INDEX AND VOOABULjMIY. 



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Pulf'y fruits, 86, 87. 



Pulvcr'ulent. Turning to dust. 



Pu'miliis. fcfmaU, low. „ ^ , j 



Punc'tate. Appealing dotted. See Perforated, 



Pungent. Sliarp, acrid, piercing. 



Purjjii'reus. Purple. 



PiisU'lus. Diininuiive, low. 



Puta'vien. A hai-d shell. 



87, a. 



Pyrid'iuHi 96. 

 Pijr'iform. Pear-shaped. 

 Pi/ro'l<e, 475. 

 Pijt/ng'oras, 220. 

 Pyxides, 91. 



Quadran'ffidar. Having four corners or angles. 



(^uatcr'nate. "Four together. 



Qui'nate. Five together. 



Qnincun'ciaL When the pieces of the flower 

 are five in number, of which two are interior, 

 two exterior, aud one covered ut one edge by 

 one of the exterior, while its other edge ovw- 

 lies that of one of the inner parts, 



Ra'ccme. (From roar, a bunch of grapes, a clus- 

 ter.) 84, Fig. 92, a. 

 Racemose. Resembling a raceme. 



Ra'chis. ~The common stalk to which the florets 



and spikelets of grasses are attached ; as in 



wheal-lieads. Also, the midrib of some leaves 



and fronds, 84, 85, Fig. 94, c. 

 Radiate. The ligulale florets around the margin 



of a compound flower. 

 Ra' dialed animals. 

 Rad'ical. Growing from the root. 

 Rad'icle. (From radix, a root.) The part of the 



embryo which becomes the root ; the minute 



fibers of roots are called radicles, 101, 114. 

 Ra'metis. Proceeding from the branches. 

 Ramif'erous. Producing branches. 

 Ra'mose. Branchmg. 



■ root, 32. 



Ra'mits. A branch. 



RANrNcuLA'cEA;, 400. 



Ranun'cidus family, 233. 



Raph'idesi, 117. c. 



Ray. The outer margin of compound flowers. 



349. 



Recep'tade. The end of a flower-stalk ; the base 



to which the difierent parts of fructification are 



usually attached. 

 ^Recep'tade, 85. 



of the frnit, 87, b. 



Redin'ed. Bending over, with the end incUning 



toward the ground. 

 Rectus. Straight. 

 Rccurv'ed. Curved backward. 

 Red'-bud (Judas'-tree), 21G. 

 Red'-snow, 318. 

 Reed, 175. 



Reflex' ed. Bent backward, more than recurved. 

 Refrigerant. (From rcfrigero, to cool.) Cool- 

 ing medicines. 

 Regions of the wine-grape, 187, a. 

 Reg'mate, 92. 



Ren'iform. Kidney-shaped ; heart-shaped, with- 

 out the point. 



. leaf, 54, b. 



Rrpand'. Slightly serpentine, or waving on the 



edge. 

 Rrpens'. Creeping. 



Reproduc'tivc organs, 65. 

 Rksedace.t;. 



Resin, 140, r. 



Rcspira'tivn of plants, 61, 122. 



Resii'pinate. Upside down. 



Reticidatc. Veins crossing each other like net- 

 work. 



Retuse. Having a slight notch in the end, le63 

 gtan emarginate. Fig. 52, B. 



Rcvcrs'id. Bent back toward the base. 



Kev'oliite. Rolled backward or outward. 



Rhamna'cEjE, 441. 



Rhizo'ma, 35, 43. 



Rhizopiiora'ce.'f:, 450. 



Rlwdudcn'driE, 475. 



Rhododendron, 218. 



Rhom'bojd. Uiamond-form. 



Rib. a' ridge caused by projecting veins. 



Rib' and-/ ike. Broader than lineai-. 



Rice, 200. 



Ri<r'id. Stiff, not pliable. 



Rutff. The band around the capsules of ferns. 



Rin'gcnt. (From ringo, to grin.) 72. 



flowers, 236, 2J7. 



Rivan'nus, 349. 



Roots, 30, 31, 38. 



of grasses, 173. 



, viviparous, 173. 



, stolouifcrous, 173. 



Root'let. A fiber of a root, a litUe root. 



RosA'cE-t, 445. 



Rosa'ceous, 73. 



Rose, 15. 



tribe, 228. 



Rosens. Rose-colored. 



Ros'ld. The pointed part of the embryo, which 

 tends downward at the first germination of the 

 seed. ., 



Rostrate. Having a protuberance like a bira ? 

 beak. 



Rot, 324, 5lh. ^,,^ , ^ 



Rotate. (From rota, a wheel.) U heel-torm. 



Rotun'dns. Round. 



Rough-lQayeA plants, 184. 



Rubia'ce.c, 466. 



Rubra. Red. 



Rtt'bus. Red. 



Rue, 216, a. 



Rufous. Reddish-yellow. 

 Ru'(rose. Wrinkled, Fig. 62, a. 



Run'cinate. Having large teeth pointing back- 

 ward, as the dandehon, Fig. 56, c. 

 Runner, 43. 



Rvpes'tris. Growuig among rocks. 

 Rust, 321. 



RuTACEiE, 433. 



Sage, 167, Fig. 197. 

 Sag'ittai. Arrow-form. 

 Sa'gitta'ria, 278. 

 Sagittate, 54, h. 

 Salica'ce^e, 525. 

 Salicor'nia, 165. _ 



Salif'erous. Bearing or producing salt. 

 Sal'sus. Salt-tasted. 

 Salts contained in plants, 312. 

 Salv'er-\onn. Corolla with a flat spreading bor 

 der proceeding abruptly from t^e top of a tube 



Sam'ara, 90. 



Sam'phire, 105. 



Santala'ce.ie, 510. 



Sa;;, 119, 119, a; 121,122,123,128. 



, its chemical composition, 142. 



wood, 119. 



Sapinda'ce.'e, 438. 



Sapor. Having taste. 



Sarmentose'. Running on the ground, and strik 



ing root from the joints only, as the strawberrj 

 Sar'cocarp. (From sarx, flesh, and karpot 



fruit.) 87. 

 Sarracc'nia, 230, Fig. 174. 

 Saruacenia'ce^e, 408. 

 Sarsaparii'la, 283. 

 Sas'safras, 213. 

 SaxiruRaVk*, 514. 



