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Proliferous. A flower is said to be proliferous when it has smaller 



ones growing out of it. 

 Prop. Tendrils and other climbers. 

 Prox'imus. Near. 



Pseudo. When prefixed to a word, it implies obsolete, or false. 

 Pubes'cent. Hairy, downy, or woolly, 



Pulp. The juicy cellular substance of berries and other fruits. 

 Pulver'ulent. Turning to dust. 

 Pu'milus. Small, low. 



Punctate. Appearing dotted as if pricked. See Perforated. 

 Pungent. Sharp, acrid, piercing. 

 Purpu'reus. Purple. 

 Pusil'lus. Diminutive, IOT: 

 Puta'men. A hard shell. - 



a. 



Qiiizdran'gular. Having four corners or angles. 

 Qualcr'nate. Four together. 

 Quinate. Five together. 



R. 



Raceme, (from rax, a bunch of grapes, a cluster.) That kind of inflo- 

 rescence in which the flowers are arranged by simple pedicels on 

 the sides of a common peduncle ; as the currant. 



Ra'chis. The common stalk to which the florets and spikelets of 

 grasses are attached ; as in wheat heads. Also the midrib of some 

 leaves and fronds. - 



Ra'diate. The legulate florets around the margin of a compound 

 flower. 



Radix. A root ; the lower part of the plant, which performs the office 

 of attracting moisture from the soil, and communicating it to the 

 other parts of the plant. 



Rad'ical. Growing from the root. 



< The part of the corculum which afterwards forms the root; 



also the minute fibres of a root. 



Ramif'erous. Producing branches. 



Ranms. A branch. 



Ray. The outer margin of compound flowers. 



Receptacle. The end of a flower stalk ; the base to which the dirTer- 

 ent parts of the organs of fructification are usually attached. 



Rcdi'ned. Bending over with the end inclining towards the ground. 



Rectus. Straight. 



Recurv'ed. Curved backwards. 



Rcjlexed. Bent backwards more than recurved. 



Refrig'cranl, (from refrigero, to cool.) Cooling medicines. 



Re'niform. Kidney-shaped, heart-shaped without the point. 



Repand. Slightly serpentine, or waving on the edge. 



Repens. Creeping. 



Resu'pinate. Upside down. 



Re.tir/ulate Veins crossing each other like net-work. 



