_Stems and branches_, 11. _Stipules._ Small blades at the base of a leafstalk, 19. _Straight-veined._ Feather-veined with the veins straight and parallel, 20. _Striate._ Marked with fine longitudinal lines or ridges. _Sub._ A prefix applied to many botanical terms, and indicating nearly. _Subulate._ Awl-shaped, 21. _Succulent._ Thick and fleshy, 23. _Suckers._ Shoots from a subterranean part of a plant. _Surface of leaves and fruit_, 23. _Tangential section of wood_, 35. _Tapering._ Gradually pointed; gradually narrowed, 21. _Tap-root._ A simple root with a stout tapering body, 9. _Terete._ Cylindric, but tapering as the twigs of a tree. _Terminal._ Belonging to the extremity of a branch, as a _terminal bud_, 14; or _terminal flower-cluster_, 26. _Texture of leaves_, 23. _Thyrsus._ A compact, much-branched flower- or fruit-cluster, 26. _Tomentose._ Covered with matted, woolly hairs, 23. _Toothed._ With teeth or short projections. _Tree._ A plant with a woody trunk which does not branch near the ground, 11. _Truncate._ With a square end as though cut off, 22. _Twice-pinnate._ Applied to a leaf which is twice divided in a pinnate manner, 20. _Twice-serrate_, 22. _Twice-crenate_, 22. _Two-ranked._ Applied to leaves when they are flattened out in two ranks on opposite sides of a stem, 18; also applied to spray when it branches out in one plane, 19. _Umbel._ A cluster of flowers or fruit having stems of about equal length, and starting from the same point, 26. _Umbellate._ Like an umbel. _Valvate._ Touching edge to edge, 28. _Veining of leaves_, 19. _Veinlets._ The most minute framework of a leaf, 19. _Veins._ The smaller lines of the framework of a leaf, 19. _Wedge-shaped._ Shaped like a wedge; cuneate, 21. _Whorl._ In a circle around the stem, as the leaves of a plant, 18. _Wings._ A blade or leaf-like expansion bordering a part, as a fruit or stem, 28. _Winged._ With wing-like membranes. _Winter study of trees_, 29. _Wood_, 12. INDEX TO PART III. Abele-tree, 168. Abies, 183-187. Acanthopanax, 110. Acer, 84-88. Acuminate-leaved Clethra, 117. Æsculus, 81-83. African Cedar, 190. Ailanthus, 76. Albizzia, 96. Alcock's Spruce, 181. Alder, 147, 148. Alleghany Plum, 98. Alnus, 147, 148. Alternate-leaved Cornel, 112. Amelanchier, 107. Anacardiaceæ, 89. Angelica-tree, 109. Angiospermæ, 62. Anonaceæ, 68. Apple, 101. Aralia, 109, 110. Araliaceæ, 109. Araucaria, 190. Arbor-vitæ, American, 194. Chinese, 194. Eastern, 194. Giant, 194. Hatchet-leaved, 194. Japanese, 196. Weeping, 195. Arrow-wood, 114. Ash, Black, 124. Blue, 124. European, 124. Flowering, 125. Green, 123. Red, 123. Water, 124. Weeping, 125. White, 123. Ash-colored Willow, 167. Ash-leaved Maple, 89. Asimina, 68. Aspen, 168. Austrian Pine, 175. Baccharis, 115. Bald Cypress, 192.