UTIGMA, ihc uppermost point of the style : flats 6, fig, llj c. 
STI PlTATtl, elevated on a kind of stem. ^ 
S'l'lPt' LMj a small scale, at the base of the nsiiig petiole. 
STOLM, a Slicker or scion from the root ot plants. 
STRAV-SHAFki), nearly of the same width all along, 
STRIATE, marked with very fine lines. 
STRIGOSE, clothed with stitf laucelote bristles. 
STROBILE, a kind of friibtification consisting of scales incumbent on 
each other as a cone. 
STYLE, the middle of the pistil, conncdting the stigma with the ,gcnn: 
flute 6, fig. 11, h- 
means almost or approaching to ; as subimbrt- 
SUB, in ctim position it ^ 
cate, somewhat imbricate. _ , , 
SUBULATE, awl-shaped. Gradually tapering to a point : yif. 1, %. S. 
SUBFRUTICOSE, somewhat but not quite shrubby. 
SUPERELUA, the second order of plants in the class syngenesia W- 
ing the llorcts of the disk hermaphrodite and lertilc, and the florets 
of the ray female only, but fertile. ■ ■ 
SYNGENESIA the iiiuetcenth class of plants, comprising those com- 
‘ pound flowers which have 5 stamina united into a cylinder : flute 1, 
fig. 19. 
TENDRIL, afmall flexible appendage: flale 3, fig. 12, b. 
TENTACULA, the feelers of worms. 
TERGEMINATE, thrice double. 
TERN, three-fold, in threes : flale 5, h^- -• . 
TERN ATE having 3 Icafcts on one petiole , ^late 5^ fig, 3, 
TESSELATE, chequered like a chess board. j- ,• o. , ,, 
TESSERA a cubical figure, having 4 principal sides distina from fie 
horizontal planes above and below, or other angles, like a die. 
TESTACEA, the third order of worms, including those which are 
covered with a shell. 
TETRADACTYLOUS, having 4 toes or claws. . , 
TETRADYNAMIA, the I5th class of plants, comprising such as have 
hermaphrodite flowers with 6 stamina, 4 ot which are longer : 
plate 1, fi-I- , 
TFTRAGYNIA, having 4 styles 
TR I'I? AlVni ^ the fourth class of plants, including those hermaphro- 
^ dite ones which have 4 stamina, all of the same length : pL I, f. 4. 
THORACIC the third order of fishes, comprising those bony ones 
which have the ventral fins placed diredtiy under the pcaoral ones; 
*'fh.>^Tntcrior part of the back of insefts, placed between 
the tod aiVthc scutcl or abdomen, fnsebh, fig. 8, c. 
THYRSE, a panicle condensed into an ovate form. 
TONGLE-SHAPED, linear and fleshy, obtuse, and generally convex 
iindcrncath. . , , 
TOROSE, swelling into knobs or protuberances, 
TORULOUS, a diminutive of the former. 
