Stamen*, The slender, usually stalked, structures surrounding 
the pistil of a flower. 
Stipules. Two small leaf-like bodies at the base of a leaf-stalk. 
Not alway present. 
Symmetrical. Even-sided; one side like the other. 
Taper-pointed. With a somewhat elongated point, especially 
when the margins below it are concave. 
Teeth. Small projections along the margin. 
Terminal hud. A bud situated at the end of a stem or branch. 
Thorn. A stiff woody sharp-pointed structure. 
Toothed. Having small projections along the margin like the 
teeth of a saw. 
Top-shaped. A somewhat globular structure which tapers regu¬ 
larly to a narrow base, like an inverted geometrical cone. 
Triangular. Of the general shape of a triangle. 
7)'unk. The main stem of a tree. 
Twice compound. With leaflets attached to the secondary axes 
of the leaf (i.e. the main axis divides before it bears leaf¬ 
lets). 
Twig. A young shoot. 
Tasymmetrical. With the t wo sides unlike. 
I’m?. One of the ribs or thickened lines in a leaf blade. 
11 ary. Alternately concave and convex along the margin. 
Wedge-shaped (leaf). Tapering regularly from a broad apex to 
a pointed base. A wedge-shaped base is pointed (often 
bluntly), with the margins straight or nearly so, like the 
sides of a wedge. 
Wihorled. With three or more leaves around the stem at the 
same node. 
U7/?y. Any thin flat appendage. 
Woolly. Covered with tangled or loosely matte ! hairs. 
