BOTANY. GLOSSARY. 



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QUATE'RNATE. See page 44. 

 QUATERNARY. From the Latin, qua. 

 ternarius, the number four. Re- 

 lating to four. 



QUATRE'NNIAL. Every fourth year. 

 QUE'RCUS. Latin. An oak tree. 

 QUINA'RY. Relating to five. 

 QUINA'TE. See page 45. 

 QUI'NQUEFID. Five cleft. 

 QuixauEFo'LiATE. See page 45. 

 RACE'ME. From the Latin, racemus, 



a bunch, a cluster. 



RA'CHIS (ra'kis). From the Greek, 

 racfiis, the spine, a branch, which 

 proceeds in nearly a straight line 

 from the base to the apex of the 

 inflorescence of a plant. 

 RA'DIATE. From the Latin, radius, 

 a spoke of a wheel. Rayed ; di- 

 verging in rays. 

 RA'DICLE. A little root. 

 RA'DIX. LAtin. A root. 

 RAMU'SCULE. From the Latin, ra- 

 mus, a branch, a small or diminu- 

 tive branch. 



RAMIFJCA'TION. Branching, a branch. 

 RECE'PTACLE. A dilated portion of 

 the peduncle, containing nutritive 

 matter. 



RE'NIFORM. See page 40. 

 RE'PANDATE. See page 38. 

 RE' PENT. Creeping. 

 RESIDA'CE^E. From Resida, one of 

 the genera. Name of a family of 

 plants. 



RE'SIN. Vegetable substance, distin- 

 guishable by its solubility in alco- 

 hol, and insolubility in water. 

 RE'SINOUS. Of the nature of resin. 

 RESPIRA'TION. From the Latin, res- 

 piro, I take breath. The act of 

 breathing. A function proper to 

 animals as well as plants. 

 RESPI'RATORY. Belonging to the 



function of respiration. 

 RETI'CULAR. See question, page 13. 

 RHI'ZOME. See page 18. 

 RHO'MBOID. See page 41. 

 RO'BUR. Latin. An oak ; strength. 

 ROSA'CE^E. Name of a family of 



plants. 

 ROSSO'LIS. French name of the Sun 



dew, or Drosera. 

 RO'TATE. Wheel-shaped. 

 RU'BUS. Latin. A blackberry bush 

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RUBIA'CE^E. Name of a family of 



plants. 



RU'GOSE. Rough or wrinkled. 

 SACCHA'RUM. Latin. Sugar. 

 SACCHARI'NE. Sugary ; relating to 



sugar. 



SA'GITATTE. See page 36. 

 SA'RCOCARP. From the Greek, sarx, 

 flesh, and karpos, fruit. The pulp 

 or flesh of the fruit. 

 SA'TIVUS-A-UM. Latin. That which 



may be planted or sown. 

 SCAPE. A kind of stem. See page 



21. 

 SCOPA'RIUM. From the Latin, scopa, 



butcher's broom, milfoil. Specific 



name of a plant. 

 SCURF. See page 15. 

 SCU'TUM. Latin. A shield. 

 SECA'LE (seca'ley.") Latin. Rye. 

 SECRE'TION. See page 56. 

 SEED. Seepage 66. 

 SE'GMENT. A section ; a part cut off". 

 SEGREGA'TA. From the Latin, segre- 



gatus, separated. Name of an 



order of plants. 



SE'MINULES. Diminutive seeds. 

 SEMPER'VIRENS. See pages 23 and 



34. 



SE'PAL. See page 70. 

 SE'RRATE. See pages 38 and 41. 

 SE'SSILE. See page 66. 

 SE'TA. Latin. A bristle. 

 SE'TJE. Plural of seta. 

 SETA'CEO-ACU'MINATE. See page 35. 

 SETO'SUS. Latin. Bristly. 

 SHOOTS. See page 63. 

 SI'LIQUA. Latin. A pod. 

 SILICULO'SA. Diminutive of siliqua. 

 SINA'PIS. Latin. Mustard. 

 SI'NUATE. See page 37. 

 SI'NUOSE. See page 37. 

 SI'NUS. Latin. A bay. See page 



37. 

 SOLA'NE^E. From Solanam. Name 



of a family of plants. 

 SOLA'NUM. Latin. Nightshade. 

 SOMNI'FERUM. Latin, formed from 



somnus, sleep, and fero, I bear. 



Sleep-inducing. Specific name of 



a poppy. 

 SO'ROSE. From the Greek, soros, a 



heap. A form of fruit. 

 SPA'DIX. A form of inflorescence 



in which the flowers are arranged 



around a fleshy rachis, and en- 



