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Stool — T he prardener’s name for a plant 
from which ‘‘layevis” are propagated, 
by bending its branches so that after 
twisting, or making a cut below one of 
the buds, they may be inserted into the 
soil to take root and form additional 
plants. 
Stbami'nevs — S traw-coloured ; yellow with 
a slight admixture of gi*ey. 
Stka'tum — A l^yer or lamina composed of 
any kind of tissue. Stba'tose — 
Arranged in layers, or strata. 
Stbep'tooar'pl' 8 — Where the fruit is 
marked by spirally arranged stripes. 
So of other (^mbinations with 
“ Strepta.” 
Stri'a — A groove, furrow, or streak. 
Stria'tei), Stbia'ies (Channelled) — 
Marked with stride. 
Stric'tus — P erfectly “ straight.” 
Stri'ga— A small straight hair or scale. 
Stbi'gilis, Strigosk', Strigo'sus — 
Covered with strigse ; synonym for 
“Hispid.” 
Strobila'ceus, Strobilfp^ekus — When 
flowers, furoished with large bracts, are 
so arranged as to give the inflorescence 
the appearance of a strobilu-s or cone. 
StrobiCin'Us — Either growing on a 
cone, or having the general aspect of a 
cone. 
Stro'bilgs — A cone. An amentum, the 
carpella of which are scale-like, spread 
open, and bear naked seed: sometimes 
the scales are thin, with little coliesion ; 
but they often are woody, and cohere 
into a single tubcrculated mass. The 
^albulus (iiffer.'i froTii the strobilus only 
in being round, and having the heads | 
of the car|>ella much enlarged. The 
fruit of the Juuij>er is a galbulu.H, with 
fleshy coalescent carfiella. The fruit of 
PinuR illustrates the strobilus. 
Stro'ma — E ither, generally, the part of 
acotyledonous plants which bears or 
encloses the fructification; or more 
restrictedl 3 % limited to the fleshy 
thallus of certain Fungi, in which the 
perithecia are immer.sed. 
Strom'bus-shapkd, Strom uultf'erus, 
Strom iiULiKoR'Mis — Spirally twisted 
like a cork-?»cvevv or some shells, as some 
pods of MedkiLffo, 
Stro'phes — A spiral. Any of the various 
spirals exhibited by the disposition of 
leaves round an axis. 
Strophio'lk, Stkophi'ola, Strophi'olus 
— S ynonym for “Carnncula,” a fleshy 
appendage proceeding from the testa 
by the side of i)r near the funicle. (See 
the seeds of Harflerd)eriim monophiMdf 
the Bushman’s Sarsaparilla.) 
Strtj'ma (A w’on) — An apophysi.s which is 
restricted to one side of the base of a 
moss theca. A swelling at the point 
where the petiole is connected with the 
limb in certain leaves. Strusti'ferus, 
Strumo'kus — F urnished with a struma. 
Strumifor'mis— H aving the general 
appearance of a struma. STRUitu- 
lo'bus — F urnished with asmall struma. 
Stu'pa (Tow) — A tuft or mass of hair or 
fine filament matted together. Std 
PEGS, Stu'pose, S rrpo'sua— Composed 
of matted filaments. 
Sty'gics (Infernal)— Said of plants which 
grow in foul water ; in allusion to the 
Styx. (See — in 
which instance it may bo from the 
black flow'er-heads.) 
Style, Sty'lcs— A support frequently m- 
terposed between the stigma and 
<»vary, and originating in the length- 
ening out of a part of the latter, 
Sttliformis — Resembling a style. 
iStylinus — Belonging to a style. 
iStylt 8CUB — A cord of peculiar tissue, 
which descend.-? from the stigma 
within the style down to the ovary. 
STTLonEUH — Furnished with a style. 
Stylopodicm — A fleshy disk at the 
base of each of the styles of the Um- 
belliferie. Stylobtegium— A peculiar 
form of cuculus surrounding the 
style. 
Sty'lus — T he style ; also the ostiolum of 
certain Fungi, 
Sttp'ttc — H aving the power to staunch 
blood. This property is asciibed to 
the roots of the European Water 
Lily. 
STYRino'PHYTUS (stunros^ a cross ; phi/ton, 
a plant.) Synonym for “Cruciformis,” 
applied to jjetals. 
Sua've, Suaveolkns— H aving a sweet 
fragrance, as the flowers of Cipiibidiiim 
snare, or the Native Tobacco, Nkotiana, 
suaveolvns. 
Sub (Aboijt or near to) — Somewhat. 
When compounded with any Viotanical 
term, implies a near apt^roach to the 
condition which that term more pre- 
cisely designates. Thus : — SuB- 
ACAi'LES — When the stem vs scarcely 
apparent. Si*b-aptcui.a'kis — When 
the summit of a stem is a little pro- 
longed, without branch or leaf, beyond 
the spike. Sub-Diffor'mis — Possess- 
ing a slight degree of irregularity. 
SUBERO'srs — Of the nature of cork ; or 
having some general appearance of 
cork. Example, the Cork - tree, 
Qnercus »uhtr. 
ScBic'ULt’M — The underlayer. 
Subla'tus — W hen the ovary either has 
or seems to have a svjpport. 
Submer'gei), 8ciaiKRSi'BiLis, Submer'sus 
— Growing entirely beneath the surface 
of water. 
8ri3-Ni'GKR — Synomym for “Nigricans.” 
Sub-sekha'ti’S — Synonym for “ Ser- 
rulatus.” 
Sub-species— A pplied to some particular 
form, which may be considered as a 
more or less pernnanent variety of some 
species, rather than as characterising a 
di.stinct species. 
Sub'ulatk, Subula'tus, Subultfor'mis— 
Somewhat the shape of a shoemaker’s 
awl; awl-shaped. Subulifercs— F ur- 
nished with long awl-shaped spines. 
SuccEDAKEUS— succedanea. 
