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pulverulen'tus ; pulverulent, i.e. covered with dust, or 



powder (pidvis). 

 puncta'tus ; punctated, dotted. Ex. Carex punctata, dotted 



fruited Sedge, 

 pun'gens; pungent, 

 purpu'reo-cseruleum ; purplish -blue, 

 purpu'reus ; purple. 

 pusiFlus ; very small, insignificant. 



Q. 



quadrang'ulum ; four-cornered. 



E. 



racemo'sus ; from racemus, a bunch or cluster of grapes, 

 racemose, i.e. bearing racemes; the kind of inflores- 

 cence exemplified in the currant, where the main 

 flowering axis throws off a succession of flowers. 



rad'icans ; rooting, as Trichomanes radicans, of which the 

 creeping rhizome is continually throwing out roots, 

 which fix the plant firmly to the stones about water- 

 falls. 



radica'ta ; rooted, especially when roots are remarkably long. 

 Ex. Hypochseris radicata ; long-rooted Cat's-ear. 



ramo'sus ; ramose, i. e. branched. 



ranunculoi'des ; Ranunculus -like. A G. termination to a 

 L. name ; see muscoides. 



rapunculoi'des ; Rapunculus-like ; (Rapunculus, Rampion. 

 See Campanula Rapunculus). 



rariflo'ra; few-flowered. 



recHna'ta ; reclined ; spreading on the ground. 



reflex'um ; bent back. 



remo'tus ; distant, as are the spikelets of Carex remota, &c. 



re'pens; creeping. 



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