GLOSSARY 



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Quadrate, four-sided, s<inare, or nearly 

 square. 



Raceme, an inflorescence in which the 

 flowers are born on pedicels along a 

 single, undivided axis. 



Racemose, having racemes, raceme-like. 



Radical, applied to leaves or flowers 

 springing from or very near the root- 

 stock. 



Radicle, the rudimentary root of the 

 embryo. 



Receptacle, the point of the peduncle 

 (above the calyx) upon which corolla, 

 stamens, and ovary are inserted; also 

 applied to the axis upon which a 

 head of capitate flowers is situated. 



Regular, uniform, sj-minetrical. 



Revolute, having the margins rolled out- 

 wards. 



Rhachis, or rachis, the axis of an inflores- 

 cence, or of a compound leaf. 



Rhizome, a stem of root-like ai)])earance, 

 jjrostrate or underground, producing 

 roots below and stems above. 



Rosnlate, collected into a rosette. 



Sagittate, applied to a leaf shaped like 



an arrow head. 

 Saprophyte, a plant which lives upon 



dead organic matter. 

 Scandent, climbing. 

 Scape, a leafless flower-stalk arising from 



the ground. 

 Sei)al, V. p. 45. 



Sepaloid, resembling a sepal. 

 Series, a row. 

 Serrate, with regular pointed teeth, like 



a saw. 

 ■Sessile, without a stalk. 

 Simple, consisting of a single piece. 

 Spadix, a spike with a fleshy axis. 

 Spathe, a large bract enclosing a flower- 

 cluster. 

 Spathulate, oblong, with the lower part 



naiTow and tapering. 

 Spike, an inflorescence bearing sessile 



flowers along a common axis. 

 Spinulose, with minute spines. 

 Sporadic, occurring here and there in a 



scattered manner. 

 Stamen, v. p. 43. 



Staminodia, false stamens, bearing no 

 anthers. 



Stellate, star-shaped. 



Stigma, V. p. 4.3. 



Stipule, a leaf or scale-like appendage at 

 the base of the leaf-stalk. 



Stoma, stomata, v. p. 39. 



Style, V. p. 43. 



Sub-quadrate, nearly square. 



Sucker, a shoot of subterranean oi-igin. 



Superior, growingor placed above, usually 

 applied to the ovary when free from 

 the calyx; or to the calyx when it 

 appears to be above the ovary. 



Terete, circular in transverse section, 



cylindric, and usually tapering. 

 Ternate, in threes, as three in a whorl or 



cluster. 

 Tetrangular, four-angled. 

 Tetrandrous, having four stamens, free 



from the pistil. 

 Toraentum, short, soft, dense, cottony 



hairs. 

 Transpiration, v. p. 40. 

 Trimorphic, occurring in three forms. 

 Truncate, abruptly terminated, as though 



cut off at the end. 

 Tubular, hollow and cylindrical. 

 Tumid, having a blistered appearance^ 



swollen. 



Undulate, wavy in outline. 



Umbel, a flower cluster in which several 

 pedicels of about the same length 

 spring from one i)oint, like the ribs 

 of an umbrella. An umbel is simple, 

 when each of its branches bears a 

 single flower ; compound, when each 

 ray bears a secondary umbel. 



Unicellular, formed of one cell. 



Vascular, relating to or furnished with 



vessels. 

 Venation, the mode of veining. 

 Vernation, the order of unfolding from 



leaf-buds. 

 Volute, rolled up. 



Whorl, the arrangement of any organs 



in a circle around an axis. 

 Winged, with a membranous expansion 



attached. 



