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GLOSSARY AND INDEX. 



Pyriform : pear-shaped. 

 Pyrolca;, or PyrolacCK, 440.. 

 Pyxkldic : furnished witli a lid, like a 

 Pyxidinm, or pyxis : a pod opening by a 

 lid; 317, fig. 575, 588, 950, &c. 



Quad r annular : four-angled. 



Quadri-, in Latin compounds : four. 



Quad rifarious : in four vertical ranks. 



Qnddrljld : four-cleft. 



Quudrijollale : four-lcaved. 



Quadri fo.'ioliife : of four leaflets. 



Quadri jtii/ate : four-paired. 



Quadri iiartite : four-parted. 



Quandang-nuts, 460. 



Quassia, 405. 



Quaternary : consisting of four, 239. 



Quaternary ])roduets, 53, 57, 196. 



Qnateniate : in fours. 



Quercitron, Qucrcine, 476. 



Quin-, in Latin compounds : five in 



number. 

 Quinary : consisting of five, 234, 239. 

 Qninule : in fives. 

 Quince, 416. 

 Quinciiiiciid : five-ranked ; in a quincunx, 



1.35, 270. 

 Quinine, Quinia, 57, 433. 

 Qidncptefarious : five-ranked. 

 Qui»qucfoli<ile : five-leaved. 

 Quinquefoliolate : of five leaflets. 

 Quinqueldcular : five-celled. 

 Quinquina Bark, 433. 

 Quintuple : dividing into five parts. 

 Qui)itiij>le-rilil)ed, or 

 Quintupli-nerved, 156. 



Race: a varietv perpetuablc by seed, 

 356. 



Raceme : an indefinite inflorescence with 

 single pedicellcd flowers arranged 

 along a prolonged axis; 211, fig. 

 307. 



Racemiferoiis : bearing racemes. 



Racemiform: resembling a raceme. 



Racemose: bearing or resembling ra- 

 cemes. 



Rachis : see Rhachis. 



Radial: belonging to the border or ray. 



Radiate, radiant: spreading from or 

 arranged around a centre ; having 

 rays. 



Rddiatcd-veined, 156. 



Radical: relating to the root (radix). 



Radical leaves : those apparently spring- 

 ing from the root, 143. 



Rddicant : rooting. 



Radicel: a diminutive root or rootlet. 



Radiciflorous : flowering from the root, 

 or apparently so. 



Radiciform : ajipcaring like a root. 



Radicle : a diminutive root ; the part of 



an embryo below tlio cotyledons, 

 71, 324. 

 Radii: rays. 

 Rafflesiacese, 463. 

 Ramal, or rameal : relating to branches, 



143. 

 Ramcnta, raments : thin chaffy scales in 



place of hairs. 

 Ramentdceous : bearing raments, as the 



stalks of many Ferns. 

 Ramification, 97. 



Rdmiflorous: flowering on the branches. 

 Ramose: bearing brandies (rami); 



branchy. 

 Rami I lose: bearing many branchlets 



(runiuli). 

 Ranunculaccffi, 380. 

 Rajihe: see Rhaphe. 

 Raphides : crystals in plants, 59 

 Rare : thinly set ; sparse or few. 

 Raspberry, 416. 



Ray : tlic" marginal flowers of a head, 

 wlien different from tlie rest, 436 ; 

 the branches of an umbel, &c, 

 Ray-flower, 436. 



Receptacle of the flower, 224, 266. 

 Receptacle of inflorescence, 211, 215. 

 Recess: same as sinus. 

 Re'clinate, reclined: falling or turned 



downwards. 

 Recti nerved : parallel-veined. 

 Rectise'rial : in rectilinear ranks, 141. 

 Recurved: curved, especially curved 



backwards. 

 Reduplicate, reduplicative, 273, 

 Refle'xed : bent downwards or Ijack- 



wards. 

 Refracted: suddenly bent backwards.-. 

 Regular : the members alike in size and 



form, 239, 277. 

 Re'niform: kidncy-shnped ; same as 

 round-heart-shaped, but the breadth 

 greater than the length ; fig. 245. 

 Repdiid : bowed, the margin obscurely 



sinuate, 159, fig. 257. 

 Re'pent: same as creeping, 102. 

 Replicate : folded back. 

 Re'pluin (a door-case) ; the frame-like 

 ])lacentfE of Papavei-acea;, &c. from 

 which the valves of the pod fall 

 away in dehiscence. 

 Reproduction, 20, 21, 61 ; — in Cryptoga- 



nious plants, 330. 

 Reproductive organs, 70. 

 Reptant : same as repent. 

 ResedacciB, 391. 

 Resins, 195. 



Respiration, 178,199, 202. 

 Restiaccre, 496. 

 Resupinate : underside up, or having that 



appearance. 

 Reticulated: netted, 154. 



