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Stmphy'sia, Sym'physis — A growing? to- 
ether, or uniting of parts usually 
istinct. 
Symphtto'gynus, Symphytothf/lus— I ndi- 
cating adhesion between the calyx and 
pistil ; where the ovary is more or less 
inferior. 
Symplo'cium, Symplo'kium — Synon m 
for the Annulus lo the Tliecse of 
Ferns. 
Syn'anthro'phytcm— A plant whose fruit 
is composed of many carpels aggregated 
together, 
Synarmo'phytus — S ynonym^for Gynan- 
drous.” 
Syxcar'picm, Syncar'pl’m— a fruit com- 
posed of several carpels, wliioh become 
more or less fleshy and cohere together. 
Applied also where the carpels are 
combined by their floral envelopes 
becoming fleshy. The Sweetsop 
Custard Apjde (Anonu) Is a ready 
example, Syncar'pus— B earing fruit 
composed of cohering carpels. The 
clustfirs of drupes as they separate 
from a head of fruit of the so called 
Native Bread-fruit, Paiidunua^ are 
syncarps. 
SYKcoTYLEuo'NErs — When the cotyledons 
of dicotyledonous plants so cohere 
together as tc» form a single undivided 
mass. 
Syne'drus— G rowing on the angle of a 
.stem. 
Sykgene'siol’s, Syngenesus— W here the 
stamens cohere by their anthers, as in 
Compositae. 
Stkocho'rion— S ynonym for “ Carce- 
rnluR.” 
Stnorhi'zus — W lion the point of the 
radicle, in the embyro, adheres to the 
perisperm. 
Synstigma'tici's— W hen a pollen-mass, in 
the Orehida?, is furnished with a 
retinaculum, by which it adheres to the 
stigma. 
Synzv'gia — T heiKiint of junction, above the 
radicle, where opposite cotyledons meet 
in dicotyledonous plants. 
Syph'ilit'io— U seful in the cure of syphilis. 
In Brazil the roots of Br\tnfehia 
{Franchea) nvijlora have been used as a 
remedy, and there the plant is called 
Vegetable Mercury. 
Systello'phytpm — W' hen a persistent calyx 
apjiears to form part of the fruit. 
Sys'tem, Syste'ma— A n arrangement of 
natural objects according to prescribed 
rules. Systkm.v'tic, Systema'ticcs — 
Belonging to a system. Tims plants 
are systematically arranged in Classes, 
S^hchiiscs or Alluinces j Natural Orders 
or Families, Subonier» ; Tribes, Snh' 
tribes. Divisions, iSu^jdiviswns ; Geneva, 
Suhgenem, Bections, Subsections ; 
Species, Varieties, If the variety 
generally comes true from seed, it is 
often called a Race. 
Sys'tylus — W here several styles cohere so 
as to form a single column. 
Tabaci'ncs — Tobacco-coloured ; grey with 
some binary compound of red with a 
little yellow. Or the plant, or part 
thereof, may be used Instead of tobacco 
for some purposes. Glycine tnlacina. 
Ta'bes |A rotting away) — A disease which 
produces a gradual decay. Ta'bksceks 
(W a.sting away)— Synonym for “ Mar- 
cescens.” 
Ta'bula — Synonym for “PUeus” in some 
Fungi. 
Tabula'ted — Consisting of superimposed 
layers, 
T.enia'nus— (T cf-oiia, a ribbon, and hence 
a tapeworm ) — Tapeworm-shapeil. 
Tala'ra {Talariuni, the winged shoe of 
Mercury)— Synonym for an Ala in the 
papilionaceous corolla. 
Ta'lka — A slip or cutting made for the 
purpose of pro|>agating the plant. 
Tangen'ttal — In the direction of a tangent. 
Touching a straight line on the arc of a 
circle. 
Tap-root — An unbranched tapering mass 
round the de.scending axis, from which 
fibres are given off in more or less 
abundance. 
Tardus — Slow. Olonium tardam, from 
the slow opening of the perithecia. 
Tarta'keocs, Tabta'rees (Tartaram, the 
tartar-crust in wine vessels) — Where 
the surface is rough and crumbling, as 
in many Lichens. (See Leetmora tar- 
iarea ) 
Taw'xy — Of a dull yellowish tint, obtained 
by mixing orange-yellow with grey. 
(See flowers of the Tawny l)ay Lily, 
Hevierocallis fnlrn . ) 
Taxo'logt, Taxo'nomy, Taxolo'gia, Tax- 
O.vo'mi.y — That department of Botany 
which embi’aces the classification of 
plants. 
Tkg'men (A oovering)“See “ l^ecundine,” 
Synonym for “Gluma" in grasses. 
Tegmen'tum— The outer scales of a 
leaf-bud. Tkgmixa'tus - • When the 
nucleus is invested by a tegmen or 
covering. 
Tk'la (A web of cloth)— Elementary tissue. 
Telei.xn'thus — Perfect flower. Synonym 
for “ Hermaphroditns.” 
Tel'eutospore — In Urddines, spore 
formed by abjunction on, but not 
separating from, a sterigraa, producing 
in germination, which takes place after 
a resting period, a promycelium, 
Tkm'ui.kntl's — D runken. Applied to the 
grass LoHma temuhntum, the “ Drun- 
ken Darnel.” 
Ten'dbil — A modified condition of some 
api>endago to the axis of vegetation, 
when it assumes the f.)rm of a cord, 
twisting round contiguous objects for 
supp<.ut, as in the Vine and the 
Vetehes. 
Ten'uis — Slender. Ten’UIFo'lils — A 
slender*, linear leaf. (See Myrtus tenni- 
folia.) 
Tephuo'sius — Of an ash-grey colour ; grey 
much diluted. 
