GLOSSARY 733 
Puses’CcENT.—Covered with soft, short hairs. 
Putvi’nus.—An enlargement at the base of the petiole or petiolule of some leaves 
or leaflets, as in numerous Leguminosae. 
Pune’TATE.—Dotted with small spots or minute pits. 
Pus’ruLAR.—Applied to surfaces having blister- or pimple-like elevations. 
PutA’MEN.—The stony endocarp of a drupe. 
Pyre’Norps.—Small, rounded, colorless, refractile granules embedded in the 
chromatophores of numerous Algz and thought to be starch forming centers. 
Pyx’1s.—A capsule which dehisces transversely into pot and lid portions. 
Quap- or QuApriI.—A prefix of Latin origin signifying four. 
QuADRAN’GULAR.—Four-angled, 
QuaADRIFO’LIATE.—Applied to palmate leaves which have four leaflets arising from 
the summit of the petiole. 
QuINQUEFOL’IATE.—Applied to any compound leaf that has five leaflets. 
RaAceme’.—An indeterminate inflorescence having pedicelled flowers arranged 
along a lengthened axis. 
RAc’emMose.—Arranged in racemes. 
* Ra’cuis.—The extended portion of a peduncle. 
Rap’1cAL.—Arising from the root or base of the stem. 
Rap‘icLe.—The rudimentary root of an embryo plantlet. 
RaA’mMAL.—Pertaining to a branch. 
Ra’mus.—A branch. 
Ramose’.—Branching. 
Ranx.—A row of leaves or other organs arranged vertically on a stem. 
Ra’pue (RHA’PHE).—The adherent portion of the ovule stalk in inverted and half 
inverted ovules and seeds. 
Rapu’iwes.—Bundles of needle-shaped crystals. 
Recrp’rAcLE.—The shortened stem upon which the whorls of floral leaves are 
inserted. 
RecepTac’ULAR.—Pertaining to the receptacle. 
Rec’LINATE.—Bent downward, 
Rec in‘Inc.—See Reclinate. 
ReEcURVED’.—Curved outward or backward to a moderate extent. 
REFLEXED’,—Turned outward or backward more abruptly than Recurved. 
Rec’mMA.—A capsular fruit of 2 or more carpels that first splits into separate parts 
and then each of these dehisces. 
REJUVENES’CENCE.—Applied to a mode of reproduction in which the protoplasm 
of the cell becomes rounded out, escapes by rupture of the cell wall, forms 
cilia and moves about, in time developing into a new plant. 
REN’1rorM.—Kidney-shaped. 
Repanp’.—Having a slightly undulating margin. 
Re’pent.—Creeping. ‘ 
Re’pLuM.—A spurious membranous septum seen in Cruciferous fruits that per- 
sists after the valves have fallen away. 
Revic/uLATE.—Applied to markings or veins which are in the form of a network. 
Retusr’.—Having a broad, shallow sinus at the apex. 
Rev’o.ure.—Said of leaves in the bud when their margins are rolled backward. 
