GLOSSARY. 407 



Reclined, or Reclining. Bending over, with the end inclining toward the 

 ground. 



Recurred. Curved backwards. 



Reflexed. Bent backward, more than recurved. 



Reniform. Kidney shaped. Heart shaped without the point. 



Repand. Slightly wavy or serpentine at the edge ; as the leaves of Menyan- 

 tlies trifiiliata. Med. Bot. PI. 46. 



Resupinale. Turned upside down; as the leaves of Juniperus communis. 

 Med. Bot. PL 44. 



Retirulate Net like. Having veins distributed like net work. 



Rttuse. Having a slight sinus, or superficial notch in the end. Less than 

 emarginate. 



Re.rolute. Rolled backward or outward. 



Rltomboidal. Having four sides, with unequal angles. 



Ribbed. Marked with parallel ridges or veins. _ 



Ringenl. Irregular, with an upper and under lip. See labiate. 



Rooting. Sending out lateral roots. 



Roslellnm. See radicle. 



Rostrate. Furnished with a beak. 



Rotate. Wheel shaped. Flat without a tube ; as in the flowers of Solatium 

 dulcamara. Med. Bot. PL 18. 



Rugose. Wrinkled. 



Ruminate. Having large teeth pointing backward ; as the leaves of Ihe dan- 

 delion. 



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Sagittate. Arrow shaped. Like the head of an arrow. 



Salver shaped. See H ypocrateriform. 



Samara. A seed vessel not opening by valves, having a winged or membra- 

 nous appendage. 



Sarmenlose. Running on the ground and striking roots from the joints, as 

 the strawberry. 



Scape. A stalk which springs from the root, and supports flowers and fruit, 

 but no leaves. 



Scabrous. Rough 



Scarious. Having a thin membranous margin. 



Scions. Lateral shoots or offsets from the root. 



Scrobiculate. Covered with deep, round pits. 



Seed vessel. A vessel enclosing the seed. 



Segment. A part or principal division of a leaf, calyx or corolla. 



Semibivalvular. Half divided into two valves. 



Seminal, leaves. The first leaves of a plant, or those formed from the" coty- 

 ledons. 



Sericeous. Silky. 



Serrate. Notched like the teeth of a saw, the points tending upward; a< in 

 strawberry and rose leaves. 



Serrulate. Minutely serrate. 



Sessile. Placed immediately on the stem, without the intervention of a stalk ; 

 as the leaves of Spigelia Marilandica. Med. Bot. PL 14. 



Setaceous. Bristle like. 



Sheath. A tubular or folded leafy portion inclosing the stem. 



Silicle. A seed vessel constructed like a silique, but not longer than it is 

 broad. 



Silique. A long pod or seed vessel of two valves, having its seeds attached 

 to the two edges alternately. 



Siliquosc. Having siliques. 



Simple. Not divided, branched, or compounded. 



Sinuate. Having sinuses at the edge. 



Sinus. A large, rounded indentation or cavity. 



Sori. Plural of Sorus. The most common fruit of ferns, consisting of small 

 clusters of minute capsules on the back ot the leaf. 



