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a guardian. The lower or right 



orifice of the stomach. 

 PYR'RHULA. Generic name of the 



bullfinches. 

 PYR'GITA. Generic name of the 



sparrows. 

 PY'RIFORM. fr. lat. pyrum, a pear; 



/orma, shape. Pear-shaped. 

 PY'HITES. A compound of sulphur 



and iron. 

 PYHOGE'NOUS. fr. gr. pur, fire; gei- 



nomai, I beget. Applied to rocks 



which owe their origin to the ac- 



tion of fire, as granite. 

 PYROSO'MA. fr. gr. pur, fire; soma, 



body. A genus of mollusks. (p. 



92, Book v). 

 PT'ROXENE. fr gr. pur, fire; zenos, 



a stranger. The augite, supposed 



to have pre-existed in the volca- 



nic minerals containing it, and 



not to have been formed by fire. 

 PYROXE'NIC. Of the nature of py- 



roxene. 



PY'RUS. Lat. A pear-tree. 

 PT'THON. fr. gr. puthon, a serpent. 



Generic name of certain ophidi- 



ans. 



Ger. Thelower 



cretaceous beds in Germany: any 



sandstone fit for building purposes. 

 QUADRANGULAR. fr. lat. quutuor, 



four; angulus, angle. Having four 



angles or sides. 

 QUADRICOR'NIS. - fr. lat. quatuor, 



four; cornu : horn. Specific name 



of a crusta'cean. 

 QUADIUFA'RIOUS. Arranged in four 



rows or ranks. 



QUA'DRIFID. Divided four times. 

 QUADRIGLA'NDULAR. Having four 



glands. 

 QUA'URIPLICATED. - Having four 



pUiits. 

 QUAURU'MANA. fr. lat. quatuor, four; 



manus, hand. The name of the 



order of mammals that possess 



four hands. 



QUADRU'M ANGUS. Four-handed. 

 QUAD'RUPED. fr. lat. quatuor, four; 



pes, a foot. Having four feet. 



QuAQ.tr AVE'RSAL.-Turning each way, 

 or in all directions from a centre. 



QUARRY. A stone mine; a place 

 where stones are due. 



QUA'RTINE. The fourth membrane 

 or envelope of the nucleus in 

 plants. 



QUATE'RNARY. fr. lat. quaternarius, 

 the number four. Relating to 

 four; succeeding by fours. 



QUATERNATE - PINNATE. Pinnate, 

 the pinnae being arranged in 

 fours. 



QUATRE'NNIAL. Every fourth year. 



QUATE'RNATE Applied to a leaf 

 which has four leaflets growing 

 from a common petiole, (fig, 61, 

 p. 44, Book vii). 



QUARTZ. Ger. Rock crystal. A 

 constituent of granite and some 

 other rocks. 



QUA'RTZOSE. Of the nature of 

 quartz. 



QUE'RCUS. Lat. An oak tree. 



QUI'NARY. Relating to five. 



QUI'NATE. IV. lat. quinque, five. In 

 fives. Applied to a leaf- which 

 has five leaflets growing from one 

 common petiole. (Jig. 62, p. 45, 

 Book vii). 



QUINCUNX. In botany, a form of 

 aestivation or vernation in which 

 there are five leaves, two of which 

 are exterior, two interior, and the 

 fifth covers the interior with one 

 margin, while its other margin is 

 covered by the exterior, as in the 

 rose. 



Qui'xauEFiD. Five cleft. 



QUINQ.UEFO'LIATE. fr. lat. quinquf, 

 five ; folium, a leaf. See QUINATE. 



QUI'NTINE fr. lat. quintus, fifth. 



The fifth membrane or envelope 

 of the nucleus of plants. The sac 

 of the embryo. 



QUI'NTUPLE. Five times multiplied. 



Quis'cAtus.-Generic name of black- 

 birds. 



RA'CEME. fr. lat. racemus, a bunch 

 of grapes. A form of inflores- 

 cence in which the flowers are 



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