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INDEX 
Sunn hemp, Crotalaria 
Sup., superior, 71, 72, 82 
Super, supra (Lat. pref.), over, 
above ; -posed, vertically over, 
70 ; -volute, convolute 
Supinus (Lat.), lying face upwards 
Supple-jack (W. I.), Paullinia 
Suppression of organs, 31 ; - of 
members of whorl, 70 
Surculus (Lat.), a sucker 
Surette (W. I.), Byrsonima 
Surface of leaf, 53 
Surinam poison (W. I.), Tephrosia 
Suriya (Ceyl.), Thespesia popninea 
Soland. 
Survival of the fittest, 24 
Suspensor, Selaginella 
Suture, line of junction, 82 
Sw., Swartz 
Swamp-cypress, Tcixodium 
Swede, a var. of turnip 
Sweet-bark, Cascarilla bark ; -bay, 
Laurus ; -calabash, Passiflora ; 
-cicely, Myrrhis\ - -clover (Am.), 
Melilotus ; -cup, Passiflora edn- 
lis Sims ; -fern, Myrica aspleni - 
folia L. ; -flag, Acorus ; -gale, 
Myrica ; -gum, Liquidambar ; 
-leaf (Am.), Symplocos ; -lime, 
Citrus ; -pea, Lat hyrus ; -potato, 
Ipomoea\ -sop, Anona\ -vernal 
grasSyAnthoxanthum ; -William, 
Dianthus ; -wood (W. I.), Nec- 
andra , &c. 
Swine-cress (Am.), Senebiera 
Sword-bean, Canavalia ; -sedge, 
Lepidosperma 
Sycamore, Acer 
Sycomore fig, Ficus 
Syconium, a fig-fruit 
Sylvestris (Lat.), growing in 
woods 
Symbiosis, 177 , Crecopia 
Symmetry, 31 ; in flr., 73 ; in 
shoot, 46, 47 
Sympet., Sympetalae 
Sympetalous, 70, 76 
Symphysis, coalescence 
Sympodial branching, 153, 154 
Sympodium, 42, 63, 65 
Synandrium, 78, Araceae , Ariopsis 
Synandrodium, a union of stamin- 
odes, Araceae 
Synandrous, 68 
Synangium, Marattiaceae 
Syncp., syncarpous, 70, 79, 82 
Synergidae, 81, Angiospet'mae 
Syngenesious, 78, Compo sitae 
Synonym, 21 1 
Syringa, Philadelphia 
Syrtidium (Cl.), a dry sandbar 
formation 
Systematic botany, 2 
Systems of classification, 121, 124 
Tabashir, Bambusa 
Tabescent, wasting, shrivelling 
Tabular, flattened horizontally 
Tacamahac, Calophyllum , Populus 
Taccada pith, Scaevola 
Tagasaste, Cytisus proliferus L. f. 
Talipot palm, Corypha 
Tallicona, Carapa 
Tallow-tree, Pcntadesma , Sapium 
Tamacoari, Caraipa 
Tamarack, Larix americana 
Michx. 
Tamarind, Tamarindus ; -plum, 
Dialium ; velvet-, Dialium 
Tamarisk, Tamarix 
Tampico fibre, Agave 
Tan, 201, Acacia , Betula , Quercus , 
Rumexy &c. 
Tania, Xanthosovia 
Tank, 8, 6 
Tannin, 34, 201, Geum 
Tansy, Tanacetum 
Tap-root, 38 
Tapa cloth, Broussonetia 
Tape-grass (Am.), Vallisneria 
Taphrium (Cl.), a ditch formation 
Tapioca, Manihot 
Tar, Coniferae, Pinus 
Tare, Vicia 
Taro, Colocasia 
Tartarian lamb, Dicksonia 
Tasm., Tasmania; -n myrtle, 
Fagus Cunninghamii Hook. 
Taxonomy, 2 
Tea, 7hea , Cat ha, Ledum , Neea> 
Priva , Stachytarpheta ; Alge- 
rian-, Paronychia ; Australian- 
