af joining the blade to the plant-stem; also called the petiole.
Stamen: The male, pollen-bearing part of a flower consisting of a filament and an anther.
Standard: The upper, usually erect and recurved petal in Pea family flowers, also called the banner.
Sterile: Infertile, as a stamen without an anther cannot produce pollen.
Stigma: The sticky, uppermost part of the pistil and terminating the style.
Stipules: Small leaf-like structures at the junction of some leaf-stalks with the stem, as in some Vetches.
Style: That part of the pistil which joins the ovary and stigma.
Tendril: The slender, coiling thread-like extension of a modified leaf or stem, used for climbing, as in Clematis.
Tepals: When petals and sepals are all alike, as in Death-Camas and some other members of the Lily family.
Terminal: At the top of a stem or end of a leaf.
Toothed: Pointed, tooth-like projections on margins of leaves, coarser than serrations.
Trailing: Lying on the ground but not rooting; pertaining to stems as in Morning Glory.
Tubular: Tube or funnel-shaped, when petals or sepals are joined, as in Scarlet Gilia.
Wings: The two side petals in flowers of the Pea family.