae , 
Urticaceae 
Stink wood, Gustavia , &c., &c. 
Stip., stipule, stipulate 
Stipe, a stalk or leafstalk 
Stipel, 51, Leguminosae 
Stipitate, on a special stalk 
Stipule, 50, 153, 155, 157, 172; 
interpetiolar, intrapetiolar, Ru- 
biaceae 
Stitchwort, Stellaria - 
Stock, Matthiola 
Stolon, 153 
Stomata, 47, 43, 153, 165 
Stone crop, Sedum ; -pine, Pinus 
Stool, plant from which offsets 
may be taken, or with several 
stems arising together 
Stopper (Am.), Eugenia 
Storage of reserves, 33, 40, 150, 
159 
Storax, Liquidambar , Storax 
Stork’s bill, Er odium 
Stove, 7 
Stramineus (Lat.), straw-coloured 
Strapwort, Corrigiola 
Strasburg turpentine, Abies 
Strawberry, Eragaria ; -tomato, 
Physalis ; -tree. Arbutus 
Strengthening tissues, 43, 160 
Striate, with fine || lines 
Strictus (Lat.), very straight 
Strigose, with appressed stiff hairs 
or bristles 
Stringy bark, Eucalyptus 
Strobile, strobilus, 55, Lycopodium 
Strong man’s weed (W. I.), Peti- 
veria 
Strophanthin, Strophantkus 
Strophiole, caruncle 
Struggle for existence, 24, 149 
Strychnine, Strychnos 
Style, 82, 79, 97 
Stylopodium, enlarged base of 
style 
Suaveolens (Lat.), fragrant 
Sub- (Lat. pref.), under, below, 
nearly (cf. p. 53) ; -dominant 
species, 1 79 ; -genus, a group of 
species within a genus, cf. 
Gentiana ; -order, a group of 
genera within an order ; -sid- 
ence of land, 147 ; -terranean 
fruits, Amphicarpaea, Arachis, 
Trifolium ; -trop., tropical 
Suberization, conversion into cork 
Subulate, awl-shaped 
Succineus (Lat.), amber coloured 
Succisus (Lat.), abruptly broken off 
Succory, chicory 
Succulence, 167, 169 
Succulent house, 7 ; -leaf, 53 ; 
-stem, 45 ; -plants, 167 
Sucker, a shoot arising below 
ground, a new shoot on an old 
stem, 153, 113, [76 ; - of para- 
sites, 40, 176 
Suff., suffix 
Suffruticose, 150, 154 
Sugar, 33, 34, 205, Beta , Saccha- 
rum, Sorghu??i ; -apple, Anona ; 
-bean, Lima bean; -beet, Beta ; 
-berry (Am.), Celtis\ -cane, 
Saccharum ; -maple, Acer ; 
palm-, Arenga , Caryota , Cocos ; 
-pine, Pinus 
Suggestions to students, 4 
Sulcate, furrowed 
Sulphur-root, Peucedanum 
Sumac, Rhus ; West Indian - (W. 
I.), Brunellia 
Sumatra camphor, Dryobalanops 
Summer grape, Vitis 
Sun-dew, Drosera ; -drops (Am.), 
Oenothera fruticosa L. ; -flower, 
Helianthus\ Mexican - flower, 
Tithonia\ -plants, 142, 167 
W. 
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