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Repand. Witli slightly wavy margin. 



Reticulalc. Xcttcd. 



Ketior.se. Turned backward. 



Ketuse. Witli verv .shallow notch at ai)e.\. 



Revolute. Hulled backward from the sides. 



Raphe (or Khaplie). Tiu- ridge cuniiccl iiig 



the hiliini and eliala/.a uf an anatropcms ur 



aniphitropous ii\ ule. 

 Ringent. Said of the gajiing mouth of a 



two lipped .(.ndJa. 

 Rostrate. Willi a heak-like tip. 

 Rotate. Said of a eondia with Hat round 



limb; wheel-shaped. 

 Rugose. Wrinkled. 

 Ruminate. Said of an albumen which looks 



as if it had been chewed. 

 Ruiicinatei'^/Incised with .segments directed 



backward. 

 Sagittate. Of the shape of an arrow liead. 

 Salver-shaped. Said of a corolla with slender 



tube an(l abruptly expanded flat lind). 

 Sanuira. A sim])ie drv indehiscent winged 



fruit. 

 Scabrous. Ilougli. 

 Scarious. .Meml)ranous, tliin and dry; not 



green. 

 Secund. Said of a raceme where (lowers are 



borne on one side of the rachis. 

 Sepal. One of the divisions of a calyx. 

 Septicidal. Said of a capsule opening along 



the partitions between tlie cells. 

 Serrate. Having saw-like teeth directed for- 

 ward. 

 Serrulate. Dimiiuitivc of serrate. 

 Sessile. Without stalk. 

 Setaceous. Bristle-like. 

 Setose. Covered with bristles. 

 Setulose. Covered with minute bristles. 

 Simple. Of one piece, i. e., not com])ound. 

 Sinuate. \\'ith nuirkedly wavy margin. 

 Sinus. The cleft or space between t\\o lobes. 

 Spatulate. ShajxHl like a sjiatula ; abruptly 



wide at apex and narrow below. 

 Spicate. Arranged in a spike. 

 Spike. An elongated tlower-cluster witli 



sessile or nearly sessile flowers. 

 Spine. A sharp woody outgrowth from a 



stem. 

 Spinose. Covered with spines. 

 Spinule. Diminutive of spine. 

 Spinulose. Covered with spinules. 

 Stamen. One of the male or pollen-bearing 



organs of a flower. 

 Staminate. Said of llowers which bear 



stamens without pistils. 

 Staminodium. A sterile stamen. 

 Standard. The upj.er dilated petal of a 



l)apilionaceous llowtr. 

 Stellate. Star-shaped. 

 Stigma. The jiortioii of a pi>til which re 



ceives the pollen and through which fertil- 

 ization is ell'ected. 

 Stigmatic. Belonging to or of the nature of a 



stigma. 

 Stipe. The stalk-like support of some pistils. 

 Sterile. Not productive of spores or seeds. 

 Stipel. An appendage of some leaflets cor- 



rfsponding with the stipules of a leaf. 



Stipitate. Having a stipe. 



Stipulate. Having stipules. 



Stipules. Appendages on either side of a leaf 

 at the ba.se of the petiole. 



Stolon. A runner or iirostrate branch root- 

 ing at the nodes. 



Stidoniferous. Bearing stolons. 



Stoma. (pi. Stomata) \ little mouth or 

 breathing ])ore in the epidermis (chielly of 

 the h-aves) thmugl which transpiration 

 occurs. 



Stomatiferous. Bearing stomata. 



Striated. Striped lengthwise. 



Strobile. A cone. 



Style. The part of a pistil connecting the 

 ovary and stigma. 



Sub-. A prefix indicating somewhat ; as sub- 

 cordate, somewhat cordate, etc. 



Subulate. Awl-shaped. 



Sufi'rutescent. Somewhat shruhby. 



Suffruticose. Diminutively shrubby. 



Sulcate. Furrowed or grooved. 



Superior. Said of an ovary growing above 

 or free from the calyx. 



Symmetrical. Said of a flower in which there 

 is the same niunber of jiarts in each set of 

 organs. 



Syncar]). A fleshy multii)le fruit. 



Tangential. Said of a wood section when 

 made lengthwise of the grain and tangen- 

 tial to the rings of growth. 



Tegmen. The inner lining of a seed. 



Terete. Columnar; circular in cross-section. 



Ternate. Arranged in threes. 



Testa. The outer covering of a seed. 



Thyrsoid. Like a thyrsus. 



Thyrsus. A campact panicle: as a bunch of 

 grapes or lilac flowers. 



Tomentose. Densely pTd)escent; covered with 

 foment um. 



Tomentulose. Diminutive of tomentose. 



Tomentum. Dense malted hairs. 



Torose. Cvlindrical with contractions at in- 

 tervals. ' 



Torulose. Diminutive of torose. 



Torus. The receptacle of a flower. 



Tortuous. Considerably bent or twisted. 



Tracliic. The ducts or canals in wood. 



Tracheids. \\-ood cells. 



Transverse. Said of a wood section when 

 made across the grain or axis of a log. 



Tri-. In coni])osition, thrice or three. 



Triandrous. Having three stamens. 



Trichotdinous. Thrt-e forked. 



Trifoliate. Having three leaflets. 



Truncate. Ending abrupt ly. as if ;>ut off. 



Tuberculale. Covered with rounded projec- 

 lions. 



Tumid or Turgid. Swollen. 



Turi)inate. Top-shaped. 



liiilxd. A form of flower (luster in which 

 the pedicels radiate from the same point, 

 similar to the rays of an umbrella. 



CmlMdlate. Borne in umbels. 



I'mbellet. -V secondary umbel. 



Cndto. .\ projection or boss. 



I mbonale. Bearing an umbel. 



I'nilulate. With wavy margin. 



