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A GLOSSARY OF TERMS 



ROTUNDO-OYATE. Roundly egg- 

 shaped. 



ROTU'NDA. 1 



ROTU'NDUM. > Lat. Round. 



ROTU'NDUS. 3 



RUBBLK. Angular and broken frag- 

 ments of subjacent rock lying be- 

 neath the superficial mould. See 

 BRASH. 



RUB En. Lat. Red. 



RUBIA'CE^. Name of a family of 

 plants. 



RUBICO'IA. Specific name of a 

 stonechat or motacilla. 



RU'BUS. Lat. A blackberry bush. 



RUDI'STES. fr. lat. rurfis, unacquaint- 

 ed, because the characters of the 

 animal were unknown. Name 

 of a family of extinct mollusks, in 

 the shells of which neither the 

 hinge, the ligament of the valves, 

 nor the muscle of attachment is 

 discoverable. The family con- 

 tains six genera: Spherulites, Ra- 

 diolites, Calceola, Birostrites, Disci- 

 a, and Crania. 



RU'FOUS. Of a reddish colour. 



RU'FCS. Lat. Reddish. 



RU'GOSA. Lat. Rugose, wrinkled. 



RU'GOSK. Rough or coarsely wrin- 

 kled. 



RTTGOSITT. A wrinkling. 



RU'GULOSE. Finely wrinkled. 



RU'MEN. The paunch, or first sto- 

 mach of ruminants. 



RU'MINAXT. An animal thatchews 

 the cud. 



RU'MINATE To chew the cud. 



RU'MINATED. In botany, applied to 

 the albumen of certain plants 

 when it is perforated in various 

 directions by dry cellular tissue, 

 as in the nutmeg. 



Ru'MiNANTiA.-The systematic name 

 of animals that ruminate. 



RUMIWA'TION. fr. \at.ruminatio. The 

 act of chewing the cud. 



RUN'CINATE. Hooked back; ap- 

 plied to the lobes of leaves. Hav- 

 ing large teeth pointing back- 

 wards. 



In botany, a prostrate ae'- 



rial stem, forming at its extremity 



roots and a young plant, which 



itself gives origin to new runners, 



as in the strawberry. 

 RUPICAPHA. fr. lat. rupes, a rock ; 



capra, a goat. The systematic 



name of the chamois. 

 RUPICO'XA. fr. lat. rupes, rvpis, a 



rock ; colere, to inhabit. Generic 



name of Cocks of the Rock. 

 RUSTICA. Lat. Rustic ; belonging 



to the country. 

 RUSTICOLA. Specific name of the 



woodcock. 



SABEL'LA. A genus of cirrhopods. 



SABEI/LX. Lat. plur. of sabella. 



SACCATE. Bagged ; having a bag or 

 pouch. 



SACCHARI'NE. Sugary; relating to 

 sugar. 



SACCHAROID. fr. lat. saccharum, su- 

 gar, and gr. eidos, resemblance. 

 Resembling loaf-sugar in texture. 



SACCHA RUM. Lat. Sugar. 



SA'CRAL. Relating to the sacrum. 



SAC'HUM. Lat. Sacred. The bone 

 which forms the posterior part of 

 the pelvis, and is a continuation 

 of the vertebral column. 



SA'GITTATE. fr. lat. sagitta, an ar- 

 row. Applied to leaves which 

 resemble the head of an arrow. 

 (fig- 27, P. 36, Book vii). 



SAGOUIN. Fr. A marmoset. A sort 

 of monkey. All American mon- 

 keys whose tails are not prehen- 

 sile, are so called. 



SAJOU. Fr. A species of marmoset. 



;K KIS I A genus of monkeys. 



SA'Q.UIS. } 



SAL-AMMO'NIAC. A compound of 



ammonia and hydrochloric acid. 



Muriate of ammonia. 

 SALI'FEROUS FORMATION. New red 



sandstone, (p. 47, Book viii). 

 SA'UNES. Natural deposits of salt; 



salt springs. 

 SALI'VA. The fluid secreted in the 



mouth by the salivary glands. Its 



use is to assist in the process of 



digestion, by mixing wilh the 



