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q) Procumbent, trailing along the ground and rising at the tip, but not rooting 
nodeSe 
Prostrate, flat upon the ground, 
Puberulent, minutely pubescent, 
Punctate, dotted. 
Pungent, sharply and rigidly pointedg fragrant with a penetrating odor, 
RBaceme, a more or less elongated unbranched inflorescence of the indeterminate 
type, ieee, tipped not by a flower but by a growing point, each flower 
being stalked, the youngest flower being nearest the apex, Racemose, 
in racemes. 
Rachilla, axis of a spikelet on which florets are borne. 
Rachis, axis of a spike or raceme; midrib of a compound leaf or fronds in 
Gramineae the main axis and branches of an inflorescence on which 
spikelets are borne. 
qd) Radiate, spreading from a common centers; bearing ray-flowers (in Compositae). 
Radical, pertaining to the root or coming from the base. 
Ray, one of the peduncles or pedicels of an umbels; the strap-shaped marginal 
flowers of the Compositae, 
Receptacle, the apex of the stalk which bears the flower parts; in the 
Compositae also applied to the disk bearing the flowers, 
Recurved, curved backwardse 
Reflexed, bent backwards or downwards rather abruptly. 
Regular, said of flowers which have the members of each whorl similar in 
size and shape. 
Reniform, shaped like a pian or kidney-bean,. 
Reticulate, in the form of a network, 
Retrorse, directed downwards, 
Retuse, with a shallow notch at the apex, 
q Revolute, rolled backwards. 
