Quinquelocular OF BOTANICAL TERMS. 



Radiciflorous 



QUINQUEL6CULAR, having five 

 cells in a pericarp. 



QUlN'QUENERVED, having two 

 strong veius arising from the 

 midrib on each side near the 

 base; quintuple nerved or 

 veined. Compare Quinqi e- 

 costate and Quinqueveined. 



QTJINQUEPARTlTE, divided into 

 five parts nearly to the base. 



QUINQUEVAl'VULAR, having 

 five valves in a pericarp. 



QUIN QUEVEINED, having five 

 strong veins proceeding from 

 the base of a leaf. The same 

 as Quinquenerved, and usually 

 preferable. 



QUINTUPLE, in fives, or multi- 

 ples of rive. 



QUIN'TtJPLE NERVED, see Quin- 

 quenerved. 



QUlN'TUTLE RJBBED, see QuiN- 



QUECOSTATE. 



RACE, a variety, artificial or 

 natural, which reproduces it- 

 self from seed. 



RACEME', an indeterminate in- 

 florescence consisting of sin- 

 gle-flowered pedicels arranged 

 along a common axis. Com- 

 pare Pantcue and Spike 



RACEMIF'EROUS, bearing ra- 

 cemes. 



RAc'EMOSE, disposed in racemes 

 or resembling a raceme. 



RAc'EMULE, a small raceme. 



RAjJEM'tJLOSE, producing or dis- 

 posed in small racemes, or re- 

 sembling a small raceme. 



RACHIL LA, the axis of a spike- 

 let in grasses. 



RA'CHIS, a common peduncle or 

 petiole or elongated receptacle, 

 especially (1) the midrib of a 

 pinnate frond in ferns; (2) the 

 axis of a spike or raceme; rha- 

 chis. 



RA'DIAL, pertaining to a radius, 

 ray, or border; developed uni- 

 formly on all sides around a 

 longitudinal axis. Compare 



DORSIVENTIIAL. 



RA'DlAL BUN'DLE, the axial 

 fibrovascular system in roots 

 and some lycopods— so called 

 because it consists of alter- 

 nating radial bands of xylem 

 and phloem. 



RA'DIANT, spreading from a 

 common centre; radiating; ra- 

 diate. Also having a ray or 

 border, as the inflorescence of 

 hydrangea. 



RA'DlATE, having rays or ray- 

 florets. 



RA'DlATE - VEINED, see Pal- 

 mately Veined. 



RA'Df ATlNG, see Radiant. 



rAd'ICAL, proceeding from the 

 root, or base of the stem. 



RAD'ICANT, rooting — applied 

 only where roots proceed 

 from the stem above ground; 

 radicating. 



rAD'ICAtJid, having a root or 

 roots. 



RAD'iCATlNG, see Radicant. 



RADiCA'TION, (1) the arrange- 

 ment or disposition of the 

 roots in the soil, i.e., whether 

 spreading near the surface or 

 running vertically downward, 

 etc.; (2) the arrangement of 

 the roots and rootlets on their 

 respective axes (rhizotaxis) — 

 corresponding to Phyllotaxis, 

 Caulotaxis, and Inflorescence; 

 (3) the act of taking root. 

 Compare Ramification. 



RAd'ICEL, a rootlet. 



RADfrjIC'OLOITS, growing upon 

 the roots of other plants, as 

 certain parasitic fungi. 



RADiCIFLO'ROUS, having the 

 flower-stalk arising from the 

 crown of the root. 



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