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GLOSSARY. 



so called in descriptive botany, is the 

 hypocotyledonary and primal inter- 



node. (See < 'auliclc) ; 111. 

 li'n/ii-ulose (-osus). Bearing rootlets. 

 l['i</ij-. The root. 

 H'lnn nl (-alts), Rameus. Belonging to 



i Kit HI n.<) a branch. 

 Jt'iiiin i/in. Thin chaffy scales belonging 



t<> the surface or epidermis, such as 



the chaff on the stalks of many Ferns. 

 Ramification. Branching; 47. 



(-*). Flowering on the 

 branches. 



-iw/jf). Branching or branchy. 

 (-nuns). Bearing many branch- 

 lets, i. e. Jtiiinuli or 



Ruphe. See Khaphe. 



lin/iliides or Rhaphides. Crystals in 

 the cells of plants, especially needle- 

 shaped crystals. 



Rdij (Radius). One of the radiating 

 branches of an umbel (147); al.-o the 

 marginal as opposed to the central part 

 (or disk) of a head, umbel, or other 

 flower-cluster, when there is a differ- 

 ence of structure. Also used as an 

 abbreviated expression for 



It'" i/-/l"/rers. Those which belong to 

 the margin of a circular flower-clus- 

 ter, and differ from (being usually 

 large r than) those of the disk. 



Secuuli-scvncv. The adhesion of leaves 

 or their stalks to a stem ; 158. 



Receptacle (JReceptdculum). A portion 

 of axis forming a common support or 

 bed on which a cluster of organs is 

 borne. The receptacle of the flower, 

 or the torus, is the axile portion of a 

 blossom, that which bears sepals, 

 petals, stamens, and pistils; 167, 211. 

 The receptacle of inflorescence is tin- 

 axis or rhachis of the head, spike, or 

 other dense cluster; 143. 



l!< i-l'ilinlr (-<l/ll.<t. li'ir/itH'l, Ri-cllnhli/. 



('ailing or turned toward downward, 

 so that its upper part rests on the 

 ground or other object; 53, !'!; 

 /,'. iii >i< rri/ifi. Straight-veined or straight- 



llerved ; !l'J. 



Hi ctin rial ( -in/if). Tn rectilinear ranks ; 



124. 

 li'i i-it i-ri'd (-ws), Recurvatus. Cun r ed 



backward or downward. 

 Hi duplicate (-ntus) or RedupUcatimu. 



Folded and projecting outward. 

 Reflexed (-us). Abruptly bent or turned 



downward or backward. 

 Refracted (-us). Same as reflexed, but 



abruptly bent from the base. 



It'i i/ma. A two-several-lobed two- 

 several-celled fruit (2-pluricoccous), 

 which separates at maturity into as 

 many -J-salved carpels, as in Euphor- 

 bia : one form of hchi/.ocarp. 



A' i i/niiifiirji \-nrjiiiiiii). A general name 

 of a dry and dehi.-ccnt Iruit, ^'J2. 



lit <iular (-aris). Uniform in shape or 

 structure; symmetrical as respects 

 shape; 175. 



Renifvrm (-unit in). Kidney-shaped; 

 having tin- outline of the longitudinal 

 section of a kidney ; 96. 



Repand (Repandus). With slightly un- 

 even margin, which, it more pro- 

 nounced, would be sinuate; 98. 



Repent (Repens). Creeping, i. e. pros- 

 trate or horizonal and rooting; 53. 



Jujilicate (-atus), Replicativus. Folded 

 backward. 



Hi jiliini. A frame-like placenta (like 

 a door-case), from which the valves 

 of a capsule or other dehiscent fruit 

 fall away in dchiscence, as in Cruci- 

 ferae, certain Papaveracete, Mimosa, 

 &c.; 293. 



Replant (Reptans). Same as Repent. 



Resupinate. Upside down, or having 

 that appearance. 



Rete. Network. 



Reticulated (-/.), Retiforrnis. In the 

 form of network : netted. 



/.'( ti<- nl te-veined, 92. 



/;< tiiiiii-nliiiii. Name sometimes applied 

 to the gland to which one or more 

 pollinia are attached in Orchids, &c. 

 The persistent and indurated hook- 

 like funiculus of the seeds in most 

 Acatithaceje. 



lii/ini ri-nl (-ins). Same as Reticulate- 

 veined. 



Hi ti-ufitrre.rl (-its). Same as Recurved. 



l'i trujh'xed (-us). Same as Reflexed. 



Hi tnirti' (-orsus). Directed backward or 

 downward. 



/.'. trin; rti </ ( /,'< triir<-ra>t.*). Inverted. 



Hi fiim tl!tt>is/i*). ^\'ith a shallow or 

 obscure notch at a rounded apex : 97. 



Jtercrx/iiii. A changing back, or in the 

 reverse direction ; 171. 



Renilntr (-ntiif). Rolled backward from 

 the margins or apex; 133. 



Illiurlii*. The axis (backbone) of a 

 spike or of a compound leaf; 101, 143. 



Rhnplte. The adnate cord or ridge 

 which in an anatropous ovule con- 

 nects the liilum with the chalaza; 

 279. 307. 



Rhipidium. A fan-shaped cyme; 156. 



