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GLOSSARY. 



Revolute, rolled backward. 



Rachis, the main stem in a spike, etc. 



RooTSTOCK, an underground stem- 



Rotate, wheel-shaped. 



Rr>'crs'ATE, teeth pointing backward. 



Sagittate, like an arrow-head. 



Salver-shaped, tubular, the border spread- 

 ing at right angles to the tube. 



Scape, a flower-stalk rising from the ground 

 or near it. 



ScoEPiorD, coiled round like a scorpion. 



Secttsd, all turned to one side. 



Seep^te, with teeth like a saw. 



Setaceocs, like a bristle. 



Spattlate, like a druggist's spatula. 



Spike, a long inflorescence of sessile flowers. 



Stellate, star-shaped. 



STiGiiA, the part of a pistil which receives 

 the pollen. 



Stipe, the stalk of an ovary. 



Stlpel, the stipule of a leaflet. 



Stipellate, having stipels. 



Stipitate, having a stipe. 



STiPtJLE, appendage on each side at the 



base of a leaf. 

 Stpjct, very straight or close or upright. 

 Stbigose, clothed with close-pressed stout 



sharp hairs or scale-like bristles. 

 Style, the slender part of a pistiL 

 Subulate, tapering to a sharp rigid point. 

 SuFFEUTESCENT, or sujfruticose, shrubby at 



the base. 



Terete, cylindrical, long and round. 

 Termts'al, at the end or summit. 

 Thyese, a thick panicle (Lilac blossoms). 

 ToMEXTOSE, clothed with a close and mat- 

 ted down. 

 ToEULOSE, swollen at intervals. 

 TpvU^tcate, as if cut off at the end. 



Umbel, umbrella-like inflorescence. 



Vep.ticillate, whorled, forming a ring 



around the stem. 

 Villous, with long soft hairs. 

 Viscid, sticky. 



ADDITION 



ADVE>*mious, out of the usual place; as 



roots on stems. 

 Caudex, an upright rootstock. 

 Ccsp, a spear-like point. 

 Deltoid, triangular. 



Flaccid, soft, weak, drooping. 



FusLFORM, spindle-shaped. 



GLABP.OUS, smooth. 



IxvoLU CRATE, provided with an involucre. 



LocuLiciDAL, splitting down the middle of 



the back of a cell. 

 Lukate, crescent-shaped. 

 MucRO^'ULATE, tipped with a minute point. 



al words. 



Papilioxaceous, like the corolla of a pea. 

 Periaxth, calyx and corolla together. 



Reticulated, netted-veined. 



Rugose, ^rrinkled, rough with wrinkles. 



Saccate, with sacks or pouches. 



Scabrous, rough or harsh. 



SCARIOUS, thin, dry, membranous. 



Septicidal, splitting between the cells. 



Spadix, a fleshy spike of flowers. 



Spathe, a bract which inwraps flowers. 



Succulent, fleshy, juicy. 



Staminodia, Sterile stamens or bodies like 



stamens. 

 Turbinate, top-shaped, an inverted cone. 



